The next World Cup cycle has begun in earnest for Graham Arnold, who will use two freshly announced home friendlies this month to inform his approach to the 2026 qualifiers and next January’s Asian Cup.
The Socceroos will host Ecuador at Sydney’s CommBank Stadium on 24 March and Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on 28 March, in two homecoming games designed to celebrate the team’s remarkable progression to the knockout stages of Qatar 2022.
Australia defied a lack of expectation at home and abroad in November, making it out of their group at the expense of Denmark before almost pushing…
