jason culina staying tight-lipped on his post-a-league deal

... culina's need to find regular football became urgent with gold coast united's a-league semi-final defeat last weekend ending their season a month earlier than the midfielder would have liked ... “i need to notify the club (gold coast), talk about it with the club and make sure everything's right with them before i head off ... ” already ex-brisbane roar defender craig moore and central coast mariners’ dean heffernan have quit the a-league for europe ... culina is almost certain to captain the socceroos in their critical asian cup qualifier against indonesia in brisbane, as one of the most experienced players in the 27-man squad training at the gold coast ahead of the game

a-league round 26 preview

... saturday, february 6central coast mariners v newcastle jets, bluetongue stadium, 6pm (edt)after convincing a-league fans and rivals that they are contenders newcastle jets have reverted to their old vulnerable selves ... central coast mariners again looked sloppy at key moments in their loss to perth glory last weekend ... sunday, january 31 gold coast united v wellington phoenix, skilled park, 7pm (edt)gold coast united are sniffing top spot after their last-start win against melbourne victory

wellington phoenix to use historic night as platform for finals push

... with the central coast mariners losing 3-1 the perth glory and dropping out of playoffs contention, only the brisbane roar and north queensland fury have any chance of spoiling the playoffs party for the phoenix ... with a four-point buffer over the roar and with just two regular season games to play, the fifth-placed phoenix face gold coast united at skilled park on sunday knowing that a win will guarantee them a place in the final six ... the phoenix drew 1-1 away to the gold coast in round nine before demolishing the glitter strip boys 6-0 at westpac stadium in round 12

soccer saturday: your running commentary

... central coast mariners

this weekend's soccer on tv

... central coast mariners sunday 6:30am- espn360

five a-league clubs fined for misconduct

... gold coast united copped $5000 for "team misconduct" due to a scuffle in the 69th minute of their clash with central coast mariners in gosford on january 22 ... central coast were fined $3000 for the same offence

this weekend's soccer on tv

... central coast mariners sunday 6:30am- espn360

liverpool set to snub 7m dinamo offer for yossi benayoun

... huddersfield are also trying to sign australian international left back dean heffernan, 29, on loan for the rest of the season from a-league club central coast mariners

in-form perth glory prove too strong for wellington phoenix

... wellington slip to sixth but are still three points clear of central coast united, who drew 1-1 with gold coast united earlier in the night

central coast mariners, barely, stay in finals race after gold coast united draw

... central coast mariners fought back to rescue a point against leaders gold coast united but couldn't go on for a much-needed win that would have boosted their finals hopes ... the 1-1 draw at bluetongue stadium keeps their finals hopes barely flickering- and it could have been worse when striker joel porter scored in the 66th minute to give gold coast the lead ... gold coast remain top of the table but left the door open for both sydney fc and melbourne to overtake them with wins this weekend ... gold coast's lead lasted just two minutes however with central coast dubiously awarded a penalty after sebastiaan van den brink impeded mrdja in the box ... tempers flared in the 70th minute when gold coast players took exception to john hutchinson's from-behind tackle on zenon caravella ... gold coast coach miron bleiberg accused central coast of roughhouse tactics and claimed a dubious penalty decision could cost his team the championship ... '' mckinna, who spoke before bleiberg, defended hutchinson's challenge and felt the gold coast players' reactions were over the top