Tag Archives: Asian Champions League

Brisbane Roar will be playing all of their Asian Champions League games in the Gold Coast. What?

Last year during the Asian Cup, I blogged about my incredulity at the sheer crappiness of India and China as footballing nations.  I argued that although both countries had a large portion of their population living in poverty who wouldn’t have the opportunities to develop in football, they both still have around 50-100 million people living in middle to upper ...

On March 5th the Brisbane Roar played their first ever game of Asian Champions League football.  Australia clubs have generally struggled in the league except for one memorable run from Adelaide United who made the finals in 2008.  It was an exciting prospect to see how the Roar would go against Asia’s best, particularly if they could replicate the sort ...