‘Golden opportunity’ for new Olympic stadium in Brisbane: Ex-Roar coach
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Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics bid and its hosting duties for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup present “a golden opportunity” for a 10,000-plus seat stadium to be built in the River City, according to the inaugural coach of Queensland’s A-League soccer team.
Former Queensland Roar coach Miron Bleiberg said his “blood was boiling” after he saw state government funding go to an AFL stadium in Ipswich, which started construction last month, when there was an alternative proposal for a multi-purpose stadium on an existing Brisbane site.
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Taking his season total to three, Berisha secured a brace in Western United’s 4-1 win over Macarthur FC on Saturday, equalling and then moved past former Socceroo and Brisbane Strikers’ marksman Rod Brown with 138 goals.
The marksman now only trails Adelaide City and Perth Glory legend Damian Mori on the all-time list - albeit the 45-time Socceroos’ mark of 240 national league goals looms as a record that may well never be broken.
Since arriving in Australian in 2011 to sign with Ange Postecoglou’s Brisbane Roar, Berisha has scored a goal in every 1.58 games he has played across stints at Roar, Melbourne Victory and Western - a rate quicker than fellow residents on the top-five all-time list in Mori (1.86), Brown (2.52), John Kosmina (2.17) and Archie Thompson (2.58).