Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson is already dreading the selection headaches he'll encounter at next year's Olympics as his team edges closer to booking their tickets to Paris.
Australia cruised through the second round of Olympic qualifying in Perth, beating Iran 2-0, the Philippines 8-0, and Taiwan 3-0 to top Group A in the Asian Confederation.
The Matildas will now take on Uzbekistan in a two-legged play-off in February, with the winners to secure a spot at the Olympics and the losers to be sent packing.
Game one will be in Uzbekistan on February 24, with Australia to host game two at a yet-to-be-decided venue four days later.
It marks a dream match-up for Australia, who faced the very real prospect of taking on world No.8 Japan, who had been so impressive at the World Cup, if other results hadn't fallen their way.
Japan will instead take on North Korea.
Gustavsson gave game time to 22 players in Perth but will have to whittle his squad down to 18 if they qualify for the Paris Games, with three others to be named as alternates.
"I'm happy with the development of players and development of the team, but I'm not happy when I think about potentially announcing the roster for the Olympics, because that's going to be a very, very tough job," Gustavsson said.
"Considering how well this team is performing right now, it's going to be a very small chance to break into this team for people outside of it.
"That doesn't mean you can't come in but it's going to be difficult because we're performing very well."
The game against the Philippines, in which both Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord scored hat-tricks, was the Matildas' best and most fluid performance of the three qualifiers.
But there was something else that impressed Gustavsson.
"Three clean sheets may be what I'm most happy about," he said.
"When I came on board three years ago, everyone talked about this being a leaky defence and we needed to fix things.
"And these were three teams that parked the bus in transition, and you can be vulnerable in that.
"But we were clinical in our regains to win the ball back to stop the transition.
"We've kept 13 clean sheets over the last year now.
"And attacking-wise, I'm happy that we show more variation against the parked bus.
"There's more combination play, there's much more variation in this camp than before."
Star striker Sam Kerr scored five goals across the three qualifiers - taking her record tally to 69 - while fellow attackers Mary Fowler and Caitlin Foord also shone.
