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Australian soccer mourns death of revolutionary coach Rale Rasic

Australian soccer pioneer Rale Rasic, the first coach to take the Socceroos to a World Cup, has died, aged 87.

Always hailed as a revolutionary in the game in Australia, Rasic, when appointed Socceroos boss in 1969, demanded that the system where state selectors picked the team be ended to give him total control of team selection.

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