Auckland FC have claimed a historic A-League Men championship title with a 1-0 grand final win over Sydney FC.
New Zealand international and the club's inaugural signing Cam Howieson was the hero at a sold-out Go Media Stadium, firing the match-winner in the 60th minute.
Auckland became the first New Zealand team to win an ALM grand final, doing so in front of a raucous 28,374-strong crowd on home soil on Saturday.
The league's youngest club, coach Steve Corica has guided Auckland to a championship in their second season after winning a premiership in their debut campaign.
Cementing his status in the league history books, former Sydney FC captain and manager Corica claims his third championship title after leading the Sky Blues to back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020.