Everything will be on the line for Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix when they face Perth Glory on Saturday in a single game elimination in the second round of the A-League Final Stage.

Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix played to a hard fought draw against Melbourne Heart on Saturday to nearly clinch a spot in the A-League playoffs.

With just three weeks remaining in the A-League regular season, Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix will continue their playoff push on Saturday with a visit to Melbourne Heart.

After a disappointing loss to Brisbane Roar last weekend, Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix face another difficult task when they visit A-League leaders Central Coast Mariners on Saturday.

Over the weekend, Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix came up with another important road victory in Australia against the Newcastle Jets to move into third place in A-League.

After signing a contract extension this week, Alex Smith will hope to feature in for Wellington Phoenix when they visit the struggling Newcastle Jets on Friday.

American midfielder/forward Alex Smith signed a contract extension with Wellington Phoenix for the remained of the A-League season.

With his future very much in doubt, Alex Smith put in a strong performance on Sunday to help Wellington Phoenix defeat Gold Coast United and move into fourth place in the A-League.

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Watching the San Francisco 49ers and New Orlean Saints putting together one of the NFL's classics last night, one was struck by the relative youth of the two opposing head coaches, patrolling the sidelines as an armada of assistant coaches and players milled around behind them.

Wellington Phoenix will travel to Australia to take on last place Gold Coast United in a game that is very important to American forward Alex Smith.

American forward Alex Smith returned to action for Wellington Phoenix and scored his first goal of the season but it was not enough to achieve a result on the road against Melbourne Victory.

Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix will aim to break a five game winless streak in the A-League when they host Sydney FC on Saturday at Westpac Stadium.

After a wild year that has seen its share of ups and downs, American forward Alex Smith is finally settling into the A-league with Wellington Phoenix.

After parting ways with Gold Coast United in the preseason, American forward Alex Smith has signed with Wellington Phoenix of Australia's A-league.

This seems to have flown under the radar a bit with all the hand-wringing about Sunday, but our squad for the Europa League group stages has been announced. Not too many surprises, except one.

Goalies
1 Mark Schwarzer
22 Csaba Somogyi
38 Neil Etheridge*
41 Marcus Bettinelli*
44 Jesse Joronen*

Defenders
2 Stephen Kelly
3 John Arne Riise
5 Brede Hangeland
6 Chris Baird
14 Philippe Senderos
18 Aaron Hughes
26 Zdenek Grygera
28 Matthew Briggs*
39 Stephen Arthurworrey*
40 Alex Smith*

Midfielders
4 Steve Sidwell
10 Pajtim Kasami
13 Danny Murphy
15 Marcel Gecov
16 Damien Duff
20 Dickson Etuhu
21 Kerim Frei
23 Clint Dempsey
37 Courtney Harris*
43 Josh Pritchard*

Forwards
8 Andrew Johnson
9 Orlando Sá
25 Bobby Zamora
30 Moussa Dembélé
35 Richard Peniket*
42 Marcello Trotta*

No, the surprise is not Ruiz.

When the A-League season begins this fall and Alex Smith takes the field for Gold Coast United, it will mark the rebirth of his career that has seen more than its share of peaks and valleys.

After finishing fourth last season in the A-League, Australia's top league, Gold Coast United are on the verge of adding American forward Alex Smith.