While Cahill has been a key player for the Socceroos in the recent World Cup qualifiers, it’s a different story with his club Melbourne City.

In the first six rounds of the A-League, Cahill has made four appearances - three as a substitute - for a total of 36 minutes, while his only start saw him come off injured after 25 minutes.

With that amount of limited game time, Cahill feels he may need to look elsewhere if the situation doesn’t change. 

“It’s something I’ll look at in the next few weeks,” he said

 “I’m always competitive and I’m always looking to go the next level and the most beautiful thing about all this is about qualifying first and we’ve done that and now I can address the next level.

“To get to a World Cup you need to be playing at the highest level. So my job is qualifying for a World Cup my next job now is testing myself to see how competitive I can be to get to another World Cup.

“For me now it’s just about enjoying this moment. I’m always going to play and if I don’t I have to find a way to play.”

Cahill’s importance for the Socceroos was evident during last night's 3-1 win over Honduras which secured Australia's spot at their fourth consecutive World Cup.

Australian boss Ange Postecoglou chose the veteran striker to start, and while he didn’t score, the 38-year-old still produced a moment of magic when his athletic leap from distance saw his header hit the crossbar. 

And with Australia booking their plane ticket to Russia, Cahill said he was looking forward to playing at a fourth World Cup.

“I’m proud that I’ve stood up on and off the park and proud to be part of this next level with Mile (Jedinak) and Mark Milligan and finish what we stared,” he said.

“I was always quietly confident especially after what I’ve seen in Honduras especially being around the boys.

“I knew this was going to happen. That’s not being over confident that's just knowing the group of players and trusting the bigger picture.

“It’s just something that I can smile about now I suppose.”

Cahill also took time to praise the Socceroos home support which almost numbered 80,000 at Sydney's ANZ Stadium.

“The crowd were amazing,” he said. “They are always amazing.”

“We don’t panic too much. You can see all the boys were composed from the start to the end. The panic comes from outside it doesn’t come from the players.

“It’s going to be good now that we qualified. I will enjoy reading about how amazing this qualification process was.

"We were never in doubt, we lost two games and we dominated every game we played.”

“We will always come through the fire because of our ability and what we believe in.”