The exciting teenage midfielder was one of the best players on the park in Sydney's 3-2 win against Fury. 

Danning set up John Alosi's opening goal of the game by picking up a clearance from defence and hitting Fury on the counter. His clever ball through found Aloisi and the marksman did the rest.

And just minutes later, it was Danning's moment in the sun with a stunning individual effort to make it 2-0 to the sky blues, as he happily explained to au.fourfourtwo.com.

"I just saw the opportunity to turn my player, and I turned him and saw the goal right in front of me. And I went straight for it," he said.

Danning knew exactly what he wanted to do: "I had to chance to shoot and it worked as I planned it," he said with a smile.

He enjoyed a battle royale with another young star who impressed: Jack Hingert. The unknown defender from Melbourne showed enough to suggest he will be a shrewd acquisition for Fury and Danning paid tribute to his marker.

"He was very tough," he said. "I mean, I'd never played against him and he was doing the best he could against me.

"It's different, you don't know what they are going to do to you, how they play, so you just have to try and work your game on them. It ended up paying off for me.

"For Sydney it was probably the best goal I've ever scored."

Danning looms as a potential Socceroo star for years to come, but that has been clouded by his international clearance from Ghana.

Danning faces a race against time to play for Australia at the Under-20s World Cup in Egypt in September, with FFA in a race against time for an appeal to FIFA regarding his eligibility to play for the Young Socceroos.

A recent change to the governing body's rules means Danning, who was born in Ghana and arrived in Australia as a seven-year-old, is unable to represent his adopted nation in any major international tournament until he has spent five years here after the age of 18.

As he has no parents born in Australia, he can only represent Ghana if his case is not granted an exemption, even though he has already played for the Young Socceroos in friendly matches.

Currently, Danning will have to wait until he turns 23 to play for Australia, at which point he would be too old to play for any of the nation's under-age teams.

"I'm still waiting on all that stuff with the FIFA kind of thing," he said. "But FFA is doing the best they can with it and that's all I can hope for."

But for now, he can focus on is the A-League. And with another 26 rounds left in season five, there are plenty of reasons to smile. 

He added: "It's gonna be the biggest for me, I hope."