“Young Marco Rojas at Wellington, Brisbane’s Kosta Barbarouses, West Brom’s Chris Wood, Jeremy Brockie at Newcastle along with the experience of Chris Killen, Rory Fallon and my club teammate Shane Smeltz.

“It’s amazing when you think about it,” Moss, a Kiwi international capped 16 times, told au.fourfourtwo.com.

Rojas, the 19-year-old winger from Hamilton, has been in irresistible form in the second half of this season.

He could be called into the national team for the first time next month when New Zealand head to Japan and China for two friendly games.  

Barbarouses, 21 thisSaturday, too has enjoyed a breakthrough season with Brisbane and it's expected he will also be called up as New Zealand start on the road to Rio later this year. 

“I’m sure Ricki will have him [Rojas] involved in the China and Japan games in late March in Asia,” said Moss.

“We’ve got our qualifiers in Oceania coming up and if we can get the majority of the squad back for those we can hopefully build into the fifth place play-off [against an AFC nation].

“It’s a dream. A realistic dream especially with the depth we have now. Hopefully Rio here we come,” Moss said with a smile.

The in-form A-League keeper is keen to put the nightmare of the last World Cup behind him. He was suspended for the 2010 event following a red card against Fiji (which was followed by a frustrating administrative bungle which scuppered his chances of appealing the suspension in time).

Mark Paston took his chance in South Africa and won many plaudits. And it's this depth that gives Moss confidence that the All-Whites can make back-to-back World Cups.

“Now we hopefully have a team full of stars especially who are performing in the A-League which is at a good level.

The 28-year-old former Victory glovesman says the All-Whites and Wellington Phoenix - set for their second A-League finals appearance in a row  – are muscling their way into the New Zealand sporting landscape.

And rightly so, this was reflected at the recent Halberg Awards – New Zealand annual awards that recognise and honour Kiwi sporting excellence.

While All-Black Richie McCaw won the Sportsman of the Year, the All Whites were judged team of the year as well as picking up the Halberg Supreme Award.

Ricki Herbert was judged coach of the year while the Halberg for New Zealand's Favourite Sporting Moment was Winston Reid's last minute goal versus Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

However, there was a backlash by some in the rugby dominated nation at this All-White dominance of the awards.

“That doesn’t surprise,” Moss said.

“There are rugby supporters who might be thinking the All-Whites haven’t even won anything. But it’s an achievement getting New Zealand football on the world map. Of course we deserve that. As does Ricki for what he’s done with Wellington and the All-Whites.

“Football people like you and I think that but you go over to Auckland and try tell them that.

“For them it’s only rugby. I enjoy the game of rugby although being a football person, the FIFA World Cup is the biggest world cup.”

Moss added: “Hopefully we can change some of those mindsets especially if the national team can keep performing.”