“Obviously there are a few differences to season one when we won it," he admitted.

"Yorkie's [Dwight Yorke] not here and a couple of the younger players are coming through like Brendon Santalab who's scored a couple of great goals. And there's Adam Biddle who's done well when he's come in.

“It's brewing in the dressing room. It's a different feeling than season one but it's still a winning feeling.”

Sydney sits in third spot on 27 points, three behind the Mariners and Queensland.

Sydney faces the Roar after their trip to Wellington on Friday night. Corica tipped the Roar fixture to be a “blockbuster”.

“We've got a bit of everything," he added. "We've got the youth coming through and the experienced players.

"Hopefully we can keep it going and win our next three matches. But first we've got to get there [to the finals].”

Sydney leaves tonight for Wellington ahead of their important game with Phoenix this Friday night.

“They are an opponent we seem to have found tough,” said Corica, who was named in the Socceroo train on squad today.