"We’re planning to build a team here and whatever we need to do to get there, we’ll do it, that’s what this bid is about. "It’s not about a contest or who has the most money, this is about bringing something to a region I care deeply about. It’s about giving the city something it wants and needs. "It was more anticipation than relief or anything and now we're in, lets go get it, let's go show them how we’re going to build this club." Loading Canberra are the only bid which already have sides in the W-League and National Youth League.

The bid was centred around a "50 plus one" ownership model which is based on the one used in Germany's Bundesliga, where a club can only obtain a licence if its members retain overall control. "Our mission is to put in a winning bid and then commit to this 50 plus one model where our members make all the important decisions," Caggiano said. "They’ll follow and bleed for this club so they'll decide the name, colours and badge. Everyone will have an equal voice and we're starting that conversation with the community now." Another factor working in Canberra's favour is the existing stadium at Bruce, which is used by the Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies. "Say what you want about the state of Canberra Stadium but it goes unused in the summer and if we become a tenant that will put a local facility to good use and pump more money in to the economy," Caggiano said.

Soccer has the highest participation rates of any sport in Canberra with more than 30,000 registered players in the city and its surrounding areas. Canberra's population of 400,000 will work against them, with FFA boss David Gallop wary of expanding into cities of less than a million people and wanting to "fish where the fishes are". But the Canberra bid are claiming a catchment area of 1.26 million people, which is the same used by the Brumbies. The bid team are in talks with the territory and federal governments and Caggiano said it was time to put their plans into action. "We can commence the next stages, all the conversations I've had with investors are now a lot more real, we can talk specifics now," Caggiano said.