Team 11, the consortium based in Melbourne's south-east bidding to secure a license as an A-League expansion club in the 2019-20 season, is flexing its financial muscles further, with the City of Casey ready to commit up to $23.8 million to help develop Casey Fields into a top-flight regional centre for soccer excellence to help boost the bid.

Team 11 made a splash earlier in May when it announced plans to develop a new stadium in the heart of Dandenong on land donated by the City of Greater Dandenong, should it get the go-ahead to enter the competition.

Whole new ball game: City of Casey mayor Geoff Ablett is backing a top-flight centre for soccer excellence at Casey Fields. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

Now the City of Casey, one of the nation's fastest-growing municipalities, is on board, with the proposed new centre, expected to be announced within days, to house the region's A-League and W-League club if the Team 11 bid gets up.

City of Casey mayor Geoff Ablett told the Sunday Age the desire to fund a soccer centre of excellence in an area where junior numbers playing the game have mutiplied in recent decades epitomises the council’s determination to see Team 11’s A-League and W-League bid succeed.