"I made a commitment when I took on the Matildas role that I'm in the process of coming back to Australia anyway. I'll be here for the whole W-League season as well, that's my role," Milicic said.

"The timing is right for me and that was the main thing and I think the fact that I've been with two expansion teams, that gives me a real opportunity to bring in the people I want, both as in staff and in players, and that's important for me. There's a lot of work but there's a lot of opportunity and I think the lead-in, the fact that I look over my time with those two previous other expansion clubs, they were done in a lot shorter timeframe and this gives me an opportunity to get the right people around me because that's important. The area and the club's got a lot of potential."

He is set to be given the budget for marquee players and confirmed his intention to try and sign former Socceroo captain Mile Jedinak, a player he regards as one of the best leaders he could hope to bring to the club.

After receiving the green light from FFA, Milicic signed a contract with the new club at 11am at the Campbelltown Catholic Club, in a room above the function centre where the club was unveiling its identity.

Having been known previously by its working title "Macarthur South West United", the club unveiled itself as Macarthur Football Club. Its logo is a shield with an image of a bull, an homage to the cows which escaped from the first fleet and settled in the region known as Cowpastures. It draws upon the stories of the first cows in Australia being sheltered by the local indigenous nation of Dharawal.