Auckland FC can live without being in football's Australia Cup.
The Black Knights have been dumped because it's an Asian Confederation competition, while Auckland FC and the Wellington Phoenix are from the Oceania region.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explained further.
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