Steven Lustica has had a stellar career at the Youth Australian representative level and won three National Youth League titles (1 x Sydney FC and 2 x Gold Coast United). Captained the Gold Coast youth team to victory and in the process got named the Youth League player of the season. There is probably a few more accolades that don;t come to mind as I write, but you get the picture - really talented young Canberra player who did as much as there was to do here in Australia, to the point that it was either get an A league squad position or go overseas.
So they should. It must be embarrassing for the FFA to look upon a talent like Lustica and watch him move OS, when the young player could have made a name for himself here in Australia, instead of one of the too many clapped out overseas players we have running around the A League. And all this work being done in the junior / youth ranks through the National Curriculum and National Development plan, to get quality players through to the A league and Socceroos! Makes you wonder.
Anyway, Steven Lustica is doing it in the top league in Croatia with a world renowned club. The video below shows some action of a game in which Lustica played. Good luck to him.