Alagich the opportunity to return to his home city in 2003–04, and he played 28 matches and scored 3 goals for the club, including a crucial 105th-minute penalty to put Adelaide into the preliminary final. The season featured Alagich's 200th NSL game, in the finals series against his former club Brisbane and at the end of the year his NSL tally stood at 202 matches for 7 goals. His efforts in the team's inaugural season earned him both the Club Champion and Players' Player awards. The cancellation of the NSL for 2004–05 meant that Alagich was forced to return to South Australian state football, and he played the 2004 season with the Adelaide Raiders. When the A-League started in 2005–06, Alagich re-signed for Adelaide United, and played in 23 of their 24 matches as they won the inaugural Premiership and fell one game short of the Grand Final. The single match Alagich missed was due to suspension after he had the dubious honour of being the first player to be shown a red card in an A-League match, due to a foul in Adelaide's round 3 win over Melbourne Victory. Despite this, Alagich's solid season was recognised by Australian FourFourTwo magazine, as he was selected at right back in their "A-League Dream Team" from the inaugural season. 2006–07 saw Alagich play 21 games for United including the preliminary final at Hindmarsh Stadium against Newcastle Jets in which he scored in Adelaides penalty shootout win. He helped Adelaide reach the quarter finals of the 2008 Asian Champions League in his last ever match with a 0–0 draw against Changchun Yatai; a first for any Australian club before he retired from professional football on 22 May 2008 after playing over 100 games for Adelaide United over his four-year spell. Club statistics (Correct as of 2 January 2009) 1 – includes A-League final series statistics 2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.) Coaching career Alagich took up the role of Adelaide United women assistant coach working with Michael Barnett and has also been used as a scout during Adelaides successful Asian Champions League campaign looking at teams such as Japan's Kashima Antlers. His first year of coaching saw Adelaide United ladies finish last in the W-League after failing to win any of