 During the 1980s, Australian soccer players began to start playing regularly in overseas professional leagues, with the most successful player of the decade being Craig Johnston who scored a goal in the 1986 FA Cup Final for Liverpool.During the 1980s, the federal government created a number of sport programs including Aussie Sports and Active Australia.The Australia women's national field hockey team began their run as one of the top teams in the world in 1985, a place they would hold until 2000.