Wellington Phoenix vice-captain Tim Brown insists that New Zealand's World Cup qualification will not affect the players at club level.
With six of the Phoenix players involved in the All Whites' history-making effort against Bahrain on Saturday it could be easy to sit back and enjoy their achievement but Brown has assured Phoenix supporters that they are now focused back on club pursuits, starting with the Newcastle Jets this Sunday.
"You don't put the euphoria of last weekend's match behind you but you have to realise that football can be a great leveller," said Brown, who is also vice-captain of the All Whites.
"We've obviously achieved something special as New Zealand internationals but that doesn't make us all of a sudden better players, or players that don't have to 'show up' to play another game this weekend.
"The worse thing we could do is go to Newcastle and think we're more special than we are because we could be embarrassed.
"There were so many positives to come out of the weekend and the Phoenix is a huge part of the New Zealand football landscape. We need to capitalise on what the club has achieved and make that bigger and better."