Central Coast Mariners to lose Michael McGlinchey for A-League season opener Michael McGlinchey set to play friendlies for New Zealand. MARINERS boss Graham Arnold has abandoned his hopes of keeping Michael McGlinchey for Saturdays opening round against the Wanderers, giving the winger permission to depart today to join New Zealands World Cup preparation. The Kiwis will play a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago on October 15 in Port of Spain after warm-up games against two club sides in LA, as Ricki Herbert fines tunes his side for November's World Cup playoff with a place in Brazil at stake. Arnold was only obliged to let McGlinchey go in time to arrive 48 hours before the game with Trinidad and Tobago under FIFA regulations, and had scanned flight schedules in the hope of enabling McGlinchey to play against the Wanderers. But the best case scenario only would get McGlinchey into Port of Spain 46 hours before the game against Trinidad and Tobago. Though Arnold could have kept his player here until later in the week, he gave permission yesterday for McGlinchey to leave immediately. It stretches Arnold's resources, with Daniel McBreen away on loan until Round 5.