In the cup, 10 Socceroos have scored 12 goals, including three to Cahill – the only multiple scorer.
“We never really thought that it was about just Timmy scoring goals,” Postecoglou said.
“We knew if we played our style of football, we would get players in positions to score.”
And they have come from everywhere.
Defenders Trent Sainsbury and Jason Davidson scored in Tuesday night’s 2-0 semi-final against United Arab Emirates – their first goals for their country.
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Midfielder Massimo Luongo has also logged his first goal for the Socceroos; evergreen Matt McKay and Mark Milligan have banked rare goals.
The Australians have scored more than any other nation – Japan is next best with eight.
To put the Socceroos’ scoring spree in context: before the cup, it took 19 months for them to find 10 different scorers, a stretch dating back to June 2013.