International Career
In 1995 he made his name in the under-17 World Championship, where he was tied top scorer with five goals, including one in Australia's 3–1 loss to eventual runners-up Brazil. His performance opened the door for his entrance into the Australian National Soccer League, signing with South Melbourne. He stayed with the club until 1997, having scored two goals in his 20 appearances.
Allsopp represented Australia again, this time at under-20 level in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia, with Australia making it through to the second round before being knocked out by Japan. On his return he was signed for Carlton SC, but was loaned out to VPL club Port Melbourne Sharks.
Meanwhile, Allsopp had become a regular member of Australia's under-23 national team (the "Olyroos") in 1999, and played three matches for one goal in 2000, but was not selected in the squad for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Allsopp finally earned his first call-up to the Australia senior squad for a friendly match against Uruguay on June 2007 and came on as a 78th minute substitute in the 2–1 defeat by the South Americans. On 23 May he got his second international appearance for Australia when he came on as a substitute for James Troisi in a friendly against Ghana.
National coach Pim Verbeek described Allsopp's performance against Indonesia in February 2009 as "absolutely hopeless", although he later added that "in the last games (for Melbourne) I have seen they were very good, so maybe it was because of Indonesia or the trip".
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