 VASFA was faced with opposition to how the league was run, and the 12 State League clubs (now with Preston Croat among them) decided to breakaway and join the rebel Victorian Soccer Federation although many clubs playing below the State League, including SC Croatia, initially sided with the VASFA.Preston Croat poach players from SC Croatia; the VSF proved to be a more attractive set-up for players.By February 1962 the VSF gain control of the sport in Victoria when VASFA collapsed and disbanded.