It has also prompted the Halberg Awards organisers to instruct its panel of judges to revisit its vote.
Halberg organisers accepted a late nomination from New Zealand Football to include Auckland City as contenders for Team of the Year and captain Ivan Vicelich as Sportsman of the Year.
Angell says there's no doubt about the spin-off from Auckland City's success but the financial fillip and player capabilities are something that will not be realised until next season.
The outside perception is one of Kiwi clubs having a similar professional structure to those of elite leagues around the world, especially Europe and South America.
"We don't quite have the set-up in the game but everybody here knows that."
Conversely Angell points out it's an affirmation that success is equally attainable with limited resources.
A-League campaigners Western Sydney Wanderers, he emphasises, are a professional outfit but didn't quite really make it at the club World Cup.
From the Kiwi premiership perspective, he feels the franchises feeding off a slice of the more than $3 million cake will certainly find it handy to have something in their coffers should the Oceania Football Championship beckon during the qualifying phase.
The top team make the cut from the ASB Premiership each summer but, if the winners have already qualified, then the runners-up also receive a ticket to play other qualifiers from the Pacific Island nations in the home-and-away play-offs.
"This year, the premiership is more stronger than in previous years," Angell says.
Team Wellington are the new kids in the O-League block, annexing the rite of passage from the other traditional powerhouse, Waitakere United.
At the club World Cup, Auckland City were able to force games into the penalty-kick stage where they took their chances.
"It's more about luck rather than technical ability, even for Real Madrid."
In some respects, he believes Auckland City over-achieved in Marrakech and that instils the belief in other franchises here that such goals are not beyond them.
The success also is an assertion that the Kiwi game requires an addition of overseas talent to mould and shape what ultimately will be a platform for breeding elite home-grown players.
"That's relevant to all the franchises in the premiership here."
The state of self-reliance in football here is probably 10 to 15 years away and Angell does not think New Zealand will find itself in the same predicament as England's EPL that is almost devoid of home-grown talent.
Football is a global game so it shouldn't come as a surprise that players will come here and elite counterparts will leave the shores.
He likens here to the United States which has structures to develop home-grown talent but its success at the Fifa World Cup in Brazil came from overseas-based players.
Asked if Auckland coach Ramon Tribulietx should be All Whites coach, Angell says the Spaniard has shown he has the ability to put things together but incumbent Anthony Hudson doesn't have overseas players at his disposal.
"Ramon has to go where it's right for Ramon's coaching," he says, adding he is equally marketable abroad but it is an NZF decision.
The results of Hudson's World Cup qualifiers will reveal if NZF has made the right decision.
