While that star power adds further lustre to what is already a special event, New Zealand fullback Ali Riley has been used to rubbing shoulders with the famous for a…
The central defender will soon have the honour of captaining her country at an Olympic Games when the Football Ferns walk out for their Rio 2016 opener against reigning gold…
She would get off the team bus and find that seat in the cavernous arena of Millennium Stadium or storied surrounds of St James’ Park to look down at the…
Now they are seeking a rebirth under the guidance of new head coach Juliano Schmeling, who will lead ‘Kurukuru’ into the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship in February, where qualification to…
If Emma Rolston was on the field at the 2015 OFC U-20 Women’s Championship in Tonga you could safely assume it wouldn’t be long until she was putting a ball…
That is why this month’s Tonga U-15 tour of Auckland is so valuable to the game at all levels.Two squads made up of 25 boys and 20 girls, some aged…
Pride for their country and a determination to prove themselves deserving of their place on the world stage helps drive this team.But it’s the unique manner in which they play…
The New Caledonia U-23 recently returned home from a three-match international series in Vanuatu where Sardo says they put themselves into competition mode. “During that week we were truly put…
In the history of this competition two of this trio have already managed to find their way to the final – AS Pirae and AS Tefana. AS Pirae became the…
Mariah Nogueria has hit the heights of women’s football, playing in US Soccer’s National Women’s Soccer League and now her love of the game combined with her heritage has not…