There are two more days of action to go in the Summer Youth League, a tournament organised by the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS), at the Kananafou Theological Centre.The children competing in the younger divisions – six to nine mixed and nine to 11 mixed – have been playing twice a day during the…
The New Zealand-based 23-year-old has already proven himself in the 11-a-side game and is now aiming to set a similar standard in futsal.He is confident of a good showing at the OFC champs and can’t wait to take centre stage.“Whenever you enter to play, one should be ready for what awaits him,” he says.“I’m looking…
The 22-year-old has joined the Hammers on a three-year contract from Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around NZ $8.7 million.He had a medical on Thursday afternoon and met with manager Avram Grant before heading to the club’s Boleyn Ground home to finalise his dream move later in the…
The move comes after a review of the competition conducted by NZF in consultation with its seven member federations. The competition will still feature representative teams from each federation but a second team from Auckland Football – recognising the current depth in that region – will bring the competition to eight teams from the 2011…
OFC technical director Patrick Jacquemet conducted the workshop with the help of Patrice Flaccadori, assistant technical director for the Fédération Tahitienne De Football (FTF).During the official opening, VFF president Lambert Maltock presented a report on the development of football in Vanuatu and praised the federation’s staff for their years of hard work.Jacquemet then gave a…
Chandler, who is also involved with the 11-a-side game as head coach of NZFC franchise Hawkes Bay United, has only been with the New Zealand side for a short time but is confident of earning success at the tournament. He sat down with oceaniafootball.com to talk about his hopes for the Kiwi team.How are the…
The annual course took place earlier this month at the Fédération Tahitienne De Football Academy in Pirae and was attended by 28 participants, including two member association (MA) instructors.It was led by a trio of instructors from FIFA – referee development officer Massimo Raveino (Tahiti), technical advisor Neil Poloso (Solomon Islands) and fitness trainer Jean…
The website, available at www.ffas.as , contains all the latest news, photographs and other information relating to football in the nation.The site is developed by New Zealand-based company StayinFront (Asia-Pacific) Ltd and follows a similar design to the OFC website.The new format uses the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, which allows information to be shared…
He will be supported in leading the side by Petero Dauniseka, who has been named as vice-captain.Eight other players will make their debut for the side at the tournament, which will be held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva from August 8 to 14.Hassan, who was a nominee for the 2009 OFC men’s player of…
Pago Park, the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS) headquarters, was opened in 2007 but was badly damaged by a natural disaster just two years later when a series of earthquakes and tsunamis devastated parts of American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga in September 2009.FIFA has contributed US $800,000 towards the tsunami repair work and the…