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Football Ferns fall to Canada in Cyprus Cup final

4 March 2010
Football Ferns fall to Canada in Cyprus Cup final

The Ferns took the 12th ranked Canadians scoreless into halftime but with 20 minutes remaining Christine Sinclair set up midfielder Diana Matheson to rifle the game’s only goal from outside the penalty area.The Ferns defeated Italy (1-0) and Scotland (3-0) and drew with Netherlands (1-1) to go through group play unbeaten but the final against…

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4 March 2010
New Zealand 0 Mexico 2

A week after a locally-sourced Mexico team dismantled Bolivia 5-0 in San Francisco, a full strength side welcoming its stars back from top European leagues was expected to overrun an under-strength All Whites eleven.But the sold out Rose Bowl crowd of 90,526 were forced to wait for 54 minutes for the opening goal – a…

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3 March 2010
Lautoka maintain their lead

The impressive win follows their midweek thrashing of Fiji’s U-20 national side (9-0) and gives the 2010 O-League representatives an overall lead in the competition. Weet Bix Shop N Save Lautoka have scored an impressive 18 goals in three matches and conceded only one. 2009 Fiji Footballer of the year Kamal Hassan scored the opening…

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3 March 2010
World Cup countdown begins in earnest

With the World Cup opening match on June 10 drawing ever nearer , especially for Mexico who take on hosts South Africa at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg in that match, the milestone has not slipped by New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert unnoticed.“It’s countdown time now,” Herbert said, “the reality of the World Cup is…

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3 March 2010
School visits kick off in Rarotonga

CIFA’s technical department including Jimmy Katoa and Tuka Tisam will be visiting schools around Rarotonga to teach children the technical side of football while also showing them how to have fun with a range of small-sided games.The school programme will run until the end of Term 1 starting with a successful competition – the Primary…

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2 March 2010
All Whites arrive in LA

All Whites captain Tim Brown, who will deputise for the injured Ryan Nelsen, was among the bulk of the squad to arrive from New Zealand and while the Phoenix midfielder admitted to being a “bit jaded” following the travel, he says the Mexican test is already whetting the appetite.“It’s not easy and we haven’t seen…

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2 March 2010
U-17 hopefuls learn their fate

The round-robin will see New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tonga compete for place at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to be held in Trinidada and Tobago from 5-25 September, 2010. Match Day 1 will see Tonga face Papua New Guinea in the opening match before hosts New Zealand take on the…

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2 March 2010
Football Ferns reach Cyprus Cup final

Needing a victory to remain a chance to top the Group A standings, New Zealand raced to an early 4th minute lead through in-form striker Amber Hearn who later added her fourth goal of the tournament in the 36th minute shortly after fullback Anna Green had extended the Kiwis’ lead.Green laid on the first goal…

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1 March 2010
Senior national team training squad named

This follows more than a week of trials and a selection process which followed in Honiara. The list was finalised in a meeting held by the Solomon Islands Football Coaches Association (SIFCA) and the members of the National Team Selection Panel on Thursday last week.The original number of 25 players has been increased to 30…

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28 February 2010
Auckland City pair get All Whites call-ups

New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert had hoped to take a look at Sweden-based midfielder Henderson with one eye on his final FIFA World Cup squad and another on the All Whites post-World Cup future but the midfielder who was already working his way back from groin surgery but twisted a knee in training. “It’s unfortunate…

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