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AUCKLAND – All eight existing national league franchises will suit up for the sixth season of the New Zealand Football Championship but the entry of a Phoenix youth/reserve team will have to wait. Canterbury United withdrew from the league on June 15 but subsequently renewed their commitment to the 2009-10 season, with New Zealand Football…

Expectations are high among football clubs in Tonga after the completion of the Tongan Football Association’s (TFA) first ever youth coaching clinic conducted by two local instructors Kilifi Uele and Lui Muavesi. As four action-packed days of pure learning came to a wrap on Friday 26 June, participating youth coaches were challenged by Oceania Football…

AUCKLAND – The All Whites’ World Cup fate will be decided in Wellington after Westpac Stadium was chosen by New Zealand Football (NZF) as the venue for the crucial home leg of their intercontinental playoff against Bahrain or Saudi Arabia on November 14. The two Middle East nations clash on September 5 and 9 with…

Brazil edged South Africa 1-0 in a very tight semi-final thanks to Daniel Alves’s brilliant late free-kick. The Barcelona wing-back only entered the fray in the latter stages, but his 88th-minute rocket finally undid goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune. The game kicked off to the sound of vuvuzelas reverberating around the stadium, and within seconds, so too…

The man known to his friends and foes as the ‘Mau’ movement has orchestrated team Utulei Youth’s rise from fourth position to champions of the Football Federation of American Samoa 2009 Men’s Outdoor 5-aside Competition. Penaia Kaleopa, nicknamed Mau, helped guide Utulei Youth to title success by upsetting top-ranked FC SKBC 4-3 in their semi-final…

USA caused another sensation at the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009, beating European champions Spain 2-0 to book a place in their first-ever world final. The Spaniards controlled possession at Bloemfontein’s Free State Stadium, but the USA, losers of their first two games here in South Africa, played a brave and spirited 90 minutes…

Even the inclement weather couldn’t dampen the spirit of football at the Soccer center in ‘Atele, as Round 9 of Tonga major league took place on Saturday. Division One played its final round while the Premier, Second and U-15 divisions played their penultimate rounds. The Women’s division was also in action (5 rounds from completion)…

The Federation Caledonniene de Football  (FCF) has announced it will host Australia’s A-League newcomers Gold Coast United FC in a one-off friendly match versus New Caledonian ‘select XI’ on 27 June at the Stadium Numa Daly in Nouméa. An invite selection of New Caledonia players will face Gold Coast in the exhibition match that will double…

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is excited to announce its partnership with Fijian broadcaster Mai TV to provide comprehensive televised coverage of the OFC Futsal Championship Fiji 2009 to be held in Suva between 6-10 July.   The agreement will see Mai TV provide broadcast coverage of all six round-robin matches as well as the ‘crunch…

History is being made at the Soccer Academy in ‘Atele on Tuesday 23 June as the first Tongan Football Association (TFA) youth coaching clinic gets underway. It is the first time in Tongan football history that an Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) coaching course has featured two local instructors as course facilitators and follows on from the concept’s debut in…