OFC TECHNICAL BOSS SEES POSITIVE SIGNS FOR FOOTBALL IN TONGA

A trip to the tropics is a great opportunity to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the developed world, but for Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) Technical Director Jim Selby his Tongan development tour represents a satisfying week of exertion. Selby’s visit has been beneficial for the development and progress of football in…

When it comes to predicting who will be the big players at next week’s OFC Futsal Championship Fiji 2009, no one is more qualified than Oceania Futsal guru Scott Gilligan. Gilligan, who works as project manager for the ‘Win in Oceania’ Futsal development program, has spent time assessing and training teams involved in the championship…

The Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF), Win In Oceania Football (WIO), project known as ‘VanuaFoot’ is continuing to grow at a remarkable speed on Television, Radio, in Newsprint and is soon to be made available online at www.vanuafoot.com. This newly formed soccer program ‘VanuaFoot’ has been made possible through a month of expert WIO broadcast training…

Brazil showed their undeniable class in the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 in Johannesburg, fighting back from two goals down at the interval to sink the courageous Americans 3-2. Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovon grabbed goals in the first period, but the South American champions roared back with a Luis Fabiano brace and…

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…