FIFA U-17 WOMEN&039;S WORLD CUP – MORACE TEACHES EAGER STUDENTS

Visiting FIFA Ambassador Carolina Morace spent Thursday and Friday helping both young and old students of the game of football. Morace – a former Italian women’s international and the first woman to coach a professional male side – is in New Zealand as a FIFA Ambassador along with former New Zealand international Michelle Cox and…

Young Football Ferns Captain Bri Fisher is set to make her live television debut on Tuesday night at North Harbour Stadium – broadcast to 150 countries worldwide. But Fisher insists that the worldwide attention and hype surrounding the opening match of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will not affect her or her teammate’s performances….

The end product of two years of diligent preparations will be seen in Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium on Tuesday when hosts New Zealand take on Canada in the opening match of the first-ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Today, four of the curtain-raiser’s main protagonists – New Zealand’s coach and captain, Paul Temple and Bri…

She wears the No 10 shirt made famous by Brazilian great Pele but at just 14 Beatriz Zaneratto Joao has plenty of catching up to do. No better place to catch the eye than on the Fifa stage. Simply "Beatriz" to her teammates, the youngest player in Brazil’s squad for the Under-17 Women’s World Cup…

AUCKLAND – FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008 invite media to attend a pre-tournament press conference at 10:00 on Friday, 24 October 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Auckland. FIFA Head of Women’s Competitions Tatjana Haenni, CEO of the Local Organising Committee of the…

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A young, energetic and competitive Oceania All Stars line-up will face the LA Galaxy on Saturday 6 December at the Auckland Regional Council’s Mt Smart Stadium. The core team, announced today at The Westin Hotel in Auckland’s Lighter Quay, promises to showcase some of the best footballing talent from New Zealand and the South Pacific….

AUCKLAND – Young Football Ferns head coach Paul Temple says a cross-code chat with All Blacks coach Graham Henry has given his staff plenty of confidence in their World Cup build-up. Ahead of next Tuesday’s FIFA U-17 World Cup opener against Canada, the Young Football Ferns are staying at Takapuna’s Spencer on Byron hotel where…

Tiffany Cameron’s golden boot claimed Canada’s place in Fifa’s Under-17 Women’s World Cup. Now the Ontario striker wants to help her team go all the way in the championship which kicks off at North Harbour Stadium next Tuesday. Cameron, who turned 17 virtually as she boarded the flight Downunder last week, will carry the attacking…

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