OCEANIA ALL STARS – MEDIA ADVISORY: TRAINING/MEDIA SCHEDULE 02/12/2008

The Oceania All Stars will today (Tuesday 2 December) train at North Harbour Stadium ahead of their “Beautiful Game” clash against the Los Angeles Galaxy at Mt. Smart Stadium this Saturday.   Oceania All Stars will play FIFA Club World Cup-bound Waitakere United in a friendly match at North Harbour Stadium with coach Jim Selby…

Hekari Souths United are back on track for the NSL premiership after securing a 1-0 victory over spirited Gigira Laitepo Morobe FC at Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby on Saturday. It was a morale-boosting win for Hekari after their disappointing 3-1 first round loss to Solomon Islands champion Koloale FC in their O-League opener…

CMSS Tigers Rapatona, University Inter FC and Welgris Highlanders all secured wins in an action packed fourth round of the National Soccer League in Papua New Guinea. Rapatona FC register first win in PNG NSL The inclusion of South Korean Jung Joo Wan inspired CMSS Tigers Rapatona to their first National Soccer League victory at the Laiwaden Oval…

Southern Forest Combine have ended Navua’s 22-year drought in the National Club Championship by beating General Machinery United 3-0 in the final in Ba on Sunday. Epeli Saukuru was the star for the Southern Forest Combine team, scoring a brace of goals in the second spell. Laced with majority of Navua reps, the side had…

AUCKLAND – Waikato FC put itself into semi-final contention with a 3-1 over nine-man Otago in Ngaruawahia on Sunday after a trifecta of Saturday upsets closed the chasing pack to within striking distance of the early New Zealand Football Championship leaders. Tom Jackson’s ninth minute strike gave visiting Otago the perfect start, but after two…

Adelaide United FC has been officially welcomed into the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup with the FIFA Team Media Day at Hindmarsh Stadium. The reality that The Reds will feature in the lucrative tournament, that comprises of just seven clubs from around the world, hit home today as FIFA held its official media day for…

AUCKLAND – One of the world’s greatest living footballers, Edgar Davids, has been announced to join the Oceania All Stars to play in the exhibition match against the LA Galaxy next Saturday (6 December) at Mt Smart Stadium. Davids, a Dutch international with 74 caps for the Netherlands, was one of the players chosen by…

Benjamin Totori and Roy Krishna have a lot in common. They were both stars of the recent OFC U-23 Olympic Qualifying tournament in Fiji, they both possess blistering pace and they have both resigned for Waitakere United and will likely feature at the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup. For the two young stars, the chance…

AUCKLAND – The FIFA Futuro III Referee Instructors course began yesterday in Auckland with 21 participants from eight OFC Member Associations (MA’s) in attendance. The aim of the course that runs from November 27 – December 3, is to provide instructors with the necessary tools and training to enable them to impart similar courses to…

AUCKLAND – New Zealand is assembling its own galaxy of stars in the lead up to David Beckham and the LA Galaxy vs the Oceania All Stars XI. Olympic swimmer Moss Burmester will be a fish out of water on the soccer pitch, A1GP star Jonny Reid will travel at a slower pace than he’s…