LA GALAXY ANNOUNCE TEAM TO TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND

CARSON, Calif. (Wednesday, November 26, 2008) – LA Galaxy General Manager and Head Coach Bruce Arena today unveiled the 19-man roster that will travel to New Zealand ahead of the friendly against the Oceania All-Stars on December 6. That game, which will be played at Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, will be televised…

AUCKLAND – A 10-women Junior Football Ferns were just seconds away from earning an historic quarterfinal at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup until a 94th minute equaliser sent England through at their expense with 1-1 draw in Santiago. New Zealand had taken a 27th minute lead through Sarah McLaughlin’s 22 yard drive and even…

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has welcomed the decision by the Samoa Sports Disputes Tribunal on Thursday 20 November 2008 to endorse the Normalisation Committee process at Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation (SFSF) to be effective immediately. The Samoa Sports Disputes Tribunal finding has affirmed the decisions taken by the FIFA Emergency Committee on 9 June 2008…

AUCKLAND – Waitakere United are breathing heavily down the neck of NZFC shock frontrunners Manawatu after a convinving 2-1 win over Auckland City at Kiwitea street yesterday. Goals to Allan Pearce and Daniel Koprivcic sealed the result for the O-league champions who conceeded a late 89th minute goal from Matt Williams.  Waitakere now host Canterbury in their…

A year on and a year wiser. That is the message Waitakere United coach Chris Milicich and club president Rex Dawkins are sending out to Australian rivals Adelaide United ahead of their crucial FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final playoff match in Tokyo on 11 December. Last year, the reigning O-League champions suffered a painful 3-1…

AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s first ever quarterfinal spot at a football World Cup awaits the Junior Football Ferns if they can beat England at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Santiago on Thursday morning (NZ time). New Zealand currently lie third in Group A with three points after a gut-wrenching 2-3 loss to Nigeria…

The race for the best soccer club in Fiji has begun after Fiji Football Association announced proceedings for the 2008 National Club Championship this morning.   Top clubs from the Rewa Football Association, Raymonds and United, are seeded at the top of Pool One along with Shop and Save Blues from Lautoka and Siberia from…

Sepik FC registered their first National Soccer League points after upsetting big-spending CMSS Tigers Rapatona 1-0 in the third round of the competition at the Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby on Saturday. The determined Sepik side displayed fighting spirit in attack and defence – qualities lacking in many franchises early in the competition –…

The Welgris Highlanders football club is taking positives steps to promote the club and National Soccer League in Papua New Guinea. The Highlanders club plans to promote the National Soccer League by appealing to the grassroots level in PNG by promoting the club, so the players and supporters at the rural and local areas can…

AUCKLAND – New Zealand will head into their crucial final FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup group match against England in Santiago on Thursday morning without star midfielder Ria Percival, after an appeal over her suspension was rejected by FIFA. New Zealand management had appealed to FIFA to overturn the second of two yellow cards Percival…