LIVE UPDATE: KOSSA FC vs. WAITAKERE UNITED (FINAL SCORE: 3-1)

HONIARA – Joe Luwi and James Naka are the toast of the town after their goals helped Kossa FC to a 3-1 win over Waitakere United in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League Final 1st Leg. Jonathon Perry pulled one back for the reigning OFC O-League and New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) title holders but…

HONIARA – Kossa FC will face an O-League acid test when it attempts to become the first Solomon Islands football club to defeat a New Zealand side in tomorrow’s OFC O-League Final 1st Leg at Lawson Tama Stadium. The previous best result a Solomon Islands club champion has ever achieved against a New Zealand team…

Kossa FC coach Jacob Moli is looking forward to celebrating Solomon Island football at Lawson Tama Stadium on Saturday. Moli said that after the disappointing performances of the Solomon Islands at the South Pacific games last August that the country needed a good football boost and he is hopeful that his young squad can provide…

Solomon Island champions Kossa FC will face Waitakere United in the first leg of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League final at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara tomorrow. The return leg will be played on Sunday May 11th at Douglas Field, Trusts Stadium, with the aggregate winner of the two matches progressing to the FIFA…

“I am so happy to be home playing in front of my fans and friends. Waitakere United is my club but Solomon Islands will always be my country.” That was the emotional statement made by Waitakere United striker Benjamin Totori at todays press conference at the SIFF academy ahead of the OFC O-League final between Waitakere…

HONIARA – Solomon Islands and Waitakere United striker Benjamin Totori made a teary return to the town that launched him onto the international scene amid emotional scenes at Honiara International Airport this afternoon. The 22-year-old striker and his Waitakere United team-mates were welcomed by Totori’s parents and a crowd of just over 400 local supporters…

Waitakere United have had their best year on record and have reached their second successive OFC O-League final. Now seen as the heavyweights of New Zealand Football the 2007/08 NZFC Minor Championship winners have dominated nearly every match they have played this year. Their season thus far has seen them win 19 out of their…

AUCKLAND – Wellington Phoenix duo Shane Smeltz and Tony Lochhead have been included as over-age players in an extended Thai Airways Oly-Whites squad announced by coach Stu Jacobs today. Jacobs has predictably named the ‘big three’ British based players – Celtic’s Chris Killen, Fulham’s Simon Elliot and Blackburn captain Ryan Nelsen – in his 25…

HONIARA – Waitakere United arrive in a hot humid Honiara this afternoon in the knowledge that its first New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) title secured last weekend with a victory over Team Wellington makes Chris Milicich-coached club favourites for a second consecutive O-League title. Since the departure of Australia for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)…

Kossa FC has had a season of highs and lows with key players unavailability often leading to inconsistency. With five of their top players also doubling as the national Bilikiki beach soccer team members Kossa has struggled to reach the heights of last year’s domestic success, though has prospered when all players were available. James…