Second half effort powers New Caledonia to big win

A dominant second half has seen New Caledonia beat American Samoa 7-0 in their OFC U17 Championship Group B match at the Fiji Football Academy in Ba. Only one change was made to the American Samoa side that lost 11-0 to New Zealand in their first game, with Elson Utoaluga starting. However, New Caledonia rung…

Oceania Champions League winners Auckland City FC will play the opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup 2022, on 1 Feb in Morocco. Their opponents in the first game will be CAF Champions League runners-up Al Ahly of Egypt. Auckland have already flown out earlier this week to conduct a training camp in Barcelona,…

Women’s football takes centre stage in New Zealand this week, as the Football Ferns gear up to host world champions the USA in two matches. The first takes place at Sky Stadium in Wellington on Wednesday January 18, then the second at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday January 21. Both matches are expected to…

Samoa have bounced back into contention at the OFC U17 Championship 2023, beating Tonga 6-0 in their Group A match. Samoan coach Desmond Edward made two changes to his starting side that lost 3-0 to Fiji in their opening game of the tournament. Jason Goble-Lote lined up in the midfield and Cayden Steffener moved up…

Tahiti are into the quarter-finals of the OFC U-17 Championship 2023 after a Tiahiti Colombani-inspired 6-0 win over the Cook Islands at HFC Bank Stadium in Suva. The playmaker scored twice and assisted another as Tahiti made it two wins from two in Fiji and secured top spot in Group C despite some brave opposition. …

New Zealand have secured top spot in Group B and a place in the OFC U-17 Championship quarter-finals as Luke Flowerdew’s four goals helped them to a resounding 11-0 win over American Samoa.  Head coach Martin Bullock changed his entire starting XI from the opening day win over New Caledonia and the replacements were clearly…