WOMEN&039;S MATCH DAY 3 – &039;live updates&039; from Apia

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) would firstly like to thank our worldwide audience for their passionate interest and patience in receiving ‘live updates’ broadcast directly from the Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Playing Fields in Apia, Samoa. OFC will again attempt to bring you action from today’s games in the women’s tournament as it happens, and thanks you in…

It was a day of goals, shock and drama at the XIII South Pacific Games – Samoa 2007 with surprise packets Tuvalu scoring a dramatic last gasp 1-1 draw with Tahiti. In Group B Samoa and Tonga served up a pulsating and passionate encounter as the near-neighbours fought an exciting battle that host-nation Samoa won…

SAMOA 2 (Faaiuaso 45’+1, Taylor 83′) TONGA 1 (Feao 53′)  Polynesian cousins Samoa and Tonga put on a show for the bumper crowd estimated at 2,500 at Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Playing Fields in Apia, Samoa in what has been widely described as the match of the tournament so far. Such was the intensity from the kick-off…

NEW CALEDONIA 3 (Iamel KABEU 36′, pen. 50′, 85′) COOK ISLANDS 0 New Caledonia sealed their place in the semi-finals today after a polished 3-0 win over Cook Islands at JS Blatter Playing Field in Apia this afternoon. Iamel Kabeu (pictured below) was in irrepressible form for the New Caledonians who turned in their most convincing…

AMERICAN SAMOA 0 VANUATU 15 (7. Moise POIDA 19’; 11. Etienne MERMER 24’; 45’, 45+1’, 68’; 13. Francois SAKAMA 43’, 79’, 91+’; 5. Andrew Chichirua 56′; 10. Suele SOROMON 62’, 81’, 84’, 86’,92+’;  8.Tom Phillip TOMAKE 72’)     Vanuatu was simply too fit, too fast and too strong for American Samoa as they cruised to a 15-0 victory in…

  TAHITI                  1 (Axel WILLIAMS 46′) TUVALU                1 (Viliamu SEKIFU 88′)   Tuvalu caused the upset of the day after they drew 1-1 with Tahiti at JS Blatter Playing Field in Apia, Samoa today. Tuvalu’s day got off on the wrong foot when skipper Petio Semaia missed an 8th minute penalty kick when he smashed…

    Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Media is pleased to announce that www.oceaniafootball.com will carry live text updates as all the South Pacific Games Football action unfolds.   Simply refresh your browser to get updates on all the action as it happens at J.S.Blatter Playing Field, Apia, Samoa…   Today’s matches are as follows:  1500hrs (GMT-13)  Tahiti…

American Samoa were the belles of the XIII South Pacific Games Women’s Football Tournament ball tonight in Apia after they scored an upset 1-1 draw with Cook Islands tonight, securing theirfirst ever goal and first ever point in international women’s football. Jasmine Makasini was the hero for American Samoa with the 14-year-old youngster seizing on…

  Super-sub Cathy Agunam and wing-wizard Lydia Banabas helped themselves to two goals each tonight at J.S.Blatter Playing Field as Papua New Guinea established their gold medal and Olympic Games credentials for all to see in Apia, sweeping aside a powerful start by Solomon Islands. The opening ten minutes of the match were frenetic as…

Jasmine Makiasi made football history for American Samoa tonight when she scored her countries first ever goal – and earned the team’s first ever point – in women’s international football. Makiasi’s equaliser and American Samoa’s comeback was the big shock of the XIII South Pacific Games Women’s Football Tournament so far though Cook Islands will rue a myriad of…