NZ Soccer Press Statement

nzsoccer.co.nz NEW ZEALAND SOCCER PRESS CONFERENCE 23rd JUNE 2004 Board Chairman The Board of NZS today voted Chairman John Morris to the position for a further two year term. New Zealand Soccer is honoured to have such a reputable person with a strong background in the game and standing in the business and education communities….

NOUMEA: New Caledonia club champions Magenta flies to Tahiti this weekend to play Tahitian champion Manu Ura for the Dom-Tom Cup series. Magenta is the reigning title-holder having beaten AS Pirae last year in Noumea – the first time a New Caledonian team had beaten a Tahiti team in this annual fixture. After sweeping all…

PORT MORESBY: The Papua New Guinea Football Association has targeted the two OFC youth tournaments next year as important dates and have begun their preparations in earnest with a planned national youth championship next month. The PNGFA confirmed yesterday that a combined Under 19 and Under 23 men’s championship will take place in Goroka from…

ASA: 30 year old Cheryl Salisbury will lead a new-look Australian Women’s Football Team to Athens in August. Only four members of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Team remain, Dianne Alagich, Heather Garriock, Salisbury and Sacha Wainwright. 14 first-timers are bound for Athens but Salisbury is convinced talent and raw enthusiasm will take the Team a…

OFC, Auckland: Australia’s pacific island contingent grew by three more last weekend, when Solomon Islanders Joel Konofilia, Jack Samani and Paul Usumae made their debuts with Queensland Premier League outfit the Brisbane Wolves. The Solomons trio did not disappoint in their first outing, with Usumae netting the Wolves match winner in a 2-1 win against…

OFC, Auckland: English Coaching Instructor, Alan Gillett, has praised the attitude of the eighteen coaches attending the 2004 OFC Indigenous Senior Coaching License courses, being held at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. “The coaches have been excellent so far and gone way beyond my expectations,” said Gillett. “Since the first course was held…

OFC, Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation has today announced the match schedule for the forthcoming OFC Futsal World Qualifying Tournament in Canberra next month. The original dates have also been pushed back one day to allow the six teams to train at the match venue before the start of the tournament. The new confirmed dates…

OFC, Auckland: Following on from the first two stages of Oceania’s World Cup qualification campaign, Australia’s pacific island contingent returned to their respective club sides over the weekend with varying successes. In Australia’s North, all four islanders plying their trade in Queensland enjoyed victories, with Vanuatuan striker Richard Iwai getting amongst the goals in Mitchelton’s…

MADANG: Port Moresby pulled off a miracle golden goal in extra-time to retain the Papua New Guinea national women’s soccer crown in Madang. Locked at 1-all after regulation time, the reigning champion had to fend off a strong challenge from arch rivals Lae in extra time to retain the PNGFA national title at Madang’s Laiwaden…

OFC, Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation has confirmed six entries for the 2004 OFC Futsal World Qualifying Tournament in Canberra, Australia next month. The hosts will be joined by trans-tasman rival New Zealand and island nations Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to find the sole OFC representative to the FIFA Futsal World Championship in…