Australia a step closer to the Confederations Cup

The Qantas Socceroos have one hand on the OFC Nations Cup trophy and a Confederations Cup berth, having defeated the Solomon Islands 5-1 in relentless heat in Honiara this afternoon. Genclerbirligi midfielder Josip Skoko got the ball rolling for Australia in the fifth minute, before doubling his tally twenty minutes later between goals from Ante…

Full match summary – courtesy of the Australian Soccer Association Australia vs Solomon Islands – Honiara 9/10/2004 3′ Emerton gets down the flank, cross blocked out for the first corner of the game. Ball cleared at near post The crowd is going absolutely ballistic everytime the Solomons touch the ball in these early stages. 5′…

HONIARA, 8 Oct: A small crowd was at the Henderson’s Honiara International airport last night to see the arrival of the Qantas Socceroo. The Air Vanuatu flight from Brisbane was supposed to have arrived just before 10pm (local time) the flight was delayed. Missing from the team that arrived were Australia’s top striker Harry Kewell…

Results of the Election of the Papua New Guinea Football Association which took place at the Papua New Guinea Football Associations’Annual General Assembly held in Kimbe, Papua New Guinea on Saturday 14th August 2004 the following people were duly elected to the PNGFA Executive Committee for 2004-2008: President: David Chung Senior Vice President: Seth Daniel…

A draw for the Olyroos with a narrow loss for the Matildas on the first day of the Olympic competition in Athens 2004. The Matildas were narrowly beaten by Brazil in their opening match with the Brazilian teams showing many of the silky skills associated with their male counterparts. Brazil won 1 – 0 with…

OFC: It has been five years since the last Oceania qualifiers, so understandably the six teams lining up for the 2004 OFC Futsal World Cup Qualifying Tournament which kicks off in Canberra next week have every right to be itching to play. The Oceania Football Confederation realised the long gap between tournaments given the developing…

OFC: Esala Masi’s fine goal scoring form continued in the Northern New South Wales Premier League this week, with the Fijian skipper netting the last of South Cardiff’s goals in a 3-3 draw played out with bottom side Toronto Awaba at home on Sunday. The goal was Masi’s third in two matches for the Gunners,…

NOUMEA: New Caledonia league champion Magenta pulled off the double ending its 2003-04 season on a high with a narrow 2-1 victory over arch-rivals Mont Dore in the Coupe de Caledonie final last weekend. Magenta now progresses to the 7th round of the French Cup in November either in France or in Noumea depending on…

OFC, Auckland: Oceania Football Confederation president, Reynald Temarii, was re-elected unopposed at last Saturday’s OFC Extraordinary Congress, held at the Irikiri Island Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The former Tahitian soccer international turned sports administrator graciously acknowledged the solidarity shown by the congress members and thanked the FIFA president, Joseph S. Blatter for his presence…

SUVA: The Fiji Football Association has named their national under fifteen team to take part in the forthcoming Northern Ireland Milk Cup from 18-24 July in Belfast. The team was selected from a recent national competition and for the past weeks have been in camp at the Dr MS Sahu Khan Football Academy in Ba….