Grassroots Football makes its return to American Samoa

Kids are back out on the pitch for the Football Federation American Samoa’s (FFAS) Grassroots Summer League, with a coaching course contributing to the lead up. The Grassroots Summer League is an event for children aged between 4-12 years old who participate in football games on June 25, 28 and 30 and in the following…

Cook Islands head coach Gary Phillips has selected his 21-player squad for the 2022 OFC Women’s Nations Cup.  Representatives from clubs across the Cook Islands make up the bulk of those selected, but Phillips has also called upon the high pool of talent available to him in New Zealand to flesh out the squad. Prospective…

The Solomon Islands have named a 22-player squad for the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup in Fiji. Coach Batram Suri has called up a team of entirely domestic-based players for the tournament that gets under way later this month. Solomon Islands have been drawn in Group C alongside Fiji and New Caledonia. They will begin…

Tahiti have named a 22-player squad for the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup in Fiji. Coach Stéphanie Spielmann has included a mixture of domestic-based players as well as those based in France, India and the United States. Tahiti have been drawn in Group B alongside Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. The Vahine Ura will begin…

The eight teams who will battle for continental glory, and with it the chance to represent Oceania at the FIFA Club World Cup 2022ä, have learned their group stage opposition following the draw for the OFC Champions League 2022. The group stages and knockout stages of the OFC Champions League will be contested in New…

After a professional career as a player and coach in Europe, the UEFA Pro Licensed Rob Sherman has already made impacts in the Oceania region at New Zealand Football. He joined us at OFC in May as a High Performance Consultant. Get to know him more below.  OFC: Tell us a little bit about yourself…

Title twists in Tahiti, shock scorelines in New Caledonia and an unbeaten record falls in Fiji – all this and more in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. There has been a dramatic change at the top of Tahiti’s Ligue 1 Vini table with just two points separating the top three with two games left to…

The magnitude of qualifying for the OFC Champions League 2022 group stage is not lost on Lae City FC’s weekend match-winner Mathew David. The 29-year-old scored twice in the final five minutes of Lae City’s OFC Champions League National Playoff decider against Hekari United on Saturday, securing a stunning 2-1 comeback win and a place…

The final eight teams vying for Oceania club football supremacy will soon learn their OFC Champions League 2022 group stage opposition through a draw confirmed for Thursday, June 30. The draw will take place at 1.00pm NZT at the OFC Home of Football – Te Kahu o Kiwa in Auckland, New Zealand. OFC Competitions Director,…

Hekari United FC were left to rue Ati Kepo’s second-half red card as Mathew David’s late brace sent Lae City FC into the OFC Champions League main stage.  A tough first 45 minutes looked to be edging toward a goalless half-time scoreline at a vociferous PNG National Stadium in Port Moresby before the Hekari fans…