New Zealand beat American Samoa 11-0 to secure OFC U-17 quarter-final spot

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…

Vanuatu’s Brian Kaltak is proving age is no barrier to achieving football glory. After joining the Central Coast Mariners this season at the age of 29, Kaltak has had his deal extended through to 2025 at the A-League club. “It has taken me a while to get my professional contract, now that I am here…

Oceania won’t just be represented on the field at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. Anne-Marie Keighley has been appointed as a referee the tournament, while fellow New Zealander Sarah Jones and Maria Salamasina from Samoa have been named as an assistant referees. It won’t be the first World Cup for all three. Keighley has…

Host nation Fiji have kicked off their OFC U-17 Championship campaign with an impressive 3-0 win over Samoa at HFC Bank Stadium in Suva. The home side poured on the pressure early, good running by Prahsant Kumar led to a couple of corners that really put the Samoan defence under pressure. Great defensive work by…

Tahiti have made a winning start to their OFC U-17 Championship campaign, beating a brave Vanuatu 2-1 in Suva. The match kicked off on a perfect HFC Bank Stadium surface, although the rain that’s been lashing Fiji in the last fortnight never felt far away. Tahiti burst out of the blocks with a good early…

The OFC U-17 Championship is underway, with New Zealand defeating New Caledonia 3-2 in an entertaining game at the Fiji Football Academy in Ba. Luke Supyk was the hero for the young Kiwis, scoring all three of their goals. New Zealand came into the game as tournament favourites but it was the New Caledonians signalled…