AS Magenta were the only side to pick up three points from their opening match in Honiara, but they’ll need to do the business again tomorrow against the home side Marist if they want to keep their OFC Champions League campaign alive. Team Wellington are also keen to secure a win and keep the dream…
Emiliano Tade had to bide his time to rise up the pecking order of Auckland City strikers but the Argentinean is now reaping the fruits of that wait. His league-leading 14 goals this season in New Zealand’s ISPS Handa Premiership have seen him pass two significant milestones. Early in the season he overtook Grant Young’s…
With two big regional competitions on the horizon the Papua New Guinea Football Association has made the first steps in its preparations by appointing the coaches of its U-16 and U-19 national teams. Maurie Wasi will take on the U-16 side, which will play in Solomon Islands in September and Harrison Kamake will lead the…
A new course has been unveiled in Tahiti with 16 participants taking part in the inaugural Certificat Fédéral de Préparation Athlétique (CPFA) delivered by FTF technical director Patrice Flaccadori last week. The course ran over four days and required 32 hours of integrated physical preparation, disassociated athletic preparation and associated athletic preparation from U-9 to…
Auckland City FC began their OFC Champions League title defence in ominous form with a 7-0 thumping of AS Venus on Sunday at Trusts Arena while Fiji’s Lautoka FC joined them as match day one winners in Group C with a 3-1 victory over Papua New Guinea’s Madang FC. Auckland were in dominant form from…
The Tonga Football Association are keen to take football in the nation to a higher level and are making a start with its coaches. TFA Technical Director Kilifi Uele recently hosted a two-day workshop to introduce a high performance concept to coaches which began the C Licence process last year. “Some of you might be…
It is with great sadness that the Oceania Football Confederation learned of the passing of AS Taiarapu player Mickaël Tetuanui on Friday evening. Tetuanui was playing in the Coupe de Ligue 2 at Teahupoo when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. The OFC joins Fédération Tahitienne de Football in offering its sincere condolences to his family, his…
AS Magenta opened their OFC Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Qualifier runners-up Lupe Ole Soaga this afternoon, but all eyes were on the matchup between hosts Marist and Group D favourites Team Wellington who played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at Lawson Tama Stadium. In front of 12,000 vocal fans, Marist took to…
