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Festival helps to improve female coaching

23 September 2015
Festival helps to improve female coaching

Nineteen local coaches attended the Soccer Sisters Festival, which was run by OFC Women’s Football Development Officer Nicola Demaine and held at the Football Federation Samoa Headquarters in Upolu to help wrap up the FIFA Women’s Football Coaching Course.“The course gave the new coaches a taste of coaching youth and grassroots, different coaching styles, running…

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23 September 2015
Tonga shining as hosts

After welcoming the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Qualifiers – OFC Stage 1 from 31 August to 4 September, the capital of Nuku’alofa will next week be taken over by international football players and staff once again.The latest tournament, the OFC U-20 Women’s Championship, runs from 1-10 October at the Loto-Tonga Soka Centre.Featuring New Zealand,…

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23 September 2015
OFC Appeals Committee Statement

New Zealand Football counsel and representatives attended the hearing on 22 September to present their oral submission to the OFC Appeals Committee.A decision will be released in due course. Share

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23 September 2015
Koupa and PMSA win Southern Leg

Koupa team 3 are the new men’s champion while PMSA women claim their third successful title.It all went down to the wire in both divisions, but the fitter and more experienced teams walked out winners.The all-Rigo challenge produced a high standard of football when they qualified for the finals after disposing of highly fancied PMSA…

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22 September 2015
Festival helps improve female coaching in Samoa

Nineteen local coaches attended the Soccer Sisters Festival, which was run by OFC Women’s Football Development Officer Nicola Demaine and held at the Football Federation Samoa Headquarters in Upolu to help wrap up the FIFA Women’s Football Coaching Course.“The course gave the new coaches a taste of coaching youth and grassroots, different coaching styles, running…

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21 September 2015
Scholastic trials start in New Caledonia

Thirty young footballers aged 15-17 years old, headed out to Lycee Jules Garnier in Nouville on Wednesday to trial for entry into the school’s football section.FCF head of youth development Mathieu Delcroix says the SSSF is an important development programme being offered in New Caledonia.“The development of the individual is at the centre of this…

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21 September 2015
Glenfield go back-to-back

The 2011 and 2014 champions held a 3-0 advantage at half-time thanks to two goals from corners through Maia Jackman Trophy winner Estelle Harrison and Belinda van Noorden followed by an opportunistic Stacey Hallford effort.The North Shore club made it 4-0 in the 53rd minute with a Liz Milne goal in the aftermath of a…

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21 September 2015
Suburbs claim sixth cup crown

A 105th minute goal to Damien Mosquera broke a 1-1 deadlock between the two sides in the extra frame, paving the way for the Kohimarama-based club to secure their first national knockout cup crown since 1969 and complete a league and cup double in the process.Earlier, after a scoreless first half, Brandon Barnes had given…

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21 September 2015
Oceania success reflects development

We have seen some historic successes; Fiji getting the first win for an Oceania side at the FIFA U-20 World Cup was quickly followed by New Zealand’s passage to the Round of 16 for the first time and then Tahiti’s impressive return to the world stage where they became the first OFC team to qualify…

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21 September 2015
Toa Aito come into camp

The Toa Aito took Polynesian football to the world with their 2012 victory seeing them through to the FIFA Confederations Cup, held in Brazil in 2013.The side captured the hearts of millions of new fans from around the world as they represented Oceania with honour against the 2010 World Champions Spain in the mythical Maracana…

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