Though downcast at the Junior All Whites’ imminent exit at the hands of Portugal, the fans at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium roused themselves to give the defender a raucous ovation as he left the field of play. It was a moment that summed up just how much Tuiloma and his team-mates had got the home supporters…
There is an added sub-text too with Canada coached by John Herdman who held the New Zealand national team reins for five years, leading them out at two FIFA Women’s World Cups™.For Amber Hearn and a host of team-mates – Betsy Hassett and Ria Percival among them – this tournament marks a return to a…
But for a missed Amber Hearn penalty in the 32nd minute, New Zealand could’ve grabbed all three points and a four-way share of the Group A lead but the veteran striker laced her spotkick onto the crossbar. Canada lead the group outright with four points while China joined Netherlands on three after their 1-0 defeat…
A stirring second half performance had seen the New Zealand side equalise at 1-1 through substitute Stuart Holthusen before Gelson Martins won it in the dying stages with a curling effort from just outside the box.Earlier, Raphael Guzzo had given the Portugese side a 24th minute lead, placing his effort out of the reach of…
After creating history over the weekend by becoming the first New Zealand side to win a game at the age-group tournament with their 5-1 victory over Myanmar in Wellington, Darren Bazeley’s team raised the bar again 24 hours later when their first ever berth in the knockout stage of the tournament was confirmed via other…
Perhaps most famous was Tahiti’s appearance at the FIFA Confederations Cup in mid 2013. A few months later Tahiti became the first Oceania nation – other than continental kingfishers New Zealand – to host a global football tournament when the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup took place on Papeete’s sun-kissed foreshore.The Tiki Toa (Warrior Gods)…
Ten of the 11 Member Association were represented at a FIFA TV Regional Seminar for Media Officers in Auckland, New Zealand which was held in conjunction with the opening match days of the FIFA tournament in Auckland.OFC General Secretary Tai Nicholas says the seminar was a legacy that will lead to the upskilling of each…
Darren Bazeley’s team – which finished third in Group A – will tangle with the Group C winners at Waikato Stadium on Thursday in the round of 16 and the New Zealand coach says his group will be ready.“Portugal is a very strong team,” Bazeley said.“They qualified for the tournament out of a strong competition…
While Fiji may not be joining their Oceania neighbours in the next round of the competition, coach Frank Farina insists the historic results are an impressive achievement nonetheless.“It was most probably unexpected by a lot of people that we would have this opportunity going into the last game,” Farina says of his young side coming…
Individual milestones bring unwanted attention to a player who is uneasy in the spotlight, despite her on-field exploits featuring heavily in some of the Football Ferns’ and New Zealand Football’s finest moments.Amidst the loss to the Netherlands on Sunday (NZT), 30-year-old Hearn joined a small club of New Zealand Football centurions on Sunday (NZT) –…