Oceania legacy key to coaching workshop

The 2015 edition has also been an especially positive experience for Oceania’s representatives, with hosts New Zealand qualifying for the last 16 for the first time and Fiji securing a historic maiden win at a FIFA tournament.Yet even before the tournament had kicked off, an event in Auckland was looking beyond New Zealand 2015 towards…

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) –…

Uzbekistan’s 3-0 win over Fiji, coupled with Honduras’ heavy defeat to Germany, saw them leap from bottom to second place in Group F.A trio of second-half goals sealed the dramatic upturn in fortunes, with Eldor Shomurodov and Zabikhillo Urinboev on target in the space of a minute before Mirjamol Kosimov rounded off the scoring.Both sides…

A first half equaliser from Noah Billingsley got New Zealand back even at halftime before goals from Monty Patterson, Joel Stevens, Sam Brotherton and Clayton Lewis in a strong second half performance kept the team in with a chance of moving into the knockout phase of the tournament.Darren Bazeley’s New Zealand side must now wait…

New Zealand begin their fourth Women’s World Cup against the Dutch debutants at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton immediately after the tournament kicks off with host Canada facing China.Netherlands clinched their first finals berth in an expanded 24-team tournament by beating Scotland and Italy in a pair of two-legged playoffs but despite their lack of experience…

New Zealand’s place was confirmed as one of the best third placed sides after Saturday afternoon’s Group C games saw Senegal come from behind to beat Qatar 2-1 and Portugal were 3-1 winners over Colombia.Coach Darren Bazeley was confident after Friday’s result that his side would move on and is glad the squad didn’t have…

The Football Ferns have been drawn from clubs in six different nations – seven if you count the most recent Northern Hemisphere season – with players making the trip from pro outfits in Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, England, and USA to join their New Zealand-domiciled teammates.While other nations may consist of more professionals, few if…

In recording a historic 3-0 success over Honduras in the group stage of New Zealand 2015, the Pacific islanders not only secured their first-ever victory in a FIFA-run tournament, but gave themselves an unexpected chance of reaching the Round of 16. One glance into the changing room at Christchurch Stadium after the Group F clash…