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Ecuador make history with win

3 December 2014
Ecuador make history with win

The second leg in Port of Spain appeared set for extra time only for Monica Quinteros to etch her name into the annals of Ecuadorian football with a 91st-minute winner.After a scoreless opening leg in Quito last month, T&T dominated large periods of the game in front of a capacity crowd at the Hasely Crawford…

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2 December 2014
Fruits of labour realised

Laumea-Fa’aiuaso, FFS Just Play Project Manager and Women’s Football Development Officer, spent close to three weeks in Nanjing, China following the Boy’s and Girl’s Youth Olympic Football tournament as a member of the FIFA Technical Study Group.Alongside Head of the TSG Roberto Brantchen and Lim Kim Chon, Laumea Fa’aiuaso was in good company for her…

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2 December 2014
B Licence underway in Fiji

The B Licence is the highest coaching qualification offered by the Oceania Football Confederation at present, with ten candidates successfully completing the first cycle held over 2012/13.This time around participants from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Samoa have gathered at Fiji FA Academy in Suva where they will spend 16 days under…

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2 December 2014
Ba take out Women’s IDC

Labasa had scooped the title in 2012 and 2013 and had their sights set on a third straight title until a late Sonali Rao goal denied the defending champions the glory.Maria Lewavuni handed Ba an early lead but Labasa found the equaliser just ahead of half-time through Selai Naito.The action see-sawed throughout the second period…

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2 December 2014
Vicelich, Auckland’s resident Don

This 38-year-old veteran of four FIFA Club World Cups, three FIFA Confederations Cups and the All Whites’ historic FIFA World Cup™ appearance in South Africa four years ago, Vicelich shows no signs of slowing down.“I’m absolutely buzzing about going to Morocco again,” Vicelich says.“We won everything we could domestically and continentally last year and the…

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1 December 2014
Development side reaches final

The squad of U-18 players from the three northernmost federations – Northern Football, Auckland Football and Waikato Bay of Plenty, earned their final berth courtesy of a hat-trick from age-group international Martine Puketapu and goals from Tayla Christensen and Paige Satchell.From the kickoff on the artificial turf, the New Zealand squad went straight on the…

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1 December 2014
Issa named in Morocco squad

There are few surprises in the line-up with the exception of Nigerian striker Sanni Issa who has yet to make a competitive appearance in a Navy Blue shirt.The forward won the OFC Champions League golden boot with Fiji’s Ba two seasons ago and last year turned out for Amicale. “Sanni is arriving into Auckland tonight…

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1 December 2014
Krishna finds net in Phoenix win

Krishna’s goal was a screamer as the flying Fijian cut in from the left-hand side and shot into the top right-hand corner. It was a history-making evening for the New Zealand-based A-League franchise as Nathan Burns recorded the first A-League hat-trick for the Phoenix in 194 games.The three goals bumped him to the top of…

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1 December 2014
Mascot fires up crowds

The mascot, a black sheep with attitude named Wooliam, proved a hit with kids and adults as he gambolled along the route before mingling with the guests at Santa’s post-parade party.After his appearance in Auckland he was whisked down to Wellington where he performed with his hip-hop backing dancers during the half-time break in the…

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1 December 2014
Holiday Season Message

2014 has been another successful year for the OFC and I am delighted to say that we have exceeded all expectations as we build toward the completion of the new Home of Football at Ngahue in East Auckland. We saw many highlights on the field of play with Fiji qualifying for their first ever FIFA…

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