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Vicelich, Auckland’s resident Don

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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26 November 2014
Late goal costs Ferns victory

The Football Ferns, taking on the world’s ninth ranked side in two internationals, had the better of their opponents for much of the clash, despite their first experience playing indoors on artificial turf.The New Zealand team, using three matches in Europe in preparation for next year’s FIFA World Cup in Canada, showed improvement in retaining…

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25 November 2014
Women’s game focus in Noumea

There are close to 10,000 kilometres separating New Caledonia from Mexico but the distance travelled by Rodebaugh Huitron hasn’t put the FIFA instructor off bringing her brand of women’s football development to the French territory.Rodebaugh Huitron spent five years with the Mexico national team, a period which included an appearance at the 1999 FIFA Women’s…

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25 November 2014
AFC, CONCACAF endorse OFC President’s Cup

The competition was organised with the goal of consolidating strong relationships with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) while also providing three Oceania teams with preparatory matches ahead of FIFA world events and regional competitions. The involvement of UNICEF was another chief success with the…

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24 November 2014
Ferns lose to France

The Ferns are taking on three major internationals against France and Norway in six days as they begin their preparations to next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup where their goal is to progress to the knockout stages.In their first major clash against a top-10 ranked since June, the Football Ferns began passively but were more…

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