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Football Ferns captain heads State-side

6 May 2014
Football Ferns captain heads State-side

The 24-year-old currently plays for USV Jena in Germany’s Frauen Bundasliga and has previous experience playing in Australia and Spain.As the most-capped players in New Zealand history, with 96 appearances for her country at senior level, Erceg brings a wealth of experience to Chicago.“Abby will provide us with a higher level of professionalism and leadership,…

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6 May 2014
Dedication and talent earns new role for Aka

In March Aka travelled to Auckland to participate in the Just Play Instructors Course and staying on for the Just Play Project Managers Meeting following her appointment to the role just ahead of the workshops.Less than two months later, Aka has been appointed head coach of the Papua New Guinea U-15 women’s team who will…

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6 May 2014
New Zealand U-20 4-1 Fiji U-20

The two sides met for the first time in 2014 on Sunday evening, with New Zealand’s Junior All Whites emerging clear victors with a 5-0 victory.Both sides have the same end game – the FIFA U-20 World Cup – but while New Zealand have automatically qualified as hosts, Fiji will have to overcome strong challenges…

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6 May 2014
Aka appointed U-15 women’s coach

The 38-year-old former PNG striker will help prepare the PNG U-15 Women’s National team for the upcoming Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.Margaret is a long time football advocate and is currently the Just Play Manageress looking after the OFC Just Play program in Papua New Guinea with the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Her…

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6 May 2014
Second victory for Junior All Whites over Fiji

After a slow start on Sunday, New Zealand wasted no time getting down to business at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup final venue with a number of decent efforts flying at the target within the first five minutes of play.Fiji’s defence did well to hold out the continuous pressure from the Kiwi attack force…

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4 May 2014
Junior All Whites down Fiji U-20

For New Zealand U-20 coach Darren Bazeley a cautious approach was applied to the side’s first international of the year as they build up to next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup.“It was potentially a difficult game, I’ve watched Fiji play and they’ve got some good players,” Bazeley says.“The plan was to dominate possession and create…

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4 May 2014
Auckland survive Pirae onslaught to reach final

The New Zealand champions held a 3-0 advantage from the first leg in Auckland but that began to erode quickly when Jimmy Tepa opened the scoring for AS Pirae just four minutes into the match. The Tahitians doubled their lead five minutes before the break when talismanic striker Naea Bennett added a second to bring…

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4 May 2014
Pirae 2-1 Auckland City

See below the play-by-play action.To view the match summary click hereThe match kicks off.1′ Free kick for Pirae taken by VAHIRUA but he doesn’t find the target.2′ Corner for Pirae but WILLIAMS (AKL) boxes the ball away.4′ GOAL! Pirae 1-0 Auckland City TEPA opens the scoring for the Tahiti’s champions.5′ Free kick for Auckland City…

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3 May 2014
Amicale first team through to final

Played before a sell-out crowd of 9,000, Amicale started as favourites after last week’s come-from-behind victory over the Fijians at Govind Park.Ecstatic coach Nathan Hall was effusive in his praise for the support his Amicale side have received.“Despite Ba’s arrival on a late flight today, they put on a tough game with a good performance…

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3 May 2014
Amicale 0-0 Ba

To view the match summary click hereA crowd of 9,000 has packed PVM Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu, for the OFC Champions League semi-final 2nd leg between Amicale and Ba.Amicale hold a slender 2-1 aggregate advantage after their first leg heroics at Govind Park, Ba, last week and need just a draw to advance to…

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