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Rojas scores on debut

12 July 2013
Rojas scores on debut

The 21-year-old New Zealander left A-League side Melbourne Victory on a free transfer in April after being voted the league’s Player of the Year, having scored 15 goals during the 2012/13 season.Having been named in the starting line-up for the pre-season match, Rojas helped put his side 4-0 up ahead of the half-time break in…

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12 July 2013
Young All Whites seek to maintain momentum

However, it is the nation’s U-17 national team that have paved the way by achieving breakthrough success on the world stage.The Young All Whites reached the knockout stage of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, an accomplishment no other New Zealand team had achieved to that point. It is a feat the team repeated…

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12 July 2013
FFS focuses on local coach talent

Football Federation Samoa is putting its might behind talented local coaches as it looks to build a strong base for coach and player development in its own backyard.One of those talented young up-and-comers is Taavale Tavita, from the village of Papaloloa, who was recently selected as one of the two coaches to take the reins…

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12 July 2013
Tahiti’s desire to reign in Oceania

Today we are bringing you the latest on Tahiti who will arrive in Auckland with plans to better their result in 2011, where they finished runner-up, and continue building up to the FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers in 2015.Attending the OFC Fustal Championship this year is just one step in Tahiti coach Heitapu Hunter’s plans…

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11 July 2013
Support and commitment essential

Damassing’s side is currently competing in the Port Vila U-17 Women’s Football League Independence Cup 2013 and believes the side’s early preparations will pay off in the long run for the side.“The U-17 competition is not new for my team, in the 2012 U-17 league I had the same team registered and because I knew…

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11 July 2013
Coupe de Calédonie

Les clubs de l’élite tenteront d’assurer à l’instar de leurs homologues qui ont tous assumé leur statut le week-end dernier.Premiers à devoir éviter le piège de ces seizièmes, les joueurs de Magenta qui affrontent au grand Stade de Nouméa l’AS Groupe des Jeunes du Pacifique (AGJP), formation évoluant en Promotion Honneur Grande Terre et actuellement…

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11 July 2013
Roux pens Mariners deal

The 20-year-old recently returned to Australia from Turkey where he featured in all three of New Zealand’s group matches against Uzbekistan, Croatia and Uruguay, who qualified for the final after downing Iraq 7-6 on penalties.Roux, who made his debut in the A-League last season with the Perth Glory, won’t count as a foreign signing because…

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11 July 2013
Argentina daring to dream

The difference this time, however, is that Argentina go into the competition – which runs from 15-28 September – as continental top dogs. “We’re hoping that arriving as [South American] champions will give us the extra confidence boost we need to break our quarter-final glass ceiling once and for all,” La Albiceleste goalkeeper Marcelo Salgueiro…

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10 July 2013
NZF appoint interim CEO

A commercial lawyer, Aspden is currently a partner at Harrison Stone Lawyers and has previously worked in management roles in law, telecommunications and home care.Aspden will be known to many people in the game, having played football since the mid 1970s for North Otago and then in Dunedin and Auckland. He currently coaches an 11th…

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10 July 2013
Malaysia’s journey to the world stage

Today we are bringing you the latest on Malaysia who will arrive in Auckland with the objective of continually improving their level on the road to becoming more competitive on the world stage.Malaysia are a member of the Asia Football Confederation and are currently ranked 75th in the world futsal rankings.They played their first international…

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