Top seeds set to clash in final

Taputimu Youth is going for back-to-back President’s Cup titles after claiming last year’s championship while SKBC are hoping for a double after winning the 2013 National League.SKBC finished five points clear in Pool A over No. 2 Utulei Youth, completing a clean record of six wins out of six games.In Pool B Taputimu Youth was…

Black Roses and Utulei Youth are 1 and 2, respectively, in the standings with 18 points each. The defending champs have the edge in goals differential with four (22-18) over Utulei.This is not the first time the two teams have met with a title on the line and in the past, the ball has gone…

Abdelilah Hafidi’s goal in second-half stoppage time sealed a 2-1 win for Raja Casablanca and confirmed the New Zealand outfit’s elimination from the tournament. Their fifth-place finish at the Club World Cup in 2000 remains this year’s OFC Champions League winners’ best-ever showing at the tournament.The disappointment was etched on the Auckland City players’ faces…

Coach Ramon Tribulietx was disconsolate at the final whistle and many of his players could not contain their emotion breaking down in tears. “We were on the wrong side of the game. They had more possession and we obviously expected that before the match. “We had our chances we put in a fantastic effort and…

The young coach led his squad to a runners-up finish at the OFC U-20 Championship on home soil in March and has continued to impress with his dedication to all aspects of a coaches role.OFC technical director Patrick Jacquemet awarded Kumar with his certificate during a short ceremony last week in Fiji and says he…

New boss Faouzi Benzarti has had a short amount of time with the Moroccan champions, but hardly enough to make fundamental changes to a team that has slumped to sixth in the league and lost a national cup final last month.And defender Mohamed Oulhaj is wary of Auckland City’s Club World Cup track record when…

But the pragmatic Auckland City player takes the tenuous connection in his stride in his usual calm fashion.“I don’t know Gareth Bale and we don’t have a similar playing style except perhaps in that we have a similar work ethic, strong desire and a competitive streak,” he said.Bale, Chris not Gareth, came to New Zealand…