Changes afoot for OFC Champions League

Following on from the OFC Executive Committee Meeting on April 6 and the subsequent meeting of the same members at the OFC Congress in Mauritius on May 30, it has been resolved that the format shall consist of a Preliminary stage and a Finals stage. It has also been decided that the Finals stage shall…

Both teams were looking for their first ever win in the tournament and New Zealand coach Chris Milicich named a strong starting line-up, looking to repeat New Zealand’s last victory against Uzbekistan, where they ran out 4-1 winners in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico in 2011. It was Uzbekistan who started the brightest…

While they may be about 7,000 miles east and a couple of years older, a healthy chunk of this Junior All Whites squad will no doubt be getting flashbacks of Torreon and the last time they began a FIFA tournament, back at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.Uzbekistan are once again the opening opponents,…

Tahiti may be far from home, but they have won a place in the hearts of the crowds at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, with spectators cheering their every move and raising the roof whenever goalkeeper Mikael Roche makes a save. Facing Spain at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, the Toa Aito…

The men from Oceania invited the youths to their team hotel in Barra for breakfast and a chat, before giving the kids a glimpse of life in the world of top-level football. The youngsters were still present and very much part of the group when coach Eddy Etaeta announced his line-up for the match and…

oceaniafootball.com is pleased to be bringing you an overview of the side as they seek to top the fourth place they managed in their only other Confederations Cup appearance to date at Saudi Arabia in 1997.After losing 2-1 in their first match against Spain, Uruguay kept themselves in the race for the semi-finals with a…

Yet, in the build-up to the game there was no question of the Spanish camp taking their opponents lightly. For the players named on Vicente del Bosque’s team list, the match provided them with a welcome opportunity to shine, the majority of them having started Spain’s group opener against Uruguay on the bench.Among the men…

Tahiti started brightly, much to the delight of the crowd, but they found themselves behind within five minutes. Fernando Torres collected possession down the left, played a one-two with Juan Mata, and strode into the area. From an acute angle, Torres surprised goalkeeper Mikael Roche by electing to shoot rather than cross for the lurking…