Five Ferns offer key to cup success

That would be a first for any Kiwi age-group women’s side and would see Aaron McFarland’s charges follow in the footsteps of the U-17 men’s teams of 2009 and 2011. The key to doing so is likely to be the form of a handful of important players and oceaniafootball.com has therefore highlighted five figures whose…

The hosts went behind just ten minutes into the contest at Stade Numa Daly to an opportunistic effort from Bernie Ibini. But they hit back 11 minutes after the interval with a stunning free kick by Miguel Kayara and neither side was able to find a winner.New Caledonia coach Alain Moizan made good use of…

New Zealand take on Switzerland in Miyagi in the opening match of Group A, which also contains Mexico and hosts Japan.Following the Football Ferns’ quarter-final appearance at the Olympic Games, a campaign which White was part of along with fellow striker Hannah Wilkinson, the striker says the U-20s want to match the senior side –…

Referees Amitesh Behari (Fiji) and Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands) will also fly the flag for the Pacific at Thailand 2012 after being included on the list of match officials for the event.Each of the world’s six confederations are represented on the 38-strong list and the inclusion of the Oceania pair is the latest success story…

The match is the start of the third stage of Oceania qualifying for the FIFA World Cup for both nations and each will be looking to get off to a good start as they look to chase a place at Brazil 2014.With the events of the Nations Cup still fresh in their minds, New Zealand…