As was the case at Liverpool a week earlier, Nelsen started the match on the bench but this time made it onto the pitch in the 75th minute to replace captain and fellow defender Ledley King at centre back.The three points were all but safely in the bag by Nelsen’s arrival, four first half goals…
The Butterfly Trust is run by the husband-and-wife team of David and Lynn Colbert with the aim of helping communities in developing countries around the world. “Football is extremely popular throughout Vanuatu and the people go to great lengths to kick a ball on surfaces riddled with crab holes,” David Colbert says.“So aligning ourselves with…
The week-long workshop was confirmed by FIFA late last year and took place at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre in downtown Nuku’alofa.The participants were taken through the content by FIFA refereeing development senior manager Fernando Tresaco Gracia and FIFA referee instructor Steve Bennett while the course was facilitated by the Oceania Refereeing Assistance Programme (RAP) team,…
OFC President David Chung and Senior Vice President Martin Alufurai presented the cheque to Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) Vice President John Kapi Natto and General Secretary Dimirit Mileng at OFC headquarters in Auckland on Friday during a workshop that gathered representatives from the confederation’s 11 member associations. President Chung, who is also the…
With New Zealand in front for most of the second half and growing more confident the longer they held the lead, Alex Morgan popped up with an 89th-minute equaliser and a winner in the fourth minute of injury time to break Kiwi hearts.Both goals had an air of contention about them. New Zealand players were…
A 6-0 demolition of YoungHeart Manawatu in Palmerston North all but rubberstamped Auckland’s minor premiership crown with only one win required from their final three games to guarantee top spot. The race for second remains a three-way affair with Canterbury and Wellington’s 1-1 draw enough for Waitakere to leapfrog the capital men into third place…
The Ferns have beaten USA just once in nine attempts – that victory came almost 25 years ago – and, while they start at long odds to get a result against a team that has never been outside the top two since FIFA started publishing rankings, Hearn says that is exactly what they are targeting.“For…
Led by new Tottenham signing Ryan Nelsen, the squad is bookended by uncapped Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Dan Keat and 73-cap veteran defender Ivan Vicelich.The All Whites World Cup defensive trio – Nelsen, Tommy Smith and Winston Reid – could be reunited for the first time since South Africa although the form of Wellington Phoenix…
The nominees are as follows:Roy Krishna (Waitakere United, Labasa)Star Waitakere United and Labasa striker Krishna played a huge role in the Babasiga Lions’ triumph at the 2011 Inter District Championship. Missed much of the season due to injury but recovered in time for national commitments during the series against Samoa and Vanuatu. Was a vital…
After four days of training workshops at the Millennium Institute of Sport, technical directors and development officers from 11 Pacific nations were able to put theory into practice by coordinating the festival at Rosedale’s Pinehurst School.Glenn Turner, FIFA Development Officer for Oceania, says it was a fitting way to end the successful seminar. “It’s very…