Road to Brazil set for kick-off

American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga will compete in the round-robin tournament at Apia’s J.S. Blatter Stadium, with the winner going on to join OFC’s top seven teams (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Ranking) for the Stage 2 Qualifiers in Fiji next June.OFC is the fifth Confederation to kick off its qualifying campaign with Europe…

Both roles require motivation, flexibility, the ability to adapt and relate to different cultures and the ability to travel.Other qualities such as team spirit and the ability to cooperate, communicate and motivate are also required.The ideal candidates will have experience in developing and promoting women’s football/futsal and beach soccer and experience as a player, coach…

Coach Steven Mune, who led the side to a historic third Pacific Games title in a row in September, has set up training centres in Port Moresby and Lae respectively and says his charges must work hard as time will quickly tick away before the tournament takes place in March.Despite that Pacific Games triumph, secured…

After a two-year pilot phase, the FIFA initiative will be rolled out across the Pacific from 2012-2014 and aims to help football’s national governing bodies reach their maximum potential both on and off the field. Representatives from OFC’s 11 Member Associations (MAs), including Presidents, CEOs and Technical Directors, gathered at the Pullman Hotel to learn…

Both sides entered the match still in search of the first win after suffering disappointing losses on match day one of the 2012 O-League.Mont-Dore took the lead in their first game against Ba before falling to a 2-1 reversal while Tefana endured an even worse fate, succumbing 10-0 to Waitakere United to make an unwanted…