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4946	dbpedia	0	28	https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-18267/	en	NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WAITAKERE BACK ON TOP	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…=300%2C403&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…=300%2C403&ssl=1	[ "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://i0.wp.com/www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blogimg_144_10411-20090112101239591731.jpg?resize=300%2C403&ssl=1", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_120x85.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-01-11T21:08:00+00:00	AUCKLAND – Reigning champions Waitakere United stormed to the top of the New Zealand Football Championship after a 2-0 victory over Team Wellington on a rainy…	en	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	Oceania Football Confederation	https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-18267/	AUCKLAND – Reigning champions Waitakere United stormed to the top of the New Zealand Football Championship after a 2-0 victory over Team Wellington on a rainy day in Auckland. With Hawke’s Bay toppling previous leaders Waikato, and Auckland City and YoungHeart Manawatu both notching wins on the weekend just one point separate the top five teams, with Waitakere 13 points from 5 games, giving them the lead. Despite a one point margin at the top, unbeaten Waitakere may feel slightly more comfortable than their near rivals with two – and in some cases three – matches still in hand over the rest of the field. Auckland City gave the table a more familiar look by keeping themselves just one point behind their neighbours after an 1-0 away win in Dunedin over Otago United who remain rooted to the bottom of the table. Manawatu move to third on twelve points after they thumped Canterbury United 4-0 in the first game of 2009 on Saturday, while Waikato FC started off the New Year with a hangover after they were defeated by a solitary first-half Hawke’s Bay United goal and now slip to fourth place by virtue of fewer goals scored. Despite their victory also taking them to 12 points, Hawke’s Bay drop out of the play-off places on goal difference but a deserved three points will be pleasing for the travelling Bay faithful, while Canterbury and Wellington are now four points adrift of what is quickly shaping as a five team race for March’s semi-finals. The NZFC’s five day transfer windows opens on Monday morning, adding extra spice to the play-off race this week. With four wins on the trot the Christmas break came at a bad time for Waikato, as Suele Soromon’s fifth minute strike was enough to give Hawke’s Bay the points against the Christmas table-toppers. Despite going in all square at the break at home to Wellington, Waitakere took advantage of Waikato’s slip up with second half goals to Benjamin Totori and Daniel Koprivcic. Totori jigged past three defenders before grabbing the opener five minutes after the break while Koprivcic added the second on 63 minutes when his shot was parried into his own net by the Wellington keeper. In Dunedin, Auckland will be happy they kicked off the New Year with a win after a smart move and cross down the left flank saw Keryn Jordan head home what proved to be a 14th minute winner against a battling Otago outfit. Meanwhile on Saturday, Canterbury’s impressive unbeaten run leading into Christmas was brought to a sudden halt by YoungHeart Manawatu whose 4-0 romp back into playoff contention began with a first half brace to Matt Kennedy and a Park Sung-Bae penalty that put the game beyond the Dragons. Golden boot leader Jason Hayne added the fourth shortly after the break to end any hopes Canterbury had of a fight-back. Next week, Auckland entertain Waikato and Waitakere welcome Hawke’s Bay in two crunch matches between top five teams while Wellington take on Manawatu, and Otago visit Canterbury in two mouth-watering derby clashes. New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) Waikato FC 0, Hawkes Bay United 1 Waitakere United 2, Team Wellington 0 Otago United 0, Auckland City FC 1 Youngheart Manawatu 4, Canterbury 0 Story and photograph courtesy New Zealand Football Media
4946	dbpedia	1	72	https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/2018/05/23/auckland-and-wellington-football/	en	From Boothferry To Germany	https://fromboothferryto…tball.jpg?w=1200	https://fromboothferryto…tball.jpg?w=1200	[ "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/from-boothferry-to-germany-logo.png?w=300", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/qbe-stadium-north-shore.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/qbe-stadium-views.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/auckland-city-team-wellington-fans.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/qbe-stadium-football.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/team-wellington-fc-stadium.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/auckland-city-vs-as-venus.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/team-wellington-away-fans.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/qbe-stadium-albany.jpg?w=656", "https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/from-boothferry-to-germany-logo.png?w=2600", "https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/89aa07c3d4d7ea27ddea3265a092385ce1088ddf7c2f6aa10a5c3981c04557b5?s=50&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Flogo%2Fwpcom-gray-white.png", "https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/89aa07c3d4d7ea27ddea3265a092385ce1088ddf7c2f6aa10a5c3981c04557b5?s=50&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Flogo%2Fwpcom-gray-white.png", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Boothferry To Germany" ]	2018-05-23T00:00:00	The Difference in the Football Clubs and Cultures of Auckland and Wellington.	en	https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/89aa07c3d4d7ea27ddea3265a092385ce1088ddf7c2f6aa10a5c3981c04557b5?s=32	From Boothferry To Germany	https://fromboothferrytogermany.com/2018/05/23/auckland-and-wellington-football/	High-scoring Auckland City FC was favourite to win the final of the 2017/2018 ISPS Handa Premiership on April the 1st 2018, having won the minor Premiership in March. But opposing Team Wellington FC was the only club they had failed to beat during the league’s regular season. Furthermore, reigning champions Team Wellington had won the final at the past two attempts, beating Auckland City FC both times in the process. The omens were there for the underdogs to triumph, and the third consecutive meeting of these two Football clubs in the competition’s final serves nicely as an introduction to the very different characters of Auckland and Wellington. The conventional Kiwi impressions of Auckland and Wellington couldn’t be more different. Auckland, the capital until 1865, is the city with both the largest population and largest economy, making it a suitable host for New Zealand’s highest-profile domestic Football match. Aucklanders, commonly referred to by the acronym JAFA (“Just Another Fucking Aucklander”), are grossly unpopular across the rest of New Zealand. Their general stereotype is one of self-importance, coldness and apathy. Auckland is very typical of a large international Western city, but being so young, it conspicuously lacks any real identity of its own. The city lamentably does not offer much culture, instead existing as New Zealand’s commercial and financial hub. Wellington meanwhile is popularly known as the country’s “Culture City”. Famed for its nightlife, art scene, craft beer and musea, the capital’s identity is a stark contrast to that of Auckland. Wellingtonians are considered friendlier and more introspective than their Auckland counterparts. Conscious of how their actions may affect others, the courtesy and “community-spirit” of Wellingtonians sets them apart. While Auckland is geographically very spread out and serviced by poor public transport, Wellington is very walkable, easy to navigate but confined by surrounding steep hills and coastline. While these general characteristics will obviously not apply to all Aucklanders and Wellingtonians alike, when you look at the development of each city in the past 150 years, it is easy to understand how these respective cultures and characters could have evolved. Wellington’s culture is product of its restrictive surrounding terrain and its extensive planned migration in the 1840s. While financial gain and increased church influence were unquestionably motives for early settlers to New Zealand, certain British institutions and politicians were keen to avoid a repeat of the penal colony-type settlement of Australia and the uncontrolled and often unpredictable migrations to the USA and Canada. Edward Gibbons Wakefield (associate of the New Zealand Company and later member of the Wellington Provincial Council and the House of Representatives) envisaged a more structured approach to settlement in which entire farming communities would move together from a Britain that was suffering high unemployment in the 1830s and 40s to a promising New Zealand. Wellington was one of the Kiwi cities that saw a more successful implementation of this “Wakefieldian” migration. Wellington was from the very beginning a settlement based on kinship and strong community. A cruel climate, intractable Maoris and destructive earthquakes in 1848 and 1855 were immediate challenges that probably only served to harden the settlers’ will and instinct to care for each other. Subsequent 20th century population growth did not change the way in which Wellingtonians saw themselves and their community. Auckland’s flat surroundings were ideal locations for the Kauri Gum extraction industry, and its accessibility from Port Jackson in Sydney and far calmer waters than those of central and southern New Zealand made it an ideal location for a major port. These were the first steps in Auckland’s development as a major economic hub. As worldwide demand for New Zealand’s products grew, so did Auckland’s economy and population. Complimentary industries prospered; logging, shipbuilding and repair, light manufacturing and construction, finance and insurance. Soon Auckland had become New Zealand’s most advanced port; an unrivaled infrastructure that would further benefit from the boom in the country’s agricultural industries in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It is important to note that labour market demands have historically dictated both migration to Auckland and the city’s haphazard growth, an experience that is very much at odds to the Wakefieldian planned migration of Wellington. As such, it can be argued that Auckland’s early inhabitants expected little care and attention from each other, as few migrants to the city knew each other the same way in which early Wellingtonians did. The apathy that 19th century Aucklanders had toward each other quickly became internalised in the city’s culture and survives to this day. The differing geography of our two subject settlements has also played a role in the development of their respective cultures. Unlike Wellington, Auckland does not lie between a bowl of impenetrable mountains and coastline. Without any opposing geographical barrier, the greater metropolitan area of Auckland has become enormous. Each wave of migration obligated the construction of a new suburb on the surrounding flat grasslands to accommodate newcomers. Wellingtonians have always been conscious of being in each other’s way, but Aucklanders have never been pressured by geography to interact with their city-neighbours; they can get by in their suburbs without ever having to interact with those in another suburb. Citizens that do not interact do not share ideas and customs and over time do not establish a “togetherness”. Aucklanders have been able to avoid each other in a way that Wellingtonians have not. In contrast to Wellington, Auckland has failed to provide a city-wide mindset and identity for individuals that from the beginning did not seem themselves part of a larger community. The alternative births of both Auckland City FC and Team Wellington FC are proof of this theory. Team Wellington is the brainchild of various Central league Wellingtonian semi-professional Football clubs, who wanted to create a team that could represent their city in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Traditional rivals in regional competition had no qualms about coming together to create a Football club to serve their city-wide community. Team Wellington FC exists for all Wellingtonians. This is not what happened in Auckland. Auckland City FC is the sister club of Central United FC, the longstanding club of Auckland’s Dalmatian community. Auckland has just as many semi-professional clubs in its regional leagues, but the lack of a strong Aucklander identity is self-evident in the fact that these clubs did not collaborate in the same way that those of Wellington did. In the final, Auckland City had the home and the crowd advantage. Played at the QBE Stadium in Albany, located on Auckland’s North Shore, the majority of fans were most definitely hoping to see a victory for the Navy Blues. The match itself was tight, goalless at half time. But with around 10 minutes remaining, Auckland City FC pulled it out of the bag. The Navy Blues cemented their places in the history books by becoming the only club to hold 7 New Zealand Football Championship titles.
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High School Eastside Catholic Bio Related Stats Historical Biography 2019: Played in all 13 games, starting 12 (all other than at Colorado)... two tackles vs. Eastern Washington ... had five tackles, including a half sack, vs. California ... four tackles in the UW win over Hawai'i ... had a 69-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the Huskies' win at BYU ... five stops in the victory over USC ... five tackles at Stanford ... scored his second touchdown of the year, on a five-yard fumble return, in the win at Arizona ... also had five tackles vs. the Wildcats ... led the Huskies in tackles vs. Oregon, with 11 ... two stops in the win at Oregon State and again at Colorado ... career-high 16 tackles, most in a game by any Husky in 2019, in the Apple Cup victory over Washington State ... nine tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Boise State. 2018: Played in 10 games, starting the final two (the Pac-12 Championship Game and the Rose Bowl) ... after not seeing any action in the first four games of the season, made his 2018 debut against BYU, when he had a tackle for a loss ... has played in each game since ... two tackles in the win at UCLA ... made one tackle at Oregon ... two tackles and a pass break-up at California ... five tackles in the Husky win over Stanford ... one tackle in the UW win over Oregon State ... notched eight tackles in the Apple Cup ... started against Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game ... seven tackles, one for a loss, against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. 2017: Played in 11 of 13 games during the 2017 season ... saw action in the Huskies' season opening win over Rutgers ... did not play in the Montana game ... made two tackles in the Husky win over Fresno State ... one tackle in the game at Colorado ... two stops at Oregon State ... one tackle in the win over Cal ... one tackle in the win over UCLA ... three tackles in the 38-3 win over Oregon ... made one stop at Stanford ... made four tackles, including his first career sack, in the win over Utah. 2016: Played in all 14 games in 2016 ... one of four true freshman to play in the Rutgers game ... made two tackles and also returned a kick vs. the Scarlet Knights ... two tackles and a 32-yard kickoff return in the win over Idaho ... recorded one tackle in the win over Portland State ... made a tackle in the Huskies' victory over Oregon ... made a solo tackle in the Pac-12 Championship game vs. Colorado. HIGH SCHOOL: Named Seattle Times all-state (all levels) first team as an "athlete" in 2015 ... also the 3A Metro League Mountain Division co-Defensive MVP and Kickoff Returner of the Year as a senior, as well as first-team All-Metro League as a safety and second-team as a running back ... All-USA Western Washington first-team selection at safety ... part of back-to-back 3A state championship teams as a junior and senior ... Eastside Catholic went 50-6 over his four-year varsity career ... Crusaders went a perfect 13-0 his senior year, including a 49-13 win over California power Oceanside in the season opener ... team finished No. 17 in the nation in the final USA Today ranking of 2015 ... overcame a second-half, 28-point deficit to beat Bellevue, 48-42, in overtime in the 2015 3A state championship game ... scored the game-tying touchdown on a 11-yard run and then scored the winner on an one-yard run in overtime ... also had a 97-yard kickoff return for a score in the championship game after having scored twice on kick returns in the state semifinal win over Lakes ... had six tackles in the title game ... returned five of 11 kick returns for scores as a senior while also returning two of five interceptions for scores ... named to the Associated Press 3A all-state first team (at linebacker) and the Seattle Times' all-area team as a junior in 2014 ... team went 13-2 and won the 3A state championship in 2014 ... beat Bellevue in the state title game as a junior, rushing for 111 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carries in the Crusaders' 35-13 win that broke Bellevue's six-year streak of state championships ... also played in the state championship game vs. Bellevue as a freshman and sophomore, going 11-3 in 2013 and 13-1 in 2012 ... named a PrepStar All-American ... one of just seven seniors in the Pacific Northwest named to the Tacoma News Tribune's "Northwest Nuggets" following his senior year ... one of just four players from the state named a "blue-chip" prospect by the Seattle Times ... named to the Tacoma News Tribune "Western 100" ... the No. 100 overall prospect in the nation and No. 7 athlete recruit in the country from scout.com ... rivals.com's No. 2 overall recruit in Washington, No. 9 athlete in the country and No. 190 overall recruit ... ranked the No. 3 recruit in the state and the No. 22 running back in the nation by ESPN ... listed by 247sports.com as the No. 225 overall recruit and No. 17 outside linebacker in the country and No. 2 recruit in Washington state ... participated in track and field (100 meters, high jump and long jump) early in high school career ... played football under coach Jeremy Thielbahr. 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As they return to their newly adopted, and...	en	/pf/resources/images/favicons/favicon.ico?d=808	NZ Herald	https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/all-blacks-v-argentina-why-new-zealand-must-deliver-definitive-progress-to-start-the-rugby-championship/7YKM47TCLJHC3HH3HRJJXI3YVY/	And with a two-test tour against the world-champion Springboks on the horizon, the clock is ticking to a defining measurement of where Robertson’s All Blacks stand. While the All Blacks front row continues to excel at scrum time, the locks, loose forwards and backline all have points to prove. From fullback to halfback, centre and blindside flanker, many positions in the first-choice team remain up for grabs. With their starting point in the rear-vision mirror, a contrasting resumption accompanied the All Blacks as they reassembled in Wellington to prepare for the Pumas this week. Lessons around the wobbly lineout, their unconvincing breakdown work and their carry and clean height have been absorbed from July. Robertson’s vision and systems are now embedded to pave the way for vastly greater understanding of how the All Blacks want to play. Evolution, therefore, should be evident this weekend. “We understand our game more now and the players we’re playing with around us,” stand-in All Blacks captain Ardie Savea said. “We had camps before July and Razor and his team did an awesome job stamping their mark in what we need to do as a team. The more time we spend together, the better we’re going to be. “Coming into camp this week it shows we’re a step ahead. Razor has done an amazing job bringing the team together. Us as leaders need to drive what we need in terms of our game.” Specifically, the spotlight shines on the All Blacks attack that struggled to cope with England’s relentless line-speed pressure. Despite the comfortable victory, the All Blacks left ample points on the park against Fiji, too. The heat is on the All Blacks forward pack to dominate the breakdown exchanges that the Pumas, through the likes of combative loose forwards Marcos Kremer and captain Pablo Matera, who spent one successful season with Robertson at the Crusaders, traditionally target. “It’s about our skillsets under pressure, being able to adapt and adjust to different scenarios in a game,” Savea said. “It’s nailing the simple things like our breakdown. Argentina have quality players in their team who can attack that. Our game can’t run without our breakdown so we need to sort that out.” Robertson is also demanding that the All Blacks backline improve their ability to seize attacking chances. Achieve the desired platform, and the bench that includes Will Jordan’s anticipated return, Rieko Ioane, Wallace Sititi and Cortez Ratima will inject pace and strike-power to seriously stretch the Pumas. The new Rugby Championship rules that enforce 30-second clocks for scrums and lineouts also favour the All Blacks’ need for speed. “Defensively we’re really pleased. The tackle stats and outcomes have given us opportunities to win games from the defensive side,” Robertson said. “We need to grow our ability with the ball to create more opportunities and execute them. “In those first two test matches we created a lot of opportunities early and didn’t execute them, then we got into an arm wrestle and the games got close. “That’s been a focus, to execute, but to still trust our skills and be courageous. We want to play in two or three different ways depending on who is in front of us and with the weather.” To ward off complacency, it’s understandable to highlight the Pumas’ maiden upset triumph in New Zealand two years ago. Since then, though, the All Blacks have won their last three meetings with Argentina, played in Hamilton, Mendoza and Paris - the latter being the World Cup semifinal - by an average 39-point margin to reflect why Robertson’s men start as unbackable favourites in Wellington. In 36 attempts, the Pumas have twice beaten the All Blacks - in 2020 and 2022 - which is partly why about 10,000 tickets remained unsold three days out from this test. “History is not long ago,” Robertson said. “They had an incredible game against us then. They’re passionate, they’ve got a helluva forward pack and they’re well coached. You don’t get to the final four of the World Cup without having a serious test team. “Having coached and become good friends with my amigo Pablo, I understand where he draws his energy from. On their day they can scare, frighten and beat you so we expect them to be at their best.” While missing senior locks Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu through injury, Robertson has paid the Pumas full respect by naming his strongest available team. Platitudes aside, though, the Pumas are finding their feet under new coach Felipe Contepomi. The reality is the All Blacks must strike now to forge further confidence. The road after two home tussles with the Pumas only gets tougher. Liam Napier has been a sports journalist since 2010 and his work has taken him to World Cups in rugby, netball and cricket, boxing world title fights and Commonwealth Games. Follow live updates of All Blacks v Argentina at nzherald.co.nz
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As they return to their newly adopted, and...	en	/pf/resources/images/favicons/favicon.ico?d=808	NZ Herald	https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/all-blacks-v-argentina-why-new-zealand-must-deliver-definitive-progress-to-start-the-rugby-championship/7YKM47TCLJHC3HH3HRJJXI3YVY/	And with a two-test tour against the world-champion Springboks on the horizon, the clock is ticking to a defining measurement of where Robertson’s All Blacks stand. While the All Blacks front row continues to excel at scrum time, the locks, loose forwards and backline all have points to prove. From fullback to halfback, centre and blindside flanker, many positions in the first-choice team remain up for grabs. With their starting point in the rear-vision mirror, a contrasting resumption accompanied the All Blacks as they reassembled in Wellington to prepare for the Pumas this week. Lessons around the wobbly lineout, their unconvincing breakdown work and their carry and clean height have been absorbed from July. Robertson’s vision and systems are now embedded to pave the way for vastly greater understanding of how the All Blacks want to play. Evolution, therefore, should be evident this weekend. “We understand our game more now and the players we’re playing with around us,” stand-in All Blacks captain Ardie Savea said. “We had camps before July and Razor and his team did an awesome job stamping their mark in what we need to do as a team. The more time we spend together, the better we’re going to be. “Coming into camp this week it shows we’re a step ahead. Razor has done an amazing job bringing the team together. Us as leaders need to drive what we need in terms of our game.” Specifically, the spotlight shines on the All Blacks attack that struggled to cope with England’s relentless line-speed pressure. Despite the comfortable victory, the All Blacks left ample points on the park against Fiji, too. The heat is on the All Blacks forward pack to dominate the breakdown exchanges that the Pumas, through the likes of combative loose forwards Marcos Kremer and captain Pablo Matera, who spent one successful season with Robertson at the Crusaders, traditionally target. “It’s about our skillsets under pressure, being able to adapt and adjust to different scenarios in a game,” Savea said. “It’s nailing the simple things like our breakdown. Argentina have quality players in their team who can attack that. Our game can’t run without our breakdown so we need to sort that out.” Robertson is also demanding that the All Blacks backline improve their ability to seize attacking chances. Achieve the desired platform, and the bench that includes Will Jordan’s anticipated return, Rieko Ioane, Wallace Sititi and Cortez Ratima will inject pace and strike-power to seriously stretch the Pumas. The new Rugby Championship rules that enforce 30-second clocks for scrums and lineouts also favour the All Blacks’ need for speed. “Defensively we’re really pleased. The tackle stats and outcomes have given us opportunities to win games from the defensive side,” Robertson said. “We need to grow our ability with the ball to create more opportunities and execute them. “In those first two test matches we created a lot of opportunities early and didn’t execute them, then we got into an arm wrestle and the games got close. “That’s been a focus, to execute, but to still trust our skills and be courageous. We want to play in two or three different ways depending on who is in front of us and with the weather.” To ward off complacency, it’s understandable to highlight the Pumas’ maiden upset triumph in New Zealand two years ago. Since then, though, the All Blacks have won their last three meetings with Argentina, played in Hamilton, Mendoza and Paris - the latter being the World Cup semifinal - by an average 39-point margin to reflect why Robertson’s men start as unbackable favourites in Wellington. In 36 attempts, the Pumas have twice beaten the All Blacks - in 2020 and 2022 - which is partly why about 10,000 tickets remained unsold three days out from this test. “History is not long ago,” Robertson said. “They had an incredible game against us then. They’re passionate, they’ve got a helluva forward pack and they’re well coached. You don’t get to the final four of the World Cup without having a serious test team. “Having coached and become good friends with my amigo Pablo, I understand where he draws his energy from. On their day they can scare, frighten and beat you so we expect them to be at their best.” While missing senior locks Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu through injury, Robertson has paid the Pumas full respect by naming his strongest available team. Platitudes aside, though, the Pumas are finding their feet under new coach Felipe Contepomi. The reality is the All Blacks must strike now to forge further confidence. The road after two home tussles with the Pumas only gets tougher. Liam Napier has been a sports journalist since 2010 and his work has taken him to World Cups in rugby, netball and cricket, boxing world title fights and Commonwealth Games. Follow live updates of All Blacks v Argentina at nzherald.co.nz
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Wellington sealed a 10-3 aggregate win over Fiji’s Lautoka with a 4-3 victory in the second leg of the final on Sunday. It puts them through to the Club World Cup, which this year is being played in the United Arab Emirates in December. The tournament features football’s six continental champions plus UAE champions Al Ain, meaning Wellington could face the winner’s of next weekend’s UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Wellington reached the Oceania final by ending Auckland City’s seven-year reign as OFC champions in the competition’s semi-finals. “I’m delighted,” coach Jose Figueira said after the win over Lautoka in Fiji. “We’re still absorbing everything but after a season of tremendous hard work, to finally clinch the big one is a tremendous feeling.” The Club World Cup is played annually, however FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to boost it from seven clubs to 24 in a four-year format.
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The club competes in the eight-team ASB Premiership which is the highest level of domestic football in the country	en	favicon.ico	Auckland City FC	http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/about-acfc/	ABOUT AUCKLAND CITY FC Auckland City Football Club is based in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The club competes in the 12-team Northern League which is part of New Zealand Football's new National League System implemented in September 2020. This new competition replaces the ISPS Handa Premiership (New Zealand Football Championship). Auckland City have won the competition in eight of the 17 years since its inception. Auckland City FC has won the OFC Champions League nine times since their first crown in 2006 and remain Oceania's premier football club. Auckland City FC is an amateur club with most players having full-time occupations outside of football. Season 2004/05 In the inaugural 2004/05 season Auckland City FC beat cross town rivals Waitakere United 3-2 in the Grand Final. Keryn Jordan, who joined City a season later, was one of the goalscorers for Waitakere United, whilst Liam Mulrooney and Grant Young, who scored twice, secured the Championship for the highly favoured home team. OFC Club Championship: Group Stage ASB Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Winners Season 2005/06 Auckland City began their second NZFC campaign the same way they finished off their first and led the competition for most of the season. The 2005/06 Grand Final saw the team defeat Canterbury United 5-4 on penalties after the score was tied 3-3 at full time. Auckland City followed this Grand Final success with victory in the 2006 Oceania Club Championships which were held at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland. They defeated AS Pirae, of Tahiti, 3-1 in the final and remained undefeated throughout the tournament. OFC Club Championship: Winners ASB Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Winners Season 2006/07 The Oceania title saw Auckland City FC represent the Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in December 2006. This tournament featured the champion club side from each of FIFA's six Confederations, including the mighty FC Barcelona of Spain. On 10 December 2006 Auckland City FC lost their first game of the tournament 0-2 to the African champions, Al Ahly, of Egypt. Five days later Auckland City FC played the Asian champions, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, of South Korea in the fifth-place play-off in Tokyo. Auckland City FC, the only amatuer side at the tournament were defeated 0-3 and finished in sixth place. Just five days after Auckland City FC's match in Tokyo, they had to play rivals Waitakere United in a crucial NZFC match at Kiwitea Street. After trailing 0-3 at half time, Auckland City FC produced a stunning comeback to win 4-3 with a 99th minute winner from Paul Urlovic. Referee Neil Fox produced an astonishing nineteen yellow and red cards in this memorable match, widely considered to be the most exciting since the competition began in October 2004. At the end of an extremely long and challenging 2006/07 season the same two sides met again in the Grand Final where Auckland City FC triumphed once more by 3-2, to claim their third successive NZFC title. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Group Stage ASB Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Third Season 2007/08 The 2007/08 season was a disappointing one for Auckland City FC and was the first time the club had tasted failure in the NZFC. Losing the Preliminary Final to Team Wellington was a major setback for a club that has set such high standards for itself and a period of rebuilding began. OFC Champions League: Group Stage ASB Premiership: Third Minor Premiers: Runners-Up Season 2008/09 Season 2008/09 saw Auckland City FC regain it's status as the premier club side of New Zealand domestic football. A 2-1 victory over arch rivals Waitakere United in the NZFC Grand Final, with goals to Keryn Jordan and Paul Urlovic, saw the club claim it's fourth NZFC title in the past five years. Further victory over Waitakere United, in Group A of the OFC Champions League, saw the club progress to the final where they confronted Koloale FC of the Solomon Islands, in a two-legged final, to determine Oceania's champion club side. A comprehensive 7-2 first-leg win, away in Honiara, was followed up by a 2-2 result back at Kiwitea Street to wrap up a 9-4 aggregate victory which booked the club a trip to the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 which was held in Abu Dhabi from 9-19 December. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Winners ASB Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Runners-Up Season 2009/10 Season 2009/10 saw Auckland City FC head to Abu Dhabi and record the greatest results ever achieved by an Oceania representative at the FIFA Club World Cup. First up the team overcame local champions Al Ahli 2-0 in the opening play-off match with memorable goals by Adam Dickinson and Chad Coombes. In their quarter final clash against Atlante FC of Mexico the side put up a brave performance which the 0-3 scoreline did not fairly reflect. The play-off for 5th and 6th place was described by coach Paul Posa as “the greatest night in the history of Auckland City Football Club” as the team defeated TP Mazembe (Congo DR), champions of Africa, 3-2. The goal scorers on this special occasion were Jason Hayne (2) and Riki van Steeden. These historic victories were the first recorded by a New Zealand team at this prestigious tournament and indeed the first by an amateur side at this competition. They were also the first time a senior men’s representative team from New Zealand has recorded victory at a FIFA World Finals competition. After returning from the Middle East the team continued their fine form and won the NZFC’s minor premiership comfortably, losing only one match in doing so during the regular domestic season. Unfortunately the effects of a long campaign, which saw the side play nearly double the amount of matches than almost all of the other NZFC sides, finally caught up with the side. Auckland City FC narrowly missed out on a place in the OFC Champions League Final on goal difference after going through the group stages unbeaten. A solitary goal was the difference between them and perennial opponents Waitakere United. In the NZFC semi-finals the side defeated Canterbury United 2-1 away in the first leg before suffering a shock 0-3 reversal at home. This upset, only the third loss the side had suffered in 25 matches over the course of the season, was a bitter way to end a campaign which had reached such highs only a few months earlier in Abu Dhabi. On another positive note club captain Ivan Vicelich became the first player in the club’s history to play at a FIFA World Cup Finals competition. The All Whites performed outstandingly well in South Africa and Ivan capped off a memorable twelve months by being named the Oceania Footballer of the Year. FIFA Club World Cup: 5th OFC Champions League: Group Stage ASB Premiership: Semi-Finals Minor Premiers: Winners Season 2010/11 Season 2010/11 saw Auckland CityFC regain it’s status once again as the premier club side in Oceania. After comprehensively winning their group by six clear points from nearest rivals Waitakere United the team met Amicale FC of Vanuatu in the two-legged O-League Final. A hard fought 2-1 victory away in Port Vila in sweltering conditions was followed by a stunning 4-0 win when the two sides met again at Kiwitea Street. This victory saw the club clinch the O-League title for a record third time and gain qualification for the prestigious FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011. On the domestic front the team began the ASB Premiership season slowly as player retirements, unavailability and injury impacted on the side. As the season progressed however the side began to find some outstanding form and hit a purple patch winning ten straight matches as the semi-finals approached. After comfortably dispatching of Team Wellington by 7-2 on aggregate over two legs in the semi-finals the side lined up against old rivals Waitakere United in the Grand Final for the fourth time since the competition commenced in 2004. City had won all three of the previous encounters when the two sides had met in the domestic showpiece final however this run was to come to an end with the side going down 2-3 in an error-ridden final. The club gained further accolades during the year, being named as the Sport Auckland Team of the Year for 2010 and also being named by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) as Oceania’s Club of the First Decade of the 21st Century. A delegation from the club attended the World Football Gala 2011 which was held in Barcelona, Spain and received this prestigious award in the presence of many of the biggest luminaries of the World’s Game. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Winners ASB Premiership: Runners-Up Minor Premiers: Runners-Up Season 2011/12 The 2011/12 season proved to be another highly successful one for the club. Early in the season the team claimed it’s first piece of silverware for the campaign – the ASB Charity Cup. This was a new competition pairing the previous year’s grand final champions against the minor premiers in a one-off matchup. An impressive 3-1 victory away at Waitakere United was a good way to start the campaign as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 loomed. In Japan the side produced a brave performance at Toyota Stadium against Japanese champions Kashiwa Reysol in the opening play-off match of the tournament. The final score was 0-2 with Auckland City unfortunately unable to reproduce their heroics of 2009 in Abu Dhabi. Nevertheless the performance once again had many international onlookers impressed with the continued development being shown by Oceania’s representatives at this prestigious competition. Back home the side continued their recent domination of football in the Oceania region by defending their OFC Champions League title and gaining qualification for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 . For the first time in the OFC Champions League history the two New Zealand sides were placed in opposing groups and City qualified comfortably for the final with a group match in hand after overcoming Amicale (Vanuatu), Hekari (PNG) and Koloale (Solomon Islands). In somewhat of a surprise City’s perennial rivals Waitakere United missed out to AS Tefana from Tahiti for a place in the final. After a narrow 2-1 victory in the home leg at Kiwitea Street with goals to Daniel Koprivcic and David Mulligan City took only a slender lead to Papeete for the deciding match. The team produced a truly courageous performance when it really counted though. The resulting 1-0 victory came courtesy of a well-worked first half set piece and classy finish by Spanish striker Manel Exposito and the final was won 3-1 on aggregate. The domestic season saw the side set a competition record by going through the entire ASB Premiership regular season unbeaten – the first team to achieve this milestone since the competition was formed in 2004. Alas the side was disappointingly defeated 1-4 on aggregate by Team Wellington in a two-legged semi-final play-off thus missing the opportunity to regain the ASB Premiership title. Whilst dominating continental competition for the previous few seasons the side had once again missed out on picking up the domestic silverware and this was the only blot on an otherwise outstanding season. The club was once again named as the Sport Auckland Team of the Year for 2011 and club chairman Ivan Vuksich was inducted as a Life Member of New Zealand Football in recognition of his long serving and outstanding contribution to the sport. Vuksich is only the 15th individual to receive this prestigious honour in the 121-year history of the game in this country. He joins fellow Auckland City stalwart Arthur Egan as a member of this elite group that have been honoured by the code’s national body. Ramon Tribulietx was also named as NZ Football’s Coach of the Year for 2011. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Winners ASB Premiership: Semi-Finals Minor Premiers: Winners ASB Charity Cup: Winners Season 2012/13 The 2012/13 season saw the club create history by becoming the first team in the Oceania region to win the OFC Champions League title for three years straight. The format of the competition was changed once again and was held after the end of the domestic season in a stand-alone window running from late March through until mid May. Eight teams were again split into two sections with Auckland City grouped with the Francophone teams AS Mont Dore (New Caledonia) and AS Dragon (Tahiti) along with perennial local rivals Waitakere United. After an excellent start to the group stage with three straight wins the team faltered midway through the competition dropping consecutive home matches to both AS Dragon and Waitakere United. The team’s final group match was played away in Papeete against a very strong AS Dragon side laden with Tahitian internationals. An extremely hard earned draw in very challenging and demanding conditions was just enough to see the team squeeze into the semi-finals as the second-placed team in group B behind Waitakere United. The semi-finals were played over two legs and Auckland’s City was paired against the Fijian champions Ba who had convincingly topped group A without losing a match. The opening encounter was played at Kiwitea Street in front of a record-sized crowd numbering in excess of 3,000 patrons. The home team made no race of it however crushing their Fijian opponents 6-1 in a lopsided match. The return leg was a formality with a 1-0 victory away seeing City cruise into the final against a very confident Waitakere United side who had dominated the New Zealand domestic season to that point. The final was staged at Mt Smart Stadium and a very focussed Auckland City team dominated the match for long periods before eventually claiming a well deserved 2-1 victory with goals coming from Adam Dickinson and Alex Feneridis. On the domestic front the competition was once again dominated by the two Auckland sides with each only losing one match during the round-robin phase of the competition. Auckland City comfortably eased past Canterbury United 5-2 on aggregate in their two-legged semi-final encounter and this set up another finals clash with traditional foes Waitakere United. The final was a nail biting affair with a ten-man Auckland City seemingly heading to victory after taking a 3-2 lead with only minutes left on the clock after goals from Manel Exposito (2) and Chris Bale. Alas it was not meant to be as Waitakere United equalised in the 90th minute before sealing a 4-3 win after extra-time. Just prior to Christmas the side took a break from their ASB Premiership schedule to represent the Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012. For the second year running the team was paired against the Japanese J League Champions - represented by Sanfrecce Hiroshima - in the opening play-off match of the tournament. Auckland City delivered another brave and credible performance at FIFA’s showpiece event for clubs with their 0-1 defeat seeing them depart the tournament with heads held high. Many notable onlookers commented favourably on the technical and tactical strides the side had made over the past six years since their debut at the tournament in 2006. The club also won the ASB National Youth League title for the third time in it’s history making it the first team to achieve this honour since the inception of this competition and Ramon Tribulietx capped off a memorable season by being named as Sport Auckland’s Coach of the Year for 2012. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Winners ASB Premiership: Runners-Up Minor Premiers: Runners-Up ASB Charity Cup: Runners-Up Season 2013/14 The 2013/14 season saw the club complete an unprecedented clean sweep of domestic honours lifting the treble of ASB Premiership title, ASB minor premiership and ASB Charity Cup trophies, a triumph that included a record 8-1 semi-final aggregate win over arch-rivals and defending champions Waitakere United over two legs. In a tightly contested grand final, Auckland City FC triumphed 1-0 over Team Wellington at Kiwitea Street, to confirm its first domestic national club title since 2009. That achievement went alongside Auckland City FC's record fourth consecutive Oceania title, a victory that was far from straightforward with the team nearly eliminated at the group stage, before edging a nervy semi-final victory over Tahitian champions AS Pirae over two legs. The Kiwi champions completed the quadruple by beating Amicale 3-2 on aggregate in the final in a match where goalkeeper Tamati Williams saved a penalty in the second leg that set-up a thrilling finale when Emiliano Tade notched the decisive goal three minutes from the end of a memorable season. To top off a stellar year at Kiwitea Street the club’s Academy side also claimed the ASB National Mens’ Youth League title for a record fourth time thus ensuring the club’s trophy cabinet was indeed brimming at season’s end. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Winners ASB Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Winners ASB Charity Cup: Winners Season 2014/15 Last season, Auckland City FC enjoyed its highest ever placing at the FIFA Club World Cup by winning the bronze medal after a penalty shoot-out win over CONCACAF champions Cruz Azul. The Navy Blues had earlier beaten Tetouan Moghreb on penalties in the playoff round before downing CAF Champions League winners ES Setif 1-0 in the quarter-finals. A narrow 2-1 defeat to CONMEBOL champions San Lorenzo in extra-time bundled the New Zealand champions out of the competition at the semi-finals, within touching distance of a FIFA Club World Cup Final against Real Madrid. Skipper Ivan Vicelich was honoured with the competition's Bronze Ball award behind Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid while Tim Payne and John Irving also picked up Man of the Match Awards. On the regional scene the Navy Blues won the inaugural OFC President's Cup beating Amicale 2-1 in the final at Trusts Arena in West Auckland and then made it five continental titles in a row by beating Team Wellington on penalties in the OFC Champions League Final in Suva, Fiji. The win equalled Real Madrid's record of five consecutive continental titles set in the 1950s. The season trophy haul was completed with an ASB Premiership Grand Final victory over Hawke's Bay United at Kiwitea Street making it the club's sixth domestic title in 11 seasons and their first successful title defence since 2005/06 season. The club was also shortlisted for a Halberg Award. FIFA Club World Cup: 3rd OFC Champions League: Winners OFC President's Cup: Winners ASB Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Winners ASB Charity Cup: Runners-Up Season 2015/16 Auckland City FC gave up its ASB Premiership crown to Team Wellington in a thrilling grand final at QBE Stadium by 4-2 after extra time. The disappointment came as the Navy Blues completed a seventh minor premiership title and regained the ASB Charity Cup with a comfortable win over Team Wellington on the opening day of the season. Defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima by 2-0 in the Club World Cup playoff was a tough pill to swallow. The highpoint of the season was undoubtedly the club's sixth OFC Champions League title in a row - a new world record for consecutive continental championships by any club in any equivalent competition. The ease with which the Navy Blues accounted for Team Wellington gave a degree of comfort as another FIFA Club World Cup qualification was confirmed. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Winners ASB Premiership: Runners-up Minor Premiers: Winners ASB Charity Cup: Winners Season 2016/17 This campaign proved one of the most arduous in the club's history with well over 40 matches played between September and May in five domestic and international competitions. The Stirling Sports Premiership was expanded to ten teams and the Navy Blues responded by winning the minor premiership for a record fourth season in a row to secure qualification for the OFC Champions League 2018. Once again the grand final proved a disappointment as Team Wellington defeated the Navy Blues 2-1 at QBE Stadium on a wet night in Albany. The club added another domestic trophy to the collection when the Navy Blues defeated Team Wellington 3-1 at David Farrington Park to lift the NZF Charity Cup. The FIFA Club World Cup campaign was again a relative success with a narrow 2-1 defeat to Kashima Antlers. Auckland City FC opened the scoring to stun the home side but unable to hang onto that lead, Kashima scored the winning goal scored on the final whistle. International friendlies were a highlight. Wins over Hong Kong Rangers, Central Sport, Kitchee SC and FC Seoul in friendly games and then the Nike Lunar New Year Cup in January ensured the club's reputation continues to grow around the world. The club added another domestic trophy to the collection when the Navy Blues defeated Team Wellington 3-1 at David Farrington Park to lift the NZF Charity Cup. The OFC Champions League was successfully defended after a 5-0 aggregate win over New Zealand champions Team Wellington. This gave the Navy Blues their seventh consecutive regional title in a row and their ninth overall. Importantly, it also provided qualification for the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th Nike Lunar New Year Cup: Winners OFC Champions League: Winners Stirling Sports Premiership: Runners-up Minor Premiers: Winners Charity Cup: Winners Season 2017/18 The 2017/18 campaign proved to be a season of contrasting emotions as the club set a new record for most National League titles won after they defeated Team Wellington in the grand final at QBE Stadium to reverse back-to-back finals defeats to the capital men. Callum McCowatt's late goal sealed Auckland City FC's victory and a seventh domestic title to alongside their ninth minor premiership title and their fifth in a row. In a portent to come, the NZF Charity Cup won for the fourth time the season before was surrendered to Team Wellington in a 3-1 defeat in the capital. On the international scene the theme of mixed emotions continued after a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to Al Jazira in the FIFA Club World Cup in UAE. Very rarely has Auckland City FC utterly dominated an opponent in the fashion the Navy Blues managed against Al Jazira without winning a game yet sadly this proved to be the case in a 1-0 defeat. Lifting themselves for the second half of the season would also prove difficult as Auckland City FC's bid for an eighth consecutive OFC Champions League title hit the buffers after losing out on away goals to Team Wellington at the semi-final stages. Club Player of the Year Cam Howieson won an international recall making a start for the All Whites in their 1-0 defeat to Canada under new coach Fritz Schmid. Howieson and Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, who proved he was back to full fitness, each won an additional three caps for the All Whites in matches against India, Chinese Taipei and Kenya in June. Solomon Islands' international Micah Lea'alafa showed how valuable an asset he can be when he netted for his country in their 2-2 draw with the All Whites in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on September 5, 2017. There were important individual milestones reached with Emiliano Tade becoming the most prolific goalscorer in Auckland City FC history with 107 goals in 162 appearances in all competitions while Albert Riera reached the 100 appearance mark in the 0-0 draw with UAE side Al-Ittihad. Tade, Ryan De Vries and Daewook Kim all left the club at different times after picking up professional contracts in South Africa, Japan and Korea Republic, continuing the club's tradition of providing a pathway from domestic football to a full-time career in the sport. FIFA Club World Cup: 7th OFC Champions League: Semi-finals ISPS Handa Premiership: Winners Minor Premiers: Winners Charity Cup: Runners-up Season 2018/19 The Navy Blues made a great start to the season by winning back the NZF Charity Cup with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Team Wellington at Kiwitea Street on the opening day of the new campaign but the season would end with the club enduring it's worst trophy return since 2007-08. A record undefeated run in the ISPS Handa Premiership comprising of 17 wins and a draw from 18 matches set a new points total record and a tenth minor premiership but defeat to Team Wellington in the semi-finals sent a shock through the club. A similar fate was bestowed on the Navy Blues when they came unstuck in the OFC Champions League semi-finals for the second season in a row after they lost 2-1 to AS Magenta in a nervous performance in Noumea. Failure to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup 2019 was a blow but also failing to reach and win the ISPS Handa Premiership could set the club further back following a revamp to the global showpiece event in 2021. The club did participate in another international tournament when they returned to Hong Kong for the Tonghai Financial New Year Cup where the Navy Blues finished fourth after a semi-final loss to Shandong Luneng (2-1) was followed by a 1-0 defeat against a Hong Kong League XI in the bronze medal match. FIFA Club World Cup: Did Not Qualify OFC Champions League: Semi-finalists ISPS Handa Premiership: Semi-Finalists Minor Premiers: Winners Charity Cup: Winners Tonghai Financial New Year Cup: Fourth Season 2019/20 Under new coach Jose Figueira, the Navy Blues continued on winning ways but the outbreak of a global pandemic, Covid-19, saw New Zealand Football cancel the ISPS Handa Premiership season after just 16 rounds. The ISPS Handa Premiership minor title and trophy, normally reserved for the grand final winners, was awarded to Auckland City FC for a record eighth time, making it 11 minor titles. Club chairman Ivan Vuksich said winning the title with four games left to play without completing the season meant the victory was a hollow one but accepted the circumstances that the public health situation was the priority. Figueira won his first trophy as Navy Blues head coach when his outfit defeated defending New Zealand champions Eastern Suburbs AFC 2-0 in the NZF Charity Cup final at Madills Farm on Sunday March 15, 2020. The OFC Chamions League was also affected by the global pandemic with Auckland City FC reaching the quarter-finals thanks to three wins from three in the group stage held in Tahiti only to see the last eight postponed until May 6, 2020. The future of the FIFA Club World Cup remains in doubt with the latest edition, the seven club event scheduled for December 2020 in Qatar, facing postponement or cancellation. The expanded FIFA Club World Cup scheduled for June-July 2021 was postponed following UEFA and CONMEBOL's decision to shift their continental championships (Euro 2020 and Copa America 2020) into the June-July 2021 timeslot. FIFA Club World Cup: Did Not Qualify OFC Champions League: Quarter-finalists.** ISPS Handa Premiership: Winners* Minor Premiers: Winners* Charity Cup: Winners Season 2020-21 The final edition of the ISPS Handa Premiership proved to be a damp squib after Auckland City FC lost the grand final to Team Wellington 4-2 after extra time. The club's record in grand finals football took another battering with Team Wellington's victory their third in six seasons leaving the Navy Blues with just one title during that period. It was the club's eighth defeat out of its previous 11 knock-out matches, the worst of any club in either National League of OFC Champions League history. Offsetting that awful record is Auckland City FC's dominance by perhaps the one measure many find to be a far more accurate gauge of success - the league title. The club wrapped up its eighth consecutive league title and scooped up its seventh NZF Charity Cup. This was the club's 12th league title and solidified its reputation as the most decorated club of all-time in National League history. The league title and NZF Charity Cup double was the club's seventh. With the world gripped by the effects of the global pandemic, the OFC Champions League was cancelled outright while an invitation to attend the FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar was accepted. That invitation had to be rescinded after the New Zealand Government was unable to grant Auckland City FC appropriate Managed Isolation & Quarantine facilities on its return to the country. The club ended the 2020/21 season awarded the IFHHS Oceania Club of the Decade for 2011-2020, the second decade in a row Auckland City FC have achieved such status. FIFA Club World Cup: Withdrew due to Covid-19 restrictions OFC Champions League: No competition due to Covid-19 restrictions ISPS Handa Premiership: Runners-up Minor Premiers: Winners* Charity Cup: Winners Season 2021 The ISPS Handa Premiership was replaced by New Zealand Football's new National League System with Waitakere United, Hawke's Bay United, Team Wellington, Tasman United, Canterbury United and Southern United all leaving senior competition. Auckland City FC, Eastern Suburbs AFC and Hamilton Wanderers all took up positions in their respective regional league. The new system closely resembles the Superclub competition of the 1990s with clubs competing in Northern, Central and Southern Leagues, with the top four from Northern, top three from Central and two from Southern joining the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in a single round final National League Championship competition. The top two from the National League Championship league section advance to a grand final. New Zealand Football has two approaches to determining its qualifier or qualifiers for the OFC Champions League. If OFC allocates one berth, the winner of the grand final claims it; if OFC allocates two berths, the winner of the grand final and the grand final runner-up claim one each. Auckland City FC competed in the Northern League and Chatham Cup for the first time in its history in the inaugural season of the new National League system. The club also entered a team into the Lotto NRFL U-23 Premier Division with four teams joining the Northern Regional Football (NRF) age grade system for teams aged U-13 to U-17. The club won the Northern League title with four games to spare and were knocked out of the Chatham Cup at the quarter-final stage by Miramar Rangers. FIFA Club World Cup: Nominated but withdrew. OFC Champions League: Cancelled National League Championship: Cancelled Northern League: Champions Chatham Cup: Quarter-finals Season 2022 New coach Albert Riera led his new charges to an incredible season of unprecedented achievement. Riera's team won 30 and drew one of its first 31 games of the 2022 season. The club went on to play 43 matches, winning 39, drawing two and losing only two, in all competitions. Auckland City FC retained its Northern League title at a canter to secure qualification to the National League Championship phase of the season held between October and December. The club secured its first ever Chatham Cup title with City defeating Albany United (6-1), Manukau United (6-0), Bay Olympic (2-1), Dunedin City Royals (6-0), Wellington Olympic (3-1) and Eastern Suburbs (1-0) in the final at North Harbour Stadium. The club's tenth OFC Champions League title was secured after wins over Hienghene Sport (5-0), Rewa (3-0), Nikao Sokattak (4-1), Central Coast (2-0) and Tahiti's AS Venus (3-0) in the final to give City three trophies by the end of September. The club finished top of the National League Championship to claim the league title before defeating Wellington Olympic 3-2 in the final to make it a clean sweep of five available honours - National League Championship, National League Championship league title, Northern League league title, Chatham Cup and the OFC Champions League. The men's first team also won the Mediterannean Cup, a trophy put up for competition between Auckland City FC and Wellington Olympic. City faced Olympic three times in 2022, winning each match (2-1 and 3-2 in the National League Championship) and 3-1 in the Chatham Cup semi-final. Elsewhere at Kiwitea Street, the U-23 side retained their Lotto NRFL U-23 Premier Division title, the Women's U-17 finished runners-up in the NZF Youth Futsal Championship in Wellington. FIFA Club World Cup: Qualified as OFC Champions League winners. OFC Champions League: Winners National League Championship: Winners National League Championship title: Winners Northern League: Winners Chatham Cup: Winners Season 2023 The campaign started on January 3, 2023, and ended on December 12, 2023, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a 3-0 defeat to Al Ittihad at the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023, the longest season in 19 years for Auckland City FC. The domestic campaign was successful on the regional front with the club successfully defending its Northern League crown with an undefeated season and securing its 12th league title in a row. City became the first club since 1965 to complete the regional premier season undefeated, although Metro FC achieved similar in the Superclub era. The 100th edition of the Chatham Cup was surrendered in a 3-2 defeat to Western Springs in Round 4, while City would go on to finish runners-up in both the National League Championship Final and league phase to worthy winners Wellington Olympic. The Greeks also won the Mediterranean Cup for the first time in the modern era. Highlight of the season was the club's extraordinary achievement in winning the OFC Champions League for the 11th time after a thrilling penalty kicks win over Ifira Black Bird in an epic semi-final and an extra time win over Fiji's Suva, 4-2. The U-23 side won the Lotto NRFL U-23 Premier Division title for the third time in a row while the club fielded three women's futsal teams at the nation's final domestic Youth Futsal Championship in Wellington with the U-17 women's team winning their competition. The club's U-15 boy's finished a respectable runners-up. FIFA Club World Cup: Qualified as OFC Champions League winners. OFC Champions League: Winners National League Championship: Runners-Up National League Championship title: Runners-Up Northern League: Winners Chatham Cup: Round 4 AUCKLAND CITY FC - CLUB HONOURS
4946	dbpedia	2	26	https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/personal-community/nzcfc	en	New Zealand Communities Football Cup (NZCFC)	https://www.police.govt.…e/nzcfc-2019.jpg	https://www.police.govt.…e/nzcfc-2019.jpg	[ "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/nzcfc-2019.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/nzcfc-2018-winner.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/winning-ryan-2017.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/nzcfc-2016-ryan-winner.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/nzcfc-2015-somalia.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/nzcfc-2015-women.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/advice/personal-community-advice/nzcfc-2014.jpg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/images/refresh/nz-police-app-icon.png", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/images/refresh/social/Facebook.svg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/images/refresh/social/Instagram.svg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/images/refresh/social/Youtube.svg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/images/refresh/social/Linkedin.svg", "https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/images/refresh/nzgovtlogo.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	New Zealand Communities Football Cup (NZCFC) has been run annually since 2008. Somalia Wellington, Oman Manawatu and Poland Christchurch are past winners.	en	https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/all/themes/twbs_police_refresh/favicon.ico	New Zealand Police	https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/personal-community/nzcfc	Follow us - NZCFC Facebook Page. Congratulations to our 2019 winners! Palestinian Panthers and Czech Lions gave spectators a nail-biting finish after drawing nil all after extra time! The win secures the Panthers $1,500 prize money and an automatic place in the 2020 tournament. Congratulations also to NZ South Africa who won the plate in a hard-fought match against Ireland to take home the Plate (score 3 to 1). NZ South Africa also produced the tournament MVP – congratulations to Josh Jeftha. Contact information For Police staff: National Partnerships Manager: Ethnic Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo M 0272156872 E rakesh.naidoo@police.govt.nz For members of the public: Please email nzcfc@mnz.org.nz Tournament Aims The New Zealand Communities Football Cup (NZCFC) was developed by New Zealand Police in 2008. The tournament uses young people’s passion for football to connect diverse communities, celebrate success and encourage positive social change. It is supported and endorsed by key regional and government agencies. Promote integration and positive community engagement amongst different communities and with government and local agencies. Provide an opportunity for community based teams to display their talents at a national level. Raise awareness of community issues such as family violence through messaging during the tournament. Address issues and solutions for local youth through the youth conference. Recruit participants to join police. Assist participants to realise their potential in sport and life. Community-based teams compete over a year to represent their region in the finals. There can be up to 1,000 games around the country leading up to the finals. Past NZCFC winners 2018 Congratulations to RYAN and MFNZ Ruru who were our 2018 NZCFC Men’s and Women’s tournament winners! Congratulations to Plate Winners, Poland, on their 3-0 win over neighbours Hermanos. Another Christchurch team, Irish Rovers beat Kaw Thoo Lei Brothers from Palmerston North in the Bowl Final and RYAN are again Champions with a 1-0 over Ethio-Lions. 2017 Congratulations to RYAN, Ruru Women’s and South Auckland Youth who were our 2017 NZCFC Men’s, Women’s and U-13s tournament winners! 2016 Congratulations to RYAN Mt Roskill and a big thanks to Somalia Auckland for playing so well in a nail-biting final match, and to all of the men’s and women’s teams who participated in the spirit of the tournament. Final results: Cup Final Winner – RYAN (Auckland) Plate Winner – Kaw Thoo Lai United (Palmerston North) Bowl Winner – NZ Police Women's Cup Winner – Kurangaituku Maia (Auckland) Runners Up – Manukau Rebels 2015 Winning team, Men's division: Somalia Wellington Winning team, Women's 5 Aside: New Zealand Police Host city: Wellington Men's winner: Somalia Wellington Women's winner: New Zealand Police 2014 Winning Team: Somalia (Wellington) Host city: Wellington 2014 NZCFC tournament programme (PDF, 4.4MB) 2013 Winning Team: RYAN (Auckland) Host city: Wellington Winning team photograph 2013 NZCFC tournament programme (PDF, 1.4MB) 2012 Tournament postponed 2011 Winning team: Somalia (Wellington) Host city: Auckland Winning team photograph 2011 NZCFC tournament programme (PDF, 3.2MB) 2010 Winning team: Poland (Christchurch) Host city: Christchurch Winning team photograph 2010 NZCFC tournament programme (PDF, 5MB) 2009 Winning team: Oman (Manawatu) Host city: Palmerston North Winning team photograph 2009 NZCFC tournament programme (PDF, 603KB) 2008 Winning team: Somalia (Wellington) Host city: Wellington
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4946	dbpedia	3	85	https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/09/opinion-wisely-and-over-time-yes-in-my-backyard/	en	Opinion: Wisely and over time, yes, in my backyard	https://www.pressherald.…30210.jpg?w=1024	https://www.pressherald.…30210.jpg?w=1024	[ "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/pph-icon.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/close-icon.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/svg/masthead-pressherald.svg", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/weather/35.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/svg/masthead-pressherald.svg", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/svg/masthead-pressherald.svg", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/weather/35.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/svg/masthead-pressherald.svg", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/svg/masthead-pressherald.svg", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/font-resize.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/ajax-loader.gif", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/06/pph-white.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/pph-white.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/fb-reverse.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/tw-reverse.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/gram.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/li-reverse.png", "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/themes/mainetoday/assets/images/youtube-reverse.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Nik Charov" ]	2024-08-09T00:00:00	As we've seen time and again in Maine, there are smart ways to grow and … less smart ways to grow.		https://www.pressherald.…ages/favicon.png	Press Herald	https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/09/opinion-wisely-and-over-time-yes-in-my-backyard/	For the past 12 years, I’ve worked in Wells and lived in South Portland. As a transplant from larger cities, I’ve paid attention to each community’s approach to development as Maine has continued to grow and diversify. I believe our future is bright, and I welcome progress, but there will be tradeoffs along the way. I do not think we can stand still; the world is changing too quickly around us. Maine’s lack of available housing is clear from many independent studies, soaring prices and the maddening competition renters encounter. In coming years, rising temperatures and stronger weather will drive even more Americans north to this land of plentiful fresh water, classical seasons and ocean breezes. Migration will bring fresh ideas, money, and energy to Maine, but unless we rapidly add inventory, the housing chasm will only deepen. There are smart ways to grow and … less smart ways to grow. As someone who works in climate adaptation and coastal science, I’d prefer to see development concentrated into vacant, servable areas than rampaging over Maine’s precious forests and fields. Voters in Wells, a mostly rural and beach community of 10,000, recently enacted a six-month ban on large housing developments to rein in the single-family sprawl metastasizing from its Route 1 corridor. I respect its citizens for standing athwart their town’s history, yelling “Stop!” as yet another 100-unit subdivision plan emerged. A small municipal staff and volunteer-run planning boards do the best they can, but towns like Wells benefit from a cautious approach, rather than greenlighting every developer’s proposal for every wooded parcel. My hometown of South Portland, Maine’s fourth largest city, has more resources to apply to long-term development. And with more tools comes more responsibility to use them wisely. South Portland is currently considering a rezoning proposal to redevelop 30 acres of derelict waterfront over the next 20 years through the Yard South project. The submitted proposal is in line with the City’s 2012 Comprehensive Plan, which encourages higher density development and better mass transit, including water service across Portland Harbor. This is a proven way to build a coastal city. Developing Yard South for residential and commercial opportunities could, done well, be a model for many of Maine’s more dense communities. I have seen larger cities develop their lagging waterfronts over decades. New York, Baltimore, San Francisco, Vancouver and others have experimented with ways to increase density, retain livability and broaden economic diversity. They all started smaller than they are now. Solutions to traffic, pollution and soaring home prices do exist, especially if planned and implemented over time. Deploying better mass transit to connect urban centers makes financial and environmental sense; smarter traffic signals and the coming revolution of autonomous rideshare vehicles will also profoundly improve congestion. Redeveloping existing brownfields and vacant urban lots, as many Maine towns are doing, is smarter than clearcutting forests or paving farms. Should South Portland permit building units next to the sea, though? Yes, if the development is built suitably above sea level, as the Yard South plan proposes. The rising ocean will submerge lower coastal neighborhoods in the future, this we know. Maine’s Climate Action Plan asks communities to commit to manage multiple feet of sea level rise by century’s end. In South Portland, that adaptation might entail bulwarking certain streets and building up, on top of capped brownfield, instead of sprawling out into the floodplain. In Wells, adaptation may ultimately lead to the difficult conversation of relocating homes away from the beach and out of harm’s way. What both approaches seek is a continuation of place, a way for people to stay in the communities they know, even as those communities evolve to meet a changing world. Misinformation on social media about real estate development is ever present, and I certainly understand the concerned voices in any community anxiously facing change. It’s natural to expect the worst possible outcome. It requires imagination, experience and time to envision what South Portland’s eastern waterfront, the beach community of Wells and other coastal areas of Southern Maine can be, and even what an entire interconnected, more populous region might become. We have opportunities and, frankly, an unprecedented amount of public funding to plan projects now and do them right. So that others may join us here in the bountiful state of Maine, I’m willing to make some tradeoffs and take some risks. Build, baby, build? If we do it wisely and over time, I say: yes, in my backyard.
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thanks to first-half goals from Kosta Barbarouses and Tim Payne and a stoppage-time penalty from Oskar Zawada.It’s the Nix’s 15th win of the 2023-24 Isuzu UTE season – the most the team have recorded in a campaign, and takes Wellington’s points haul to 53, seven more than their previous best.	en	https://i0.wp.com/www.fr…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	Friends of Football	https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/04/27/more-milestones-tumble-as-wellington-phoenix-end-regular-season-on-a-high/	The Wellington Phoenix have capped their record-breaking men’s A-League regular season with a milestone victory. The Phoenix have beaten Macarthur FC 3-0 in front of 15,428 fans at Sky Stadium in Wellington thanks to first-half goals from Kosta Barbarouses and Tim Payne and a stoppage-time penalty from Oskar Zawada. It’s the Nix’s 15th win of the 2023-24 Isuzu UTE season – the most the team have recorded in a campaign, and takes Wellington’s points haul to 53, seven more than their previous best. “This probably won’t sink it for a while with me,” Phoenix head coach Giancarlo Italiano told media post-match. “I’m very proud of everyone that’s worked here. From day one we’ve always had big obstacles placed in front of us. “We have a good club structure, good people [and] we’ve just got on with it. “It’s been no-nonsense, and the fact that we’ve come so far is a testament to everyone.” The record points tally might not be enough for the Phoenix to win the Premiers’ Plate, with Central Coast Mariners beating Newcastle Jets 3-1 in their penultimate round-robin match to remain just a point off the competition lead and ensuring the premiership will be decided on Wednesday night. It left Italiano with an uneasy feeling after the match, but he was quickly cheered up the fans when they came down from the stands for a club photo on the pitch. “You kind of forget sometimes the impact you have with fans. I don’t think I’ve had that many selfies in my life! “That was the best side of football because you realise you touch so many people that you don’t meet and then they have an opportunity to come and meet their favourite players and staff.” Central Coast need just a draw from their final regular season match against Adelaide United on Wednesday to claim the premiership and the Nix are all but resigned to finishing second on the ladder. “I’m more focused on training now for the semi-finals. “We have our awards night on Tuesday. It’ll be a celebration of the club, of the achievements we’ve done this year [and] a good time to get together. “And then Wednesday I guess everyone will be watching where they’re comfortable. It’s going to be a late kick-off as well. I want the players in bed early so we can train [the next day].” Two changes to starting line-up Giancarlo Italiano made two changes to the XI, which started last week’s 1-1 draw against Newcastle Jets, with Nicholas Pennington and David Ball replacing Mo Al-Taay and Youstin Salas, who were named among the substitutes. The Phoenix had some success down the left flank in the opening exchanges, with Sam Sutton and Ben Old linking well. Sutton volleyed over the bar in the seventh minute and Old registered the first shot on target moments later with a curling effort with his less-favoured right foot that was comfortably held by Macarthur ‘keeper Filip Kurto. Nix forward David Ball found the back of the net in the 13th minute after Kosta Barbarouses slipped in behind the visitors’ defence, but the goal was rightly ruled out for offside. Barbarouses timed his run expertly nine minutes later when Nicholas Pennington found the veteran forward with a perfectly-weighted ball over the top of Macarthur’s last defender. He rounded Kurto and slotted home into the empty net to send the crowd into raptures. Their joy was dampened soon after as Alou Kuol scored to give Central Coast a 1-0 lead at Newcastle. It was Barbarouses’ milestone 93rd A-League men’s goal, taking him to fourth on the all-time list and making him the highest scoring New Zealander in competition history. Tim Payne doubled Wellington’s lead shortly before the half hour mark with a thumping header after Old stood up a cross to the back post. There were few goalscoring opportunities for the remainder of the half but the Phoenix held a deserved 2-0 lead at the break. The crowd was brought to their feet again early in the second half as news spread about another goal in Newcastle, this time by Jets striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, drawing them level with the Mariners. There was little goalmouth action in the 15 minutes after halftime at Sky Stadium, with Macarthur grabbing a greater share of possession without testing Alex Paulsen in Wellington’s goal. Sutton looked the likeliest for the Nix, first curling a right-footed shot narrowly wide of goal in the 70th minute before seeing a volley deflect just off target seven minutes later. The Mariners reclaimed the lead against Newcastle shortly after the Yellow Fever took their shirts off and added a third to win their match 3-1. Oskar Zawada had the final say at Sky Stadium, winning a penalty and then converting from the spot in stoppage time to complete a 3-0 win for the Phoenix. As well as awaiting the result of Central Coast’s final match on Wednesday night, the Wellington Phoenix will await their semi-final opponent with the elimination finals next weekend. Tickets for the semi-final second leg at Sky Stadium will go on sale next week. Match highlights Result Game played on Saturday April 27, 2024 Wellington Phoenix 3 (Kosta Barbarouses 22′, Tim Payne 29′, Oscar Zawada 90+2′ pen) Macarthur 0 Standings Line-ups Wellington Phoenix 40. Alex PAULSEN (gk), 3. Finn SURMAN, 4. Scott WOOTTON, 6. Tim PAYNE, 7. Kosta BARBAROUSES, 8. Ben OLD, 10. David BALL (17. Youstin SALAS 71st), 11. Bozhidar KRAEV (24. Oskar VAN HATTUM 81st), 14. Alex RUFER (c), 15. Nicholas PENNINGTON (9. Oskar ZAWADA 87th), 19. Sam SUTTON. Unused substitutes: 25. Jack DUNCAN (gk), 12. Mo AL-TAAY, 18. Lukas KELLY-HEALD, 43 Matt SHERIDAN. Macarthur FC 12. Filip KURTO (gk), 4. Matthew JURMAN, 6. Tomislav USKOK, 10. Ulises DAVILA (c), 13. Ivan VUJICA, 14. Kristian POPOVIC (7. Daniel DESILVA 46th), 20. Kealey ADAMSON (27. Jerry SKOTADIS 61st), 23. Clayton LEWIS, 22. Charles M’MOMBWA (18. Walter SCOTT 61st), 37. Jed DREW (16. Oliver JONES 61st), 98. Valere GERMAIN (31. Lachlan ROSE 70th). Unused substitutes: 1. Danijel NIZIC (gk), 52. Ariath PIOL. Cards 37. Jed DREW (Macarthur FC) – yellow – 40′ 14. Alex RUFER (Wellington Phoenix) – yellow – 54′ 17. Youstin SALAS (Wellington Phoenix) – yellow – 84′ 9. Oskar ZAWADA (Wellington Phoenix) – yellow – 87′
4946	dbpedia	0	29	https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/pro-teams/	en	Soccer in New Zealand			[ "https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/images/menu-icon.png", "https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/images/pro-teams.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	In this piece, you will get to know more about some of the notable professional soccer teams in New Zealand.	en	/images/favicon.png		null	Talking about soccer, the country has in the recent past experienced a rise in the number of football clubs, with some producing notable players that in notable regional and international football clubs. In this piece, you will get to know more about some of the notable professional soccer teams in the country. Auckland City Football Club This is a professional football club found in the suburbs of Sandringham in Auckland NZ. The team these days takes part in the ISPS Handa Premiership. This is a high-level of domestic football in the country. They have over time established themselves as a major force in not only New Zealand but also Oceania for having won up to seven league titles and up to nine OFC Championship League titles since it was formed. Auckland City Football Club was formed in 2004. Southern United Football Club This team was previously known as Otago United football club. It is based in Dunedin New Zealand. The team was established in 2004, and they currently hold their home games in Caledonian Ground as well as Forsyth Barr Stadium. Team Wellington This one is another New Zealand’s professional football team that is currently based in Miramar suburbs in Wellington, New Zealand. The team competes in the ISPS Handa Premiership. It has over time been one of the most successful soccer clubs in the country since it was established in 2004. They have won the league championship twice and also have won the FC Champions League in 2018. They play their home games at David Farrington Park. Hamilton Wanderers association football Club This is one of New Zealand's semi-professional football team that hails from Hamilton, New Zealand. The team currently takes part in the ISPS Handa Premiership. It is famous for their youth day academy where players such as the New Zealand international Marco Rojas and Chris Wood are graduates. The club joined the New Zealand football championship in 2016 after Waikato club WaiBOP United was dissolved. They started their first season beating Southern United 1-0 by a goal from Tom Davis. They also beat Eastern Suburbs four goals. Hawke's Bay United This is an association football club found in Napier, New Zealand. The team takes part in the ISPS Handa Premiership. This is a semi-professional franchise-based confederation that runs independently of the winter club season. The local winter clubs are responsible for providing the player pool for every franchise. The clubs home stadium is Bluewater Stadium. Tasman United
4946	dbpedia	3	9	https://footballnationradio.com/2018/12/12/a-look-at-team-wellington-oceanias-representative-at-the-fifa-club-world-cup/	en	A look at Team Wellington – Oceania’s representative at the FIFA Club World Cup	https://i0.wp.com/footba…1200%2C675&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/footba…1200%2C675&ssl=1	[ "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FNR-LOGO-BALCK-BACKGROUND-4205520919-1542577990333.jpg", "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=522414164917257&ev=PageView&noscript=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/team-wellington.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1", "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/59ed63ad926dcac8781712ce3de8543b?s=96&d=identicon&r=g", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0_Chelsea-v-Arsenal-UEFA-Europa-League-Final.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/4-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sydney-fc-newcastle-jan-2019-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1", "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/slider6/Lancosidebarad.jpeg", "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/slider6/DKPSidebar.jpeg", "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gis.jpg", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/App-Store-2-1.png?resize=140%2C60&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Google-Play.png?resize=140%2C60&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/App-Store-2-1.png?resize=190%2C80&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Google-Play.png?resize=180%2C80&ssl=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Tim Sperliotis" ]	2018-12-12T00:00:00	The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup gets underway overnight, with New Zealand club Team Wellington looking to make the Oceania region proud.	en	https://i0.wp.com/footba…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	FNR Football Nation Radio	https://footballnationradio.com/2018/12/12/a-look-at-team-wellington-oceanias-representative-at-the-fifa-club-world-cup/	The FIFA Club World Cup returns tonight, with this year’s competition taking place again in the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi based club Al Ain FC host New Zealand Football Championship side Team Wellington, who were the winners of the 2018 OFC Champions League. Traditionally, teams from Oceania have struggled in this competition, however there is no doubt that the experience has a positive effect on the clubs. There is a possibility that the Oceania team will play last season’s UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid. However, for this to occur the Oceania club will need to win their first three matches, where they would then meet the Spanish giants in either the third-placed playoff or the final. It is very difficult to picture it happening, but we can only dare to dream. The most recent Oceanian team to perform well in this tournament was back in 2014, when fellow New Zealand Football Championship side Auckland City reached the semi-final, going out 2-1 to Argentine club San Lorenzo after extra-time. Team Wellington may surprise us all and make a deep run in the competition. Team Wellington were founded in 2004 and have won the New Zealand Football Championship twice. The 2018 OFC Champions League trophy caps off an impressive history in the short period of time. Their squad is not necessarily filled with amateur players. There are a number of players with A-League and international experience. Captain Justin Gulley and striker Hamish Watson both played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League, with the latter scoring six goals in 33 matches. Midfielder Henry Cameron played 25 matches for Blackpool in England and has five caps for the New Zealand national team. Andy Bevin has experience playing for the Seattle Sounders in the MLS, while he also recently played for South Melbourne. Jose Figueira is their boss – he is only their fourth manager in history. Figueira was a youth coach at MLS side New York Red Bulls and in addition to managing the New Zealand U-17 team, he is an assistant to manager Fritz Schmid for the New Zealand national team. Team Wellington may not be the biggest side in the Club World Cup this season, however it is a chance for them to make an impression to the world and they will be a team of interest to watch in the tournament.
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Stay across the lineups, team news and our predictions here.	en	https://a.espncdn.com/pr…sets/icons/E.svg	ESPN.com	https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/40741329/rugby-championship-fixtures-team-lists-squads-predictions-round-1	The Rugby Championship is back. The southern hemisphere's Test-match showpiece returns to regular programming this year, with a full 12-game calendar that will be played across August and September under the "mini tour" format. That means that each team faces two away games against one country, two home games against another, and then both a home and away contest against their closest regional rival. The tournament will also trial several law variations, including the return of the full red card and reduced time limits for conversions. Read on as we bring you the latest team news below and look ahead to the Round 1 clashes. Saturday, August 10 Australia vs. South Africa, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, 2.45pm AEST [4.45pm NZT, 6.45am RSA, 1.45am ARG] Australia: Tom Wright, Andrew Kellaway, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Filipo Daugunu, Noah Lolesio, Jake Gordon, Harry Wilson, Carlo Tizzano, Rob Valetini, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Nick Frost, Allan Alaalatoa (c), Matt Faessler, Isaac Kailea. Replacements: Josh Nasser, James Slipper, Zane Nonggorr, Jeremy Williams, Luke Reimer, Tate McDermott, Tom Lynagh, Dylan Pietsch South Africa: Willie le Roux, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Cobus Reinach, Elrigh Louw, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (captain), RG Snyman, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche Replacements: Malcolm Marx, Gerhard Steenekamp, Vincent Koch, Ben-Jason Dixon, Marco van Staden, Kwagga Smith, Grant Williams, Handré Pollard Team news: Utility back Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will start at fly-half for the Springboks against the Wallabies, with veteran Handre Pollard on the bench as their Rugby Championship campaign begins in Brisbane. Feinberg-Mngomezulu has become a quick fan-favourite since his debut against Wales earlier this year, marking a remarkable rise from playing provincial rugby just a year ago. Siya Kolisi will captain the side, while RG Snyman starts at 5 in the absence of injured Franco Mostert. Australia, meanwhile, will be without prop Taniela Tupou after the tighthead prop was given the week off following the death of his father. Tupou's absence means Allan Alaalatoa again starts in the No. 3 jersey while Lukhan Salakaia-Loto returns in the second row. The Wallabies will also unleash yet another debutant, with flanker Carlo Tizzano winning the right to replace the injured Fraser McReight at No. 7. In the backs, Jake Gordon and Noah Lolesio are reinstated as the starting halves combination while Andrew Kellaway returns on the right wing. Prediction: Who'd have thought it would be the Wallabies who enter this Test with the better recent record? Australia's clean sweep of July and four-match winning run has gone some way to earning back the faith of the rugby public, with a sell-out crowd at Suncorp Stadium confirmed on Wednesday. It has been a long time since a Wallabies Test has put the "house full" sign up midweek and the team will no doubt be bouyed by that scale of local support. But the question remains as to whether the Joe Schmidt evolution has had sufficient time to bed in. Looking back at the Tests against Wales, and even Georgia, the evidence suggests that they do not have the consistency to worry the world champions, and big questions remain over their defensive maul. And while the Boks dropped their second Test to Ireland, the level of that series compared to what Australia contested in July do not stack up. It's true, the Boks' record in Australia is dreadful, but their victory in Sydney in 2022 offers the blueprint that they must replicate. The Wallabies could not confront the power game on that occasion and will struggle to do so again here if the Boks take an early foothold. South Africa by 5. New Zealand vs. Argentina, Sky Stadium, Wellington, 5.05pm AEST [7.05pm NZ, 9.05am SA, 4.05am ARG] New Zealand: Beauden Barrett, Sevu Reece, Anton Lienert-Brown, Jordie Barrett, Mark Tele'a, Damian McKenzie, TJ Perenara; Ardie Savea (capt), Dalton Papali'i, Ethan Blackadder, Sam Darry, Tupou Vaa'i, Tyrel Lomax, Codie Taylor, Ethan De Groot. Replacements: Asafo Aumua, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Fletcher Newell, Josh Lord, Wallace Sititi, Cortez Ratima, Rieko Ioane, Will Jordan. Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia, Matias Moroni, Lucio Cinti, Santiago Chocobares, Mateo Carreras, Santiago Carreras, Gonzalo Bertranou, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Marcos Kremer, 6-Pablo Matera (c), Pedro Rubiolo, Franco Molina, Eduardo Bello, Ignacio Ruiz, Thomas Gallo Replacements: Agustin Creevy, Mayco Vivas, Joel Sclavi Efrain Elias Tomas Lavanini, Joaquin Oviedo,Lautaro Bazan Velez, Tomas Albornoz Team news: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has handed a start to Anton Lienert-Brown after a dip in form from veteran flyer Rieko Ioane. The other notable change in the backline is TJ Perenara's return at scrum-half. Meanwhile, Ethan Blackadder and Sam Darry start at No. 6 and lock respectively, the latter partnering Tupou Vaa'i in the second row in the absence of skipper Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu. Los Pumas will have Thomas Gallo and Eduardo Bello as pillars and Ignacio Ruiz, who will play his first game against the men in black, in the hooker position. A very young second-row, with Franco Molina, who will also appear for the first time against the All Blacks, and Pedro Rubiolo. Meanwhile, the back-row is one of the team's main strengths: Pablo Matera and Marcos Kremer join Juan Martín González, who after the scheduled rest, will play for the first time in the national team in 2024. In turn, Gonzalo Bertranou and Santiago Carreras will be the drivers, with Santiago Chocobares and the return of Lucio Cinti in the center of the field. In the background, there will be Mateo Carreras, Matías Moroni and Juan Cruz Mallía, who will also reappear in the national team.
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The squad will be captained by Jessika Nash and supported by Alexia Apostolakis,...	en	https://wswanderersfc.co…SW_logo.png?w=32	Western Sydney Wanderers	https://wswanderersfc.com.au/news/buchanan-named-in-commbank-young-matildas-squad-for-fifa-u-20-womens-world-cup-2024-squad/	CommBank Young Matildas Head Coach Leah Blayney today announced the 21 players selected to represent Australia at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ (U-20 WWC). The squad will be captained by Jessika Nash and supported by Alexia Apostolakis, and Naomi Chinnama in the 24-team global showpiece running from 31 August – 22 September 2024. For the second consecutive tournament, Australia will begin their U-20 WWC campaign against the host nation, facing Colombia at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá on Saturday, 31 August (local). Their Group A schedule – all played at the Estadio El Campín – will see the CommBank Young Matildas tackle their second opponents, Mexico, on Tuesday, 3 September (local) before ending the group phase against Cameroon on Friday, 6 September (local). Blayney has settled on three goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and seven forwards following two years of domestic camps, Talent Development Scheme matches, international friendlies, qualifiers, and AFC tournament activities. The squad features 19 players who participated in the recent 2023/24 Liberty A-League Women’s season. While the cohesion and chemistry of the team has been maintained through the inclusion of 15 members of the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2024™ roster, it also includes new faces in Ella Buchanan, Amber Luchtmeijer, Tanaye Morris, Emilia Murray, Ella O’Grady and Alicia Woods, who have earned their positions through extensive scouting efforts. The Class of 2024 includes six players with previous youth World Cup experience: Apostolakis, Chinnama, Nash, Jynaya Dos Santos, Kahli Johnson, and Chloe Lincoln. Notably, Shellharbour’s Jynaya and Indiana Dos Santos will become the first sisters to compete together in a FIFA World Cup™ tournament. Leah Blayney commented on the challenging selection process that resulted in a talented final squad that will take on the world’s best youth players. “This cycle has taken the team to the Kyrgyz Republic, Vietnam, China, Uzbekistan, New Zealand and now we will complete this two-year journey in Colombia where the players have a golden chance to display their abilities and represent Australia with pride on the world stage,” Blayney said. “Over this cycle we have seen over 60 players across all Member Federations participate in the process, and every single one of them has contributed to the quality of this team as they showed up to test and challenge each other to keep evolving. I would like to thank all the players, Member Federations, NPL clubs and Liberty A-League Women clubs for their contribution to the final squad. “We’ve selected a roster that has exhibited strong current form, combined with an important balance across the lines of defence, midfield and attack. The collective of players across those three lines provides us with plenty of variety as they all have different types of playing profiles and attributes. “Ultimately our team will strive to maintain our attacking playing style with a focus exciting and entertaining football which we hope will capture the Australian public and gain their support. The test that this group craves, is now to pull it all together under tournament conditions,” Blayney concluded. With the tournament falling outside of a FIFA Women’s International Window, Liberty A-League Women 2023/24 Young Player of the Year, Daniela Galic, will be unavailable following a recent overseas club move. Excitingly, eight members of the Australian squad will remain eligible for the 2026 cycle. The U-20 WWC will also provide a preview into the future of the game. Over the past decade the U-20 Women’s National Team and Future Matildas Program nurturing and developing the talents of Ellie Carpenter, Mary Fowler, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Clare Hunt, Clare Wheeler, Kaitlyn Torpey, Cortnee Vine, Amy Sayer, Charli Grant, Courtney Nevin, Holly McNamara, Remy Siemsen and Alex Chidiac who progressed to not only make their senior debuts but to also represent Australia at AFC Women’s Asian Cups, FIFA Women’s World Cups and Olympic Games. The CommBank Young Matildas qualified for their fifth appearance at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ by virtue of a bronze medal finish at the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup™ in March 2024. They will represent Asia alongside former U-20 winners DPR Korea, reigning U-20 silver medallists Japan, and Korea Republic. The top two nations from each group, and the two best third-place finishers following the completion of group play will progress to the knockout phase. The knockout phase starts with the Round of 16 (11 and 12 September), followed by the semi-finals (Wednesday, 18 September) and the final on Sunday, 22 September 2024. The team will begin assembling in Sydney next week ahead of their departure for an acclimatisation pre-camp in the altitude of Bogotá ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign commencing. MATCH SCHEDULE \| FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP COLOMBIA 2024™ Colombia v Australia Date: Saturday, 31 August 2024 / Thursday, 1 September 2024 (AUS) Time: 6.00pm (local) / 9.00am (AEST) Venue: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Mexico v Australia Date: Tuesday, 3 September 2024 / Wednesday, 4 September 2024 (AUS) Time: 5.00pm (local) / 8.00am (AEST) Venue: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Australia v Cameroon Date: Friday, 6 September 2024 / Saturday, 7 September 2024 (AUS) Time: 8.00pm (local) / 11.00am (AEST) Venue: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia FINAL SQUAD \| COMMBANK YOUNG MATILDAS * Train-on player who will assist the team in their preparations prior to the commencement of the tournament
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The uniform was yellow with black shorts, utilising the primary sporting colours of the Wellington region. In the inaugural season (2004/2005) of the NZFC, Team Wellington FC performed below expectations, finishing sixth. They improved in the next season, ending the season in fourth place. In 2007 the Australian A-League placed a franchise in Wellington, known as the Wellington Phoenix. The Phoenix quickly entered a strategic alliance with Team Wellington. The new head coach for Team Wellington, Stu Jacobs, was hired as an assistant coach for the Phoenix while retaining his NZFC role. Team Wellington also changed their kit to a predominantly black strip similar to that of the Phoenix, using yellow as a highlight colour. Team Wellington FC started the 2007/08 season with a five-game winning streak, a record for the competition. This was ended by a 1–1 draw against Auckland City FC on 15 December. Team Wellington finished the season in third place, qualifying for the Preliminary Final against second-placed Auckland City. Team Wellington defeated Auckland City 4–3 in overtime. Team Wellington thus went on to the Grand Final, in which they were defeated by Waitakere United 2–0 at Trusts Stadium. On 21 April 2015, Team Wellington reached the final of the 2014–15 OFC Champions League in their first appearance in the competition. They were beaten on penalties by the defending champions Auckland City in the final on 26 April, having drawn 1–1 after extra time. Heading into the 2016–2017 season, José Figueira took on the role as coach at Team Wellington on 1 July 2016. In March 2016, Team Wellington won their first ever ISPS Handa Premiership title. Having finished in 3rd in the regular season, they beat Hawke's Bay United in the semi-final, before beating Auckland City 4–2 in an enthralling finale at QBE Stadium in Albany, Auckland. Team Wellington FC won back to back league titles in April 2017, dispatching Waitakere United on penalties after an enthralling 6–6 draw in the semi-final, before beating Auckland City 2–1 in the Grand Final at QBE Stadium. Team Wellington FC proved their worth in the 2017-2018 OFC Champions League by winning their way to the very nail-biting semi-final against Auckland that, despite ending in a 2–2 draw, Team Wellington FC won due to aggregate score. The game was viewed as extremely controversial as the referee added 8 minutes of extra time to the end of the game. This 8 minutes turned into 12 extra minutes (total game time was 101 minutes) and caused much aggravation from both sides before the referee blew the final whistle. After this, Team Wellington faced Lautoka FC in two final legs; one at home at David Farrington Park on 13 May 2018, the other at Lautoka FC's home ground of Churchill Park in Fiji on 20 May 2018[ ]. Team Wellington FC won the first leg in a staggering 6–0 victory. The second leg was also won by Team Wellington FC, with a score of 3–4 to Team Wellington FC[ ]. This gave Team Wellington FC the title of Oceanic Champions and earned them entry to the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup to be held in the UAE in December 2018[ ]. On 12 December 2018, Team Wellington FC played their first and only match in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup against Al Ain FC, who would later be runners-up, scoring 3 goals in the first half. However, their lead was short-lived, with Al Ain scoring 3 goals and sending the match into extra time and then penalties. Team Wellington would lose the penalties 4–3 and were knocked out. Team Wellington would win the last ever game played in the ISPS Handa Premiership, when they beat long time rivals, Auckland City 2–1 in the 2020–2021 Grand Final. Constituent clubs Team Wellington FC represents 20 clubs in the Greater Wellington region.
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4946	dbpedia	1	49	https://www.skysports.com/football/news/37390/12719309/womens-world-cup-2023-draw-date-teams-schedule-and-final-for-australia-and-new-zealand-tournament	en	Women's World Cup 2023: Teams, schedule, fixtures, matches and dates for Australia and New Zealand tournament	https://e0.365dm.com/22/…g?20221013131747	https://e0.365dm.com/22/…g?20221013131747	[ "https://www.skysports.com/assets/Sky-Sports-Logo-transparent.svg", "https://e0.365dm.com/22/10/768x432/skysports-womens-world-cup_5929524.jpg?20221013131747", "https://e0.365dm.com/21/09/768x432/skysports-women-world-cup-usa_5520743.jpg?20210922175006", "https://e0.365dm.com/22/10/768x432/skysports-sydney-accor-stadium_5929563.jpg?20221013134010", "https://e0.365dm.com/23/08/512x512/skysports-super-6-jamie-carragher_6237126.jpg", "https://e0.365dm.com/23/08/512x512/skysports-super-6-jamie-carragher_6237126.jpg", "https://e0.365dm.com/24/08/768x432/skysports-gss-get-sky-sports_6645158.jpg?20240802000330", "https://e0.365dm.com/24/03/768x432/skysports-now-tv_6494611.jpg?20240318213644", "https://e0.365dm.com/tvlogos/channels/Sky-Sports-Logo.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2022-10-13T15:00:00+00:00	Womens World Cup 2023 takes place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20; first Women’s World Cup to feature 32 teams competing in eight groups; England in Group D; Republic of Ireland in Group B alongside hosts Australia	en	/favicon.ico?bypass-service-worker	Sky Sports	https://www.skysports.com/football/news/37390/12719309/womens-world-cup-2023-draw-date-teams-schedule-and-final-for-australia-and-new-zealand-tournament	England are through to the final of the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Here's all you need to know... When and where is the 2023 Women's World Cup? This year's tournament is taking place in Australia and New Zealand, making it the first co-hosted Women's World Cup. The tournament began on July 20, with the final taking place on August 20 in Sydney at the Accor Stadium. The USA are the defending champions but were knocked out by Sweden in the round of 16. Who qualified? This Women's World Cup is the first to feature 32 teams, after the previous edition in 2019 saw 24 countries compete. Australia (co-hosts) New Zealand (co-hosts) China (AFC) Japan (AFC) Philippines (AFC) South Korea (AFC) Vietnam (AFC) Morocco (CAF) Nigeria (CAF) South Africa (CAF) Zambia (CAF) Canada (CONCACAF) Costa Rica (CONCACAF) Haiti (CONCACAF) Jamaica (CONCACAF) Panama (CONCACAF) United States (CONCACAF) Argentina (CONMEBOL) Brazil (CONMEBOL) Colombia (CONMEBOL) Denmark (UEFA) England (UEFA) France (UEFA) Germany (UEFA) Italy (UEFA) Netherlands (UEFA) Norway (UEFA) Portugal (UEFA) Republic of Ireland (UEFA) Spain (UEFA) Sweden (UEFA) Switzerland (UEFA) Haiti, Portugal and Panama qualified for the final three places after winning their respective groups at the inter-confederation play-off tournament in February. What is the schedule? The group stages began on July 20, run over a two-week period finishing on August 3, and see group winners and runners-up progress to the round of 16, which takes place from August 5 to August 8. The quarter-finals, which will be held in Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane and Sydney, are scheduled for August 11 and 12. The first semi-final will then be played on August 15 in Auckland, with the other semi-final taking place on August 16 at the Accor Stadium in Sydney, which will then host the final on August 20. A third-place play-off will be played the day before the final on August 19 in Brisbane. Results, fixtures and tables The 32 teams were divided into four pots, based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings as of October 13. Pot One contained both co-hosts Australia and New Zealand, along with the six highest-ranked teams, including England and defending champions USA, while the Republic of Ireland were in Pot Three. With the exception of UEFA, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn in the same group. Group A Results Table Group B Results Table Group C Results Table Group D Results Table Group E Results Table Fixtures Group F Results Table Group G Results Table Group H Results Table Fixtures World Cup schedule by day All times UK BST July 20 Group A: New Zealand 1-0 Norway Group B: Australia 1-0 Republic of Ireland July 21 Group B: Nigeria 0-0 Canada Group A: Philippines 0-2 Switzerland Group C: Spain 3-0 Costa Rica July 22 Group E: USA 3-0 Vietnam Group C: Zambia 0-5 Japan Group D: England 1-0 Haiti Group D: Denmark 1-0 China July 23 Group G: Sweden 2-1 South Africa Group E: Netherlands 1-0 Portugal Group F: France 0-0 Jamaica July 24 Group G: Italy 1-0 Argentina Group H: Germany 6-0 Morocco Group F: Brazil 4-0 Panama July 25 Group H: Colombia 2-0 South Korea Group A: New Zealand 0-1 Philippines Group A: Switzerland 0-0 Norway July 26 Group C: Japan 2-0 Costa Rica Group C: Spain 5-0 Zambia Group B: Canada 2-1 Republic of Ireland July 27 Group E: USA 1-1 Netherlands Group E: Portugal 2-0 Vietnam Group B: Australia 2-3 Nigeria July 28 Group G: Argentina 2-2 South Africa Group D: England 1-0 Denmark Group D: China 1-0 Haiti July 29 Group G: Sweden 5-0 Italy Group F: France 2-1 Brazil Group F: Panama 0-1 Jamaica July 30 Group H: South Korea 0-1 Morocco Group H: Germany 1-2 Colombia Group A: Norway 6-0 Philippines Group A: Switzerland 0-0 New Zealand July 31 Group C: Japan 4-0 Spain Group C: Costa Rica 1-3 Zambia Group B: Republic of Ireland 0-0 Nigeria Group B: Canada 0-4 Australia August 1 Group E: Vietnam 0-7 Netherlands Group E: Portugal 0-0 USA Group D: China 1-6 England Group D: Haiti 0-2 Denmark August 2 Group G: Argentina 0-2 Sweden Group G: South Africa 3-2 Italy Group F: Panama 3-6 France Group F: Jamaica 0-0 Brazil August 3 Group H: Morocco 1-0 Colombia Group H: South Korea 1-1 Germany Round of 16 August 5 Switzerland 1-5 Spain Japan 3-1 Norway August 6 Netherlands 2-0 South Africa Sweden 0-0 USA (5-4 on penalties) August 7 England 0-0 Nigeria (4-2 on penalties) Australia 2-0 Denmark August 8 Colombia 1-0 Jamaica France 4-0 Morocco Quarter-finals August 11 Spain 2-1 Netherlands (AET) Japan 1-2 Sweden August 12 Australia 0-0 France (7-6 on penalties) England 2-1 Colombia Semi-finals August 15 Spain 2-1 Sweden August 16 Australia 1-3 England Third Place Match August 19 Australia vs Sweden, kick-off 9am Final August 20 Spain vs England, kick-off 11am What are the venues? There are nine host cities, five in Australia and four in New Zealand: Australia Sydney - Accor Stadium and Allianz Stadium Brisbane - Suncorp Stadium Melbourne - AAMI Park Perth - HBF Park Adelaide - Hindmarsh Stadium New Zealand
4946	dbpedia	3	50	https://wgc.school.nz/co-curricular/sport/	en	Sport – Wellington Girls' College	https://wgc.school.nz/wp…icon-150x150.png	https://wgc.school.nz/wp…icon-150x150.png	[ "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WGC-Crest-recreated-white-text-Murray.png", "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WGC-Crest-reo.webp", "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/rowing-sport-main-image-300x199.webp", "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/google-badge-300x89.png", "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/apple-badge-300x90.png", "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Compulsory-PE-Uniform-257x177.png", "https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/netball-app-image-161x300.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	https://wgc.school.nz/wp…icon-150x150.png		https://wgc.school.nz/co-curricular/sport/	Teams play either at the indoor venue at Kilbirnie’s Ākau Tangi Sports Centre or outdoors at the Hataitai netball courts on Saturdays. The time of day and venue depends on the grade in which the team is placed. School teams play in Collegiate grades against other school teams except our top 4 teams, which play in the Women’s Premier Competition. Premier teams playing at Ākau Tangi season dates are Saturday 27 April to Saturday 31 August. College teams playing at Ākau Tangi and Hataitai Courts season dates are Saturday 4 May to 24 August. No games Kings Birthday weekend - 1 June – all teams No games Matariki Weekend – 29 June – all teams No games Holidays - 13 July – all teams No games - 20 July - Collegiate teams (Prem teams still playing) Final games - Collegiate Grades 24 August, Prem grades 31 August Senior A 16 May– CSW Senior A Premier Tournament, Ākau Tangi Kilbirnie 24 June – RSSL Starts for the Senior A (26 August – CSW RSSL Finals, Ākau Tangi Kilbirnie) 11 September - Winter Sports Exchange at East 1 - 5 September, LNISS Netball Tournament, Napier Junior A 8 August – CSW Junior A Tournament, Ākau Tangi Kilbirnie Senior A, Senior B dresses are supplied. Senior C, 11A and Junior A, tops supplied and the player’s own black skirt. All other teams black skirts and black and gold WGC PE sports shirt, white socks and supportive shoes. Bibs, balls and gear bags are supplied to all teams and must be returned at the end of the season. The first selection process for Year 9s and 10s starts with a Drills and Skills session in Trial #1. A number of simple netball drills will be run covering Body Balance, Catching and Passing, Driving, Change of Direction and Decision Making. This session then gives a platform for the second trial which will be game based. On the registration form, girls have been asked for their favourite 2 positions and a 3rd position is optional. In trial #2, students are put into trial teams in their first position where possible. The same 14 girls are kept on the court for about 30 minutes. With about 10 minutes to go, selectors stop the game and ask if girls would like to trial at another position. Two courts run at the same time and a moderator moves between courts to ensure the selectors are marking at the same level. There is plenty of movement between grades from year to year, as girls often grow, become more coordinated and “find their feet” from season to season. The netball convenors then put provisional teams together according to the grading. The Junior trials (Year 9 and 10) are completed with a mini tournament at WGC where girls are looked at again. Movement still occurs at this stage as we tweak teams. Selectors We use a number of very experienced selectors. If they are parents, they will not be grading their daughters in any regard. Girls get seen by a variety of selectors over the course of the trial process Seniors Trials will be held for the following Senior teams only: Senior A (Open to all year levels. Note - this team plays at a very high level) Senior B (Open to Year 11, 12 & 13s) Senior C (Open to Year 12 & 13s) Trial #1 Thursday 22 February, 3.45pm – 5.30pm - Brook Court Trial #2 Saturday 24 February, 9am – Noon - Gym 1 Please attend both trials. Tuesday 27 February, Final trial (Invitees only) 3.30pm – 5pm Brook Court Years 12 & 13 Any seniors (Year 12 & 13) who are not selected for one of the 3 teams above, have the option to enter their own Social Competitive team (see information below). Year 11 Any Year 11 is eligible to trial for the Senior A & B teams if they feel they can play at this level. Students who are not selected in either the Senior A or the B team, will need to attend the Year 11 trials as listed below NOTE DATE CHANGES Trial #1 Monday, 11 March 3.30pm – 5.30pm Brook Court / Turf Trial #2 Wednesday, 13 March 3.30pm – 5.30pm Brook Court / Turf Please meet on Brook wet or fine. Please attend both trials. Year 10 Any Year 10 is eligible to trial for the Senior A team if they feel they can play at this high level. Students who are not selected in the Senior A, will need to attend the Year 10 trials as listed below. Trial #1 Saturday 2 March, meet in Gym 1, 1pm – 4pm This first trial will be a Skills and Drills session (Students will be asked to attend 1pm – 2.30pm or 2.30pm - 4pm). Students will be split alphabetically. Trial #2 Saturday 16 March, meet in Gym 1, 1pm – 4pm Please attend both trials and the WGC Junior Grading Tournament 8.30am – 12.30pm Saturday 23 March Year 9 Any Year 9 is eligible to trial for the Senior A team if they feel they can play at this very high level. Students who are not selected in the Senior A, will need to attend the Year 9 trials as listed below. Trial #1 Saturday 2 March, meet in Gym 1 This first trial will be a Skills and Drills session (Students will be asked to attend 9am – 10.30am or 10.30am – Noon) Students will be split alphabetically. Trial #2 Saturday 16 March, meet in Gym 1, 9am – Noon Please attend both trials and the WGC Junior Grading Tournament, 8.30am – 12.30pm Saturday 23 March Junior A Trial (Year 9 & 10) Monday 18 March, 3.30pm – 5pm (Brook Court) Players to attend this trial will be invited. JUNIOR GRADING TOURNAMENT – Saturday 23 March 8.30am – 12.30pm ALL Year 9 and 10 netball players are expected to attend this mini tournament. Girls will have already been placed in a provisional team. Teams play 3 games each and all games will be watched by selectors and there will be tweaks to the teams where necessary. Social Competitive Netball is for Year 10 to 13 students only. All Year 9s must trial and they will then be placed in a team. Year 10 to 13 students can make up their own team of 10 players (no less) in consultation with the Sports Office. Each team must have a parent manager who will attend all games. We encourage Year 12 and 13 players to form Social Competitive teams with friends as it is difficult to get coaches at this level. Social Competitive teams play in the same competition and grades as other teams so it is not a “social” team as such. It is the responsibility of these teams to find their own coach if they want one. One team form per team needs to be completed by the Captain but each player still needs to complete their own registration form and pay the fee. (Via the Tab - "Registration Forms" on the Sports website). Teams will not be entered until all players have registered and paid.Parents/Caregivers We are always in need of coaches and managers. Please indicate your interest on your daughter’s registration form. Coaching support is provided before and during the season. Netball Wellington runs excellent coaching courses. See details on their website http://netballwellington.co.nz and register early. Senior students who wish to coach should register their interest by completing the Coaching section on the Sports Registration form. There will be a few sessions held at school for senior students wanting to coach. Student coaches will be expected to help at the Junior tournament on Saturday 23 March.Umpiring is compulsory for our top 4 teams, if requested by Netball Wellington. If you are a parent who is considering doing some umpiring, please see Netball Wellington’s website for information on their umpiring courses. If you are a student umpire and would like to be on our roster, please let the Sports Office know, if you haven’t done so already. Kiwi Whistlers Umpiring Course We will be offering a 4 week course for those who want to get into umpiring. After the theory side of things $180.00 WGC Bank Account Number 03 0518-0027013-002 Reference=Student’s name & Sport e.g. Rosie Smith Nball
4946	dbpedia	0	44	https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-9651/	en	NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - PLAYOFFS IN THE BALANCE	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…=500%2C314&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…=500%2C314&ssl=1	[ "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://i0.wp.com/www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blogimg_144_10411-20090319133831409611.jpg?resize=500%2C314&ssl=1", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_120x85.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-03-19T00:30:00+00:00	AUCKLAND – The semi finals of the New Zealand Football Championship are delicately poised heading into the return legs this weekend. League runners-up Auckland…	en	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	Oceania Football Confederation	https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-9651/	AUCKLAND – The semi finals of the New Zealand Football Championship are delicately poised heading into the return legs this weekend. League runners-up Auckland City started their tie against YoungHeart Manawatu as favourites, but will begin Sunday’s televised match with a two-goal handicap after the first leg in Palmerston North. Auckland have home advantage and a crucial away goal in their favour, however, and will take some comfort from the absence of Manawatu’s influential playmaker Raf de Gregorio who misses the return leg through suspension along with first-leg goal scorer Gustavo Saralegui. But Manawatu have played their best football this season when written off, and showed both attacking flair and defensive grit in the 3-1 win at home despite playing most of the second half with just nine men. With Auckland eyeing a 2-0 win to take them through on away goals, will Manawatu’s Bob Sova set up his team to defend the lead or seek a match-turning away goal? Defending champions Waitakere United have a slender one-goal lead over Team Wellington as they return home to Douglas Field on Saturday, and with an unblemished home record stretching back almost two full seasons, the odds are in favour of Waitakere at least preserving that lead. Wellington were the form team at the back-end of the regular season and despite a loss at home, or maybe because it was so close, the boys from the capital still fancy their chances of an upset. They’ll need to win, as a draw is good enough for Waitakere to progress to their third straight NZFC Grand Final. A 1-0 Wellington win would send the game to extra time while a higher scoring win would hand them the tie on away goals or aggregate. Key players Andy Barron and Luis Corrales will need to fire if Wellington are to unlock Waitakere’s miserly defence, but shutting down Waitakere’s match winners will be equally important. The Lion Foundation Youth League clash between Waitakere and Hawke’s Bay United will now be a curtain raiser for Saturday’s NZFC semi-final, while Auckland-Manukau face runaway leaders Auckland City in the final match of league action on Sunday. Story and photo courtesy of NZF Media For full NZFC coverage visit www.nzfc.co.nz For the latest news in NZ Football visit www.nzfootball.co.nz New Zealand Football Championship Semi Finals (second leg) Match: Waitakere United (1) v Team Wellington (0) Date: Saturday 21 March, 2009 Venue: Douglas Field, Henderson Kickoff: 15h00 (local time) Referee: Matt Conger (Palmerston North) Match: Auckland City (1) v YoungHeart Manawatu (3) Date: Sunday 22 March, 2009 Venue: Kiwitea Street, Sandringham Kickoff: 14h05 (local time) – Live on Sky Sport 2 from 2pm
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ZealandConfederationOFCNumber of teams8Level on pyramid1Domestic cup(s)White Ribbon CupInternational cup(s)OFC Champions LeagueLast championsTeam Wellington (3rd title) (2020–21)Current premiersAuckland City (12th title)Most championshipsAuckland City (8 titles)Most premiershipsAuckland City (12 titles)Most appearancesJake Butler (257 appearances)Top goalscorerEmiliano Tade (80 goals)TV partnersSky SportsWebsitewww .nzfc .co .nz The New Zealand Football Championship (Māori: Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a myriad of short-lived football leagues in the country, including the National Soccer League, the National Summer Soccer League and the New Zealand Superclub League. The league was contested by ten teams in a franchise system. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ISPS Handa Men's Premiership. From the 2021 season, it was replaced by the New Zealand National League.[1] The seasons used to run from October through to April, and consist of an eighteen-round regular season followed by a playoff series involving the four highest-placed teams, culminating in a Grand Final. Each season, two clubs would gain qualification to the OFC Champions League, the continental competition for the Oceania region. The league does not use a system of promotion and relegation. Auckland City were the most successful side since the competition's inception, with twelve premierships and seven championship titles. A youth competition, called the National Youth League, ran parallel to the regular season from October to December – the final champions were also Auckland City, winning the final season of the competition in 2019. Competition format [edit] There were two stages to the competition: the regular season, in which each team played each other twice for a total of 18 games; and the playoffs, in which the top four teams in the league play knockout matches in order to determine the champion.[2] Regular season [edit] Each team played each other team twice: once at home, and once away. Teams score three points for a win, one for a draw, and no points for a loss. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams progress to the playoffs. For the first four seasons, the regular season had the teams play each other three times. This was changed to a home-and-away system in 2008, due to financial difficulties affecting some clubs. Playoffs [edit] The playoffs consist of three matches; there were two semi-final matches, and the winners of each progress to a one-match Grand Final. In the inaugural season, three teams took part in the playoffs. The Minor Premier (the winner of the regular season) received automatic entry to the grand final as well as hosting rights, while the second and third placed teams played a one-game preliminary final to determine entry to the grand final. The NZFC also experimented with a five team playoff in the 2005–06 season, however, this was discontinued and the league reverted to the three-team playoff system for the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. The league changed to the four-team playoff system in the 2009–10 season. Qualification to OFC Champions League [edit] Two teams from the NZFC qualified for the OFC Champions League each season: the team that won the regular season (the "Minor Premier") and the team that won the Grand Final (the "Champion"). If the same team wins both the Minor Premiership and the Championship, the second Champions League spot is granted to the regular season runner-up. This occurred on numerous occasions; the first instance being in 2006 when Auckland City (premiers and champions) and YoungHeart Manawatu qualified, YoungHeart Manawatu not making it to the Grand Final. No promotion and relegation existed, making it a closed league similar to the A-League in Australia and Major League Soccer in the United States. History [edit] Establishment in 2004 to present [edit] The New Zealand Football Championship was created as a replacement to the former New Zealand National Soccer League, a tournament involving clubs from the regional governing bodies of New Zealand Football. The NZFC was to be run as a summer league involving new clubs created solely for the new competition, with these new clubs being run jointly by existing winter clubs. The only exception to this was Napier City Rovers, whose summer club would be rebranded Hawke's Bay United during the second season, to be operated jointly by other clubs in the Hawke's Bay region. Eleven groups bid for franchises, with the successful bids being announced on 7 April 2004 as Auckland City, Canterbury United, Napier City Rovers, Otago United, Team Wellington, Waikato FC, Waitakere United and YoungHeart Manawatu, with Olé Madrids, East Auckland and Team Bay of Plenty being excluded. Unhappy at their exclusion, the Olé Madrids bid team took New Zealand Soccer to court, suing for damages and demanding inclusion in the competition, claiming that, whilst they met NZ Soccer's criteria for inclusion, other successful bids did not. The case was dropped by the Madrids team eight days before the commencement of the first NZFC season.[3] The Olé Academy, previously having had a relationship with Team Wellington, currently holds an exclusive partnership with current league side Eastern Suburbs.[4][5] East Auckland also considered legal action, however this was not pursued.[6] The first match of the competition was on 15 October 2004, with Auckland City defeating Napier City Rovers 3–1 at Park Island, Napier. Auckland City were also crowned the inaugural NZFC champions after defeating Waitakere United 3–2 in the final. The second season saw Napier City Rovers rebrand and reorganize their NZFC team as Hawke's Bay United, forming an amalgamated franchise with other local clubs. It also saw the first instance of a NZFC team winning the O-League, with Auckland City FC defeating Tahitian team AS Pirae 3–1. At the conclusion of the 2006–07 season, New Zealand Football granted three-season licence extensions to seven of the eight franchises – all but YoungHeart Manawatu, who had to reapply due to concerns over the club's financial and organisational situation. However, YoungHeart eventually earned reinstatement after beating out four rival bids – one based in Gisborne, one from North Shore City, and two from Manukau. Olé Madrids also applied for the licence; however they withdrew early.[7] On 2 September 2010, New Zealand Football announced a five-year sponsorship agreement with ASB Bank resulting in the rebranding of the New Zealand Football Championship to the ASB Premiership.[8] In 2013, after a review of the competition by the ASB Premiership review committee, YoungHeart Manawatu was dropped from the competition after finishing last in the previous three seasons. New Zealand Football also confirmed that a team composed of New Zealand players born on or after 1 January 1995 would take Manawatu's place in the Premiership for at least two seasons. The addition of the team – to be known as Wanderers SC – was to provide adequate preparation for New Zealand's U-20 players for the upcoming 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup which will be hosted by New Zealand.[9] Much confusion surrounded the initials "SC" in the Wanderers' name, as no official explanation was given as to what they stood for. It wasn't until after their first match that coach Darren Bazeley finally revealed that "SC" stood for "Special Club", saying "it acknowledges this team has arisen out of a special situation and was specially formed for the purpose."[10] The 2014–15 season saw the Premiership expand to nine teams for the first time in its history. Wellington Phoenix Reserves was added to the competition to provide game time for the members of the Phoenix squad who are not playing frequently for the first team in the A-League. Restrictions were also put in place for all clubs requiring that at least 50% of match day squads are players who are eligible to play for the All Whites.[11] After 11 full seasons, only Auckland City and Waitakere United have been crowned Premiers or Champions, with Auckland City adding their sixth premiership and sixth title in the 2014–15 season. This trend was bucked, however, in the twelfth season of the competition, as Team Wellington defeated Auckland City 4–2 after extra time in the final.[12] The 2018-19 saw Eastern Suburbs crowned as champions for the first time, becoming the first club to win the NZFC and the New Zealand National Soccer League. 2016 expansion [edit] In December 2015 it was announced that the league would be expanding to 10 teams for the 2016–17 season with Eastern Suburbs from Auckland, Hamilton Wanderers from Hamilton, and Tasman United from Nelson joining the league, while WaiBop United would exit the competition.[13] Rebrandings [edit] In September 2016, it was announced that the expanded league would be rebranded as the Stirling Sports Premiership.[14] In March 2017, it was announced that the league would be rebranded as the ISPS Handa Premiership, due to a three-year sponsorship deal with ISPS Handa.[15] National League Championship [edit] In March 2021, New Zealand Football announced a change to the structure of both the premiership and the top regional leagues around the country. The four top regional leagues (NRFL Premier, Central Premier League, Mainland Premier League and the FootballSouth Premier League) would be formed into the Northern League, Central League, and the Southern League. These leagues would allow local clubs to qualify for the premiership season (now known as the National League Championship), with the top 4 teams from the Northern League, the top 3 teams from the Central League, and the top 2 teams from the Southern League making up the competition, alongside the Wellington Phoenix Reserve side. All teams that qualify plus the Phoenix Reserves, would then play a single round-robin competition between September and December.[1] Clubs [edit] Until 2019, the New Zealand Football Championship had no promotion or relegation, similar to leagues in Australia and the United States. A promotion and relegation system was to be introduced to the National League in 2020/2021, taking the form of a slot protection model. This model protects one National League slot for each major region of the country to protect geographic representation and maintain a pathway for all clubs into the ISPS Handa Premiership. A slot for the Wellington Phoenix's reserve side was to also be protected. Promotion and relegation were to be decided every 4 years. Current clubs [edit] Team City, Region Stadium Joined Head Coach Auckland City Auckland, Auckland Kiwitea Street 2004 José Figueira Canterbury United Christchurch, Canterbury English Park 2004 Lee Padmore Eastern Suburbs Auckland, Auckland Madills Farm 2016 Hoani Edwards Hamilton Wanderers Hamilton, Waikato Porritt Stadium 2016 Kale Herbert Hawke's Bay United Napier, Hawke's Bay Bluewater Stadium 2005 Bill Robertson Chris Greatholder Team Wellington Wellington, Wellington David Farrington Park 2004 Scott Hales Waitakere United Whenuapai, Auckland Fred Taylor Park 2004 Paul Hobson Wellington Phoenix Reserves Wellington, Wellington Newtown Park 2014 Paul Temple Former clubs [edit] Team City, Region Joined Left YoungHeart Manawatu Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui 2004 2013 Wanderers SC North Shore, Auckland 2013 2015 WaiBOP United Cambridge, Waikato 2004 2016 Southern United Dunedin, Otago 2004 2020 Tasman United Nelson, Nelson 2016 2020 Name changes [edit] Napier City Rovers → Hawke's Bay United Otago United → Southern United Waikato FC → WaiBOP United Champions and premiers [edit] Season Regular Season Grand Final Premiers Points Runners-up Points Champions Score Runners-up 2004–05 Auckland City 46 Waitakere United 40 Auckland City 3 – 2 Waitakere United 2005–06 Auckland City 48 YoungHeart Manawatu 46 Auckland City 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) 4 – 3 (p.s.o.) Canterbury United 2006–07 Waitakere United 47 YoungHeart Manawatu 45 Auckland City 3 – 2 Waitakere United 2007–08 Waitakere United 51 Auckland City 50 Waitakere United 2 – 0 Team Wellington 2008–09 Waitakere United 33 Auckland City 25 Auckland City 2 – 1 Waitakere United 2009–10 Auckland City 31 Waitakere United 29 Waitakere United 3 – 1 Canterbury United 2010–11 Waitakere United 36 Auckland City 30 Waitakere United 3 – 2 Auckland City 2011–12 Auckland City 36 Canterbury United 29 Waitakere United 4 – 1 Team Wellington 2012–13 Waitakere United 37 Auckland City 33 Waitakere United 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Auckland City 2013–14 Auckland City 33 Team Wellington 26 Auckland City 1 – 0 Team Wellington 2014–15 Auckland City 42 Team Wellington 30 Auckland City 2 – 1 Hawke's Bay United 2015–16 Auckland City 38 Hawke's Bay United 30 Team Wellington 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) Auckland City 2016–17 Auckland City 36 Team Wellington 36 Team Wellington 2 – 1 Auckland City 2017–18 Auckland City 40 Team Wellington 37 Auckland City 1 – 0 Team Wellington 2018–19 Auckland City 52 Eastern Suburbs 40 Eastern Suburbs 3 – 0 Team Wellington 2019–20 Auckland City 37† Team Wellington 34† Auckland City Not played† Team Wellington 2020–21 Auckland City 28 Team Wellington 26 Team Wellington 4 – 2 Auckland City † Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season was concluded after 16 rounds. The remaining two rounds of the regular season and the finals series were cancelled. Auckland City, who were leading the regular season table, were declared champions and also awarded the Minor Premiership, and qualified for the 2021 OFC Champions League together with Team Wellington, who were at second place in the regular season table.[16][17] Premiership winners [edit] Team Titles Runners-up Winning Years Auckland City 12 4 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Waitakere United 5 2 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13 Team Wellington – 6 YoungHeart Manawatu – 2 Canterbury United – 1 Hawke's Bay United – 1 Eastern Suburbs – 1 Championship winners [edit] Team Titles Runners-up Winning Years Auckland City 8 5 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20 Waitakere United 5 3 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Team Wellington 3 6 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21 Eastern Suburbs 1 – 2018–19 Canterbury United – 2 Hawke's Bay United – 1 Awards [edit] Golden Boot [edit] The Golden Boot is presented to the player who scores the most goals during the season. Year Player Club Goals 2007–08 Graham Little Team Wellington 12 2008–09 Luis Corrales Team Wellington 12 2009–10 Seule Soromon YoungHeart Manawatu 9 2010–11 Allan Pearce Waitakere United 13 2011–12 George Slefendorfas Canterbury United 12 2012–13 Roy Krishna Waitakere United 12 2013–14 Emiliano Tade Auckland City 12 2014–15 Tyler Boyd Tom Jackson Sean Lovemore Wellington Phoenix Southern United Hawke's Bay United 10 2015–16 Ryan De Vries Auckland City 15 2016–17 Tom Jackson Team Wellington 16 2017–18 Emiliano Tade Auckland City 16 2018–19 Callum McCowatt Eastern Suburbs 21 2019–20 Myer Bevan Auckland City 15 2020–21 Derek Tieku Hamish Watson† Hamilton Wanderers Team Wellington 12 † Due to reaching 12 goals in less games, Hamish Watson was awarded the trophy at the Grand finals.[18] Steve Sumner Trophy [edit] The Steve Sumner Trophy is presented to the man of the match in the final. Year Player Club 2017–18[19] Callum McCowatt Auckland City 2018–19[19] Callum McCowatt Eastern Suburbs 2019–20 Not awarded† 2020–21[18] Andy Bevin Team Wellington † Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season was concluded after 16 rounds and the final series wasn't played.[16][17] Team of the Decade [edit] In 2014, to celebrate the first 10 years of the league under the franchise format (2004–05 to 2013–14), New Zealand Football announced an official Team of the Decade and five individual player awards.[20][21] Prior to the ASB Premiership Grand Final in 2014, the Team of the Decade was announced, as selected by a panel of media experts.[21] The team was selected in a 4–3–3 formation. Position Player Club(s) Goalkeeper Danny Robinson Waikato, Waitakere United Defenders James Pritchett Auckland City Ivan Vicelich Auckland City Danny Hay Waitakere United Ian Hogg Hawke's Bay United, Waitakere United, Auckland City Midfielders Chris Bale Waitakere United, Team Wellington, Auckland City Aaron Clapham Canterbury United Albert Riera Auckland City Strikers Keryn Jordan Waitakere United, Auckland City Roy Krishna Waitakere United, Auckland City Benjamin Totori YoungHeart Manawatu, Waitakere United Substitutes Ross Nicholson (RGK) Auckland City, YoungHeart Manawatu Ben Sigmund Canterbury United, Auckland City Jake Butler Waitakere United Allan Pearce Waitakere United Grant Young Hawke's Bay United, Waitakere United, Auckland City Coach Alan Jones Auckland City Players of the Decade [edit] Throughout the 2013–14 national league season, four Player of the Decade awards (based on playing position) were announced and prior to the 2014 Grand Final an overall Player of the Decade was announced. These awards were decided by a panel of media experts with input from fans via a public vote.[20] Award Player Club(s) Player of the Decade[21] Keryn Jordan Waitakere United, Auckland City Goalkeeper of the Decade[22] Danny Robinson Waikato, Waitakere United Defender of the Decade[23] Ivan Vicelich Auckland City Midfielder of the Decade[24] Aaron Clapham Canterbury United Striker of the Decade[25] Roy Krishna Waitakere United, Auckland City Records and statistics [edit] Regular season matches Updated 2 December 2018 Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Auckland City 15 216 152 34 30 543 220 +323 490 8 4 1 - Canterbury United 14 216 87 39 90 352 335 +17 300 - 1 2 6 Eastern Suburbs 2 18 9 3 6 28 25 +3 30 - - - - Hawke's Bay United¹ 14 216 84 38 94 369 418 −49 290 - 1 2 3 Southern United² 14 216 42 34 140 231 498 −267 160 - - - - Tasman United 2 18 4 5 9 29 42 −13 17 - - - - Team Wellington 14 216 107 37 72 460 364 +96 358 - 3 4 2 WaiBOP United³ 12 198 61 28 109 272 410 −138 211 - - 1 - Waitakere United 14 216 130 28 58 480 275 +205 418 5 2 2 2 Wanderers SC 2 30 9 1 20 61 86 −25 28 - - - - Wellington Phoenix 4 48 12 8 28 68 101 −33 44 - - - - YoungHeart Manawatu 9 154 51 25 78 253 344 −91 178 - 2 1 - ¹ Includes record as Napier City Rovers ² Includes record as Otago United ³ Includes record as Waikato FC Finals matches As of the conclusion of the 2016–17 season Club 1st 2nd 3rd Auckland City 13 29 19 1 9 68 44 +24 58 2.000 6 4 1 Waitakere United 11 24 13 1 10 64 5 +12 40 1.667 5 3 2 Team Wellington 10 23 11 2 10 43 50 −7 35 1.522 2 3 2 Canterbury United 6 14 4 2 8 19 30 −11 14 1.000 - 2 3 Southern United² 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1.000 - - - YoungHeart Manawatu 3 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4 0.800 - - 2 Hawke's Bay United¹ 5 9 1 0 8 13 24 −11 3 0.333 - 1 2 WaiBOP United³ 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0 0.000 - - 1 ¹ Includes record as Napier City Rovers ² Includes record as Otago United ³ Includes record as Waikato FC Largest victories Season Home team Result Away team Date 2013–14 Southern United 0 – 10 Auckland City 16 February 2013 2006–07 Waitakere United 8 – 0 Southern United 8 March 2007 2007–08 YoungHeart Manawatu 0 – 8 Team Wellington 6 January 2008 2007–08 Canterbury United 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2008 2011–12 Canterbury United 9 – 1 YoungHeart Manawatu 22 January 2012 2012–13 Waikato 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2013 2005–06 YoungHeart Manawatu 8 – 1 Hawke's Bay United 18 February 2006 2006–07 Team Wellington 7 – 0 Hawke's Bay United 26 January 2007 2011–12 Canterbury United 7 – 0 Hawke's Bay United 4 February 2012 Highest scoring matches Season Home team Result Away team Date 2005–06 Team Wellington 4 – 6 Auckland City 7 January 2006 2007–08 Canterbury United 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2008 2011–12 Canterbury United 9 – 1 YoungHeart Manawatu 22 January 2012 2012–13 Waikato 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2013 2012–13 Waitakere United 6 – 4 Hawke's Bay United 9 March 2013 2013–14 Southern United 0 – 10 Auckland City 16 February 2013 2005–06 YoungHeart Manawatu 8 – 1 Hawke's Bay United 18 February 2006 2007–08 Waikato 4 – 5 YoungHeart Manawatu 30 March 2008 2011–12 YoungHeart Manawatu 2 – 7 Waitakere United 15 January 2012 Related competitions [edit] OFC Champions League [edit] Main article: OFC Champions League The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier football competition in Oceania. It is organized by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. It has been organized since 2007 under the current format, following its successor, the Oceania Club Championship. Two teams from the ISPS Handa Premiership participate annually. Four O-League titles have been won by teams from New Zealand. ASB Charity Cup [edit] Main article: Charity Cup The ASB Charity Cup was introduced in 2011 as a season opener played the weekend before the first matches of the ASB Premiership season.[26] The fixture pits the ASB Premiership Grand Final winner against the best performing New Zealand team in the OFC Champions League.[26] However, when the same team fills both categories as Auckland City did in 2014 and 2015 the ASB Premiership runner-up qualifies for Charity Cup.[27] ASB Phoenix Challenge The 2010–11 season saw the introduction of the ASB Challenge Series. This was an individual friendly competition in which the eight Premiership teams competed against a reserve team attached to Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand-based team playing in the Australian A-League. The ASB Phoenix Challenge was discontinued after the 2010–11 season but reinstated for 2012–2013, its last appearance. White Ribbon Cup Main article: White Ribbon Cup The White Ribbon Cup, is a knockout cup competition run by New Zealand Football. The 2011–12 season will be the inaugural season of the NZF Cup. It was established in 2011 to provide regular football for the six clubs not participating in the Oceania Champions League and runs in conjunction with the ISPS Handa Premiership regular season.[28] Season Winner Score Runner-up 2011–12 Team Wellington 6–1 Waikato FC National Youth League [edit] New Zealand Football additionally ran the National Youth League, a competition for the youth teams for each of the clubs in the New Zealand Football Championship. It was held between October and December, and consisted of each team playing each other once; the fixture list mirroring that of the senior league. The team with the most points at the end of the season became the champions. The final champions were the youth team of Auckland City.[29] After a review by New Zealand Football of all their national competitions,[30] it was decided to end the national youth competition with its last season being 2019.[30][31] In the last season of the competition, Auckland City won its seventh title as well as winning three in a row from 2017 to 2019 to finish as champions of the competition.[32] See also [edit] Football in New Zealand New Zealand National Soccer League National Women's League Chatham Cup Kate Sheppard Cup Auckland Derby References [edit]
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At this stage, though, they won't have a major sponsor on the front of their jerseys. Despite being a passionate sporting country, it has taken until 2021 for New Zealand to form its first professional women's football team — outside the national team, the Football Ferns. New Zealand currently has no professional football clubs — for men or women — and the domestic National League only includes amateur women's teams. The addition of the Wellington Phoenix to the A-League Women's competition is seen as a huge milestone for women's football in New Zealand and comes in the wake of FIFA granting them co-hosting rights for the 2023 Women's World Cup. This, coupled with the meteoric growth of women's football around the world, suggests that investing in New Zealand's first women's team would be a no-brainer. However, it has been a different story on the ground. "It has been disappointing [not signing a sponsor]," said Phoenix Women's inaugural head coach, Gemma Lewis. "Being the first that's ever happened, building this brand, achieving something we've waited so long for, I did think there was going to be a lot of people stepping up and wanting to be a part of it." Wellington's female team were given the green light to join Australia's top women's football league earlier this year, expanding the competition to ten teams. The club's sponsorship woes have not been through a lack of trying on their end. Phoenix administrators have approached banks and major corporations in the country, but none have put pen to paper. Border restrictions means the team must also play out most of their first season in Australia, away from potential home fans and sponsors. "I think people have struggled a bit with the first New Zealand team playing in Australia [and] not being in New Zealand," Lewis said. "Also the criteria of only having so many New Zealand players in this team [due to Football Australia's visa requirements]. "That affects the sponsorship opportunities. So there's a few things that have made it slightly more complicated to get the backing behind [the team]." Phoenix General Manager David Dome has also expressed his disappointment, having worked for the past few years to get the team up and running. "The Phoenix have shown their investment in the female game and female pathways; not just in the game, but in administration and [at] all levels," he said. "The game needs to be appreciated as something different that you don't have in the men's. It should be appreciated in its own right: how the football is played and the talent of these players." Warm welcome from Wollongong The women's team will be based out of Wollongong on the New South Wales south coast. Lewis says the team has been welcomed with open arms. "We've had great support from the Wollongong community: training at the Wollongong Wolves [NPL] ground, access to a high-performance gym. They've really gotten behind us, we feel quite at home, embraced, and looked-after." This has been particularly helpful for the players themselves, many of whom are young and have relocated from New Zealand to participate in the four-month-long competition. They will be staying in accommodation at the University of Wollongong, which also provides facilities such as gyms and training fields. "Being away from home, what's normal to you — your family, your friends, your routine — these are young girls, so for that to be turned upside-down has taken some adjustment," Lewis said. "But they're very happy and we are lucky they are so passionate about football. They've thrown themselves into it." Questions remain over the border situation with New Zealand, but the Phoenix are hoping both their men's and women's teams will have an opportunity to play games in front of home fans towards the back-end of their respective seasons. A catalyst for growth Last week, it was confirmed that Sky wpuld retain the rights as the main broadcaster of the A-Leagues. The deal includes a free-to-air component that will expose New Zealand fans to selected games from the women's competition, including their opening match against the Wanderers. In addition to the Leagues' new broadcast partnership with Channel 10 and Paramount+ in Australia, it's hoped this extra visibility will boost interest and investment in women's football across New Zealand. "It's been something that's been missing for so long," Lewis said. "The younger players really struggle to see the visibility of a career pathway in football. Because a lot of our Football Ferns play overseas, they don't have the visibility of those leagues. "Having this [team] and the competition being broadcast, now there's a tangible pathway that's been missed out on before. It's huge for the players and the next generation having role-models closer to home that they can aspire to, [and] will really help to drive the game in New Zealand." The first season for any new club is challenging, but Lewis is confident that they're not just making up the numbers. "We definitely want to make some noise," she said. "We want to surprise some teams and be a team that attracts players in New Zealand and fans to want to be part of the Phoenix. "We want to shake the tree a bit; disrupt and cause some problems."
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4946	dbpedia	3	89	https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/news/lara-gooch-selected-for-young-matildas-world-cup-squad/	en	Lara Gooch selected for Young Matildas World Cup Squad	https://newcastlejetsfc.…857-1.jpg?w=1200	https://newcastlejetsfc.…857-1.jpg?w=1200	[ "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/06/Newcastle_Logo_trans-1.png", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/GettyImages-1814237857-1.jpg?w=752&h=423&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/58A6602-Enhanced-NR-website.jpg?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/GettyImages-2164612073.jpg?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/Newcastle_Jets_Members_Jersey_Insta__Facebook_Post_1080x1080.jpg?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/GettyImages-2150379017.jpg?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/07/16246-Newcastle-Jets-FC-player-signing-website-MILAN.png?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/58A6602-Enhanced-NR-website.jpg?w=752&h=423&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/GettyImages-2164612073.jpg?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/08/Newcastle_Jets_Members_Jersey_Insta__Facebook_Post_1080x1080.jpg?w=323&h=182&crop=1", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/10/INSP-Stacked-Logo-with-keyline.png?w=300", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/11/2020-1338-UoN-Jersey-Logo1.png?w=300", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/11/legend.png?w=300", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/11/Ampcontrol-CMYK-no-gradient.png?w=300", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/11/GreaterBank_Stacked2-png.png?w=300", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/11/LOGO-01.png?w=300", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/06/Newcastle_Logo_trans.png", "https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/wp-content/themes/keepup/source/images/modal-exclusive-image.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "toml" ]	2024-08-08T23:58:40+00:00	Lara Gooch has been selected in the Young Matildas squad for the upcoming U20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. For the second consecutive tournament, Australia will begin their U-20 WWC campaign against the host nation, facing Colombia at the Estadio...	en	https://newcastlejetsfc.…_Logo-2.png?w=32	Newcastle Jets	https://newcastlejetsfc.com.au/news/lara-gooch-selected-for-young-matildas-world-cup-squad/	Lara Gooch has been selected in the Young Matildas squad for the upcoming U20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. For the second consecutive tournament, Australia will begin their U-20 WWC campaign against the host nation, facing Colombia at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá on Saturday, 31 August (local). Their Group A schedule – all played at the Estadio El Campín – will see the CommBank Young Matildas tackle their second opponents, Mexico, on Tuesday, 3 September (local) before ending the group phase against Cameroon on Friday, 6 September (local). Blayney has settled on three goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and seven forwards following two years of domestic camps, Talent Development Scheme matches, international friendlies, qualifiers, and AFC tournament activities. The squad features 19 players who participated in the recent 2023/24 Liberty A-League Women’s season. While the cohesion and chemistry of the team has been maintained through the inclusion of 15 members of the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2024™ roster, it also includes new faces in Ella Buchanan, Amber Luchtmeijer, Tanaye Morris, Emilia Murray, Ella O’Grady and Alicia Woods, who have earned their positions through extensive scouting efforts. The Class of 2024 includes six players with previous youth World Cup experience: Apostolakis, Chinnama, Nash, Jynaya Dos Santos, Kahli Johnson, and Chloe Lincoln. Notably, Shellharbour’s Jynaya and Indiana Dos Santos will become the first sisters to compete together in a FIFA World Cup™ tournament. Leah Blayney commented on the challenging selection process that resulted in a talented final squad that will take on the world’s best youth players. “This cycle has taken the team to the Kyrgyz Republic, Vietnam, China, Uzbekistan, New Zealand and now we will complete this two-year journey in Colombia where the players have a golden chance to display their abilities and represent Australia with pride on the world stage,” Blayney said. “Over this cycle we have seen over 60 players across all Member Federations participate in the process, and every single one of them has contributed to the quality of this team as they showed up to test and challenge each other to keep evolving. I would like to thank all the players, Member Federations, NPL clubs and Liberty A-League Women clubs for their contribution to the final squad. “We’ve selected a roster that has exhibited strong current form, combined with an important balance across the lines of defence, midfield and attack. The collective of players across those three lines provides us with plenty of variety as they all have different types of playing profiles and attributes. “Ultimately our team will strive to maintain our attacking playing style with a focus exciting and entertaining football which we hope will capture the Australian public and gain their support. The test that this group craves, is now to pull it all together under tournament conditions,” Blayney concluded. With the tournament falling outside of a FIFA Women’s International Window, Liberty A-League Women 2023/24 Young Player of the Year, Daniela Galic, will be unavailable following a recent overseas club move. Excitingly, eight members of the Australian squad will remain eligible for the 2026 cycle. The U-20 WWC will also provide a preview into the future of the game. Over the past decade the U-20 Women’s National Team and Future Matildas Program nurturing and developing the talents of Ellie Carpenter, Mary Fowler, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Clare Hunt, Clare Wheeler, Kaitlyn Torpey, Cortnee Vine, Amy Sayer, Charli Grant, Courtney Nevin, Holly McNamara, Remy Siemsen and Alex Chidiac who progressed to not only make their senior debuts but to also represent Australia at AFC Women’s Asian Cups, FIFA Women’s World Cups and Olympic Games. The CommBank Young Matildas qualified for their fifth appearance at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™ by virtue of a bronze medal finish at the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup™ in March 2024. They will represent Asia alongside former U-20 winners DPR Korea, reigning U-20 silver medallists Japan, and Korea Republic. The top two nations from each group, and the two best third-place finishers following the completion of group play will progress to the knockout phase. The knockout phase starts with the Round of 16 (11 and 12 September), followed by the semi-finals (Wednesday, 18 September) and the final on Sunday, 22 September 2024. The team will begin assembling in Sydney next week ahead of their departure for an acclimatisation pre-camp in the altitude of Bogotá ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign commencing. MATCH SCHEDULE \| FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP COLOMBIA 2024™ Colombia v Australia Date: Saturday, 31 August 2024 / Thursday, 1 September 2024 (AUS) Time: 6.00pm (local) / 9.00am (AEST) Venue: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Mexico v Australia Date: Tuesday, 3 September 2024 / Wednesday, 4 September 2024 (AUS) Time: 5.00pm (local) / 8.00am (AEST) Venue: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Australia v Cameroon Date: Friday, 6 September 2024 / Saturday, 7 September 2024 (AUS) Time: 8.00pm (local) / 11.00am (AEST) Venue: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia FINAL SQUAD \| COMMBANK YOUNG MATILDAS
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It’s not only the chance to see some of the best young players from nations, but it’s also the chance to pick up a major honor outside of the major football tournaments - Olympic Gold. The Games get underway in the men’s football competition on July 24, running through until the Final on July 9, taking place across France at many of the nation’s iconic stadiums. Brazil are the current holders, having won Gold at the last two Olympics. No nation has completed a hat-trick in the men’s competition, and it won’t be occurring here either, with the Selecao failing to qualify for the tournament. More Olympics All you need to know about Olympics 2024 opening ceremony Where to watch the Paris Olympics on TV & live stream Team USA Basketball Olympics schedule & TV info Paris Olympics boxing schedule & TV info Top 10 athletes to watch at the 2024 Olympics There’s stiff competition elsewhere, though. France will be desperate to secure as many Gold medals as possible, and football provides a realistic hope for them, while the USA, Spain, and Argentina all have solid chances of going all the way. With the Games coming up quickly, here’s all the information you need to know about the squads for the Olympic men’s football tournament at Paris 2024.
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Fergusson arrives in Wellington with an impressive CV, having played for the likes of Scottish giants Celtic as well as Bristol City and Yeovil Town during their time in the Women’s Super League (WSL). The 29-year-old scored six goals for Wolves in the FA Women’s National League North last season – England’s third tier. For all the latest transfer news involving your Liberty A-League club, make sure to stay across our dedicated Transfer Centre “I’ve obviously played over in England for a long time, and was looking for a new challenge,” Fergusson said. “Paul (head coach Paul Temple) contacted my agent and asked if I would consider the A-League. “To be honest I never thought I’d get an opportunity to play in the A-League, so I was definitely interested. “I caught up with Paul on a Teams chat, and that was my first real insight into the club and what he was wanting to achieve. I was really hooked after that first call. “He’d definitely done his research on me, and I feel like what he had interpreted that I can bring really aligned with what I see in myself.” A six-time England Under-17 international, Fergusson played for Celtic in 2022-23 and scored three goals. ‘IS THAT A MAVIC PRO?!’ How A-Leagues star triggered the biggest story of this Olympics WONDERKID WATCH: 33 minutes show why A-Leagues champs made teen star’s dream come true Fergusson added: “Obviously my name is Fergusson, so at Celtic I picked up the nickname of Fergie after (legendary Manchester United manager) Alex Ferguson. “He was known for his teams scoring late goals. I did that a couple of times at Celtic and it was known as scoring in Fergie time. “That stuck, and at Wolves last season I scored a few late goals as well.” ROAR TALENT: Brisbane Roar sign history-making teen who’s blazing a trail for her nation Fergusson is Wellington’s second signing of the off-season, after Portuguese goalkeeper Carolina Vilão. Rebecca Lake, Emma Main, Tiana Jaber and Alyssa Whinham have also re-signed for the Phoenix. “As soon as Olivia came on the radar, I thought she would be a great fit,” said head coach Paul Temple. “We needed another top-level striker, and she fits the bill. She’s also an experienced player with hunger and drive. “Olivia’s playing career across the WSL, Championship and SWPL speaks for itself. 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4946	dbpedia	0	72	https://www.centralunited.co.nz/championship	en	New Zealand Football Championship	https://www.centralunite…z/images/fav.png	https://www.centralunite…z/images/fav.png	[ "https://www.centralunited.co.nz/images/nzfc-homepage.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null			images/fav.png		null	The History Of The Championship Originally, there was the New Zealand National Soccer League tournament, which involved clubs across New Zealand Footballâs regional governing bodies. The NZFC replaced this with the intention of running as a football summer league which involved new clubs which had solely been created for the competition. The successful original franchise bidders were Auckland City, Napier City Rovers, Canterbury United, Team Wellington FC, Otago United, Waikato FC, YoungHeart Manawatu and Waitakere United. 2004 saw the first ever NZFC match during which Napier City Rovers were defeated by Auckland City, who then went on to win 3-2 over Waitakere United in the grand final. 2013 saw YoungHeart Manawatu being dropped from the NZFC competition since they had finished in last place during the last 3 seasons. A team called Wanderers SC took their place, with the SC standing for Special Club. The following season, the Premiership was expanded to encompass 9 times with the Wellington Phoenix Reserves being included in the competition. Further restrictions were released at this time that required half of all players on the match day squad had to be eligible to be players for the All Whites. By the 2016-17 season the league had expanded to include ten teams with the addition of Tasman United, Hamilton Wanderers and Eastern Suburbs and WaiBop United leaving the competition. The newly expanded league was rebranded in 2017 with a new name thanks to its 3 year-long sponsorship deal that had been made with ISPS Handa, making its new title the ISPS Handa Premiership.
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Salas (27) joins from Costa Rican champions Deportivo Saprissa and has played seven times for the Costa Rica national team, including two appearances at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Main photo: Youstin Salas. … will be with the Phoenix for the rest of the season. He wants to lead the Phoenix to their first A-League championship. “I come from being a three-time champion with Saprissa, and I want to be a champion also with Wellington Phoenix,” Salas said. “That is my mentality. “I can contribute a lot to the team. I consider myself a fast, technical footballer that gives his all in training and in matches. “Despite my height (1.73m) I am good aerially and tactically I am diligent. “I am going to give my best effort and contribute as much as I can to the team.” Salas is looking forward to playing abroad and becoming the third Tico (Costa Rican) to play for the Phoenix after Kenny Cunningham and Carlos Hernandez. “For a long time I have been waiting for such an opportunity to play outside my country. “I want to be able to give my family a better quality of life. “I know that several Ticos have played in the A-League and a couple of them have played for the Phoenix. “It is a very good and very competitive league and Wellington is a nice place.” Phoenix head coach Giancarlo Italiano believes Youstin Salas has the mentality his team needs. “When I spoke to him his first goal was that he wants us to win the championship,” Italiano said. “That was the first thing he said to me, and I like that. “He wants to win something and create something special for the club. “That’s the sort of player I want in the team, someone who’s here to make us better.” And he believes Salas has “all the qualities that will make the team stronger”. “He’s a player with high amounts of energy, he’s technically very sound and he’s a winner by nature. “Youstin’s a very decorated player. He’s won a lot of trophies. “And importantly, he can fill in across a number of positions. “He has world cup appearances as a right back, but he mostly plays as a six and he can fill in as a 10 if needed.” Giancarlo Italiano has been tracking Salas since he was appointed head coach and has thanked the Phoenix board for the extra investment to make the loan move a reality. “They’ve seen the work the team has done. We have a very good solid base of players playing exceedingly well. “They also see we need some depth in the second half of the season not only in terms of the starting team but also players coming off the bench, and Youstin gives us an extra injection of quality. “It’s a great time to bring him in. It helps us with depth and he will complement the whole group.” Phoenix general manager David Dome says the mid-season move shows the belief the board has in the men’s team this season. “The owners have decided to dip further into their pockets and extend the men’s squad budget to make this signing,” Dome said. “They believe the team can achieve something special this season and want to give Chiefy the best chance to bring the A-League trophy back to Wellington. “The team and the board can’t do it alone however. We now need the fans to get behind the Phoenix like they did in our last home game against Melbourne Victory earlier this month.” Youstin Salas will join the squad in Wellington as soon as his work visa is approved.
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News, forums and more!	en	/assets/icons/favicon-8d4081c9d3e3eaf071b71783a15f65b114160845a46c7483c924f0514bc3211d.ico	Yellow Fever	https://yellowfever.co.nz/categories/asb-premiership-ocl/topics/canterbury-united--2/page/86?highlight=post_1322054	chubbs wrote: I'm a long way away from Canterbury geographically but it's pretty apparent that sides in the premiership run by the federations - canterbury , Southern , Hawkes bay and previously WaiBop - are not successful. The four sides that have won the premiership since it's inception - Auckland, Waitak , Wellington and Eastern Suburbs have all been club based. There is an inherent conflict between the activities of the federation and running an elite football side. Additionally the best administarors in NZ football have always been the unpaid volunteers , not the paid administrators with their fancy qualifications. Maybe it's time for the Russian and ChCh Utd to take over ? It's not really as simple as that, Waitak has never been club based, although it could appear that way when Rex Dawkins was in charge They are also the clubs from the big cities (Christchurch excepted) so they will have more resources, access to more money via advertisers, trusts etc There have only been 2 clubs outside Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch that have ever won the National League (Napier City Rovers x 3, and Gisborne City x1) Would also dispute that Southern are not successful, given that the franchise has been turned around since the federation took over (no more a guaranteed bottom 2 place) What does need to be sorted is how the league can become financially viable, especially with the change in CWC money. And extending it to 27 games and some weird convoluted promotion \ relegation process isn't really the answer Anyone notice there is nothing on social media when Canty play away games? They post a programme before the match but absolutely nothing on twitter or anything while the game is building up or playing. They didn't even post about the last away loss to Southern mind you they might have been a bit embarrassed more than anything. Hawkes Bay are tweeting, I'm following that, but they didn't give our starting line up, anyone know? Lee Padmore will be in the gun, but surely can't blamed for a most of it. Its a team short on quality of previous years due to the financial situation. A near full MPL based team will struggle until they are given time to develop as a unit over 2-3 seasons. Padmore looks a decent young coach and clearly has ties to the region. I back the proud region to be back up there, just a different plan how to get there! The JourneyFan wrote: chubbs wrote: I'm a long way away from Canterbury geographically but it's pretty apparent that sides in the premiership run by the federations - canterbury , Southern , Hawkes bay and previously WaiBop - are not successful. The four sides that have won the premiership since it's inception - Auckland, Waitak , Wellington and Eastern Suburbs have all been club based. There is an inherent conflict between the activities of the federation and running an elite football side. Additionally the best administarors in NZ football have always been the unpaid volunteers , not the paid administrators with their fancy qualifications. Maybe it's time for the Russian and ChCh Utd to take over ? It's not really as simple as that, Waitak has never been club based, although it could appear that way when Rex Dawkins was in charge They are also the clubs from the big cities (Christchurch excepted) so they will have more resources, access to more money via advertisers, trusts etc There have only been 2 clubs outside Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch that have ever won the National League (Napier City Rovers x 3, and Gisborne City x1) Would also dispute that Southern are not successful, given that the franchise has been turned around since the federation took over (no more a guaranteed bottom 2 place) What does need to be sorted is how the league can become financially viable, especially with the change in CWC money. And extending it to 27 games and some weird convoluted promotion \ relegation process isn't really the answer Auckland City, Team Wellington and Waitakere United have more of the characteristics of regional representative franchises rather than clubs even if they are not run directly by their federations. They only field teams in the national league and national youth league and have no existence outside of that. From Wikipedia: "Waitakere United was formed as a special franchise club in 2004 to play in the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC), New Zealand's top domestic football competition. The team represents 12 member clubs from Mt Albert to the Kaipara." Auckland City have close ties to Central United but are a different entity and field no teams outside of the national league. In fact Auckland City were not even affiliated with the Auckland Football Federation as genuine clubs are required to be until this week: http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/newsarticle/86754 They joined this week to satisfy NZ Football requirements for next season's nation league that participating clubs demonstrate a clear youth development pathway now the the national youth league is gone: "Auckland City FC join the federation member clubs in the form of a National League member club and will work in partnership with Central United FC to deliver elements of New Zealand Football’s Community Participation pathway." Team Wellington (from Wikipedia): "Team Wellington FC was formed in 2004 by a consortium of Wellington clubs to compete in the New Zealand Football Championship. The uniform was yellow with black shorts, utilising the primary sporting colours of the Wellington region." Of "the four sides that have won the premiership since it's inception - Auckland, Waitak , Wellington and Eastern Suburbs" only Eastern Suburbs is genuinely club based. News just in - The committee of Canterbury United has made enquiries with NZ Football as to the size of the spoon to ensure it fits in the Trophy Cabinet. Not quite the silverware they were after but they are back slapping each other as one of their KPIs was an addition to the Trophy Cabinet - so drinks all round. Garbhan Coughlan of Southern United rumoured to be heading to live in Christchurch permanently to play for Tech in the winter and the Dragons in the summer. A player who knows how to score a few: https://int.soccerway.com/players/garbhan-coughlan/134928/ Garbhan played for Cashmere Tech last winter but with Paul O'Reilly no longer at Southern, I guess Garbhan feels no allegiance to them any more. Or did I get the player name wrong yesterday? Gavin, can you confirm? Garbhan Coughlan of Southern United rumoured to be heading to live in Christchurch permanently to play for Tech in the winter and the Dragons in the summer. A player who knows how to score a few: https://int.soccerway.com/players/garbhan-coughlan/134928/ Garbhan played for Cashmere Tech last winter but with Paul O'Reilly no longer at Southern, I guess Garbhan feels no allegiance to them any more. Or did I get the player name wrong yesterday? Gavin, can you confirm? One the strange signings I've seen. One of 3 Irishmen brought in from Ireland and given a job at Football South (Competitions Manager) and then decides to play in the Mainland Premier League. If he feels no allegiance to them (your words not his, I know) then that would be a little odd. Might be given a job at Mainland perhaps? 7thFed wrote: I'd challenge you to live in Dunedin and see the poor quality of football served up by the local teams in the winter Unwatchable Cavy Mosgiel Uni got hammered in the SI comp I don't blame Coughlan searching for a better game Yup, that maybe the case. (Don't forget the 11-1 thumping Coastal gave Qtown as well, one of the greatest weekends of my life...) I don't think anyone is hassling anyone for travelling to play football. It's just a little odd when you work for the football federation and decide to leave it to play elsewhere...
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The game will kick off on Jan. 18 at 4 p.m. local NZT, which will be 10 p.m. ET on Jan. 17 back in the United States and will be available for viewing stateside on HBO Max, with pre-game coverage beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET and post-game coverage to follow. The 2023 opener in Wellington, which will serve as the host city and venue for the USA’s second group stage match against the Netherlands during this summer’s World Cup, will be the first of two meetings between the USA and New Zealand during this trip Down Under. The teams will meet again three days later in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau for a showdown at the renowned Eden Park, New Zealand’s National Stadium. Kickoff for the second match is slated for 4 p.m. NZT on Jan. 21 (10 p.m. ET on Jan. 20; HBO Max). Fans will also be able to follow the action via Twitter (@USWNT), Instagram (@USWNT), Facebook and the official U.S. Soccer App. USWNT DETAILED ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB; CAPS/GOALS) GOALKEEPERS (3): Adrianna Franch (Kansas City Current), Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars) DEFENDERS (8): Alana Cook (OL Reign), Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC), Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns FC), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC), Sofia Huerta (OL Reign), Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current), Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC), Emily Sonnett (OL Reign) MIDFIELDERS (7): Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA), Taylor Kornieck (San Diego Wave FC), Rose Lavelle (OL Reign), Kristie Mewis (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Ashley Sanchez (Washington Spirit), Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit) FORWARDS (6): Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave FC), Midge Purce (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars), Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham FC) The 24-player roster called up for this trip features 21 players who participated in the USA’s November Training Camp and matches against Germany at the end of 2022. The USWNT will be without forwards Sophia Smith and Megan Rapinoe for these games, both of whom scored in the November friendlies against Germany, as both are coming back from minor injuries. Defender Emily Sonnett and forward Lynn Williams return to the roster after missing significant time in 2022 due to injury while forward Midge Purce also is back in camp for the USWNT. Thirteen players on this roster saw action in the most recent meeting between the USWNT and New Zealand, which came on Feb. 20 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. During the 2022 SheBelieves Cup. Ashley Hatch and Mallory Swanson, formerly Pugh who will now be playing under her married name, both scored in the win as the Americans also forced three New Zealand own goals in the 5-0 victory. RUN THROUGH DOWN UNDER This January camp, which will market the first ever games for the USWNT in New Zealand, provides the USWNT with the unique and invaluable experience of getting to stay and train in the city in which it will base camp during the World Cup, as the USA will be based in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau for the duration of the group stage. The USA will also get to play at both its World Cup group stage venues this month, as Sky Stadium, which will be known as Wellington Regional Stadium during the World Cup due to sponsorship regulations, will be the site of the USA’s second Group E match against the Netherlands on July 27 (kickoff at 1 p.m. NZT; 8 p.m. ET on July 26 in the USA). The USA’s World Cup opening match against Vietnam (July 22 at 1 p.m. NZT; 8 p.m. ET on July 21) and third group stage match against the Group A Playoff Winner (Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. NZT; 3 a.m. ET) will both be staged at Eden Park in Auckland. In the lead up to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the USA also had the opportunity to experience travel and training in the World Cup host country, holding its January camp in France and opening the 2019 schedule with a match against 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup hosts France in Le Havre. SERIES HISTORY: USA vs. NEW ZEALAND The USA and New Zealand have played 19 times previously with the USWNT leading the overall series 17-1-1. The lone loss for the Americans came in a 1-0 defeat during the first meeting between the teams on Dec. 15, 1987. Since then, the USA is unbeaten in the last 18 head-to-head matchups with the Football Ferns, scoring five or more goals in each of the last four meetings. The teams drew 1-1 during a friendly in October of 2013. The most recent meeting between the teams came 11 months ago at the 2022 SheBelieves Cup, a 5-0 victory for the Americans in Carson, Calif on Feb. 20, 2022, behind goals from Hatch and Swanson and three New Zealand own goals. Prior to that, the teams squared off in the group stage of the delayed 2020 Olympics, a 6-1 victory for the Americans as Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press and Alex Morgan scored while the USA forced the Football Ferns into two own goals. The meeting during the Tokyo Olympics marked the fourth consecutive Olympics in which the USA and New Zealand have squared off, a streak that began during group stage play in 2008. THE WORLD CUP AWAITS The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will kick off on July 20 as co-host New Zealand takes on Norway in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau. An hour later, co-host Australia opens against the Republic of Ireland in Sydney/Gadigal. The full tournament schedule along with kickoff times can be found here. The USA, which has qualified for every FIFA Women’s World Cup in history and will be seeking to lift the trophy for a fifth time, will face World Cup debutant Vietnam, Netherlands and the Group A Playoff Winner -- either Portugal, Thailand or Cameroon -- in Group E, playing the entirety of the group stage in New Zealand. The U.S. will open Group E play against Vietnam on July 22 at Eden Park in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau and then face the Netherlands on July 27 at Wellington Regional Stadium – also known as Sky Stadium - in Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara, marking the first time in FIFA Women’s World Cup history that the two finalists from the previous tournament will meet in group play. The USA will then close out the group stage against the Group A Playoff Winner on Aug. 1 at Eden Park in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau. The Inter-Confederation Playoffs will determine the final three qualification spots for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, including the USA’s final opponent for the group stage. The ten-team playoff tournament will take place in New Zealand from February 17-23, 2023, and features ten nations split into three groups, with the winner of each group qualifying for the Women's World Cup. Group A will feature Cameroon against Thailand on Feb. 18 with the winner taking on Portugal for a berth to the World Cup on Feb. 22. AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 2023 GROUPS Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria and Canada Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan Group D: England, Group B Playoff Winner, Denmark and China PR Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands and the Group A Playoff Winner Group F: France, Colombia, Jamaica, Brazil and the Group C Playoff Winner Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia and Korea Republic Single match passes are available between now and March 3rd via FIFA’s ticketing portal on a first come, first serve basis. Prices will start at AUD/NZD$20 for adults and AUD/NZD$10 for children. For more information about the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup visit the FIFA’s 2023 World Cup hub. 2023 SHEBELIEVES CUP, PRESENTED BY VISA, COMING SOON Following these January games in New Zealand, the USA will return stateside for the February FIFA International Window, where it will host the eighth annual SheBelieves Cup, presented by Visa®. This year’s tournament will run from Feb. 16-22 as Brazil, Canada and Japan join the USA for the four-team international tournament. All four nations will be participating in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup next summer and all four are ranked in the top 11 in the world with the USA at No. 1, Canada at No. 6, Brazil at No. 9 and Japan at No. 11. The SheBelieves Cup will return to its traditional three-venue format with matches played at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Fla., GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tenn. and Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Play kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 16 at Exploria Stadium as Japan takes on Brazil (4 p.m. ET) and the USA faces Canada (7 p.m. ET). The tournament resumes on Sunday, Feb. 19, as the competition moves to Nashville’s GEODIS Park with the USA playing the first match of the day against Japan (2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET) and Brazil facing Canada (5:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 p.m. ET) in the nightcap. The tournament concludes on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, with Canada taking on Japan (3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET) and the USA facing Brazil in the tournament finale (6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET). Broadcast information for all the matches will be available at a later date. USA ROSTER NOTES Since the start of 2020, the USWNT has played 33 matches in the United States and 18 outside the country. The USA is 30-1-2 in domestic matches and has outscored the opposition 130-6 (+124) at home and is 10-4-4 with a 35-16 goal margin (+19) when playing outside the USA. The most capped player on this roster is Becky Sauerbrunn at 211, followed Alex Morgan (200), Crystal Dunn (126) and Lindsey Horan (122) while the least capped players are Casey Murphy (11), Adrianna Franch (10), Trinity Rodman (10), Naomi Girma (10), Hailie Mace (8), Taylor Kornieck (7) and Sam Coffey (4). Morgan earned her 200th cap on Nov. 13 in the USA’s match against Germany in Harrison, N.J., becoming just the 13th player in USWNT history to reach the 200-cap milestone. Morgan is the top scorer on the roster in international play with 119 goals. Lindsey Horan has 26. Swanson has 25 and Dunn has 24 goals for the USWNT while Rose Lavelle has 22. Seventeen different players scored for the USWNT in 2022 – Sophia Smith (11), Mallory Swanson (7), Catarina Macario (5), Alex Morgan (4), Rose Lavelle (4), Kristie Mewis (3), Ashley Sanchez (3), Ashley Hatch (2), Trinity Rodman (2), Midge Purce (2), Kelley O’Hara (1), Jaelin Howell (1), Andi Sullivan (1), Taylor Kornieck (1), Emily Sonnett (1), Lindsey Horan (1) and Megan Rapinoe (1). The USA’s other six goals in 2022 came via own goals, the most ever in a calendar year in program history with three on Feb. 20 vs. New Zealand, and one each on April 12 vs. Uzbekistan, June 28 vs. Colombia and Sept. 6 vs. Nigeria. Nine different NWSL clubs are represented on this roster, along with 2021-22 UEFA Women's Champions League winners Olympique Lyon, led by four players each from the Washington Spirit and OL Reign, and three players each from Portland Thorns FC, San Diego Wave FC and NJ/NY Gotham FC. IN FOCUS: NEW ZEALAND \| FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Current FIFA World Ranking: 24 OFC Ranking: 1 FIFA Country Code: NZL World Cup Appearances: 5 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) Best World Cup finish: Group stage Record vs. USA: 1-17-1 Last Meeting vs. USA: February 20, 2022 (5-0 win for the USA in Carson, Calif.) Coach: Jitka Klimkova (CZE) Championship Honors: OFC Women’s Nations Cup Champions (1983, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018); AFC Women’s Champions (1975) NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION GOALKEEEPERS (3): 1-Erin Nayler (IFK Norrköping), 21-Murphy Sheaff (Jacksonville University, USA), 23-Brianna Edwards (Wellington Phoenix FC) DEFENDERS (8): 7-Ali Riley (Angel City FC, USA), 18-Mackenzie Barry (Wellington Phoenix FC), 19-Liz Anton (Perth Glory, AUS), 24-Ally Green (Vålerenga, NOR), 30-Ashleigh Ward (Southampton FC, ENG), 31-Anna Green (Sydney FC, AUS), 35-Grace Neville (London City Lionesses, ENG), 37-Rebecca Lake (Canterbury United Pride) MIDFIELDERS (7): 12-Betsy Hassett (Wellington Phoenix FC), 15-Daisy Cleverley (HB Køge, DEN), 20-Jana Radosavljevic (DSC Arminia Bielefeld, GER), 28-Ava Collins (St John’s University, USA), 29-Jacqui Hand (Åland United, FIN), 32-Aniela Jensen (University of the Pacific, USA), 33-Grace Wisnewski (Wellington Phoenix FC) FORWARDS (9): 9-Gabi Rennie (Arizona State University, USA), 11-Olivia Chance (Celtic FC, SCO), 13-Paige Satchell (Wellington Phoenix FC), 16-Emma Rolston (Wellington Phoenix FC), 22-Hannah Blake (University of Michigan, USA), 25-Grace Jale (Canberra United, AUS), 27-Indiah Paige Riley (Brisbane Roar), 34-Tayla O’Brien (Eastern Suburbs AFC), 36-Deven Jackson (Eastern Suburbs AFC) NEW ZEALAND ROSTER NOTES The Football Ferns have qualified for every world championship since the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. New Zealand made a fourth consecutive appearance at the Olympics last summer, having qualified for every Olympic Games since its debut in 2008, and will play in its fifth consecutive World Cup in the summer of 2023. Almost the entirety of NZL’s roster plays club soccer outside the country and they are spread across the world in Australia, the USA, Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Finland. As these matches are taking place outside a FIFA window, the Ferns are missing a few regular call-ups, but still have a selection of highly experienced players. Team captain Ali Riley, who plays for Angel City FC in the NWSL, is the most experienced Fern on the roster with 147 caps and two goals. Riley, who grew up in Southern California and attended Stanford, has spent most of her pro career overseas, spending about seven years in Sweden, one Germany and one in England, she returned the USA to play for the Orlando Pride and was traded to Angel City FC before last season. Starting goalkeeper Erin Nayler, who plays for IFK Norrköping in Sweden and has 78 caps, has had several excellent games against the USA over the years. Veteran midfielder and former California Golden Bear Betsy Hassett (137/14) earned her 100th cap against the USA during the match in 2017 in Colorado. Hassett played with U.S. forward Alex Morgan at Cal. Midfielder Daisy Cleverly played college soccer at UC Berkeley and Georgetown and now plays professionally in Denmark. Five players on this New Zealand roster are currently playing college soccer in the USA including Gabi Rennie of Arizona State who scored in New Zealand’s 2-1 loss to Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan. Rennie was a part of the New Zealand U-17 team which made history by winning NZL’s first medal at a FIFA Word Cup with a third-place finish at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Two other players on this roster, defender Mackenzie Barry and midfielder Grace Wisnewski, were also on that team. Head coach Jitka Klimkova was the head coach for the U.S. U-20 WYNT during the 2020 World Cup cycle and was also head coach U.S. U-19s as well as head scout for the U.S. team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 WWC in Papua New Guinea.
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Uniting the equestrian community by ensuring fairness, safety, and enjoyment since 1917.		https://files.usef.org/c…e-icon-57x57.png	US Equestrian	https://www.usef.org/team-usa/teams/jumping/team/12	The show jumping community always knew Robert Ridland as a great rider, but now they also see him as the brilliant, strategic mind guiding the NetJets Show Jumping team to unprecedented success. Ridland brings several decades of international experience to the U.S. Show Jumping. As an athlete, Ridland competed in the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games and won several grand prix competitions throughout his riding career. Ridland has been extensively involved in the governance of the sport, including several terms as a board member of US Equestrian and the United States Equestrian Team Foundation. Ridland's vast experience as an international course designer helped shaped his analytical approach to the sport. He won the Course Designer of the Year Award twice while building the courses for the U.S. Olympic Trials and numerous international competitions. As an international official, he was the only American to have served as the FEI Technical Delegate for four FEI World Cup Finals. As a television commentator, he worked for many years as the color analyst for ESPN and CBS, as well as two stints for NBC at the Barcelona and Athens Olympic Games. Since being named the U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe/Technical Advisor in 2013, Ridland has led the U.S. team to team bronze medals at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and Toronto 2015 Pan American Games as well as silver medals in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the 2017 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisc., Elizabeth ‘Beezie’ Madden has been riding since the age of three and received her first pony as a Christmas gift at age four. Madden rode throughout her childhood and competitively for Southern Seminary Junior College, in addition to playing basketball and softball. However, riding was her true passion. She made her debut at the Grand Prix level at the age of 22. For nearly three decades, Madden has represented the United States in the world’s most prestigious competitions becoming the first American to break into the top-three on the FEI Jumping World Ranking List. She was the first woman to pass the $1 million mark in earnings in the sport of jumping. Madden has won the USEF Equestrian of the Year title five times, including back-to-back honors in 2006 and 2007 - the first rider ever to do so - and then again earning back-to-back honors in 2013 and 2014. In 2018, Madden and the Dutch Warmblood stallion Darry Lou placed sixth in the Rolex Grand Prix at the 2018 CHIO Aachen in July. In 2019, she and Chic Hin D Hyrencourt were selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4, where the combination helped the team secure gold. Later in the year, Madden and Darry Lou captured the coveted $3,000,000 CP ‘International’ Grand Prix presented by Rolex during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ CSIO5 before she guided Garant to a win in the $210,000 FEI Jumping World Cup Qualifier New York CSI4-W in Old Salem, N.Y. in the same month. Madden and Darry Lou began the 2020 competition year representing the NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup USA, where the team secured a first-place finish after the combination produced a clear jump-off effort in a tightly contested competition with Great Britain. Most recently, Madden has captured grand prix wins and numerous top finishes at the 2021 Winter Equestrian Festival with Garant, Breitling LS, and Chic Hin D Hyrencourt. In addition to competing, Madden runs a successful training and sales business with her husband John out of their Cazenovia, N.Y., and Wellington, Fla., bases. Adrienne Sternlicht moved through the pony and junior hunter divisions to turn into a serious competitor on the international grand prix circuit. Although her first passion was riding, she took a break during high school and returned while attending Brown University. In 2016, Sternlicht began her partnership with Cristalline and started to train with U.S. Olympic double gold medalist McLain Ward. In May 2017, Sternlicht made her Nations Cup debut with Cristalline at the FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO4 Coapexpan in Mexico, where they helped the U.S. team win the silver medal. Since then, she has been a member of several Nations Cup teams and collected numerous individual top placings, resulting in her selection to the WEG 2018 NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team Short List. Following her selection to the short list, she placed second in the $250,000 Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon, won a CSI5* class during Knokke Hippique, and was part of the U.S. team for FEI Jumping Nations Cup Ireland, where she placed fourth in the Longines International Grand Prix of Ireland. Named to the WEG Tryon 2018 team, she and Cristalline aided the U.S. team in their historic victory, bringing home the gold medal for the U.S. for the first time in 36 years. In 2020, Sternlicht started the year with a CSI4* win at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla. aboard Just a Gamble before being selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4, where she helped the team secure gold. In 2021, Sternlicht was part of FEI Nations Cup teams in Sopot, Poland, and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with Benny’s Legacy. Sternlicht started off 2022 with a win in a CSI3 at the Winter Equestrian Festival in January riding Lafayette Van Overis, followed by a win in the CSI5* with Benny’s Legacy at WEF in February. She traveled to Europe for the summer season and where she was part of the U.S. team at the Mercedes-Benz Jumping Nations’ Cup of Aachen CSIO5* in June. In July, she and Benny’s Legacy earned a win at the Grand Prix of Valkenswaard CSI2. McLain Ward was introduced to riding before he could walk and has a competitive prowess that only continues to increase with age. In 1990, Ward became the youngest rider ever to win both the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Medal Finals and the USET Talent Derby at age 14. After turning pro, he quickly became the youngest rider to reach the $1 million mark in earnings in 1999, at the age of 24. Ward is a six-time Olympian, including as a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. teams in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 with his longtime mount, Sapphire. With HH Azur, he was part of the U.S. team that took silver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ward was also a team silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games riding Contagious. He was a member of the gold-medal winning NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 riding Clinta, WEG Normandy 2014 team bronze medalist with Rothchild, and WEG Aachen 2006 team silver medalist with Sapphire. As a Pan American Games athlete, Ward was a part of the gold-medal team in Guadalajara 2011 riding Antares F and won individual gold and team bronze in Toronto 2015 riding Rothchild. In 2009, Ward rode Sapphire to his first-ever podium finish at the FEI Jumping World Cup Final, finishing in second place. In 2017, he finished the job, winning the FEI Jumping World Cup Final in Omaha with HH Azur. Ward continued with a strong showing during the 2022 season securing two wins riding Contagious in the Turkish Airlines – CHIO Aachen CSIO5 Grand Prix as well as the RWE Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia – Aachen CHIO CSIO5* Grand Prix. Ward was a member of the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the 2022 ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, with Contagious. He closed out the year by winning the Rolex Grand Prix at CHI Geneva with HH Azur. In 2023, Ward won the Rolex Grand Prix at The Dutch Masters with HH Azur. At the San Juan Capistrano CSIO5, Ward helped the U.S. team win the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of USA with Contagious, Grand Prix of the United States with Kasper van het Hellehof, and Winning Round with First Lady. He was named to the U.S. Jumping Team for the 2023 Pan American Games to help the team secure their Paris 2024 qualification. Ward rode his longtime mount, Contagious, helping the team finish with gold and also earning an individual bronze medal. With the pressure of the 2024 Olympics mounting, Ward added a new mount to his string, bringing Ilex on board as a potential Olympic mount, alongside his veteran horse, Callas. Ward and Callas earned a second place finish in one of their first starts in a CSI5 Grand Prix of 2023, while both horses were strong for the U.S. Jumping Team, with Ward and Ilex bringing earning the team's only double-clear in their team debut at the Wellington CSIO4* and a strong showing for Callas at the Longines League of Nations CSIO5* in Ocala, Fla. Ward finished the winter season with a second place in the Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* in Wellington, Fla. with Ilex before heading to Europe as part of the U.S. Jumping Team Short List for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ward earned top finishes with both Callas and Ilex during their European Tour, which was capped by team selection with Ilex to represent the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games. The pair also earned an impressive second-place finish in the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen, considered to be one of the most difficult Grand Prix classes in the world. Paris 2024 will be Ward's sixth consecutive Olympic Games and Ilex's first. Ward’s home base is in upstate New York where he lives with his wife, Lauren, who is an avid competitor in the amateur divisions. They have two young daughters named Lilly and Madison.
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The players selected will get the opportunity to play in front of their home fans. New Zealand have been in the group stage of the past four Women's World Cup but have never made it past that point. In fact their biggest international success probably came at the 2012 Olympics in London, when they made it to the quarter-finals. Recent results for the Football Ferns have been pretty poor however. Until a recent draw with Iceland, they were on a five game losing run, and have not won a game since September of last year when they beat the Philippines 2-1. In April's international break Hannah Wilkinson equalised for them after Dagny Brynjarsdottir had put Iceland ahead. But they then lost their second game of the break 3-0 to Nigeria. Despite being a small nation, New Zealand have developed a number of talented footballers over the years. Their squad is definitely on the older side with a number of their key players potentially playing at their last major tournament. Key to the way New Zealand play is captain Ali Riley. The 35 year old has played all over the world with her immense experience being crucial to their defence. She is a leader both on and off the pitch, and also captains Angel City in the NWSL. Riley's experience is complemented by Ria Percival who normally plays ahead of her in midfield. Percival suffered an ACL injury which ruled her out of the majority of this season but has recently returned to the pitch for a club Tottenham, and will surely go straight back into New Zealand's squad for the World Cup. One interesting selection might be within the goalkeeping pool. Aston Villa's Anna Leat has picked up a handful of caps over the years, initially making her senior debut as a 16 year old. Leat has usurped England international Hannah Hampton at club level at points this season, and whilst she is unlikely to start ahead of the experienced Erin Nayler, could be a pick for the future. New Zealand are in World Cup Group A with Norway, the Philippines and Canada, their first World Cup fixture is against Norway on July 20. Below is their final World Cup squad. New Zealand Women's World Cup 2023 squad New Zealand Women's World Cup 2023 squad GK: Erin Nayler (IFK Norrköping) GK: Victoria Esson (Rangers) GK: Anna Leat (Aston Villa) DF: Elizabeth Anton (Perth Glory) DF: Claudia Bunge (Melbourne Victory) DF: CJ Bott (Leicester City) DF: Michaela Foster (Wellington Phoenix) DF: Ali Riley (Angel City) DF: Rebekah Stott (Brighton & Hove Albion) DF: Katie Bowen (Melbourne City) MF: Malia Steinmetz (Western Sydney Wanderers) MF: Ria Percival (Tottenham Hotspur) MF: Daisy Cleverley (HB Køge) MF: Annalie Longo (Christchurch United) MF: Olivia Chance (Celtic) MF: Betsy Hassett (Stjarnan) FW: Paige Satchell (Wellington Phoenix) FW: Jacqui Hand (Åland United) FW: Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City) FW: Grace Jale (Canberra United) FW: Gabi Rennie (Arizona State Sun Devils) FW: Indiah-Paige Riley (Brisbane Roar) FW: Milly Clegg (Wellington Phoenix) New Zealand manager Who is the New Zealand's manager? Jitka Klimková is a Czech former footballer. The 48 year old made only two appearances for the Czech Republic before moving into coaching as a 30 year old. She has previously worked with youth age groups in the Czech Republic, New Zealand and the United States. Klimková is the first woman appointed to coach New Zealand on a full-time basis. How many players are the New Zealand allowed to take to the World Cup 2023? New Zealand will be able to select 23 players as part of their historic squad for their home World Cup. Some countries did request to have bigger squads but that was turned down by FIFA who insisted the 23 limit was respected.
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Teams from Canterbury, Wellington, Auckland, and Otago compete for national honours and the opportunity to be selected in New Zealand national teams. Tournament Rules Past Winners: 2016: Auckland 2014: Canterbury 2013: Auckland 2012: […]	en	https://aflnz.co.nz/wp-c…avicon-32x32.jpg	AFL New Zealand	https://aflnz.co.nz/club-afl/national-provincial-championship/	The Senior National Provincial Championships (NPC) held annually, is to determine the best Australian Football League in New Zealand at a senior level. Teams from Canterbury, Wellington, Auckland, and Otago compete for national honours and the opportunity to be selected in New Zealand national teams. Tournament Rules Past Winners: 2016: Auckland 2014: Canterbury 2013: Auckland 2012: Canterbury 2011: Canterbury 2010: Canterbury 2009: Wellington 2007: Auckland 2006: Auckland 2004: Auckland Tournament Information The Senior National Provincial Championship tournament is to be held in QBE Stadium, North Harbour Auckland on December 9th and 10th 2017. Provided below is a summary or running sheet of responsibilities for the tournament to assist with your organisations preparation. Each section will have relevance to different groups and I have highlighted action points accordingly. Itinerary Saturday December 9th 2017 1.30pm GAME 1 Wellington vs Auckland 3.00pm GAME 2 Canterbury vs Otago 5.00 – 6.30pm Proposed (TBC) NPC Function Sunday December 10th 2017 9.30am GAME 3 Wellington vs Otago 11.00am GAME 4 Canterbury vs Auckland 12.30pm Lunch 1.30pm GAME 5 Auckland vs Otago 3.00pm GAME 6 Canterbury vs Wellington 4.30pm Presentations Best player for each team \| Leading Goal Kicker \| Tournament Best Player \| Tournament winner 5.00pm Tournament Concludes Flights Costs associated with flights are the responsibility of those competing and attending the tournament. It is important that team management and players are made aware of these responsibilities at your first meeting. Internet fares are generally the cheapest and the earlier the flights are booked, the cheaper they will be. With the new fast check in facilities available at all airports, counter check in and identification are only needed for those with more than hand luggage. Bus Transport AFL New Zealand is happy to assist with the coordination of ground transportation. Before this can happen we will require details of flights and accommodation and on receipt we can supply estimated costs to the participating leagues. Explorer Bus sales@explorertours.net.nz (09) 580 0014 Ritchies depot@ritchies.co.nz (09) 415 9138 Transfers range between $260 to $280 per transfer. Airport to ground/ Ground to accommodation/ Accommodation to ground and Ground to airport should be considered. Depending on group size the buses could accommodate two teams and so the airport run could be shared. Accommodation Costs associated ;with accommodation are the responsibility of those competing and attending the tournament. It is important that team management and players are made aware of these responsibilities at your first meeting. Suggested Accommodation in Auckland: Albany Executive Motor Inn Albany Oak Motel Hobson Motor Inn & Wings Meals Costs associated with meals are the responsibility of those competing and attending the tournament. It is important that team management and players are made aware of these responsibilities at your first meeting. We would like to receive feedback on the focus for Saturday evening December 9th 2017 In the past there has been a compulsory group meal scheduled at 5.30pm on Saturday that caters for all players, team management and tournament officials. The cost of the meal has been $30 + GST per person but this may have to be increased depending on venue, with each League invoiced for a minimum of 20 attendees. Team Managers would then provide, advise of meals required by November 12th2017. Other meals that require ;organisation include Sunday breakfast and lunch and we will look to provide details for a caterer for leagues who request further information. Uniforms and Playing Equipment and resources Costs associated with uniforms and playing equipment are the responsibility of those competing and attending the tournament. It is important that team management and players are made aware of these responsibilities at your first meeting. Any team desiring to vary or alter its colours, uniform or design shall first apply for and obtain the permission from via football@aflnz.co.nz. All jumpers must display numbers on the back. Drink bottles, footballs and medical kits are resources that each League and Club should have available for use. Sherrin Football All leagues must supply one new Sherrin football for the competition. Team Management registration Leagues must ensure all management complete the following registration form by October 29th 2017. Management Registration Player registration Each team can consist of a maximum of 26 players. Each game will comprise of 18 players on field and a bench of six players. This can be extended only by mutual agreement of both teams. Leagues must ensure all players in tournament squads ( can contain more than 26 players initially) complete the following registration form by November 12th 2017. Player Registration A final team list of 26 players will be required from the each League featuring the playing numbers for Programme production by November 26th 2017. Code of Conduct A Player Code of Conduct and a Coaches & Management Code of Conduct will be included in the respective registration forms. Under 18 Consent Player aged under 18 years of age must have guardian consent to compete in the Senior National Provincial Championships. This is also included in both management and player registration forms. Management Registration Alcohol Policy An Alcohol policy for the vent has been designed by AFL New Zealand and is part of the management and player registration forms. If your league disagree with this policy please advise AFL New Zealand immediately and provide a suitable alternative. Physiotherapy Each team will have in attendance physiotherapy staff to attend to on field and off field injuries. A stretcher will be required (AFLNZ to consult with AAFL) for serious injuries and in these cases the game will be stopped once a stretcher enters the field. In the case of more serious injuries medical staff (AFLNZ to consult with AAFL) will be consulted in regards to movement of the injured person as well as further action including ambulance requirements. Physio assistance For those who would like assistance AFL NZ can source appropriate personnel with a charge of $250 + GST as well as associated supplies to be added to this. Please advise ASAP if you require assistance and if no assistance is required have your nominated physio complete the management registration form. Ice Please forward details of your hot/ cold and ice bath requirements. This usually requires a budget of $25 per game. We will provide contact details with the ice delivery on notice of your requirements. Medical Consent A medical consent form is part of the management and player registration forms. Finances An NPC Levy of $400+ GST has been forwarded to all Leagues with payment due immediately. Trophies A ‘Best and fairest’ trophy will be arranged for each competing team as well as a: Tournament Best and Fairest Tournament Leading goal kicker NPC Tournament Winners trophy Umpires All NPC matches require two goal umpires, two field umpires, and two boundary umpires. A panel of ten umpires in full uniform for the tournament would benefit all concerned with rostering between goal, boundary and field so we don’t have too many tired bodies. Flights and accommodation for umpires will be catered for by AFL New Zealand with meal costs the responsibility of the individuals. Available umpires – please contact football@aflnz.co.nz regarding availability ASAP. Grounds preparation AFL New Zealand to work in conjunction the host league, facility and council Line markings Goal posts and erection Goal post padding Scoreboard Umpires changing rooms Changing rooms and showers for four teams Public address system Siren and time Keeping A place close to the venue that can supply ice. Presentation area for Sunday afternoon (rain option) Rubbish bins Team benches and seating (rain option) Seating for officials, interchange steward, scoreboard attendant and administrators to be assessed. Availability of food and drinks for sale at the ground Local League Responsibilities – Auckland Australian Football League Volunteer assistance in the following areas will aid the tournament greatly. Ground Transportation for Umpires – One Volunteer Scoreboard Operator/Time Keeper/Siren – One Volunteer Interchange steward/Scorecard, Goal Kicker/Best and Fairest Collection – One Volunteer Photographer – One Volunteer Dressing room allocations – One Volunteer Medical Personnel (Qualified) – One Volunteer AFLNZ will work with AAFL for the provision of volunteer requirements Tournament Rules Times of commencement of matches: At all matches played in the NPC competition, unless otherwise arranged, a siren or other approved device shall be sounded when the Umpires enter the ground and when the game is started. The siren or other approved device shall be again sounded at the proper time for the termination and announcement of each quarter and at the end of the match. Playing time: Each game will be played over four 15 minute quarters with NO time on except for stretchers. The breaks will be 5 minute (1/4 and 3/4 time break) with a 10 minute half time break. Points allocation: At the completion of the round robin the teams will be positioned firstly on games won and secondly on points for and against. The following points will be allocated per match during the round robin: Winning team Four (4) points/ Losing team Zero (0) points/ Draw Two (2) points Rules: Normal game rules apply. The umpires prior to the game will advise of any variation. Team sheets: The finalised team squad will have been completed prior to the tournament including full names and jersey numbers of each player. Before each game the team manager will advise the tournament director who from the squad is not playing. Full names of the official Team runners, Coach, Manager, Medical person and up to (3) official trainers or water carriers will also be provided prior to each game. The balance of players not participating in the game are permitted to be utilised as runners provided their names have been provided prior to the match. Ineligibility: If a player is deemed ineligible to play and the team fails to comply with these rules, and the player participates in a match then their team shall lose all its points in that game. The Tournament Official will peruse each team’s list of players as submitted, or whenever requested to do so, to satisfy AFL New Zealand requirements that the lists are correct and will adjudicate in any areas of dispute by teams. Official Runner: Each team shall be entitled to use two (2) runners in each game. Runners Obligations: The runner’s role is solely to deliver messages from the coaching staff to players on the playing arena. The runner must immediately vacate the playing arena once the message has been delivered. The runner must not interfere with the course of play. This includes standing in and filling a space at set plays. The runner is not permitted to coach or remain on the field barracking and will be asked to leave. If the runner fails to immediately respond to any request relating to the above points then a free kick may be awarded against his team at the spot of the infringement or where the ball is at that time, whichever is the greater penalty. Only one runner from each team will be permitted entry to the playing arena at any one time. Access to and from the playing arena must be through the official interchange area in the same manner players are interchanged. A runner must wear the required attire, as specified by the tournament official. Generally fluorescent yellow, green or orange is acceptable. A suspended player or nominated coach may not act as a club runner, trainer or water carrier. Water carriers: Each team shall be entitled to use three (3) water carriers in each game. Water carriers obligations: The water carrier’s role is solely to deliver water to players on the playing arena. The water carrier must immediately vacate the playing arena once water has been delivered. They must not interfere with the course of play. This includes standing in and filling a space at set plays. The water carrier is not permitted to coach or remain on the field barracking and will be asked to leave. If the water carrier fails to immediately respond to any request relating to the above points then a free kick may be awarded against his team at the spot of the infringement or where the ball is at that time, whichever is the greater penalty. A runner must wear the required attire, as specified by the tournament official. Generally fluorescent yellow, green or orange is acceptable. A suspended player or nominated coach may not act as a club runner, trainer or water carrier. Drawn matches: In the event of a draw both teams will receive 2 points. There will be no extra time. Swearing, abuse and disputing decisions: Any player swearing, abusing or disputing an umpiring decision will have a free kick awarded against his team. If a free kick has been awarded then a fifty metre penalty will apply. Send off rule The send-off rule will be in force during the NPC tournament. The umpires will utilise the ‘send-off rule’ in cases of unduly rough play, repeated infringements, unsporting behaviour, fighting and melees. The card allocated will be determined by the umpires opinion on the severity of the infringement. A yellow card will result in a player being sent from the field for a period of ten minutes. No substitute can be used to replace this player during the ten minute period. A red card will result in a player being sent from the field for the remainder of the current match. No substitute can be used to replace this player for the remainder of the match. Tribunal Any player receiving a red card must face a tribunal hearing to determine his availability for the remainder of the tournament. The tribunal will consist of the Tournament Advisor. Evidence is to be presented by the player red carded and the reporting umpire and third parties from the opposition team only if required. Both the umpire and player may have one representative present to speak on their behalf.
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4946	dbpedia	0	30	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2023/01/uswnt-opens-2023-campaign-in-wellington-te-whanganui-a-tara	en	USWNT Opens 2023 Campaign In Wellington/Te Whanganui-A-Tara	https://cdn.sanity.io/im…51-3840x2160.jpg	https://cdn.sanity.io/im…51-3840x2160.jpg	[ "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/a560e961858fdd56eef516fffcbf9bc84c7c26a4-465x302.png?h=235", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/245c89e751cc5b04aa97d8afe8d18300e2b512c0-106x120.png?h=235", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/3bde6302e6576e34bccef082900b62ea35d0af0e-150x150.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/14aeb53e39047e558377517d0ac2baaca55ea48b-17x17.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/8e4623d2e096c691ce77b1cd003ee166103a9afd-26x26.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/4fd76378b118192353dd5645f9a07214e1c4adf7-2859x3333.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/24816f3583a740f42387eb263aca3023165ea277-512x536.png?w=142", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/9e4a4c219f2b1261b944e811e4d090afc59b7a88-512x213.png?w=142", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/bf72ee7b299178803e565d6c872cdb4baf2aef2d-640x877.png", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/523948c113ab21be02342645437bdbe6c2650fcd-31x56.svg", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/bf72ee7b299178803e565d6c872cdb4baf2aef2d-640x877.png?w=40", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/a560e961858fdd56eef516fffcbf9bc84c7c26a4-465x302.png?w=100", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/245c89e751cc5b04aa97d8afe8d18300e2b512c0-106x120.png?w=100", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/9e4a4c219f2b1261b944e811e4d090afc59b7a88-512x213.png?w=100", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/24816f3583a740f42387eb263aca3023165ea277-512x536.png?w=100", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/bb558681e99c1a4db27d26ae1a625a9c929ceb51-3840x2160.jpg?w=1062&fit=max&auto=format", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/bb558681e99c1a4db27d26ae1a625a9c929ceb51-3840x2160.jpg?w=960&fit=max&auto=format", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/1744aad52a63ef65823fd5a3b754cfe7d7ddfbf8-169x221.png?w=100", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/3bde6302e6576e34bccef082900b62ea35d0af0e-150x150.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/14aeb53e39047e558377517d0ac2baaca55ea48b-17x17.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/8e4623d2e096c691ce77b1cd003ee166103a9afd-26x26.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/4fd76378b118192353dd5645f9a07214e1c4adf7-2859x3333.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/6068e50249899fe9d308132e89c1a0114b992ecb-127x96.svg?max-w=60", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/5b013cbc86fdd8ba8444dbbe0df2ae01bca2df93-161x54.png?w=200", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/604375206833377aa3524ac994df229561038ef8-183x54.png?w=200", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/5584510e30d8db02b57ddd4c0c19e645d9bc16c0-524x396.jpg?w=600", "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/bb073f748c7ee2a0cae87c1943a00321128bda03-469x92.png?w=300" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-01-16T14:10:56	Watch New Zealand-USA on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO Max	en			https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2023/01/uswnt-opens-2023-campaign-in-wellington-te-whanganui-a-tara	The U.S. Women’s National Team will kick off a massive 2023 in Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara, New Zealand, taking on the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-host Football Ferns at Sky Stadium. The game will kick off on Jan. 18 at 4 p.m. local NZT, which will be 10 p.m. ET on Jan. 17 back in the United States and will be available for viewing stateside on HBO Max, with pre-game coverage beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET and post-game coverage to follow. The 2023 opener in Wellington, which will serve as the host city and venue for the USA’s second group stage match against the Netherlands during this summer’s World Cup, will be the first of two meetings between the USA and New Zealand during this trip Down Under. The teams will meet again three days later in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau for a showdown at the renowned Eden Park, New Zealand’s National Stadium. Kickoff for the second match is slated for 4 p.m. NZT on Jan. 21 (10 p.m. ET on Jan. 20; HBO Max). Fans will also be able to follow the action via Twitter (@USWNT), Instagram (@USWNT), Facebook and the official U.S. Soccer App. USWNT DETAILED ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB; CAPS/GOALS) GOALKEEPERS (3): Adrianna Franch (Kansas City Current), Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars) DEFENDERS (8): Alana Cook (OL Reign), Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC), Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns FC), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC), Sofia Huerta (OL Reign), Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current), Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC), Emily Sonnett (OL Reign) MIDFIELDERS (7): Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA), Taylor Kornieck (San Diego Wave FC), Rose Lavelle (OL Reign), Kristie Mewis (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Ashley Sanchez (Washington Spirit), Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit) FORWARDS (6): Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave FC), Midge Purce (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars), Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham FC) The 24-player roster called up for this trip features 21 players who participated in the USA’s November Training Camp and matches against Germany at the end of 2022. The USWNT will be without forwards Sophia Smith and Megan Rapinoe for these games, both of whom scored in the November friendlies against Germany, as both are coming back from minor injuries. Defender Emily Sonnett and forward Lynn Williams return to the roster after missing significant time in 2022 due to injury while forward Midge Purce also is back in camp for the USWNT. Thirteen players on this roster saw action in the most recent meeting between the USWNT and New Zealand, which came on Feb. 20 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. During the 2022 SheBelieves Cup. Ashley Hatch and Mallory Swanson, formerly Pugh who will now be playing under her married name, both scored in the win as the Americans also forced three New Zealand own goals in the 5-0 victory. RUN THROUGH DOWN UNDER This January camp, which will market the first ever games for the USWNT in New Zealand, provides the USWNT with the unique and invaluable experience of getting to stay and train in the city in which it will base camp during the World Cup, as the USA will be based in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau for the duration of the group stage. The USA will also get to play at both its World Cup group stage venues this month, as Sky Stadium, which will be known as Wellington Regional Stadium during the World Cup due to sponsorship regulations, will be the site of the USA’s second Group E match against the Netherlands on July 27 (kickoff at 1 p.m. NZT; 8 p.m. ET on July 26 in the USA). The USA’s World Cup opening match against Vietnam (July 22 at 1 p.m. NZT; 8 p.m. ET on July 21) and third group stage match against the Group A Playoff Winner (Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. NZT; 3 a.m. ET) will both be staged at Eden Park in Auckland. In the lead up to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the USA also had the opportunity to experience travel and training in the World Cup host country, holding its January camp in France and opening the 2019 schedule with a match against 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup hosts France in Le Havre. SERIES HISTORY: USA vs. NEW ZEALAND The USA and New Zealand have played 19 times previously with the USWNT leading the overall series 17-1-1. The lone loss for the Americans came in a 1-0 defeat during the first meeting between the teams on Dec. 15, 1987. Since then, the USA is unbeaten in the last 18 head-to-head matchups with the Football Ferns, scoring five or more goals in each of the last four meetings. The teams drew 1-1 during a friendly in October of 2013. The most recent meeting between the teams came 11 months ago at the 2022 SheBelieves Cup, a 5-0 victory for the Americans in Carson, Calif on Feb. 20, 2022, behind goals from Hatch and Swanson and three New Zealand own goals. Prior to that, the teams squared off in the group stage of the delayed 2020 Olympics, a 6-1 victory for the Americans as Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press and Alex Morgan scored while the USA forced the Football Ferns into two own goals. The meeting during the Tokyo Olympics marked the fourth consecutive Olympics in which the USA and New Zealand have squared off, a streak that began during group stage play in 2008. THE WORLD CUP AWAITS The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will kick off on July 20 as co-host New Zealand takes on Norway in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau. An hour later, co-host Australia opens against the Republic of Ireland in Sydney/Gadigal. The full tournament schedule along with kickoff times can be found here. The USA, which has qualified for every FIFA Women’s World Cup in history and will be seeking to lift the trophy for a fifth time, will face World Cup debutant Vietnam, Netherlands and the Group A Playoff Winner -- either Portugal, Thailand or Cameroon -- in Group E, playing the entirety of the group stage in New Zealand. The U.S. will open Group E play against Vietnam on July 22 at Eden Park in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau and then face the Netherlands on July 27 at Wellington Regional Stadium – also known as Sky Stadium - in Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara, marking the first time in FIFA Women’s World Cup history that the two finalists from the previous tournament will meet in group play. The USA will then close out the group stage against the Group A Playoff Winner on Aug. 1 at Eden Park in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau. The Inter-Confederation Playoffs will determine the final three qualification spots for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, including the USA’s final opponent for the group stage. The ten-team playoff tournament will take place in New Zealand from February 17-23, 2023, and features ten nations split into three groups, with the winner of each group qualifying for the Women's World Cup. Group A will feature Cameroon against Thailand on Feb. 18 with the winner taking on Portugal for a berth to the World Cup on Feb. 22. AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 2023 GROUPS Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria and Canada Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan Group D: England, Group B Playoff Winner, Denmark and China PR Group E: USA, Vietnam, Netherlands and the Group A Playoff Winner Group F: France, Colombia, Jamaica, Brazil and the Group C Playoff Winner Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia and Korea Republic Single match passes are available between now and March 3rd via FIFA’s ticketing portal on a first come, first serve basis. Prices will start at AUD/NZD$20 for adults and AUD/NZD$10 for children. For more information about the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup visit the FIFA’s 2023 World Cup hub. 2023 SHEBELIEVES CUP, PRESENTED BY VISA, COMING SOON Following these January games in New Zealand, the USA will return stateside for the February FIFA International Window, where it will host the eighth annual SheBelieves Cup, presented by Visa®. This year’s tournament will run from Feb. 16-22 as Brazil, Canada and Japan join the USA for the four-team international tournament. All four nations will be participating in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup next summer and all four are ranked in the top 11 in the world with the USA at No. 1, Canada at No. 6, Brazil at No. 9 and Japan at No. 11. The SheBelieves Cup will return to its traditional three-venue format with matches played at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Fla., GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tenn. and Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Play kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 16 at Exploria Stadium as Japan takes on Brazil (4 p.m. ET) and the USA faces Canada (7 p.m. ET). The tournament resumes on Sunday, Feb. 19, as the competition moves to Nashville’s GEODIS Park with the USA playing the first match of the day against Japan (2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET) and Brazil facing Canada (5:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 p.m. ET) in the nightcap. The tournament concludes on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, with Canada taking on Japan (3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET) and the USA facing Brazil in the tournament finale (6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET). Broadcast information for all the matches will be available at a later date. USA ROSTER NOTES Since the start of 2020, the USWNT has played 33 matches in the United States and 18 outside the country. The USA is 30-1-2 in domestic matches and has outscored the opposition 130-6 (+124) at home and is 10-4-4 with a 35-16 goal margin (+19) when playing outside the USA. The most capped player on this roster is Becky Sauerbrunn at 211, followed Alex Morgan (200), Crystal Dunn (126) and Lindsey Horan (122) while the least capped players are Casey Murphy (11), Adrianna Franch (10), Trinity Rodman (10), Naomi Girma (10), Hailie Mace (8), Taylor Kornieck (7) and Sam Coffey (4). Morgan earned her 200th cap on Nov. 13 in the USA’s match against Germany in Harrison, N.J., becoming just the 13th player in USWNT history to reach the 200-cap milestone. Morgan is the top scorer on the roster in international play with 119 goals. Lindsey Horan has 26. Swanson has 25 and Dunn has 24 goals for the USWNT while Rose Lavelle has 22. Seventeen different players scored for the USWNT in 2022 – Sophia Smith (11), Mallory Swanson (7), Catarina Macario (5), Alex Morgan (4), Rose Lavelle (4), Kristie Mewis (3), Ashley Sanchez (3), Ashley Hatch (2), Trinity Rodman (2), Midge Purce (2), Kelley O’Hara (1), Jaelin Howell (1), Andi Sullivan (1), Taylor Kornieck (1), Emily Sonnett (1), Lindsey Horan (1) and Megan Rapinoe (1). The USA’s other six goals in 2022 came via own goals, the most ever in a calendar year in program history with three on Feb. 20 vs. New Zealand, and one each on April 12 vs. Uzbekistan, June 28 vs. Colombia and Sept. 6 vs. Nigeria. Nine different NWSL clubs are represented on this roster, along with 2021-22 UEFA Women's Champions League winners Olympique Lyon, led by four players each from the Washington Spirit and OL Reign, and three players each from Portland Thorns FC, San Diego Wave FC and NJ/NY Gotham FC. IN FOCUS: NEW ZEALAND \| FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Current FIFA World Ranking: 24 OFC Ranking: 1 FIFA Country Code: NZL World Cup Appearances: 5 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) Best World Cup finish: Group stage Record vs. USA: 1-17-1 Last Meeting vs. USA: February 20, 2022 (5-0 win for the USA in Carson, Calif.) Coach: Jitka Klimkova (CZE) Championship Honors: OFC Women’s Nations Cup Champions (1983, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018); AFC Women’s Champions (1975) NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION GOALKEEEPERS (3): 1-Erin Nayler (IFK Norrköping), 21-Murphy Sheaff (Jacksonville University, USA), 23-Brianna Edwards (Wellington Phoenix FC) DEFENDERS (8): 7-Ali Riley (Angel City FC, USA), 18-Mackenzie Barry (Wellington Phoenix FC), 19-Liz Anton (Perth Glory, AUS), 24-Ally Green (Vålerenga, NOR), 30-Ashleigh Ward (Southampton FC, ENG), 31-Anna Green (Sydney FC, AUS), 35-Grace Neville (London City Lionesses, ENG), 37-Rebecca Lake (Canterbury United Pride) MIDFIELDERS (7): 12-Betsy Hassett (Wellington Phoenix FC), 15-Daisy Cleverley (HB Køge, DEN), 20-Jana Radosavljevic (DSC Arminia Bielefeld, GER), 28-Ava Collins (St John’s University, USA), 29-Jacqui Hand (Åland United, FIN), 32-Aniela Jensen (University of the Pacific, USA), 33-Grace Wisnewski (Wellington Phoenix FC) FORWARDS (9): 9-Gabi Rennie (Arizona State University, USA), 11-Olivia Chance (Celtic FC, SCO), 13-Paige Satchell (Wellington Phoenix FC), 16-Emma Rolston (Wellington Phoenix FC), 22-Hannah Blake (University of Michigan, USA), 25-Grace Jale (Canberra United, AUS), 27-Indiah Paige Riley (Brisbane Roar), 34-Tayla O’Brien (Eastern Suburbs AFC), 36-Deven Jackson (Eastern Suburbs AFC) NEW ZEALAND ROSTER NOTES The Football Ferns have qualified for every world championship since the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. New Zealand made a fourth consecutive appearance at the Olympics last summer, having qualified for every Olympic Games since its debut in 2008, and will play in its fifth consecutive World Cup in the summer of 2023. Almost the entirety of NZL’s roster plays club soccer outside the country and they are spread across the world in Australia, the USA, Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Finland. As these matches are taking place outside a FIFA window, the Ferns are missing a few regular call-ups, but still have a selection of highly experienced players. Team captain Ali Riley, who plays for Angel City FC in the NWSL, is the most experienced Fern on the roster with 147 caps and two goals. Riley, who grew up in Southern California and attended Stanford, has spent most of her pro career overseas, spending about seven years in Sweden, one Germany and one in England, she returned the USA to play for the Orlando Pride and was traded to Angel City FC before last season. Starting goalkeeper Erin Nayler, who plays for IFK Norrköping in Sweden and has 78 caps, has had several excellent games against the USA over the years. Veteran midfielder and former California Golden Bear Betsy Hassett (137/14) earned her 100th cap against the USA during the match in 2017 in Colorado. Hassett played with U.S. forward Alex Morgan at Cal. Midfielder Daisy Cleverly played college soccer at UC Berkeley and Georgetown and now plays professionally in Denmark. Five players on this New Zealand roster are currently playing college soccer in the USA including Gabi Rennie of Arizona State who scored in New Zealand’s 2-1 loss to Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan. Rennie was a part of the New Zealand U-17 team which made history by winning NZL’s first medal at a FIFA Word Cup with a third-place finish at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Two other players on this roster, defender Mackenzie Barry and midfielder Grace Wisnewski, were also on that team. Head coach Jitka Klimkova was the head coach for the U.S. U-20 WYNT during the 2020 World Cup cycle and was also head coach U.S. U-19s as well as head scout for the U.S. team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 WWC in Papua New Guinea.
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4946	dbpedia	3	73	https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-7211/	en	Final: Auckland City FC v Team Wellington	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…1024%2C559&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…1024%2C559&ssl=1	[ "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_inv_600x286.png", "https://i0.wp.com/www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tmp1880.jpg?resize=1024%2C559&ssl=1", "https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ofc_logo_120x85.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2015-04-25T00:00:00+00:00	The path to this all-Kiwi encounter is one that has been well-tread by Auckland City coach Ramon Tribulietx and his players, with this the team’s fifth…	en	https://i0.wp.com/www.oc…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	Oceania Football Confederation	https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-7211/	The path to this all-Kiwi encounter is one that has been well-tread by Auckland City coach Ramon Tribulietx and his players, with this the team’s fifth consecutive OFC Champions League final. But experienced or not, Tribulietx is feeling some of that pressure which comes with any big, one off final. “We’re trying to concentrate. We understand it’s going to be one of the toughest matches we’ve played in this competition,” he says. “We’ve been here before, but we acknowledge that Team Wellington have done really well. We know each other pretty well, we’ve played quite a lot of games against each other actually. “We know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and that’s going to make the game a difficult one, a tight one. And I hope that whatever happens on the field it’s a good game and we all enjoy it.” Auckland City have won this competition on six previous occasions, and to add a seventh regional title on top of their outstanding showing at the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco, where they finished third, would only contribute to their historic achievements domestically, regionally and globally. However a resolute Team Wellington are standing in their path with desires of their own for the history of this competition. Team Wellington’s run to the final saw them knock off advances from former finalists in Ba FC and AS Tefana, as well as former champion Hekari United, in their romp to the final. They’re now looking not only to repeat that feat, but create history by ending the impressive winning streak of tomorrow’s opponents. “I’m really excited to be honest with you,” says Team Wellington coach Matt Calcott of his feelings going into the final. “It is our first time, but we’ve had a number of players and staff members who have been in the finals.” The coach from New Zealand’s capital believes previous matches against their opponents should make for a spicy affair. “Both sides have had some pretty good battles this year and we know each other pretty well. We know the tactical arrangements and there may well be some surprises, but I think from our side we’ll concentrate on the performance. “It’s great that it’s an all-New Zealand final, and I think it’s going to come down to performances on the day. We both know our styles of play and I think it’s all really keyed up to it being some key individual performances, and if a lot of our boys can take care of that then that will take care of the result.” Whether the final being an all-Kiwi affair will lend itself favourably to his side, Tribulietx is non-committal. “We know each other very well so very few surprises, if any. They know how to tackle us and we know how we have to play against them. It’s going to be one of those games where small detail will make the difference,” the Spaniard says. With a lengthy gap between the semi-finals and tomorrow’s final helping to see off any niggling injuries, both sides are expected to be as close to fully-fit as can be. “It’s been a very hard tournament both physically and mentally, particularly physically as we’re playing in very hard conditions, it’s hot and there’s a lot of games in a short period of time which is why recovery is a big factor,” Tribulietx says. For Team Wellington, whose travelling squad is about three players smaller than their opponent’s, the five-day turnaround for his side has been good. “From the latter part of this second week we’ve been able to recoup and get a bit of recovery going and ensure that the physios are working hard, and it’s looking positive on that front at the moment.” Both sides have committed to putting on an entertaining final and if previous bouts between them are anything to go by they will no doubt be plenty of exciting action for fans of both teams to get behind. Calcott says his side will go out with grit and determination for this encounter. “We have our roles and responsibilities you might say, but from our side it’s important that we’re 100 per cent from minute one and we’re not switching off, and I think that’s the key thing for us – concentrating and working ourselves into the game. “There’s a little bit of new territory there so there will be a little bit of nerves so the first 10-15 minutes will be crucial.” It’s the same story for Auckland City, though they do have the benefit of experience on their side. “You’ll probably see a very committed team, a very focused team,” says Tribulietx. “We’ve played a few of these finals and we know how important it is to be mentally focussed and to respect the opposition. “In this case we are playing against a very good football side so to make sure we are as competitive as we can and we understand how we have to play this game.” The 2015 Fiji Airways OFC Champions League final between Auckland City FC and Team Wellington will kick-off at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji at 7pm, on Sunday 26 April. Extra information: Auckland City FC v Team Wellington ANZ Stadium, Suva Sunday 26 April, 2015 Kick-off: 19h00 AKLvTWE Match Officials Referee: Norbert HAUATA (TAH) Assistant Referee 1: Tevita MAKASINI (TGA) Assistant Referee 2: Paul AHUPU (TAH) Fourth Official: Robinson BANGA (VAN) Auckland City FC The players: While every player will be crucial in this encounter, height and strength in their own penalty are is going to be key to Auckland City shutting down the threat Team Wellington poses from set pieces. This is where Marko Dordevich, Angel Berlanga, Mario Bilen and Ivan Vicelich will be essential. In-form goalkeeper Tamati Williams will need to be on his toes to shut down the heading power Wellington possesses. The vital statistics: Striker Joao Moreira is leading the scoring stakes for Auckland City, with three, but their ability to spread that role around means the threat could come from anywhere. This is Auckland City’s fifth consecutive OFC Champions League final, Ramon Tribulietx has been head coach for three of those previous, and shared the role with Aaron McFarland in 2011. Squad list: 1. Tamati WILLIAMS (GK), 2. Marko DORDEVICH, 3. Takuya IWATA, 4. Mario BILEN, 5. Angel BERLANGA, 8. Anthony HOBBS, 10. Ryan DE VRIES, 11. Cam LINDSAY, 12. Adam MCGEORGE, 13. Ivan CARRIL, 14. Colin MURPHY, 15. Ivan VICELICH, 16. Daewook KIM, 17. Joao MOREIRA, 18. Danyon DRAKE (GK), 19. David BROWNE, 20. Oscar GARCIA, 21. Gustavo SOUTO, 22. Andrew MILNE, 23. Sam BURFOOT, 24. Jacob SPOONLEY (GK), 25. Michael DEN HEIJER Coach: Ramon TRIBULIETX (ESP) Team Wellington The players: The expertise of Luis Corrales, Alex Feneridis, Chris Bale and Sean Lovemore as former Auckland City players could prove crucial to breaking down the tactics and approach of their opponent. Power-players like Tim Myers, Jarrod Smith and Michael Gwyther will need to get things right up front if they are this side want to compete. The vital statistics: This is Team Wellington’s first final appearance at an OFC Champions League. Michael Gwyther and Jarrod Smith both have three goals each in this competition.
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4946	dbpedia	2	13	https://footballnationradio.com/2018/12/12/a-look-at-team-wellington-oceanias-representative-at-the-fifa-club-world-cup/	en	A look at Team Wellington – Oceania’s representative at the FIFA Club World Cup	https://i0.wp.com/footba…1200%2C675&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/footba…1200%2C675&ssl=1	[ "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FNR-LOGO-BALCK-BACKGROUND-4205520919-1542577990333.jpg", "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=522414164917257&ev=PageView&noscript=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/team-wellington.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1", "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/59ed63ad926dcac8781712ce3de8543b?s=96&d=identicon&r=g", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0_Chelsea-v-Arsenal-UEFA-Europa-League-Final.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/4-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sydney-fc-newcastle-jan-2019-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1", "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/slider6/Lancosidebarad.jpeg", "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/slider6/DKPSidebar.jpeg", "https://footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gis.jpg", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/App-Store-2-1.png?resize=140%2C60&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Google-Play.png?resize=140%2C60&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/App-Store-2-1.png?resize=190%2C80&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/footballnationradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Google-Play.png?resize=180%2C80&ssl=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Tim Sperliotis" ]	2018-12-12T00:00:00	The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup gets underway overnight, with New Zealand club Team Wellington looking to make the Oceania region proud.	en	https://i0.wp.com/footba…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	FNR Football Nation Radio	https://footballnationradio.com/2018/12/12/a-look-at-team-wellington-oceanias-representative-at-the-fifa-club-world-cup/	The FIFA Club World Cup returns tonight, with this year’s competition taking place again in the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi based club Al Ain FC host New Zealand Football Championship side Team Wellington, who were the winners of the 2018 OFC Champions League. Traditionally, teams from Oceania have struggled in this competition, however there is no doubt that the experience has a positive effect on the clubs. There is a possibility that the Oceania team will play last season’s UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid. However, for this to occur the Oceania club will need to win their first three matches, where they would then meet the Spanish giants in either the third-placed playoff or the final. It is very difficult to picture it happening, but we can only dare to dream. The most recent Oceanian team to perform well in this tournament was back in 2014, when fellow New Zealand Football Championship side Auckland City reached the semi-final, going out 2-1 to Argentine club San Lorenzo after extra-time. Team Wellington may surprise us all and make a deep run in the competition. Team Wellington were founded in 2004 and have won the New Zealand Football Championship twice. The 2018 OFC Champions League trophy caps off an impressive history in the short period of time. Their squad is not necessarily filled with amateur players. There are a number of players with A-League and international experience. Captain Justin Gulley and striker Hamish Watson both played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League, with the latter scoring six goals in 33 matches. Midfielder Henry Cameron played 25 matches for Blackpool in England and has five caps for the New Zealand national team. Andy Bevin has experience playing for the Seattle Sounders in the MLS, while he also recently played for South Melbourne. Jose Figueira is their boss – he is only their fourth manager in history. Figueira was a youth coach at MLS side New York Red Bulls and in addition to managing the New Zealand U-17 team, he is an assistant to manager Fritz Schmid for the New Zealand national team. Team Wellington may not be the biggest side in the Club World Cup this season, however it is a chance for them to make an impression to the world and they will be a team of interest to watch in the tournament.
4946	dbpedia	1	11	https://theniche-cache.com/football/2024/3/5/wellington-olympic-are-charity-cup-champs-and-the-2024-domestic-footy-season-has-begun	en	Wellington Olympic Are Charity Cup Champs and the 2024 Domestic Footy Season Has Begun — The Niche Cache	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/51a2ebc4e4b03e3c0123e909/65e6c963cf928f08fde32126/1709624924275/VS--YouTube-NZFCharityCup-WellingtonOlympicvChristchurchUnited-6%E2%80%9911%E2%80%9D.jpg?format=1500w	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/51a2ebc4e4b03e3c0123e909/65e6c963cf928f08fde32126/1709624924275/VS--YouTube-NZFCharityCup-WellingtonOlympicvChristchurchUnited-6%E2%80%9911%E2%80%9D.jpg?format=1500w	[ "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1418784424935-OYU0MDG0OZVA9E8EHGHE/TNC.jpg?format=750w", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/767e3fbe-4a06-4b9f-88fe-69324edf8424/VS--YouTube-NZFCharityCup-WellingtonOlympicvChristchurchUnited-6%E2%80%9911%E2%80%9D.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/ee5dcc7a-005d-4d36-b17e-eb5c15a260fc/MTGU5093.GIF", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723167163279-MFAWT2L3RUD595N6D1IL/VS--YouTube-FontainesDC-HeresTheThingOfficialVideo-1%E2%80%9914%E2%80%9D.png", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723067987874-Y616ZW90V8IB5JR8KVHV/CIRCO.png", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1721882984955-9E9S0KE2MY8WKNPBTM30/VS--NBLR14NZBreakersvPERSkyGo-100%E2%80%9924%E2%80%9D.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723527287448-8A86N4QQ6UDY2RRU9K5I/flyingkiwis-aug13.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723676415555-NGYT20HS3727YZAW3BF0/KIWI.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Nick Robinson" ]	2024-03-05T00:00:00	Every year the local footy swings back around way before anybody’s ready for it. 2024 has been no different, with the first competitive game of the new campaign pitting National League champions Wellington Olympic against Chatham Cup champions Christchurch United in the freshly revived Charity Cup	en	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1418784440605-ODBZY81BOINBIMBPBJ6U/favicon.ico?format=100w	The Niche Cache	https://theniche-cache.com/football/2024/3/5/wellington-olympic-are-charity-cup-champs-and-the-2024-domestic-footy-season-has-begun	Every year the local footy swings back around way before anybody’s ready for it. 2024 has been no different, with the first competitive game of the new campaign pitting National League champions Wellington Olympic against Chatham Cup champions Christchurch United in the freshly revived Charity Cup. Not a game of any major consequence, but it’s a symbolic starter’s gun... made especially fascinating because of the two specific teams involved. Christchurch United had a dominant 2023 as they cruised to another Southern League title and claimed their first Chatham Cup since 1991. A third-placed finish in the National League was pretty handy too, although did show that a distance still remained between them and the established top dogs of Auckland City and Wellington Olympic. And that was before they lost coaching team Paul Ifill and Ekow Quainoo, as well as a huge contingent of their top players (coincidentally, it was Wellington Olympic who hired the coaches away). Only two players started this Charity Cup game who also started the Chatham Cup final that qualified them for it roughly six months earlier. Those two players were Riley Grover and Joel Peterson, a couple of local youngsters... albeit very good local youngsters. Both have been in the first team set-up for multiple years now. What happened to everyone else? Well, Ifill and Quainoo only seem to have taken one player with them and that’s Eddie Wilkinson. However imports Dan MacLennan, Eoghan Stokes, and Aaron O’Driscoll have all crossed the Tasman to join Australian NPL clubs; Matt Tod-Smith has crossed the city to sign with Cashmere Technical, along with defender Sam Lapslie; Sam Philip and Haris Zeb have both moved north and signed with Auckland club Birkenhead United; and most notably their impressive goalkeeper Scott Morris has signed with Stoke City over in the English Championship. That still leaves Jago Godden from the Chatham Cup final but maybe he was injured or something. Don’t think that these fellas have been living at the airport, waving a tear-stained handkerchief from the departure lounge though. Christchurch United worked quickly after losing Ifill & Quanioo to bring in Ryan Edwards as the new manager. He’d had great success in getting Petone FC into the National League despite a very young and largely self-developed squad, that Petone side struggled for results against the best teams in the country but they played some very tidy and encouraging footy along the way. Edwards was no doubt hired with that youth focus in mind considering how much emphasis CUFC put on their own academy. Plus it also helps that he was able to bring along last year’s Central League golden boot Matt Brazier along with him... and that United won the sweepstakes to sign Joel Stevens after he moved to Christchurch for personal reasons. Stevens thus leaves Wellington Olympic with a National League winners’ medal that he was influential in them earning – and his first game for his new club was against his old club. The CUFC import contingent has been restocked with German fullback Michael Hornsby joining after some time in America, plus Dutch goalkeeper Steven van Dijk (and Transfermarkt suggests there may be a couple more where those lads came from). You might also want to count defender Kaleb de Groot-Green who is a Samoan international, he’s linked up from Dunedin City Royals. On top of that they’ve scooped up Napier City Rovers defensive midfielder Ta Eh Doe and kiwi winger David Yoo, who has spent the last five years bouncing around the lower leagues in Portugal – one of the undercover foreign kiwi pros. He initially came through the Eastern Suburbs junior system. Chuck that all together and the Rams lined up for the Charity Cup in a 4-1-4-1 formation with Van Dijk in goal, Peterson at right-back and Hornsby at left-back, Grover and KDGG in central defence, Doe at CDM, Eric Sugahara and Daniel Meyn in front of him. Yoo wide on the right, Stevens wide on the left. Brazier up top. Their bench was littered with their own academy blokes, including Jackson Cole who, along with Sugahara, was part of the qualifying squad for the last U17 World Cup (though neither made the final squad for the U17WC itself). These are some funky change-ups for a club that’s seeking to establish a South Island dynasty. They’re going to have to get used to big player turnover from year to year if their academy reaches the levels they’re aiming for but having to create a whole new attack from almost scratch, with a new coach, is kind of above and beyond. Especially when a couple of their key veterans have apparently moved across town to Cashmere Technical (where Ben Lapslie’s brother Sam already plays). Matt Tod-Smith was their captain last season. Scored the winning penalty in the Chatham Cup shootout. Feels like the Southern League might have just recalibrated itself... granted, Stevens, Yoo, and Brazier aren’t exactly chumps. All three could score in double-figures this year, and the increasing presence of Christchurch United players in national youth set-ups tells you there’s no shortage of talent in the junior ranks. Whereas Christchurch United are having to reshape their first team, up north of the Cook Strait it seems like Paul Ifill’s Director of Football gig at Wellington Olympic is more about ensuring that Olympic can keep things moving steadily along. What do you do after you win one National League? You try and win another, of course. And maybe a Chatham Cup to go with it. The Greeks have lost some key players. Joel Stevens to Christchurch United for one, while Gianni Bouzoukis has joined NWS Spirit in the Aussie leagues – granted, he could potentially pop back up for the National League phase as those NPL folks often do. English defender Jack Cawley has also departed for Australia while Nati Hailemariam has moved across to Petone. But the core of their championship side remains, bolstered out by a bunch of ex-Wellington Phoenix Academy folks. Adam Supyk was on the books for Eastern Suburbs last year but spent most of that time in the UK working on the trial circuit. He’s joined Olympic. As has Nix U20s graduate Kaelin Nguyen, who played for the Phoenix first team during their most recent Aussie Cup run. In fact he set up the winning goal for Joshua Rudland in the first round game against Peninsula Power... Rudland is also joining Olympic (though he didn’t play the Charity Cup), listed amongst their squad list in the Match Programme. Jonty Roubos played for Olympic two years ago and is back after a stint with Miramar Rangers. He used to be a Nix Academy fella too. And Luke Tongue is not only an ex-WeeNix player but he’s a current WeeNix coach within the youth grades, hence the move back to Wellington where he’s also linking up with this lot as a player. Tongue featured off the bench in the Charity Cup. As did new Irish import striker Joel Coustrain. No sign of Eddie Wilkinson against his old team but word is that he’s followed Ifill/Quainoo. A Joel Stevens for Eddie Wilkinson swap deal is about as equitable as it’s going to get. Oh and they’ve also scooped up Oli Colloty after a spell with Auckland City, and it appears that Jesse Randall is back, although that’s potentially only for the first few months as he eyes a gig with the Auckland A-League side. Gabriele Matanisiga is another funky addition – a 28 year old Fijian international defender, signed after a brief trial period. That Auckland ALM team has the potential to seriously shake up the domestic scene, especially if they begin by scooping up a few Auckland City players. Plenty of them who’d fit the bill. The Navy Blues remain the team to beat every year, even if Wellington Olympic can now claim to have found something close to parity with them. ACFC have already lost a few key defenders over the past couple years (Kaltack, Brotherton, Mitchell) and if they lose, for example, one or two of their star midfielders then they’d have a hell of a job replacing them. We’ll see what that lot looks like as soon as next week because that’s when the Oceania Champions League qualifiers take place. Auckland City vs Wellington Olympic. Two legs, one home and one away. Last year those two teams served up a fantastic 180 minutes of football with Auckland City advancing thanks to an Emiliano Tade-inspired late comeback. Not sure why the need for qualifiers. It seems like Wellington Olympic winning the National League final should have been their qualification, but then we know what Oceania Football are like. We just got through a Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament which ended right as the international window began for some reason. And FIFA aren’t much better because their move to a four-year Club World Cup cycle means that the best performing team over that four-year period gets Oceania’s lone spot... which is already guaranteed to be Auckland City no matter what Wellington Olympic (or any of the other clubs) get up to in this edition. Granted, there is also going to be an annual Intercontinental Cup each December that’s a similar format to the old CWC, except with only the six continental champs. So that’s what they’re competing for. The OFC winner will face wither the Asian or African winner, depending on how the draw goes. Winner of that game faces whichever of those AFC/CAF clubs didn’t play the first round, then the winner of that plays the winner of North/Central America vs South America. The European champions await in the final. Five games overall, nice and quick. We can hit pause on the Auckland City stuff until a later date. Let us at least see who shows up on a teamsheet before indulging in the speculation. We do know for sure that Emiliano Tade (and Aidan Carey) have left for Western Springs... but while Tade’s a huge name, he’s also 35 years old and mostly only played the last 15-20 minutes of matches last year. Obviously Colloty’s left too, though he was never a key figure. They’ve picked up former England youth international Joe Ridley to bolster the frontline and maybe this year the two Vanuatu lads they signed (Jordy Tasip and Timothy Boulet) might find more of a spotlight. But yeah, let’s let that one simmer for now. Wellington Olympic also rolled with what looked like a 4-1-4-1 formation. That’s particularly funky for Olympic because they’ve become renowned for operating with a back three with very high wingers so that’s a change under Ifill/Quainoo that could take some getting used to. However most of the spine of that championship side remained. Scott Basalaj in goal. A back four, from right to left, of: Tam Dimairo, Justin Gulley, Ben Mata, and Supyk. Tor Davenport-Petersen holding in midfield. Gavin Hoy and Hamish Watson in front of him with Nguyen and Jack-Henry Sinclair out wide. Oli Colloty up topskees. From across the great divide of the offseason, the Greeks still had six of their National League final first XI also start this match, with a seventh (Kailan Gould) coming off the bench. Two of the other starters here were subs in that match. This Charity Cup game exists mostly to set the scene for the domestic season, so that’s what this article has done. The shifting sands are unavoidable, which is probably a good thing for competitive balance across the three regions. The fact that Auckland City looked unusually wobbly last National League and are entering 2024 with more question marks than they’re used to. The fact that Wellington Olympic and Christchurch United both have new coaches, have had to replace their top scorers amongst other key figures from their successes in 2023 (United more than Olympic, to be fair). These things ought to keep any of them from lapping the field. Plenty of teams from outside last year’s NL qualifiers seem to be loading up with that target in mind too, while the potential of the Auckland ALM side to hoard up some of the best domestic players could have a huge impact by the time the next National League phase swings around. Which, by the way, is exactly what that club should be doing. Don’t go dragging All Whites away from settled professional spots. Sign free agents and domestic players. The Welly Nix have shown those blokes are good enough. Expand the professional player pool by giving opportunities to lads who don’t already have them, rather than shrinking it by dragging guys back home. But with all that laid out... you probably want to know how the Charity Cup game actually went, right? Okey doke. This being the first game of the year and all, you can excuse a slower tempo. Nguyen did manage to find some good width on a few occasions, setting up a chance for Sinclair which was blocked, while Davenport-Petersen also tried his luck from range. CUFC had a couple of good instances where Yoo’s dribbling came to the forefront. However it always felt like a preseason affair and the changes at both clubs only added to that stuttering sense. Yet there was nothing unfamiliar about seeing Ben Mata nod home a header from a corner kick on 33’. It was Supyk with the delivery, which Watson headed onwards to Hoy who headed onwards to Mata. Nicely done. Mata would later get outdone by his brother who logged two goals and two assists for Sligo Rovers over in Ireland a couple days later... though only Ben got lift a trophy. Funnily enough, the last time Ben Mata lifted a trophy (the MNL final on 26 September 2023), Max Mata had just that morning scored his first goal for Shrewsbury Town. Those Mata Bros need to learn how to share the spotlight with each other. So that was 1-0 to Olympic at half-time, at which point the Rams threw on Jackson Cole in place of Yoo. That was one of the maximum ten subs made during this second half, with both teams recognising the preseason atmosphere. Yoo had been sharp, albeit with a tendency to chop infield too often, but they’d struggled to get Joel Stevens involved on the other wing. That trend would improve in the second half... alas, the Greeks also made a HT change with Kailan Gould on for Oli Colloty. That sent Watson into the number nine position where he promptly made it 2-0 by putting his noggin on the end of a Nguyen cross. Around about the hour mark we saw Jonty Roubos and the Fijian international Gabriele Matanisiga replace Sinclair and Mata for WO. Then Rico Pradhan popped up at right back for CU. By now the substitutions were sucking the flow out of the contest, although Ta Eh Doe tried to inject some energy back into the match in non-recommended fashion by clattering into Hamish Watson with a sliding challenge. Several categories of weight difference between those two hombres. Watto is not the bloke to mess with. Doe got booked, then got subbed, as United would also deploy Zachary Bennett, Waisea Henry, and Thomas Chao. Lots of youth. There should be plenty of chances for lads like that to keep getting game time throughout the season – it’ll be fun to see who’s still contributing when the National League rolls around. Meanwhile, Olympic also gave club debuts to Luke Tongue and Joel Coustrain and guess what? Those two combined for a third goal on 74’. Christchurch Utd hadn’t looked like they were going to find a way back but three goals make it safe regardless. The best chance for the visitors came after 84 mins when a Stevens corner kick was turned onto the post, Pradhan might have been the culprit, before Brazier saw a header (also from a Steven cross) brilliantly saved by Scott Basalaj. That was more than Brazier could take because two minutes later he was sent off for an off-the-ball incident. This was bare minimum camera set up, they didn’t even pack the scaffolding, so we didn’t see exactly what happened – but it looked like Tongue had stepped across Brazier to block him off and MB must have retaliated because there were no arguments when the red flashed out of the ref’s pocket. If you watch it back you’ll see Justin Gulley give him a serve as he walks off, then Tam Dimairo pretends to drop a shoulder into him as he passes...
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4946	dbpedia	2	72	https://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/69888	en	Heritage Week celebrates storied history	https://prodcdn.sporty.c…les/69888_wo.jpg	https://prodcdn.sporty.c…les/69888_wo.jpg	[ "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/14833/menulogo_wo.png?v=638054439123600000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/newsarticles/69888_wo.jpg", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/newsarticles/69888_wo.jpg", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/52775/1416725/d21b5237-498d-4a06-a8d5-12d9eb2557bd_wo.png?t=638381562108500000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/52775/1416725/a4312f0f-ce5e-4e15-b393-505592b75cfc_wo.png?t=638381562761270000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/52775/1416725/f441b0f3-ee3b-4278-95ed-85705317f354_wo.png?t=638381563485770000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/52775/1416725/ac859277-7269-4348-99aa-492c82d02233_wo.png?t=638381563948030000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/52775/1050867/492c59f6-7c7c-417f-8433-aa77f1b5e541_wo.png?t=637250619887800000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/6625/52775/1050867/9efbe5a8-f5d2-4f2c-a326-6b9e3bffe8c7_wo.png?t=637254007089870000" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	The history of both the ISPS Handa Premiership and National Women s League will be celebrated this weekend when New...		//prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/14833/favicon.png?v=638592832309254905		https://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/waibopfootball/newsarticle/69888	The history of both the ISPS Handa Premiership and National Women’s League will be celebrated this weekend when New Zealand Football joins forces with the competing clubs and federations to mark the inaugural Heritage Week. SPECIAL INVITATION: we'd like to invite all local ex-National Women's League players along to this Saturday's match against Canterbury United Pride, which kicks off at 1pm at Hamilton's Gower Park. We'll have dedicated seating available for you. Just make yourself known at the orange media tent when you arrive and we'll point you in the right direction. Heritage Week New Zealand Football will be celebrating the occasion with a range of content across its online platforms, including videos, graphics and stories. The clubs and federations are also taking the opportunity to celebrate their past players and achievements as the country’s two premier national football competitions continue across the country. To mark 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, all teams in the National Women’s League will also be wearing purple armbands. It will be a milestone weekend as it is the first time New Zealand Football has celebrated the history of its national leagues in such a way and Dan Farrow, Competitions and Events Director, says it’s important to reflect on their legacy. “Both are relatively young competitions in global terms but they have made a significant impact on the footballing landscape in this country and there is much to look back on,” he says. “The tagline of the national leagues is ‘Where Football Ferns and All Whites Are Made’ and this has certainly rung true over the years with a number of players starring in both the ISPS Handa Premiership and National Women’s League before going on to represent their country and play professionally overseas. In this way, the national leagues play a vital role in talent development but they do not just serve to produce players, the trophies in both competitions are also highly sought after and are regarded as the pinnacle of the domestic game,” he adds. “I’m sure players, administrators and supporters of all clubs cherish their memories of past glories in the national leagues and we are looking forward to reflecting on some of those this weekend.” A men’s national league has been in place in New Zealand since 1970 but the current competition was not established until 2004 as the New Zealand Football Championship (current sponsors ISPS Handa came on board last season). Eight teams were inaugural members of the competition – Auckland City, Waitakere United, Waikato FC, Napier City Rovers, YoungHeart Manawatu, Team Wellington, Canterbury United and Team Otago – with Auckland City going on to be crowned the first ever champions. They have since claimed a further six titles while cross-town rivals Waitakere United have earned five. The monopoly of the pair was finally broken when Team Wellington won back-to-back titles in 2015/16 and 2016/17. Many outstanding players have graced the ISPS Handa Premiership over its 14-year history, including the likes of imports Roy Krishna, Benjamin Totori and Albert Riera – who all went on to play professionally in the Hyundai A-League for the Wellington Phoenix. Other notable alumni are Auckland City’s South African pair of Grant Young and the late Keryn Jordan while a raft of All Whites have also thrilled fans, such as Ivan Vicelich, Danny Hay, Michael Utting, James Pritchett, Aaron Clapham, Ross Nicholson, Ben Sigmund, Jake Butler, Jonathan Perry and Allan Pearce. The most notable recent product is All Whites and PSV Eindhoven star Ryan Thomas, who took his first steps in senior football with Waikato FC before making his mark in Europe. The National Women’s League has also been home to a wealth of top-class talent, most recently helping to hone the skills of current Football Ferns Meikayla Moore, Erin Nayler, CJ Bott, Emma Rolston and Katie Rood before they embarked overseas to begin professional careers. Prior to that, many legendary figures starred in the league, including Maia Jackman, Hayley Bowden, Kirsty Yallop, Amber Hearn and Terry McCahill. A female national league first took place in 2002 featuring teams from the country’s seven federations and the inaugural winner was Auckland Football. They went on to claim another six championships in quick succession and returned to their glory days last season with another title while the most successful team in recent years is Canterbury United Pride, who have won the league in three of the past five campaigns. The Northern Lights also have three titles to their name while Capital Football have two. The latest edition of the ISPS Handa Premiership is currently being jointly led by Eastern Suburbs, Team Wellington, Auckland City and Hamilton Wanderers while Canterbury United are top of the National Women’s League.
4946	dbpedia	0	84	https://www.olympicafc.org.nz/club-info/history-1	en	Wellington Olympic AFC	https://prodcdn.sporty.c…pg?ts=2222384956	https://prodcdn.sporty.c…pg?ts=2222384956	[ "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/932b1a36-b883-4140-83f7-71fbc0cdc42b_wo.png?t=638309965958430000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/37e026af-1b51-4d24-bd72-a4077225754d_wo.png?t=638309965965070000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/d2a34b8f-52ce-42bc-a132-7acf8c781871_wo.png?t=638309965939200000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/05f107be-e3d6-4ac9-97fe-d09407d18b14_wo.png?t=638309965945700000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/5e080671-f7dc-423d-9a7d-5cc18405d0d6_wo.jpg?t=638199380284500000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418295/e187f835-8b4c-4f71-92d5-b626a59cb899_wo.jpg?t=638323263808730000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418295/f8eb92d3-2765-4efb-8b56-577d3570558d_wo.jpg?t=638323265776270000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/49f923b8-eebb-47da-8fe9-3602dc07ec7a_wo.jpg?t=637804733103170000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1431892/de422c29-f61e-4978-a3d7-fd0ce2d9487f_wo.jpeg?t=638366219712700000", "https://www.olympicafc.org.nz/Content/images/admin-login.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Wellington Olympic AFC is an association football club in Wellington, New Zealand.		https://prodcdn.sporty.c…6316/favicon.png		https://www.olympicafc.org.nz/olympicafc/club-info/history-1	CELEBRATING FOUR GENERATIONS In 2019, Marco Bertos, at the age of 6, became the first player of the fourth generation to the Club and will be carrying on the family name for many years to come. Marco's great-grandfather, Leonidas Bertos, played a huge role when the Club was under the banner of CYFC in 1959 as a coach and selector of the 1st team. Grandad (Papou), George Bertos Snr, had played for the Club since his teenage years and once he hung up his boots as a player, George turned his hand to one of coaching, selector and manager for the 1st team during the golden era of the 1990s. George continues to be involved with the Club behind the scenes. Dad Adam Bertos continues to play and coach (currently with Olympic 4ths), as well as coaching Junior teams over the past four years, and is currently coaching the U10 Kronos team. Initially called "Apollon", the Greeks first kicked off in the Wellington divisions in 1953. Made up by the Romanian Greek immigrants who arrived to New Zealand in 1951/52, the club started with two teams finding great success and quickly promoted up the ladders. The club disbanded in 1956, giving way to a new club which was formed in 1958 by the late Father Elias Economou under the name CHRISTIAN YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB (CYFC). To this day, Apollon continues to be part of the club's history. CYFC first took to the field in 1959 and, like Apollon, were commonly referred to as "the Greeks". The first co-selectors for CYFC were Leonidas Bertos (who was also the coach) and the Atha Giovanidis. A quick note of thanks... A number of members have held a variety of positions within the Club including Jim Christie who joined the club in 1961 and wore almost every hat - President/VicePresident/Secretary/Treasurer/ Selector/ Player for GOYANZ, and Co-Chairman and Committee member of the Wellington Olympic sub-committee. Alongside him, Dimitrios (Jim) Androutsos was a pivotal figure within the Club as a Coach/Manager/Selector/Player/Committee Member for over three decades. Steve Stefanatos is another who, for many years was a backbone of guidance and authority for the Club and who's knowledge of the club is still sought after and treasured to this day. There are so many from the past to thank who from CYFC days and throughout Olympic years have made such a contribution, including (but not limited to) Mario Kotsapas, Tony and Jim Kotrotsos, Con and Chris Palamidas, Chris Papanicolaou and Nick Androutsos. Also of mention are Peter Halikias, John Serepisos, Nina Bertos-Papadopoulos (continues to be on the committee), George Carras, Chrisanthi Kamberogiannis and Nick Halikias for their long service and continued committment to the Club from CYFC days, each holding a number of positions within the Club as players, coaches, managers, selectors and officers of both GOYANZ and the Olympic sub-committee for the better part of four decades and who still work tirelessly behind the scenes. Nor can we pass over the continuing services of Paul Kotrotsos, Basil Bouzoukis, Maki Halikias, Demetre Kotrotsos and Jonathan Kotrotsos. History continued.... As CYFC, in 1964 they entered the Central League (formed 1963) in Division 3. Some of the players that played in the early years were:- 4x Bertos brothers: Leonidas, Vasso, Laki, Taki, together with young Chris (son of Leonidas) 3x Zaloumis: Taki, Sandy and John 2x Androutsos: Taki and Nick 2x Christies: Jim and Costa (That was one team taken care of) Basil Kiourktsidis, George Moutzouris, Laki Kaloyianni, Nick Paraskevopoulos, Chris Papanicoloau, John Leonidas and many others. When we entered the Central League we also appointed our 1st non-Greek coach, Billy Wright, who then played for Diamonds and Wellington and he brought Jeff and Wally Allen, Tony Kislick (Coronation Street) Atha Coventry and others. CYFC was promoted to Central League Division 2 in 1970 in which it spent four seasons until the team was relegated into Division 3 for the 1975 season. CYFC spent two seasons in Division 3 where it won promotion in 1976 to Central 2 under the guidance of coach Ray Janes. The following year CYFC won promotion to Central League Division 1 for the first time in their history. They finished top of the table by six clear points, losing only one game in the process. CYFC's stay in the top Central division was short lived as it only lasted a year where they finished bottom of the table. In 1959, CYFC (the Greek Community) had very few expenses to pay for the privilege of having a football team. There were only registration fees, which were paid once a year (transfer fees were 2 shillings and 6 pence (25c). The 1st CYFC dance was held on Queen's Birthday Sunday in 1963 at the Parthenon Hall. The dance committee consisted of Jim Christie, Eleftherios (Lefty) Kondos and Basil Kiourksidis. All the food was donated by the many Greeks in lieu of money. Once GOYANZ was incorporated and took over all the responsibility for the Youth programmes, activities and sports on behalf of the Greek Community, the Miss GOYANZ Dance was held annually on Queen's Birthday weekend In 1981 they failed to survive the higher grade once agian after being promoted from Div 2, CYFC made an immediate return to Div 2 football for the 1982 season. The only highlight of the 1981 season came in the opening game where CYFC beat eventual champions Napier 2-0 - something none of the other ten clubs were able to achieve. In 1982 coach Peter Halikias helped guide the team to another Div two championship regaining first division status they lost the previous year. In 1983 CYFC changed its name to Wellington Olympic and were coached by Paul Norfolk. The team finished fourth but conceded far too many goals to have any real chance of challenging for the title. In 1985 Olympic found themselves in farmiler teritory and were relegated to Div two. The following year Olympic cleaned up the Div two title. They were the only unbeaten side in any of the three Centtral League divisions. Second place was a distant 12 points behind them whilst thrid was another 12 points back. They scored a massive 59 goals which at the time was a record for the division. Only Lower Hutt (1985) had socred more than 50 goals and their total was reached in 22 games compared with Olympic's 20. From 1987 Olympic proved itself as a Division One mainstay as it consistantly finished in the top 4 until 1993 when the SuperClub competition was intorduced. The only exception was in 1989 where they finished eightth. The main highlight of six year Division One campaign was winning it in 1991. The team was coached by former player and stalwart George Bertos. George secured the services of Imre Foldi the previous year and Andre Racz in 1991. Between them they scored 28 goals. The year started strongly, but a defeat to Miramar broke the unbeaten record from the year before, as well as a first round Chatham Cup exit to Wellington United made for some disappointing reading for the club and its supporters. As the year went on the team went from strength to strength, visiting Miramar Rangers for the return match at Dave Farrington Park for the top of the league clash, Miramar holding a slim lead at the top. Olympic had not beaten Miramar away from home for over 10 years, when a young Leo Bertos was playing and scored the winner on the day to win 3-2 in the old North Island League. Olympic came out of the blocks strongly and went on to win the game 3-0 to the cheers of our away supporters.With one game to go, Olympic had to wait a week before playing Lower Hutt in a title deciding game. While waiting for this game Miramar Rangers played Petone to keep the pressure up on the blue boys. With minutes to go, Petone scored a late winner which meant Olympic had been crowned champions of the Central League for the first time since 1991, with a game in hand. Olympic then went on to beat Lower Hutt in the final match and the wild celebrations began.
4946	dbpedia	1	27	https://fbunc.com/	en	FBU National Championship			[ "https://fbunc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FBUNC___favicon.png", "https://fbunc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Naples-Marco-Island-Everglades-Update-2021-Box-Paradise-Coast-Horizontal-RGB-Blue-150x64.jpg", "https://fbunc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FBUNC___favicon.png", "https://fbunc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Naples-Marco-Island-Everglades-Update-2021-Box-Paradise-Coast-Horizontal-RGB-Blue-150x64.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2017-05-31T20:06:52-04:00		en		FBU National Championship - Youth Football's Biggest Event	https://fbunc.com/	The FBU National Championship celebrates and promotes youth football through uniting all-star athletes of all backgrounds from across the United States in a true, one-of-a-kind national tournament. The only national football tournament of its kind, the annual FBU National Championship crowns a national champion from brackets in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th and 10U. 2024 FBUNC SCHEDULE FIRST ROUND: 11/29-12/1 REGIONAL ROUND: 12/6-12/8 CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK: 12/18-12/22 Event Funded in part by the Collier County Tourist Development Tax. The home of Football University and all of our marquee events, such as the FBU National Championship, is the Paradise Coast of Naples, FL. We appreciate everyone’s support surrounding the effects of Hurricane Ian on the entire region of Southwest Florida. For those interested in donating to the restoration efforts, please click HERE. The FBU National Championship celebrates and promotes youth football through uniting all-star athletes of all backgrounds from across the United States in a true, one-of-a-kind national tournament. The only national football tournament of its kind, the annual FBU National Championship crowns a national champion from brackets in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th and 10U. 2024 FBUNC SCHEDULE FIRST ROUND: 11/29-12/1 REGIONAL ROUND: 12/6-12/8 CHAMP WEEK: 12/18-12/22 Event Funded in part by the Collier County Tourist Development Tax. The home of Football University and all of our marquee events, such as the FBU National Championship, is the Paradise Coast of Naples, FL. We appreciate everyone’s support surrounding the effects of Hurricane Ian on the entire region of Southwest Florida. For those interested in donating to the restoration efforts, please click HERE.
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It was an emotion bred from the pain of watching successive defeats of my beloved Ireland from the terraces of Dublin’s Lansdowne Road, and the envy of seeing New Zealand, a country of 4.5 million people, somehow nurture generations of world-beating players and dominate a sport. At a certain point, the resentment turned into something else. I became fascinated with discovering the team’s winning formula. The All Blacks are the most successful sports franchise in history, achieving a better win ratio than Brazil in football or Australia in cricket . They have claimed three World Cups and won more than three-quarters of the matches they have played in their 125-year history, more than any major national sports team. Many New Zealand fans go to rugby matches wondering not whether their team will win, but rather by how much. Over the next two weeks they will play a three-match Test series against the British and Irish Lions, a squad picked from the best players in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The omens aren’t good for the Lions, who have not won a series against the New Zealand team since 1971. So what makes the All Blacks such world-beaters — and can anything challenge their success? “The way we play rugby, it is a more expansive game than many other teams,” says Beauden Barrett, the 26-year-old New Zealander who was named world player of the year in November. “It makes it easier to go out and score quick tries if needed. It certainly helps playing that brand of football and having the belief that it is not over till it is over.” We are sitting in the gym of the Hurricanes, a rugby club based in Wellington and the current champions of Super Rugby — a competition played between the best clubs in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia , Argentina and Japan. The words “No Excuses” are painted in big black letters above the weight machines; a visible reminder that New Zealand rugby does not countenance failure and demands 100 per cent from its players at all times. “Public expectation is very high,” says Barrett, who plays in the fly-half position for the All Blacks, a critical decision-making role as he chooses the direction and tempo of most attacks. “You know, sometimes I feel it is not a bad thing to have it that high but — how do I say this — when we do lose, it is like the end of the world. I think the public gets used to us winning and it has become the norm.” Barrett speaks slowly and softly, in a manner that seems at odds with his explosive running and slick passing on the pitch. He grew up on a farm in Taranaki on New Zealand’s North Island with four brothers and three sisters. His phenomenal pace, vision and tactical kicking over the past two seasons have electrified fans; he is probably best known abroad for scoring the winning try in the 2015 World Cup final against Australia. Most rugby pundits say Barrett is the key player the Lions must stop if they are to have any chance of defeating the All Blacks in the series, though his brothers Jordie, 20, and Scott, 23, have also been named in the squad — the first trio of brothers to be selected to play in the same New Zealand team. “From the very first game I watched the All Blacks and saw the haka [a Maori ceremonial war dance performed by the players before every match], I knew straight away that was part of who I am,” he says. The All Blacks’ attacking style of play helps drive their ability to demolish opponents. Last year they scored an average of just under six tries per match . The best northern hemisphere teams playing in the annual Six Nations tournament — England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy — averaged just under five tries in 2016. Keith Quinn, probably New Zealand’s most experienced rugby commentator, began his career reporting on the 1971 Lions tour. He believes the country’s nurturing of extraordinary talent is key to their enduring success. “We have a number of these brilliant X-factor players like Beauden Barrett, Julian Savea and Ben Smith, who are pushing the brilliance and expertise in rugby even further.” * It is lunchtime when I arrive at Wellington College, a state secondary school for boys, and hundreds of children are spilling out on to the school’s rugby pitches, tossing around balls and performing hair-raising tackles on each other. “We try and stop them tackling for safety reasons during school breaks but it is easier said than done,” says Greg Sharland, a physical education teacher and coach of the 1st XV. Established 150 years ago in the country’s capital, Wellington College has proved a fertile source of rugby-playing talent. A plaque in reception bears the names of 35 alumni who have gone on to play for the All Blacks, including current team member Dane Coles. A trophy cabinet is stuffed with rugby silverware. Sharland points out three current students he believes have the potential to turn professional, including club captain Naitoa Ah Kuoi, a 17-year-old of Samoan descent. He is possessed with such physical strength and skill that he has been playing for the 1st XV since he was 14. “Being a Kiwi Samoan, we had rugby everywhere when I was growing up. I’ve been playing since I was three years old, which is pretty normal here,” says Ah Kuoi, in between bites of pasta salad from a huge Tupperware container. “I love the game and it would be my dream to play professionally. That is what would make all the hard work and sacrifice worth it.” School-level rugby is a serious business in New Zealand, partly because the sport plays such an elemental role in national life. There is a club in most small towns, just about every news bulletin carries a rugby story and there is even a television channel dedicated to school rugby, helping attract young recruits and sustain the pipeline of talent for the All Blacks. At a 1st XV parent meeting during my visit to Wellington, advice on nutrition, training and health was handed out to parents, whose support is considered essential for their sons and the school team to succeed. Simon Poidevin, who played 21 Test matches for Australia against the All Blacks in the 1980s and 1990s, cites this cultural dedication to rugby as pivotal to his rivals’ success. “In New Zealand it is not just their national sport, it is part of their national identity,” he says. “Rugby consumes the country and the public are proud of what the All Blacks have done for their nation. Rugby is on free-to-air TV all the time.” Some top Kiwi schools send scouts to Pacific Islands such as Samoa, Tonga and Fiji with lucrative scholarships to tempt talented children to relocate to New Zealand, while ambitious young players travel to the country under their own steam to take part in rugby trials in search of a scholarship. Sharland says Wellington College doesn’t poach talent from overseas and notes that the large immigrant communities from the Pacific Islands living in New Zealand already provide a steady stream of players. One of the most talented Pacific Islander recruits is Julian Savea, an All Black winger nicknamed “The Bus” due to his powerful running style. A second-generation New Zealander of Samoan descent, he is blazing a trail for others to follow, among them his brother Ardie, who is also a member of the All Blacks. “Pacific Islanders are contributing a lot to New Zealand rugby and rugby all around the world. They are really helping a lot of teams, which is awesome,” says Savea, 27, who stands 6ft 4in tall and weighs 108kg (about 17 stone). Savea scored eight tries in the 2015 World Cup, more than any other player. His style of play was exemplified in a game against France, where he knocked three defenders to the ground in succession on the way to scoring a decisive try. Despite a fearsome reputation on the pitch, Savea is soft-spoken and shy. When I meet him on a drizzly day in Wellington, he speaks so quietly it is hard to hear him over the laughter of his team-mates who are training nearby. “I didn’t realise until I was 18 or 19 whether I could actually make it as a professional rugby player,” he says. “It’s then that you start to think about the sacrifices you want to make and whether to go down that path.” The physical training regimes in professional rugby are gruelling. On the day I visit the Hurricanes club, where Savea and Barrett both play Super Rugby, the men are working out in the gym to build muscle strength. Later they run on to the training pitch in the rain to prepare for their weekend game. As they go through their routines, steam rises from their bodies. International travel means long periods spent away from families, and the pressure of maintaining a place in a professional squad is intense. But the financial value of a contract at a Super Rugby club can transform the life of a player and their families. “We didn’t have a car when we grew up, so we used to have to walk everywhere or get the bus,” Savea says. “For my parents it was a little bit embarrassing because they had to keep asking other parents for rides to take us to games. For myself and my brother it was a huge thing to be able to provide that. We didn’t have a car until my first contract.” * New Zealand’s talent pool is not a question of superior numbers. There are only about 250 professional rugby players in the country, and 150,000 players at grassroots level are registered with New Zealand Rugby. This is fewer than Australia (230,000), England (382,000) or France (542,000), according to the 2016 World Rugby Yearbook. And contrary to expectation, the most played team sport in New Zealand is now football rather than rugby, according to a 2013/14 study by New Zealand Sport. Even at Wellington College, a school with a rugby tradition that dates back more than a century, more kids play football than rugby, according to Sharland. However, he says the most talented athletes still tend to gravitate to rugby, a sport that can offer a stellar career path to the best players. The same is true of coaches. New Zealand has been blessed with some of the world’s best rugby brains, including former All Black coaches Brian Lochore, Wayne Smith and current head coach Steve Hansen. Perhaps the greatest compliment to the standards of coaching is the fact that seven of the 20 teams playing at the 2015 World Cup employed Kiwi coaches. “If you don’t produce good coaches, then you won’t produce good players,” said Steve Tew, the chief executive of New Zealand Rugby, shortly before that tournament. “You need great coaches to produce great players. The coaches have to come first.” Richie McCaw, a former All Blacks captain who is the most capped rugby player in history, tells me the national team’s culture of success helps to maintain grassroots interest in rugby. And a vital component of this success is wrapped up in the history, tradition and ethos of the All Blacks, which has built up over more than a century, he adds. “I think you have to look back at the early days of New Zealand rugby to find answers,” says McCaw. “There was the Originals team [the first New Zealand team to tour outside Australasia] who managed to get one over the mother country in the early 1900s, which was quite a big thing. I think that is what started the All Black psyche. We have such a history of success and the players nowadays do not want to let that legacy down.” The Originals tour to Britain in 1905-06 is chronicled at the New Zealand Museum of Rugby in Palmerston North, a town about two hours’ drive north of Wellington. Old photographs and memorabilia document how a New Zealand team led by Dave Gallaher, an Irish migrant who served in the Boer war, won 34 of their 35 matches. They only lost to Wales, by the narrow margin of 3-0. The All Blacks went unbeaten on a subsequent British tour in 1924-25, earning the moniker the “Invincibles”. Stephen Berg, director of the museum, says such emphatic overseas victories helped cement rugby as the dominant sport among the settler communities across New Zealand. “Rugby initially provided a reason for the settlers in New Zealand to get together and socialise. The physicality of the sport suited the farmers, who arrived to settle the land, and Maori,” he says. “The fact rugby was played by everyone in New Zealand helped it to spread quickly and become the dominant sport whereas in England rugby remained an upper-class sport and was overtaken by soccer.” New Zealand’s prevailing egalitarian culture runs through the All Blacks’ set-up, with the star players expected to clean up their locker rooms after games and training. The team also operates what players refer to as a “no dickheads” policy, which ensures troublemakers or overinflated egos do not last long on the squad. “I know people who have been taken off the All Blacks’ list, even if they are the best player, when their attitude wasn’t right,” says Neil Sorensen, general manager at New Zealand Rugby, who has worked at the governing body since 2001. “There are a bunch of unwritten rules within the game at all levels that are drilled into our kids from a young age — it’s about sportsmanship, respect for the game and the opposition”. The responsibility to maintain the highest standards rests with the team members themselves. No one in the All Blacks set-up is more important than the players — and that includes Steve Hansen, the coach. Gilbert Enoka, the team’s mental skills coach, noted last month that Hansen was recently chastised by a senior player for arriving at a team meeting a few minutes late. “In our cornerstone philosophies, the team towers above the individual. You will never succeed on your own but you will be successful as an individual if the team functions well,” he told Wales Online. Enoka, a former international volleyball player who joined the All Blacks 16 years ago, is credited by many in the group with changing the culture of the team following a defeat to South Africa in 2004 that was followed by a now infamous binge-drinking session. He also helped to stiffen the All Blacks’ resolve and overcome the tag of “chokers” — a reputation they earned when they failed to win the 1999 and 2007 World Cups despite having exceptionally talented teams. “Sports psychology is huge,” Barrett tells me. “We work hours and hours out on the field and in the gym but your brain needs that work as well. You need to stay fresh, keep developing your mental skills. It is not something you either have or you don’t. It is something we work on most weeks to develop.” New Zealand Rugby maintains an iron-clad grip on the game at all levels, including club rugby, which enables it to prioritise the success of the national team above all else. In contrast, clubs in England and France are privately owned, a situation that has, at times, led to disputes between national unions and clubs over how star players are managed and utilised. “Our system is all about sharing information between the different levels — schools, provincial and Super Rugby clubs — to ensure the All Blacks are the best and keep winning. Then we can all celebrate the victory,” says Sorensen. “I doubt the Bath coach would be comfortable sitting down with the Leinster or Toulon coaches [in Europe], sharing ideas about how England could be successful on the world stage.” Another key point of difference from most other rugby nations is New Zealand Rugby’s decision not to select anyone who is playing overseas to turn out for the All Blacks. This rule has kept the best talent at home, strengthening domestic rugby competitions, and ensuring that the team aren’t playing too many games and arriving for matches ill-prepared or suffering from jet lag. Ben Smith, the All Black vice-captain, turned down a big pay rise to play with a club in France this year. He says the lure of the All Black jersey and the opportunity to play against the Lions kept him in New Zealand. “I wanted to give myself the chance to fight to get an All Black place in the next couple of years. To play as well as I can for the [Super Rugby club] Highlanders and then get involved with the All Blacks against the Lions — this is massively something you want to do as a rugby player.” *** Sir Brian Lochore, a giant of a man with hands the size of plates, is sitting in a spectator stand named after himself at Wairarapa stadium, a sports facility in the town of Masterton that was recently renovated at a cost of more than NZ$2m (£1.1m). Lochore is a former All Blacks captain and coach of the side that won the inaugural World Cup in 1987. “All Black success breeds success for rugby at all levels in New Zealand,” he says. “I think we handled the transition from amateur to the professional era of rugby very well and certainly much better than the home nation unions, who in some cases were dragged kicking and screaming to professionalism.” The Wairarapa stadium, which includes an artificial turf pitch for use in all weather conditions, is testament to the strong financial position of rugby in New Zealand. The All Black franchise is one of the richest in the world, in spite of the country’s small size. AIG, the US insurance giant, reportedly paid NZ$80m (£45m) in 2012 to put its logo on the team’s jerseys, and signed a new six-year deal in 2016. The team have also secured global sponsorship deals with the likes of Adidas and Gatorade, and boosted the value of TV rights deals. The union made record revenues worth NZ$164m in 2016, up a fifth on the previous year, with about 70 per cent linked to the All Blacks. In contrast, New Zealand’s traditional rivals, Australia and South Africa, which have much larger populations, made NZ$135m and NZ$133m. Funding for provincial rugby grew 56 per cent to NZ$32m, as the national union prioritised grassroots development. Winning has proved lucrative for New Zealand rugby, and it has also raised the profile of the small country, perched on the edge of the South Pacific. The All Blacks’ trademark black jersey with a silver fern logo has become an instrument of “soft power” for New Zealand’s political leaders, who have presented it as a gift to world leaders, including Chinese president Xi Jinping. But Lochore warns that the team, and its fans, cannot afford to be complacent. “Our centralised approach, which focused on the national team, gave us a head start. But the other rugby nations are catching up and the All Blacks’ current dominance cannot be taken for granted,” he says. Earlier this year England equalled the All Blacks’ world record of 18 consecutive wins set in 2016, before losing to Ireland in the Six Nations championship in March. And, in November, Ireland finally beat the All Blacks, by a score of 40-29, the team’s first win against New Zealand in 111 years of trying. “The Irish, the way they played that day, they deserved to get the result. I think we have learnt a lot from that game,” says Ben Smith. When I ask why he thinks the All Blacks lost, he is tight-lipped, saying that this type of thing is best “discussed behind closed doors”. My own view is that Ireland’s coach, Joe Schmidt, a New Zealander, has sprinkled some of the All Blacks’ magic on to Irish rugby. This weekend the world will see whether Warren Gatland , another New Zealand import who is coaching the Lions, can do the unthinkable and inspire them against all the odds to beat the best sports team in the world in their own back yard. Keith Quinn, the veteran commentator, is sceptical of that possibility, believing that the All Blacks are continuing to innovate as they plough resources into fresh generations of players. The depth of the All Blacks’ talent pool is demonstrated by the fact that, despite five players from the New Zealand 1st XV retiring after winning the 2015 World Cup , the team have, if anything, become stronger. They set a world record of 18 consecutive wins last October with a new crop of players, including Barrett who succeeded Dan Carter as chief playmaker. “[Barrett] is faster than Carter and his kicking to the sides is something that Carter hardly ever attempted. The dimension of what players are doing in the number 10 jersey is widening and Barrett is taking it further,” says Quinn. “I can’t see the Lions stopping them.” Jamie Smyth is the FT’s Australia correspondent Photographs by Edith Amituanai; Getty Images
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Fortunately for Kiwi fans, there’s a much sturdier bandwagon...	en	/pf/resources/images/favicons/favicon.ico?d=808	NZ Herald	https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/football/wellington-phoenix/wellington-phoenix-v-melbourne-victory-bandwagoners-guide-to-biggest-game-in-a-league-clubs-history/IPP3DYDR5NCE7HIZEKE54O3MOQ/	But is it likely? Don’t make any plans before 9pm. Not only did Sunday’s first leg finish all square but the Phoenix and the Victory played out two 1-1 draws earlier in the season. Only one of their four fixtures this campaign produced a winner – and it came in the 95th minute when a header from defender Finn Surman deflected off an opponent and into the net. So another low-scoring draw? The first part is almost guaranteed; neither the Phoenix nor Victory have been great entertainers. Across 27 games, Wellington conceded 26 goals to boast the best defence in the competition, while the Victory were third with 33. And at the other end, the Phoenix were tied for ninth in a 12-team league with 42 goals scored, while the Victory nabbed one more. It was no shock when the first game was scoreless, and equally unsurprising when the Phoenix registered no shots on target. None? Sounds discouraging... Never fear, it was all part of the plan. As we don’t have to worry about explaining the away-goals rule, not conceding was the No 1 priority in Melbourne. The Phoenix know their strengths – a rock-solid defence and the best home record in the league – and pragmatically play to them. A clean sheet in the bag, they return to Wellington to be buttressed by the largest crowd in the club’s 17-year existence. Largest? Sounds encouraging … Indeed, their previous record was the 32,792 filling the Cake Tin the last time they hosted a semifinal, when Paul Ifill inspired an extra-time win over Newcastle in 2010. On that occasion, the Nix were still a game short of the grand final and summarily lost that game away to Sydney FC. This time, by finishing the regular season in the top two for the first time, they are 90 (probably 120) minutes from the showpiece, and they will be supported at a volume approaching All Whites-Bahrain levels. And that’s why it’s the club’s biggest match? And that’s why it’s the club’s biggest match. The Phoenix made the playoffs in eight of the previous 16 seasons but most commonly fell at the finals’ first hurdle, while all but one of their eliminations came across the Tasman. This team, somewhat improbably, are poised to make history. Why improbable? This was meant to be a rebuilding season, with a first-year coach guiding a youthful squad brimming with local talent. Instead, Giancarlo Italiano led his young charges to a record of 15 wins, eight draws and four defeats, leaning heavily on a Kiwi core. That’s particularly true of the unshakable defence carrying the Nix this far: along with 20-year-old centre-back Surman, 21-year-old goalkeeper Alex Paulsen has played every minute of the campaign. Defence wins championships – but what about the stars? How about a Rufer? Sure, Alex is a tenacious midfielder, ranked second in the league for tackles that won his side possession, but the skipper is still the nephew of New Zealand’s greatest player. If wanting someone with Wynton’s technical ability, look to another couple of Kiwis at opposite ends of their careers: Ben Old, who is young, and Kosta Barbarouses, who is not.
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ZealandConfederationOFCNumber of teams8Level on pyramid1Domestic cup(s)White Ribbon CupInternational cup(s)OFC Champions LeagueLast championsTeam Wellington (3rd title) (2020–21)Current premiersAuckland City (12th title)Most championshipsAuckland City (8 titles)Most premiershipsAuckland City (12 titles)Most appearancesJake Butler (257 appearances)Top goalscorerEmiliano Tade (80 goals)TV partnersSky SportsWebsitewww .nzfc .co .nz The New Zealand Football Championship (Māori: Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a myriad of short-lived football leagues in the country, including the National Soccer League, the National Summer Soccer League and the New Zealand Superclub League. The league was contested by ten teams in a franchise system. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ISPS Handa Men's Premiership. From the 2021 season, it was replaced by the New Zealand National League.[1] The seasons used to run from October through to April, and consist of an eighteen-round regular season followed by a playoff series involving the four highest-placed teams, culminating in a Grand Final. Each season, two clubs would gain qualification to the OFC Champions League, the continental competition for the Oceania region. The league does not use a system of promotion and relegation. Auckland City were the most successful side since the competition's inception, with twelve premierships and seven championship titles. A youth competition, called the National Youth League, ran parallel to the regular season from October to December – the final champions were also Auckland City, winning the final season of the competition in 2019. Competition format [edit] There were two stages to the competition: the regular season, in which each team played each other twice for a total of 18 games; and the playoffs, in which the top four teams in the league play knockout matches in order to determine the champion.[2] Regular season [edit] Each team played each other team twice: once at home, and once away. Teams score three points for a win, one for a draw, and no points for a loss. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams progress to the playoffs. For the first four seasons, the regular season had the teams play each other three times. This was changed to a home-and-away system in 2008, due to financial difficulties affecting some clubs. Playoffs [edit] The playoffs consist of three matches; there were two semi-final matches, and the winners of each progress to a one-match Grand Final. In the inaugural season, three teams took part in the playoffs. The Minor Premier (the winner of the regular season) received automatic entry to the grand final as well as hosting rights, while the second and third placed teams played a one-game preliminary final to determine entry to the grand final. The NZFC also experimented with a five team playoff in the 2005–06 season, however, this was discontinued and the league reverted to the three-team playoff system for the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. The league changed to the four-team playoff system in the 2009–10 season. Qualification to OFC Champions League [edit] Two teams from the NZFC qualified for the OFC Champions League each season: the team that won the regular season (the "Minor Premier") and the team that won the Grand Final (the "Champion"). If the same team wins both the Minor Premiership and the Championship, the second Champions League spot is granted to the regular season runner-up. This occurred on numerous occasions; the first instance being in 2006 when Auckland City (premiers and champions) and YoungHeart Manawatu qualified, YoungHeart Manawatu not making it to the Grand Final. No promotion and relegation existed, making it a closed league similar to the A-League in Australia and Major League Soccer in the United States. History [edit] Establishment in 2004 to present [edit] The New Zealand Football Championship was created as a replacement to the former New Zealand National Soccer League, a tournament involving clubs from the regional governing bodies of New Zealand Football. The NZFC was to be run as a summer league involving new clubs created solely for the new competition, with these new clubs being run jointly by existing winter clubs. The only exception to this was Napier City Rovers, whose summer club would be rebranded Hawke's Bay United during the second season, to be operated jointly by other clubs in the Hawke's Bay region. Eleven groups bid for franchises, with the successful bids being announced on 7 April 2004 as Auckland City, Canterbury United, Napier City Rovers, Otago United, Team Wellington, Waikato FC, Waitakere United and YoungHeart Manawatu, with Olé Madrids, East Auckland and Team Bay of Plenty being excluded. Unhappy at their exclusion, the Olé Madrids bid team took New Zealand Soccer to court, suing for damages and demanding inclusion in the competition, claiming that, whilst they met NZ Soccer's criteria for inclusion, other successful bids did not. The case was dropped by the Madrids team eight days before the commencement of the first NZFC season.[3] The Olé Academy, previously having had a relationship with Team Wellington, currently holds an exclusive partnership with current league side Eastern Suburbs.[4][5] East Auckland also considered legal action, however this was not pursued.[6] The first match of the competition was on 15 October 2004, with Auckland City defeating Napier City Rovers 3–1 at Park Island, Napier. Auckland City were also crowned the inaugural NZFC champions after defeating Waitakere United 3–2 in the final. The second season saw Napier City Rovers rebrand and reorganize their NZFC team as Hawke's Bay United, forming an amalgamated franchise with other local clubs. It also saw the first instance of a NZFC team winning the O-League, with Auckland City FC defeating Tahitian team AS Pirae 3–1. At the conclusion of the 2006–07 season, New Zealand Football granted three-season licence extensions to seven of the eight franchises – all but YoungHeart Manawatu, who had to reapply due to concerns over the club's financial and organisational situation. However, YoungHeart eventually earned reinstatement after beating out four rival bids – one based in Gisborne, one from North Shore City, and two from Manukau. Olé Madrids also applied for the licence; however they withdrew early.[7] On 2 September 2010, New Zealand Football announced a five-year sponsorship agreement with ASB Bank resulting in the rebranding of the New Zealand Football Championship to the ASB Premiership.[8] In 2013, after a review of the competition by the ASB Premiership review committee, YoungHeart Manawatu was dropped from the competition after finishing last in the previous three seasons. New Zealand Football also confirmed that a team composed of New Zealand players born on or after 1 January 1995 would take Manawatu's place in the Premiership for at least two seasons. The addition of the team – to be known as Wanderers SC – was to provide adequate preparation for New Zealand's U-20 players for the upcoming 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup which will be hosted by New Zealand.[9] Much confusion surrounded the initials "SC" in the Wanderers' name, as no official explanation was given as to what they stood for. It wasn't until after their first match that coach Darren Bazeley finally revealed that "SC" stood for "Special Club", saying "it acknowledges this team has arisen out of a special situation and was specially formed for the purpose."[10] The 2014–15 season saw the Premiership expand to nine teams for the first time in its history. Wellington Phoenix Reserves was added to the competition to provide game time for the members of the Phoenix squad who are not playing frequently for the first team in the A-League. Restrictions were also put in place for all clubs requiring that at least 50% of match day squads are players who are eligible to play for the All Whites.[11] After 11 full seasons, only Auckland City and Waitakere United have been crowned Premiers or Champions, with Auckland City adding their sixth premiership and sixth title in the 2014–15 season. This trend was bucked, however, in the twelfth season of the competition, as Team Wellington defeated Auckland City 4–2 after extra time in the final.[12] The 2018-19 saw Eastern Suburbs crowned as champions for the first time, becoming the first club to win the NZFC and the New Zealand National Soccer League. 2016 expansion [edit] In December 2015 it was announced that the league would be expanding to 10 teams for the 2016–17 season with Eastern Suburbs from Auckland, Hamilton Wanderers from Hamilton, and Tasman United from Nelson joining the league, while WaiBop United would exit the competition.[13] Rebrandings [edit] In September 2016, it was announced that the expanded league would be rebranded as the Stirling Sports Premiership.[14] In March 2017, it was announced that the league would be rebranded as the ISPS Handa Premiership, due to a three-year sponsorship deal with ISPS Handa.[15] National League Championship [edit] In March 2021, New Zealand Football announced a change to the structure of both the premiership and the top regional leagues around the country. The four top regional leagues (NRFL Premier, Central Premier League, Mainland Premier League and the FootballSouth Premier League) would be formed into the Northern League, Central League, and the Southern League. These leagues would allow local clubs to qualify for the premiership season (now known as the National League Championship), with the top 4 teams from the Northern League, the top 3 teams from the Central League, and the top 2 teams from the Southern League making up the competition, alongside the Wellington Phoenix Reserve side. All teams that qualify plus the Phoenix Reserves, would then play a single round-robin competition between September and December.[1] Clubs [edit] Until 2019, the New Zealand Football Championship had no promotion or relegation, similar to leagues in Australia and the United States. A promotion and relegation system was to be introduced to the National League in 2020/2021, taking the form of a slot protection model. This model protects one National League slot for each major region of the country to protect geographic representation and maintain a pathway for all clubs into the ISPS Handa Premiership. A slot for the Wellington Phoenix's reserve side was to also be protected. Promotion and relegation were to be decided every 4 years. Current clubs [edit] Team City, Region Stadium Joined Head Coach Auckland City Auckland, Auckland Kiwitea Street 2004 José Figueira Canterbury United Christchurch, Canterbury English Park 2004 Lee Padmore Eastern Suburbs Auckland, Auckland Madills Farm 2016 Hoani Edwards Hamilton Wanderers Hamilton, Waikato Porritt Stadium 2016 Kale Herbert Hawke's Bay United Napier, Hawke's Bay Bluewater Stadium 2005 Bill Robertson Chris Greatholder Team Wellington Wellington, Wellington David Farrington Park 2004 Scott Hales Waitakere United Whenuapai, Auckland Fred Taylor Park 2004 Paul Hobson Wellington Phoenix Reserves Wellington, Wellington Newtown Park 2014 Paul Temple Former clubs [edit] Team City, Region Joined Left YoungHeart Manawatu Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui 2004 2013 Wanderers SC North Shore, Auckland 2013 2015 WaiBOP United Cambridge, Waikato 2004 2016 Southern United Dunedin, Otago 2004 2020 Tasman United Nelson, Nelson 2016 2020 Name changes [edit] Napier City Rovers → Hawke's Bay United Otago United → Southern United Waikato FC → WaiBOP United Champions and premiers [edit] Season Regular Season Grand Final Premiers Points Runners-up Points Champions Score Runners-up 2004–05 Auckland City 46 Waitakere United 40 Auckland City 3 – 2 Waitakere United 2005–06 Auckland City 48 YoungHeart Manawatu 46 Auckland City 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) 4 – 3 (p.s.o.) Canterbury United 2006–07 Waitakere United 47 YoungHeart Manawatu 45 Auckland City 3 – 2 Waitakere United 2007–08 Waitakere United 51 Auckland City 50 Waitakere United 2 – 0 Team Wellington 2008–09 Waitakere United 33 Auckland City 25 Auckland City 2 – 1 Waitakere United 2009–10 Auckland City 31 Waitakere United 29 Waitakere United 3 – 1 Canterbury United 2010–11 Waitakere United 36 Auckland City 30 Waitakere United 3 – 2 Auckland City 2011–12 Auckland City 36 Canterbury United 29 Waitakere United 4 – 1 Team Wellington 2012–13 Waitakere United 37 Auckland City 33 Waitakere United 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Auckland City 2013–14 Auckland City 33 Team Wellington 26 Auckland City 1 – 0 Team Wellington 2014–15 Auckland City 42 Team Wellington 30 Auckland City 2 – 1 Hawke's Bay United 2015–16 Auckland City 38 Hawke's Bay United 30 Team Wellington 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) Auckland City 2016–17 Auckland City 36 Team Wellington 36 Team Wellington 2 – 1 Auckland City 2017–18 Auckland City 40 Team Wellington 37 Auckland City 1 – 0 Team Wellington 2018–19 Auckland City 52 Eastern Suburbs 40 Eastern Suburbs 3 – 0 Team Wellington 2019–20 Auckland City 37† Team Wellington 34† Auckland City Not played† Team Wellington 2020–21 Auckland City 28 Team Wellington 26 Team Wellington 4 – 2 Auckland City † Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season was concluded after 16 rounds. The remaining two rounds of the regular season and the finals series were cancelled. Auckland City, who were leading the regular season table, were declared champions and also awarded the Minor Premiership, and qualified for the 2021 OFC Champions League together with Team Wellington, who were at second place in the regular season table.[16][17] Premiership winners [edit] Team Titles Runners-up Winning Years Auckland City 12 4 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Waitakere United 5 2 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13 Team Wellington – 6 YoungHeart Manawatu – 2 Canterbury United – 1 Hawke's Bay United – 1 Eastern Suburbs – 1 Championship winners [edit] Team Titles Runners-up Winning Years Auckland City 8 5 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20 Waitakere United 5 3 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Team Wellington 3 6 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21 Eastern Suburbs 1 – 2018–19 Canterbury United – 2 Hawke's Bay United – 1 Awards [edit] Golden Boot [edit] The Golden Boot is presented to the player who scores the most goals during the season. Year Player Club Goals 2007–08 Graham Little Team Wellington 12 2008–09 Luis Corrales Team Wellington 12 2009–10 Seule Soromon YoungHeart Manawatu 9 2010–11 Allan Pearce Waitakere United 13 2011–12 George Slefendorfas Canterbury United 12 2012–13 Roy Krishna Waitakere United 12 2013–14 Emiliano Tade Auckland City 12 2014–15 Tyler Boyd Tom Jackson Sean Lovemore Wellington Phoenix Southern United Hawke's Bay United 10 2015–16 Ryan De Vries Auckland City 15 2016–17 Tom Jackson Team Wellington 16 2017–18 Emiliano Tade Auckland City 16 2018–19 Callum McCowatt Eastern Suburbs 21 2019–20 Myer Bevan Auckland City 15 2020–21 Derek Tieku Hamish Watson† Hamilton Wanderers Team Wellington 12 † Due to reaching 12 goals in less games, Hamish Watson was awarded the trophy at the Grand finals.[18] Steve Sumner Trophy [edit] The Steve Sumner Trophy is presented to the man of the match in the final. Year Player Club 2017–18[19] Callum McCowatt Auckland City 2018–19[19] Callum McCowatt Eastern Suburbs 2019–20 Not awarded† 2020–21[18] Andy Bevin Team Wellington † Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season was concluded after 16 rounds and the final series wasn't played.[16][17] Team of the Decade [edit] In 2014, to celebrate the first 10 years of the league under the franchise format (2004–05 to 2013–14), New Zealand Football announced an official Team of the Decade and five individual player awards.[20][21] Prior to the ASB Premiership Grand Final in 2014, the Team of the Decade was announced, as selected by a panel of media experts.[21] The team was selected in a 4–3–3 formation. Position Player Club(s) Goalkeeper Danny Robinson Waikato, Waitakere United Defenders James Pritchett Auckland City Ivan Vicelich Auckland City Danny Hay Waitakere United Ian Hogg Hawke's Bay United, Waitakere United, Auckland City Midfielders Chris Bale Waitakere United, Team Wellington, Auckland City Aaron Clapham Canterbury United Albert Riera Auckland City Strikers Keryn Jordan Waitakere United, Auckland City Roy Krishna Waitakere United, Auckland City Benjamin Totori YoungHeart Manawatu, Waitakere United Substitutes Ross Nicholson (RGK) Auckland City, YoungHeart Manawatu Ben Sigmund Canterbury United, Auckland City Jake Butler Waitakere United Allan Pearce Waitakere United Grant Young Hawke's Bay United, Waitakere United, Auckland City Coach Alan Jones Auckland City Players of the Decade [edit] Throughout the 2013–14 national league season, four Player of the Decade awards (based on playing position) were announced and prior to the 2014 Grand Final an overall Player of the Decade was announced. These awards were decided by a panel of media experts with input from fans via a public vote.[20] Award Player Club(s) Player of the Decade[21] Keryn Jordan Waitakere United, Auckland City Goalkeeper of the Decade[22] Danny Robinson Waikato, Waitakere United Defender of the Decade[23] Ivan Vicelich Auckland City Midfielder of the Decade[24] Aaron Clapham Canterbury United Striker of the Decade[25] Roy Krishna Waitakere United, Auckland City Records and statistics [edit] Regular season matches Updated 2 December 2018 Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Auckland City 15 216 152 34 30 543 220 +323 490 8 4 1 - Canterbury United 14 216 87 39 90 352 335 +17 300 - 1 2 6 Eastern Suburbs 2 18 9 3 6 28 25 +3 30 - - - - Hawke's Bay United¹ 14 216 84 38 94 369 418 −49 290 - 1 2 3 Southern United² 14 216 42 34 140 231 498 −267 160 - - - - Tasman United 2 18 4 5 9 29 42 −13 17 - - - - Team Wellington 14 216 107 37 72 460 364 +96 358 - 3 4 2 WaiBOP United³ 12 198 61 28 109 272 410 −138 211 - - 1 - Waitakere United 14 216 130 28 58 480 275 +205 418 5 2 2 2 Wanderers SC 2 30 9 1 20 61 86 −25 28 - - - - Wellington Phoenix 4 48 12 8 28 68 101 −33 44 - - - - YoungHeart Manawatu 9 154 51 25 78 253 344 −91 178 - 2 1 - ¹ Includes record as Napier City Rovers ² Includes record as Otago United ³ Includes record as Waikato FC Finals matches As of the conclusion of the 2016–17 season Club 1st 2nd 3rd Auckland City 13 29 19 1 9 68 44 +24 58 2.000 6 4 1 Waitakere United 11 24 13 1 10 64 5 +12 40 1.667 5 3 2 Team Wellington 10 23 11 2 10 43 50 −7 35 1.522 2 3 2 Canterbury United 6 14 4 2 8 19 30 −11 14 1.000 - 2 3 Southern United² 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1.000 - - - YoungHeart Manawatu 3 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4 0.800 - - 2 Hawke's Bay United¹ 5 9 1 0 8 13 24 −11 3 0.333 - 1 2 WaiBOP United³ 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0 0.000 - - 1 ¹ Includes record as Napier City Rovers ² Includes record as Otago United ³ Includes record as Waikato FC Largest victories Season Home team Result Away team Date 2013–14 Southern United 0 – 10 Auckland City 16 February 2013 2006–07 Waitakere United 8 – 0 Southern United 8 March 2007 2007–08 YoungHeart Manawatu 0 – 8 Team Wellington 6 January 2008 2007–08 Canterbury United 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2008 2011–12 Canterbury United 9 – 1 YoungHeart Manawatu 22 January 2012 2012–13 Waikato 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2013 2005–06 YoungHeart Manawatu 8 – 1 Hawke's Bay United 18 February 2006 2006–07 Team Wellington 7 – 0 Hawke's Bay United 26 January 2007 2011–12 Canterbury United 7 – 0 Hawke's Bay United 4 February 2012 Highest scoring matches Season Home team Result Away team Date 2005–06 Team Wellington 4 – 6 Auckland City 7 January 2006 2007–08 Canterbury United 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2008 2011–12 Canterbury United 9 – 1 YoungHeart Manawatu 22 January 2012 2012–13 Waikato 1 – 9 Waitakere United 20 January 2013 2012–13 Waitakere United 6 – 4 Hawke's Bay United 9 March 2013 2013–14 Southern United 0 – 10 Auckland City 16 February 2013 2005–06 YoungHeart Manawatu 8 – 1 Hawke's Bay United 18 February 2006 2007–08 Waikato 4 – 5 YoungHeart Manawatu 30 March 2008 2011–12 YoungHeart Manawatu 2 – 7 Waitakere United 15 January 2012 Related competitions [edit] OFC Champions League [edit] Main article: OFC Champions League The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier football competition in Oceania. It is organized by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. It has been organized since 2007 under the current format, following its successor, the Oceania Club Championship. Two teams from the ISPS Handa Premiership participate annually. Four O-League titles have been won by teams from New Zealand. ASB Charity Cup [edit] Main article: Charity Cup The ASB Charity Cup was introduced in 2011 as a season opener played the weekend before the first matches of the ASB Premiership season.[26] The fixture pits the ASB Premiership Grand Final winner against the best performing New Zealand team in the OFC Champions League.[26] However, when the same team fills both categories as Auckland City did in 2014 and 2015 the ASB Premiership runner-up qualifies for Charity Cup.[27] ASB Phoenix Challenge The 2010–11 season saw the introduction of the ASB Challenge Series. This was an individual friendly competition in which the eight Premiership teams competed against a reserve team attached to Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand-based team playing in the Australian A-League. The ASB Phoenix Challenge was discontinued after the 2010–11 season but reinstated for 2012–2013, its last appearance. White Ribbon Cup Main article: White Ribbon Cup The White Ribbon Cup, is a knockout cup competition run by New Zealand Football. The 2011–12 season will be the inaugural season of the NZF Cup. It was established in 2011 to provide regular football for the six clubs not participating in the Oceania Champions League and runs in conjunction with the ISPS Handa Premiership regular season.[28] Season Winner Score Runner-up 2011–12 Team Wellington 6–1 Waikato FC National Youth League [edit] New Zealand Football additionally ran the National Youth League, a competition for the youth teams for each of the clubs in the New Zealand Football Championship. It was held between October and December, and consisted of each team playing each other once; the fixture list mirroring that of the senior league. The team with the most points at the end of the season became the champions. The final champions were the youth team of Auckland City.[29] After a review by New Zealand Football of all their national competitions,[30] it was decided to end the national youth competition with its last season being 2019.[30][31] In the last season of the competition, Auckland City won its seventh title as well as winning three in a row from 2017 to 2019 to finish as champions of the competition.[32] See also [edit] Football in New Zealand New Zealand National Soccer League National Women's League Chatham Cup Kate Sheppard Cup Auckland Derby References [edit]
4946	dbpedia	0	92	https://tillotson.co.nz/football-memories/nz-national-team-part-2/	en	NZ National Team (part 2).	https://tillotson.co.nz/…ion-1024x817.jpg		[ "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nz-posers-300x212.jpg", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dads-army-255x300.jpg", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/team-nz-wc-qualif-300x163.jpg", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/geof-brand3.bmp", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nz-draw-300x178.jpg", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/team-australiabmp.bmp", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/alanmt-vh2001-155x300.jpg", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/brian-turner-3jpg.jpg", "https://tillotson.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Maurice-action-1024x817.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en			https://tillotson.co.nz/football-memories/nz-national-team-part-2/	The New Zealand National Football team assembled at the Ardmore Teachers Training College at Papakura in Auckland during early February 1973 to prepare for the inaugural Oceania Nations Cup Tournament. Alan Vest and I flew from Gisborne to Auckland where we were met at the airport by a dapper talkative man who has since become synominous with football in Auckland; Arthur Eagan. The accommodation at the Ardmore camp was hardly luxurious; however, it served our needs as a training camp, with a football pitch within walking distance and a supply of substantial food at the canteen. We were dealt an early blow when Ian Ormond pulled out of the squad, due to work commitments, and we were also informed that the captain John Staines would not be in camp, but would attend training on a daily basis. I cannot remember these set back affecting our moral, as we had so many colourful characters in the squad that we could look forward, with relish, at the next six weeks as fulltime footballers. A break in training at the Ardmore Teachers Training College. Of the squad which participated in the Asian tour to Indonesia, Paul Cameron, Warren Fleet, Vic Pollard, Nigel Ashurst, Ian Hastie along with Ian Ormond were all missing. Incomers were John Staines, Colin Latimer and Mal Bland from Eastern Suburbs, Max Davis and brothers Ronnie and Brian Armstrong, from Mt Wellington, Tom Randles and Brian Hardman from Christchurch United, and Gary Lake from Blockhouse Bay. As elder citizens of the squad, Alan Vest, Brian Hardman and Tom Randles were cast in the role of ‘Dads Army,’ unfortunately, I was somehow included in this role purely because we hung out together. Charlie Dempsey, who was later to influence major advancements in both NZ Football, and the Oceania Confederation, was the Manager of the squad. Charlie still fancied himself as a player and would want to join in the practice games in training; we would humour him by allowing him score the occasional goal. ‘Dads Army,’ Alan Vest, Tom Randles, MT, Brian Hardmen (kneeling). Our opening game of the Oceania Cup against Fiji was played under floodlights on a Saturday evening at Newmarket Park. I was named in the starting line-up for this game in which we ran out comfortable winners, 5 – 1 in front of a healthy crowd of spectators. It seems strange by modern International protocol but we had to face Tahiti the very next day; they were stiffer opposition than Fiji, the game ending in a fractious 1 – 1 draw. I missed this game but was named in the following match against our recent rivals New Caledonia, where we came out with a 2 – 1 win. New Hebrides were dispatched by 2 – 1 in the semi-final and once again we faced Tahiti, but this time in the Oceania Nations final. I edged out Tony Sibley for the right back position, and we lined up with Kevin Curtin, MT, Colin Latimer, John Staines, Ronnie Armstrong, Denis Tindall, Dave Taylor, Brian Turner, Alan Marley, Alan Vest and Malcolm Bland. Goals by Dave Taylor and Alan Marley secured us the victory, but not without a struggle, against some very talented Tahitian players. After the game a reception was held somewhere in central Auckland and after a few celebratory drinks Barry Truman loaded his station wagon with Geoff Brand, Tom Randles, Brian Hardman, Alan Vest and me to return to Ardmore. The journey started very well with all of us singing the popular songs of the day, but after a while we realised that niether of us were Auckland residents and consequently not familiar the road networks. We were lost and couldn’t find our way to the motorway leading back to Papakura. After about two hours, when our good humour had disintegrated into a slanging match, we finally made it back to our base at Ardmore, where some of the student teachers had kindly arranged a celebration party for us. NZ Football Squad to contest the World Cup Qualifying Tournament 1973. With the Oceania Nations Cup safely tucked away in the trophy cabinet, the focus now turned to the World Cup Qualifiers. Our first match pitted us against the tournament favourites Australia; hosting the game at Auckland’s Newmarket Park. In front of a full house we fought out a 1-1 draw, with Brian Turner notching our goal and but for a miss in front of goal by substitute Geoff Brand, in the dying minutes, we could have scored a famous victory. Geof Brand stretches for the ball in front of an open goal which would won us the game against Aussie. We moved on to Sydney where we played out a 1-1 draw against Indonesia, Alan Vest the scorer, before losing disastrously against Iraq by 0-2. I missed the match against Iraq but was reinstated for the all-important return game against Australia at the Sydney Sportsground. A fifteen thousand crowd turned up to witness what was meant to be a comfortable victory for the fancied Aussies, but once again we spoiled their party by forcing them into a 3-3 draw. Alan Vest put us 1-0 up early in the game and although we were 3-1 down by half time we never gave up, continuing to attack the Australian defence, until we were rewarded with two second half goals by Dennis Tindall. Throughout the tournament we had been lowly rated by the Australian press, therefore, to gain two draws against the eventual winners gave us a certain amount of credibility. Although we drew with Australia on two occasions they went forward to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany. However, the euphoria of the result against Australia soon evaporated when we moved on to Melbourne’s Olympic Park to face Indonesia. For me it was a personal disaster as I scored the only goal of the game, into my own net. I over hit a pass-back to our goalkeeper, John Morris; and watched in horror as it sailed over his head and into the net. Unfortunately for me it was the only goal of the game and it virtually put an end to our slim chance of qualifying. The tournament finished on a low note for the squad when we were defeated 0-4 in the final game against Iraq. For this game Ronnie Armstrong and I were moved from our normal full back positions into the midfield, but the positional changes didn’t work and I was reverted back into my more familiar position at halftime. Despite my own goal John Morris and I still remain friends. The overall experience of playing in the World Cup Qualifiers was for me a memorable and valuable episode in my football career, meaning that I had now been involved in three top class cup competitions; the FA Cup with Stockport County, European Cup with Royal Antwerp, and the World Cup with New Zealand. I had enjoyed the comradeship of players of a group of players who I would continue to be associated with for many years to come. Barrie Truman informed me that the Australian Coach Rale Rasic had singled out Brian Turner and me as the most outstanding New Zealand players; I took that as a great compliment because our squad comprised of many accomplished and talented footballers. Playing directly behind Brian Turner helped me appreciate what an outstanding player he was; even though he was not at peak fitness at this time, I could recognise his vision and creative abilities. Brian could pick out his teammates with a range of long and short passes, shielded the ball well, and was always available to receive the ball. Brian Turner; a creative midfield player. There was one further International game to play during the 1973 season which took place in August at Newmarket Park, against Iran. Iran were preparing their team for World Cup play-offs against Australia. The teams played out an entertaining 0-0 draw, with newcomers to the squad in the form of, Phil Dando, Graham Griffiths, Ken France, Alan Smith, John Legg, Earl Thomas, and Steve Boyland. There were to be quite a few major developments in my life, and my football career before the next time that I would pull on the white New Zealand shirt………
4946	dbpedia	3	28	https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40786128/a-leagues-wellington-phoenix-raise-concerns-alex-paulsen-auckland-move	en	Phoenix raise concerns over Paulsen's Auckland move	https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0809%2Fr1370849_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg	https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0809%2Fr1370849_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg	[ "https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fredesign%2Fassets%2Fimg%2Ficons%2FESPN%2Dicon%2Dsoccer.png&w=80&h=80&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=origin", "https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/content-reactions/check.png&h=80&w=80", "https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2024/0807/r1370158_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center" ]	[ "https://media.video-cdn.espn.com/motion/2024/0807/dm_240807_Soccer_Interview_PFA_Australian_football_needs_stability_20240808/dm_240807_Soccer_Interview_PFA_Australian_football_needs_stability_20240808_360p30_1464k.mp4" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "AAP", "Alex Kirkland", "Rodrigo Faez", "Sam Marsden", "Rajan Hothi", "Sam Tighe", "Chris Wright", "Graham Hunter", "Mark Ogden", "Emily Keogh" ]	2024-08-09T01:32:41+00:00	Wellington Phoenix have raised concerns with Football Australia over a loan move for former gloveman Alex Paulsen to A-League Men rivals Auckland FC.	en	https://a.espncdn.com/pr…sets/icons/E.svg	ESPN.com	https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40786128/a-leagues-wellington-phoenix-raise-concerns-alex-paulsen-auckland-move	Wellington Phoenix have raised concerns with Football Australia over a loan move for former gloveman Alex Paulsen to A-League Men rivals Auckland FC. Paulsen, 22, earned a move to AFC Bournemouth after a superb campaign for the Nix last campaign, when he was voted the league's best goalkeeper. He is the most high-profile of three ex-Wellington players to cross the divide and join the new Auckland outfit, which joins the league this season. The English Premier League club and Auckland FC are both owned by the same multi-club model under American billionaire Bill Foley. Previously, under a Football Australia rule known as the "Caceres Clause", an immediate move between co-owned clubs had been banned. That was until Friday morning, when FA announced it had reviewed the rule, with Auckland FC announcing the signing a half-hour later. Auckland coach Steve Corica said he was delighted to bring the Auckland-raised Paulsen home. "He was brilliant last season, and he has just returned from a successful Olympics with the OlyWhites," he said. "He is athletic, a strong shot-stopper and a commanding presence on crosses. He has also demonstrated superb anticipation and is comfortable playing out from the back off both feet." The Caceres Clause was brought in following the 2016 transfer of Central Coast's Anthony Caceres, who was bought by Manchester City and immediately loaned to affiliate club Melbourne City, causing uproar. A FA spokesman said clubs supported a move to scrap the clause, while retaining oversight of payments to ensure fairness. Wellington chief executive David Dome said his club would seek further information over the deal. "We don't know what 'player registration and salary cap treatment guardrails' will be in place that APL say will 'balance development of the A-League while ensuring competition integrity'," he said. The move will deepen animosity between Wellington and Auckland ahead of their derby meetings this year. Paulsen, who signed a long-term deal with Wellington last November before the life-changing move, previously said he playing for his home town club "didn't really cross my mind at all". "Wellington is my second home ... the Phoenix have the best resources, the best facilities and overall the best people to help me push and strive to be the best goalkeeper and person that I can be," he said last November.
4946	dbpedia	3	53	https://worldwheelchair.rugby/2024/03/18/wellington-all-set-for-8-teams-battling-it-out-for-paris/	en	Wellington all set for 8 teams battling it out for Paris! – WWR	https://worldwheelchair.…icon-192x192.png	https://worldwheelchair.…icon-192x192.png	[ "https://worldwheelchair.rugby/wp-content/themes/wheelchair_rugby/images/mobile.png", "https://worldwheelchair.rugby/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240318_WWRPQT_384-scaled.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Editor Prime" ]	2024-03-18T00:00:00		en	https://worldwheelchair.…e-icon-57x57.png		https://worldwheelchair.rugby/2024/03/18/wellington-all-set-for-8-teams-battling-it-out-for-paris/	New Zealand’s capital city is playing host this week to the WWR Paralympic Qualification Tournament 2024, where eight teams will compete for the remaining three spots at this years Paris Paralympics. The eight teams are split into two pools. Pool A consists of Australia, Colombia, Germany and Switzerland. While Pool B has Canada, Brazil, Netherlands and hosts New Zealand. Due to the layout of the tournament, the two teams that win the semi-finals, will qualify them their spot at the Paralympics, while the two losing teams will battle it out for the remaining spot in Paris held in August. Australian and Canada come into this as strong favourites having both finished second in their respective Zonals, while the other six sides, especially the hosts, would love to cause an upset or two. This will make the five day of the tournament come alight. The venue for this is the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport, in Trentham, a suburb of Wellington 30 minutes north of the city. In a first for the sport, the court being used for the tournament is a basketball court being shipped from Christchurch and laid over an artificial turf. Action starts Wednesday 20th March with Pool play continuing Thursday and Friday. Saturday sees cross-pool matches, with the final matches taking place on Sunday 24th March. The five days of competition for the Paralympic Qualification Tournament, is the same number of days that will be used for the Paris Paralympics later in the year. You don’t want to miss the action. All games are being shown on YouTube through World Wheelchair Rugby’s channel. All NZ games are also being shown live and free to air through Sky Open (Prime). If you are in Wellington and wanting to watch the action live, there are door sales at the venue. World Wheelchair Rugby’s Social Media pages will also have half-time and full-time updates of each game. Countries already qualified for 2024 Paris Paralympics – France (Hosts), Great Britain, Denmark, USA and Japan.
4946	dbpedia	0	47	https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2023/04/prepping-poneke-for-fifa	en	Prepping Pōneke for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™	http://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2023/04/fifa-world-cup-players.jpg?mh=1000&mw=1200	http://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2023/04/fifa-world-cup-players.jpg?mh=1000&mw=1200	[ "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2023/04/fifa-world-cup-players.jpg?w=1920&h=670&crop=1", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2023/04/fifa-world-cup-players.jpg?w=1920&h=670&crop=1", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2023/04/changing-rooms.jpg?mw=540", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2023/04/changing-rooms.jpg?mw=320&mh=320", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2022/07/fifa-womens-world-cup/fifa-womens-world-cup-trophy.jpg?mw=650&mh=430&crop=1", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2022/07/fifa-womens-world-cup/fifa-womens-world-cup-trophy.jpg?w=650&h=430", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2021/04/fifa.png?mw=650&mh=430&crop=1", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2021/04/fifa.png?w=650&h=430", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2022/07/fifa-womens-world-cup/fifa-womens-world-cup-trophy.jpg?mw=650&mh=430&crop=1", "https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/images/2022/07/fifa-womens-world-cup/fifa-womens-world-cup-trophy.jpg?w=650&h=430", "https://wellington.govt.nz/assets/images/logos/nzgovt-logo-white.svg", "https://shielded.co.nz/img/custom-logo.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-09-11T16:41:26	With the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 coming up in July, Wellington has been preparing for thousands of people to flock to the city. Our Parks, Sport and Recreation team have been hard at work behind-the-scenes getting our facilities ready.	en	/apple-icon-57x57.png	Wellington City Council	https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2023/04/prepping-poneke-for-fifa	In Pōneke, while all official games will be played at the Sky Wellington Regional Stadium, there is a requirement from FIFA to provide facilities for match day minus one, which refers to visiting teams training the day before a game. Wellington City Council FIFA Project Coordinator Wendy Turton has been busy working on the upgrades to Newtown Park and Martin Luckie Park, which are the designated facilities for the world cup. This work began in November 2022 and will be completed in time for the tournament in July. These facilities all need to match certain specifications to make sure they are playable and up to a standard for use, she says. “A lot of work has gone into these facilities – we needed to install floodlights on the two nominated grounds and renovated both fields to FIFA standards. In Newtown Park we’ve installed brand new gender-neutral changing rooms, allowing players to have full privacy. “We’ve also worked on heating and ventilation in these facilities. The aim is to provide a secure and safe place so that they can bring out the best of the athletes coming into our country.” While there are a lot of building works, the work touches all aspects of Parks, Sport, and Recreation says Wendy. “There are people within our Sports Field team who have been working hard to get the grass ready. FIFA grass must be specifically 24mms, healthy, and has to be mowed in a certain pattern so the team have been preparing the grass for that. “Our Horticulture and Gardens teams have been doing work to look at how our plants in the city will be affected by more people than usual, and our Arborist Team are trimming trees that could be impacted by buses coming in and out of Newtown Park. It really is a team job!” The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is the biggest event to be held in New Zealand and is a chance for people to see some of the best sports women in the business, says Wendy. “We have a chance to step up as a sporting community and show what our city has to offer. We get to not only see some of the top tier athletes from all around the world in our backyard, but we get to upgrade facilities that will be around for future New Zealand athletes. “Next year we’ve got events like the New Zealand nationals for Athletics here again, so we’re going to see athletes like the likes of Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill. It’s not just for this event, it’s here for future codes.” Wellington’s nine matches include seven group matches, a round of 16 fixtures and a quarter-final clash.
4946	dbpedia	0	10	https://www.olympicafc.org.nz/club-info/club-honours-1	en	Wellington Olympic AFC	https://prodcdn.sporty.c…pg?ts=2222384956	https://prodcdn.sporty.c…pg?ts=2222384956	[ "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1431892/de422c29-f61e-4978-a3d7-fd0ce2d9487f_wo.jpeg?t=638366219712700000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1431892/4c2c9791-c513-42ad-a235-9776f91201e7_wo.jpg?t=638275457432800000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1431892/c393ad26-30bc-4123-a0f4-91229c312d80_wo.jpg?t=638308651015730000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418295/172c5c43-e897-4eca-a1e2-1c661be1c5c5_wo.jpg?t=638110700376270000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/c95dfb26-63d9-44c5-aa58-96b2de8207b0_wo.png?t=637804687127030000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/7b1eee56-9abc-4c66-9500-13e2e1701382_wo.jpg?t=638210821450970000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1418147/49f923b8-eebb-47da-8fe9-3602dc07ec7a_wo.jpg?t=637804733103170000", "https://prodcdn.sporty.co.nz/cms/8107/58708/1431892/de422c29-f61e-4978-a3d7-fd0ce2d9487f_wo.jpeg?t=638366219712700000", "https://www.olympicafc.org.nz/Content/images/admin-login.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Wellington Olympic AFC is an association football club in Wellington, New Zealand.		https://prodcdn.sporty.c…6316/favicon.png		https://www.olympicafc.org.nz/olympicafc/club-info/club-honours-1	Individual Honours NZ All White Internationals which have come through the ranks at Wellington Olympic AFC. Leo BERTOS (1997-2000) Bertos is easily one of the most exciting talents to come out of Wellington Olympic Football Club. In 1997 Leo made his first team debut for Olympic at aged 15 and went on to make 53 first team appearances before signing for English Championship side Barnsley FC in 2000. Leo spent seven seasons in the UK before making a move to Australias Premier Competition the Hyundai A-League signing for Perth Glory in 2006. Leo went on to play for the Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League and won the Sony Player of the Year award in 08/09 in his first season at the Club. New Zealand International Caps: 50 (2002 - Current All White). Kosta is the most recent talent to come through the ranks at Wellington Olympic AFC and achieve full international honours. Kosta aged 16 scored on his first team debut for Wellington Olympic vs Lower Hutt City in the Central League on the 17 April, 2006. He went on to make 24 appearances scoring 14 goals before he signed for the Wellington Phoenix Football Club in 2007. Barbarouses captained New Zealand at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in Korea, having scored a hat-trick in their final qualifying match to ensure progression to the finals. He made his senior debut in a World Cup qualifier against Fiji on 19 November, 2008. New Zealand International Caps: 17 (2008 - Current All White). Former Thai Air Ways Oly-Whites U23s and U20s Junior All Whites Coach Stu Jacobs played for Wellington Olympic AFC from 1993 to 1996. During his time at Olympic he went on to make 84 appearances and score 16 goals at the Club. Stu was part of the Golden era of Wellington Olympic as they were believed to be one of the best clubs in New Zealand in the mid 90s. Jacobs was part of the Wellington Olympic side that made the Chatham Cup final in 1994. Stu made his debut for the All Whites on the 17th November, 1988 and during his three seasons at Welligton Olympic AFC he appeared eleven times for the All Whites. Stu is now the current All Whites' Assistant Coach (2023). New Zealand International Caps: 16 (1988 - 1997). Simon Elliott is one of the most successful players to come out of New Zealand Football. He began his professional career with USL First Division team Boston Bulldogs in 1999, before joining Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy in May 1999.He made 122 appearances for Galaxy in five seasons, scoring ten goals. Elliott was traded in January 2004 to the Columbus Crew in exchange for a first round pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. He played every game in the 2005 season before signing for Fulham Football Club in the English Premier League applying his trade in the worlds most watched league til he was released May 2008. Elliot earned his his 50th international cap in a 3-0 win over New Caledonia on 10 September 2008, accruing 6 goals en route to his milestone. He appeared in qualifying matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France. Elliott was included in the New Zealand U-23 squad for their first appearance at the Olympic Games as one of three over age players, alongside Ryan Nelsen and Chris Killen. Simon Elliott played 74 games and scored 32 goals for Wellington Olympic AFC from 1993 - 1995. He also managed to make four International caps during his 1995 season at Wellington Olympic AFC. New Zealand International Caps: 65 (1995 - 2010). 15 year old Clayton Lewis made his debut off the bench at Richard Prouse Park on 12th May 2012 in the 4-0 win against Wainuiomata in the Chatham Cup playing alongside his father Barry. His Central League debut followed two weeks' later in a 4-1 win against Wests at Endeavour Park. His first goal was in his fifth match in a 2-2 draw against Wests at Newtown Park on 5th August 2012. The following season he made his first start in the opening Central League match 5-2 win against Napier City Rovers and became a fixture as he went on to play in 20 of the 24 games that year (including 14 starts). Overall, he played a total of 41 times between 2012 and 2015 of which 23 were alongside his father Barry, scoring 9 times including the winner against Caversham in the 2013 Chatham Cup quarter final when Olympic fought back from 0-2 to win 3-2. Clayton played National League over the 2014/15 summer with Wanderers Special Club (formed to develop players for the NZ u20 side prior to the 2015 U-20 World Cup in New Zealand) scoring 3 goals in thirteen matches. Prior to the U-20 World Cup he made his senior All Whites debut against South Korea on 31st March 2015. After two years at National League, Clayton heading to England to play for Scunthorpe United, returning two years later to play for Auckland City before signing with the Wellington Phoenix in October 2020. Since then, he has become a regular having played over 50 times for the Phoenix, recently teaming up with another former Wellington Olympic player, Kosta Barbarouses. Clayton scored his first international goal in a 4-0 win against Fiji in a World Cup qualifier in Qatar in 2022 and as of April 2023 has 22 caps and 1 goal.
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They currently serve as the reserve side of Wellington Phoenix FC, who currently compete in the A-League in Australia. The reserve side, however, currently compete in...	en	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/4/4a/Site-favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20210713142012	Football Wiki	https://football.fandom.com/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC_Reserves	Wellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves is a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the capital city, Wellington. They currently serve as the reserve side of Wellington Phoenix FC, who currently compete in the A-League in Australia. The reserve side, however, currently compete in the New Zealand Football Championship. History[] From 2010–2013 a Wellington Phoenix reserve side took part in the ASB Phoenix Challenge against ASB Premiership sides, however these games were separate to the main competition. On 22 August 2014 it was announced that A-League side, Wellington Phoenix, had been granted permission to play a reserve side in the 2014–15 ASB Premiership, the top division for football in New Zealand. The team made their debut in the competition on 1 November 2014 against Team Wellington. Tyler Boyd scored the first goal in Phoenix Reserves history but that could not prevent them losing 1–2. On 2 October 2015 Wellington Phoenix named a Youth Squad to take part in the ASB Youth League. Current squad[] Reserves squad[] As of 17 October 2017 Youth squad[] As of 17 October 2017 No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW Max Bachelor 13 DF Noah Tipene-Clegg 14 FW Oskar van Hattum 16 MF Tuyi Byamana 20 GK Zac Dean 21 MF Owen Smith 22 DF Tommi-Joe McIndoe 23 DF Tim Hamilton 25 DF Eric Gromme 26 DF Kurtis Mogg 27 FW Henry Hamilton No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF Gatsby Gray 31 MF Josh Wentworth 32 MF Adam Hillis 33 DF Finn O'Connor 36 MF Forbes Nyatsanza 37 MF Jackson Manuel 40 GK Thomas Poole 41 MF Luke Agalawatta 42 MF Tom Wagner 44 FW Luke Tawatha Senior team squad[] Up to four professional players are eligible to play for the reserves side from this squad. Two under-20 players are also allowed if the reserves side's opposition agrees to their inclusion on match day. [] Official website Template:Wellington Phoenix FC 2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship Auckland City · Canterbury United · Eastern Suburbs · Hamilton Wanderers · Hawke's Bay United · Southern United · Tasman United · Team Wellington · Waitakere United · Wellington Phoenix Reserves
4946	dbpedia	1	9	https://facts.net/lifestyle/sports/wellington-phoenix-fc-13-football-club-facts/	en	Wellington Phoenix FC: 13 Football Club Facts	https://facts.net/wp-con…s-1698934365.jpg	https://facts.net/wp-con…s-1698934365.jpg	[ "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Facts.net_.png", "https://facts.net/wp-content/themes/newsanchor/images/svg/search.svg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/themes/newsanchor/images/svg/search.svg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/50-facts-about-fabrizio-romano-1723555868.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/25-facts-about-jay-carney-1723434187.jpg", "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=30&d=mm&r=g ", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/jessica_corbett_facts_senior_fact_checker-30x30.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/wellington-phoenix-fc-13-football-club-facts-1698934365.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Google-News-Button-01.png", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/phoenix-sports-fc-22-football-club-facts-1699093268.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/phoenix-rising-fc-22-football-club-facts-1698416061.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wellington-afc-17-football-club-facts-1693985494.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/leatherhead-fc-13-football-club-facts-1695194159.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/fc-vizela-13-football-club-facts-1698488577.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/fc-new-york-13-football-club-facts-1699229025.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/fc-saarbrucken-13-football-club-facts-1698604091.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/royston-town-fc-13-football-club-facts-1698723459.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/platanias-fc-13-football-club-facts-1698589171.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hanley-town-fc-13-football-club-facts-1693980848.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jong-fc-twente-13-football-club-facts-1693794267.jpg", "https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fc-dinamo-brest-13-football-club-facts-1695484952.jpg", "http://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Facts.net_.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Nancee Lamp" ]	2023-12-22T23:01:13+08:00	Discover 13 fascinating facts about Wellington Phoenix FC, from its founding in 2007 to its passionate fanbase and notable achievements on the football field.	en	https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fac-icon.ico	Facts.net	https://facts.net/lifestyle/sports/wellington-phoenix-fc-13-football-club-facts/	Wellington Phoenix FC was established in 2007. Founded in 2007, Wellington Phoenix FC is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. They compete in the Australian A-League, making them the only New Zealand team to participate in the top-flight Australian league. The team’s home ground is Sky Stadium. Sky Stadium, formerly known as Westpac Stadium, is the primary home ground of Wellington Phoenix FC. Located in Wellington, the stadium has a seating capacity of approximately 34,500, providing an electric atmosphere for the team’s matches. Wellington Phoenix FC is nicknamed “The Nix”. The Wellington Phoenix FC is commonly referred to as “The Nix”. This nickname reflects the team’s connection to the capital city of New Zealand, where “Nix” is a shortened form of “Phoenix. The fans proudly chant “Go Nix!” during matches to support their beloved team. The team’s colors are black and yellow. Wellington Phoenix FC’s colors are black and yellow, which are prominently featured in the team’s home and away kits. The black represents strength and determination, while the yellow symbolizes energy and vitality. Wellington Phoenix FC has had several notable players. Over the years, Wellington Phoenix FC has been home to several talented players, including former New Zealand national team captain Andrew Durante, prolific striker Roy Krishna, and midfield maestro Ulises Dávila. These players have made significant contributions to the team’s success on the field. The team’s biggest rival is Melbourne Victory. Wellington Phoenix FC shares a fierce rivalry with Melbourne Victory, another team competing in the Australian A-League. Matches between the two teams are highly anticipated, with passionate fans creating an intense atmosphere both at home and away. Wellington Phoenix FC has qualified for the A-League finals multiple times. Throughout their history, Wellington Phoenix FC has achieved success in the Australian A-League by qualifying for the finals on multiple occasions. This demonstrates the team’s consistency and competitiveness in the league. The team is known for its attacking style of play. Wellington Phoenix FC is renowned for its exciting and attacking style of play. The team prioritizes fluid passing, offensive creativity, and high-intensity pressing, which often leads to thrilling matches for both players and fans alike. The club’s mascot is a Phoenix bird. The Wellington Phoenix FC’s mascot is a Phoenix bird, which represents rebirth and immortality. The mascot adds an element of fun and entertainment to matchdays, engaging with fans and creating an enjoyable experience for all attendees. Wellington Phoenix FC has a dedicated fan base. Wellington Phoenix FC boasts a loyal and passionate fan base, known for their unwavering support throughout the season. The team’s supporters, often referred to as “The Yellow Fever,” create an electric atmosphere at matches, cheering on the players with unbridled enthusiasm. Wellington Phoenix FC promotes youth development. The club places a strong emphasis on youth development, nurturing young talent from the local area and providing them with opportunities to progress in their football careers. The Wellington Phoenix Academy plays a crucial role in identifying and developing future stars. Wellington Phoenix FC actively contributes to the community. Wellington Phoenix FC is committed to making a positive impact in the community. Through various initiatives, including charity partnerships and grassroots programs, the club strives to use football as a tool for social development and cohesion. Wellington Phoenix FC has a dedicated women’s team. In addition to the men’s team, Wellington Phoenix FC also has a dedicated women’s team that competes in the New Zealand National Women’s League. This demonstrates the club’s commitment to promoting gender equality and providing equal opportunities for female players. Conclusion Wellington Phoenix FC is a fascinating football club with a rich history and a dedicated fan base. From its humble beginnings to becoming the only New Zealand team competing in the Australian A-League, the club has made a significant impact on the football landscape. With a strong squad of talented players, a renowned manager, and the unwavering support of its fans, Wellington Phoenix FC continues to strive for success in every competition they participate in. Whether it’s their distinctive yellow and black kit or their passionate chants echoing through the stadium, the club has created a unique identity that is cherished by both players and fans alike. As Wellington Phoenix FC continues to evolve and grow, there is no doubt that the club will continue to leave a lasting legacy in the world of football. FAQs 1. When was Wellington Phoenix FC established? Wellington Phoenix FC was established in 2007. 2. Which league does Wellington Phoenix FC compete in? Wellington Phoenix FC competes in the Australian A-League. 3. Are there any notable players who have played for Wellington Phoenix FC? Yes, there have been several notable players who have represented Wellington Phoenix FC, including Paul Ifill, Shane Smeltz, and Roy Krishna. 4. What is the home stadium of Wellington Phoenix FC? Wellington Phoenix FC plays its home matches at the Sky Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. 5. How many times has Wellington Phoenix FC won the A-League? As of now, Wellington Phoenix FC has not won the A-League title. 6. What is the team’s nickname? Wellington Phoenix FC is commonly known as the “Nix”. 7. Does Wellington Phoenix FC have a youth academy? Yes, Wellington Phoenix FC has a youth academy that develops young talents for the club. 8. Who is the current manager of Wellington Phoenix FC? The current manager of Wellington Phoenix FC is Ufuk Talay. 9. What are the team’s primary colors? The primary colors of Wellington Phoenix FC are yellow and black. 10. How many times has Wellington Phoenix FC qualified for the A-League finals? Wellington Phoenix FC has qualified for the A-League finals on multiple occasions.
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News, forums and more!	en	/assets/icons/favicon-8d4081c9d3e3eaf071b71783a15f65b114160845a46c7483c924f0514bc3211d.ico	Yellow Fever	https://yellowfever.co.nz/categories/asb-premiership-ocl/topics/auckland-city-vs-team-wellington?highlight=post_179163	Yesterday, I believe Hard News was sideline at morning football watching his son, off to Petone Memorial for the first half of Petone v Miramar then dashing off over the hill to Wainui to play for his Naenae side in the afternoon (a team he organises and plays for along with two lunch time five aside teams and at least one evening indoor side). Today he was playing with his Sunday League side in the early afternoon before texting me every twenty minutes with updates from the TW Auckland City clash. He also chips in on this forum from time to time when he gets a moment. Im not sure what Feverish did today - possibly watching one of Waterside's womens' teams - but yesterday he was at Karori Park from about 10am as Wharfies Club Captain getting the changing rooms organised and making sure the six football pitches were ready to go for opening day of the season. After taking care of that he had to get ready for his his own match at 2:30 - before reassuming his Club Captaincy responsibilities in the clubrooms. And thats just what im aware of. I think they do their bit and take just a wee bit of interest in football in this country too. I tend to tolerate most of your nonsense HT - but that did bug me bc it was so childish.
4946	dbpedia	0	50	https://theniche-cache.com/football/2024/5/31/what-comes-next-for-the-wellington-phoenix-blokes-after-their-best-ever-a-league-season	en	What Comes Next For The Wellington Phoenix Blokes After Their Best Ever A	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/51a2ebc4e4b03e3c0123e909/665947bedf7a9243b72544c0/1717529368808/VS--A-LeagueMenWELvSYDS65f7g8%E2%80%9D.jpg?format=1500w	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/51a2ebc4e4b03e3c0123e909/665947bedf7a9243b72544c0/1717529368808/VS--A-LeagueMenWELvSYDS65f7g8%E2%80%9D.jpg?format=1500w	[ "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1418784424935-OYU0MDG0OZVA9E8EHGHE/TNC.jpg?format=750w", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/6545f5ae-88fd-4e60-974b-00efed0a12f3/VS--A-LeagueMenWELvSYDS65f7g8%E2%80%9D.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723167163279-MFAWT2L3RUD595N6D1IL/VS--YouTube-FontainesDC-HeresTheThingOfficialVideo-1%E2%80%9914%E2%80%9D.png", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723067987874-Y616ZW90V8IB5JR8KVHV/CIRCO.png", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1721882984955-9E9S0KE2MY8WKNPBTM30/VS--NBLR14NZBreakersvPERSkyGo-100%E2%80%9924%E2%80%9D.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723527287448-8A86N4QQ6UDY2RRU9K5I/flyingkiwis-aug13.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1723676415555-NGYT20HS3727YZAW3BF0/KIWI.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Nick Robinson" ]	2024-05-31T00:00:00	You have to lose one before you can win one. That’s how the saying goes. Obviously you don’t have to do anything... but there is definitely wisdom in that age-old message.	en	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a2e9abe4b01fcfc7489cbe/1418784440605-ODBZY81BOINBIMBPBJ6U/favicon.ico?format=100w	The Niche Cache	https://theniche-cache.com/football/2024/5/31/what-comes-next-for-the-wellington-phoenix-blokes-after-their-best-ever-a-league-season	You have to lose one before you can win one. That’s how the saying goes. Obviously you don’t have to do anything... but there is definitely wisdom in that age-old message. It often takes the experience of having played in games like that extra time semi-final defeat against Melbourne Victory to understand what is required to win such fixtures. There is no simulating that atmosphere, that pressure, that occasion. You’ve either been there before or you haven’t. The Wellington Phoenix have now been there. They now know what it takes. They know that you can defend brilliantly for 119 minutes but that one time you don’t close out an opponent in a shooting position on the edge of the area, he scores. Same deal with that one corner kick where the fatigue showed through and you were beaten to a couple of headers. The necessity of this lesson was probably the biggest downside of having so many young players in important positions this season... but the upside is that nothing needs to change. The Wellington Phoenix are set up to compete at the top end of the A-League for years to come. The standard has been set. The formula has been devised. All it requires is a little consolidation. Fortunately, as we shift focus from one season to another, much of the immediate mahi has already taken care of. That’s because, unlike in previous seasons, there was a strong effort to lock down as much of their squad as possible at the very start of the campaign. It helps when so many of them are youth team graduates who don’t demand hefty salaries, given that they’re only on their first or second professional contracts, but the intent was still obvious. Last offseason saw a four-year deal for Lukas Kelly-Heald, three-year deals for Fin Conchie and Luke Supyk, and a two-year deal for Isaac Hughes. Early on in the season they gave three-year extensions to Alex Paulsen and Ben Old. With most of their older players also sorted into the near future, the Welly Nix were in a strange position with only six of their first team players out of contract. When that’s the case, you’ve got room to be deliberate and specific with everything else. For example, financial constraints meant that they had to make a decision over whether to re-sign Kosta Barbarouses or Oskar Zawada. They couldn’t afford to bring back both without blowing the budget... so they made the wise decision by settling on Kosta, who swiftly signed a 1+1 deal – i.e. a one-year contract with an option for a second year. A common contract structure for athletes once they reach their mid-30s (Barbarouses is 34). Call it the LeBron James Special. Zawada is a superb striker who has continually proven to be a reliable goal-scorer in this league. Only drama there is that he spent most of last season injured. Still managed to score arguably the most famous goal in the club’s history but he also played less than 25% of the team’s overall minutes. Konstantinos Barbarouses, on the other hand, was the team’s top scorer and played the fourth most minutes. But actually this decision is simpler than that. Ultimately there are lots of great imports who can do what OZ does but only a handful of local players who can do what KB does. Let alone that he’s a proud Wellingtonian. The smart move is to re-sign the bloke with the scarce profile and trust your recruitment team to find a newer (and cheaper) version of Oskar Zawada. That’s exactly what they’ve done. Hence Zawada has left the club. Possibly for an A-League rival, although when he flirted with leaving a year ago it was European interest that turned his head. Dutch club Heerenveen was previously mentioned (once a home to Marco Rojas). We also know that Youstin Salas isn’t going to be retained. The Costa Rican midfielder was only ever on loan and with another year to go on his deal with parent club Sarprissa that was always going to be tricky to wrangle despite him expressing an interest in remaining in Wellington long-term. Releasing Salas does also provide some added flexibility to the team’s recruitment by freeing up another import spot. If they’re anticipating a jump in Fin Conchie’s contributions then they might not have wanted to use that spot on a midfielder anyway. Meanwhile the club are in talks with Bozhidar Kraev to return and it seems to be the same deal with Nico Pennington and Jack Duncan. Kraev is a versatile import who is comfortably settled after two years with the team. He’s also got a pregnant kiwi partner so he has all the reasons he needs to stick around. Pennington signed a one-year extension prior to last term, pretty much stating that he expected to play a lot more under the new coach. That’s what he did so fair enough that they’d want to hang onto him. And while Duncan didn’t end up playing a single second due to Alex Paulsen’s irrepressible performances, both Paulsen and coach Giancarlo Italiano were always effusive in their praise for the experienced ALM gloveman. If he’s willing to stay after going an entire year without playing then that either says he’s fully embraced that mentorship role or perhaps it says that the club expects overseas interest in Alex Paulsen and that Duncan, deservedly, will be rewarded with the first tilt at the number one duties in such a case. Wellington Phoenix ALM Contracts 2026-27: Ben Old, Alex Paulsen, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Alby Kelly-Heald (S), Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues 2025-26: Alex Rufer, Kosta Barbarouses (O), Fin Conchie, Luke Supyk 2024-25: Sam Sutton, Funn Surman, Oskar van Hattum, Tim Payne, Scott Wootton (I), David Ball (I), Mohamed Al-Taay, Isaac Hughes, Matt Sheridan (S) Off Contract: Oskar Zawada (I), Bozhidar Kraev (I), Nico Pennington, Jack Duncan, Youstin Salas (I) I = Import / S = Scholarship / O = Option In the case of Sloane-Rodrigues, he’s on a scholarship deal up until that last season when he graduates to the main roster. AKH and Sheridan are scholarship players throughout. There were several other academy players who featured for the club during this past season but most of them have already left, having departed at the turn of the year when they aged out of the U20 team (without senior contracts to fall back upon). Jackson Manuel is at Western Springs. Charlie Beale is at Auckland United. Kaelin Nguyen and Josh Rudland are at Wellington Olympic. However, Fergus Gillion does remain in the picture. He’s still with the WeeNix playing regularly in the Central League. Another thing to track is that David Ball will have been at the club for five years as of July 2024. In that time he has played 123 A-League games for the club, scoring 16 times. He remains under contract for one more year and this is relevant because as long as the immigration office doesn’t look unkindly upon the time the club spent in Australia during the pandemic... he could have New Zealand citizenship by the time the team next plays. In which case he would no longer be an import, freeing up another spot. Ball’s production has dipped below what you’d ideally want from an import – zero goals last season – but he remains a clever workhorse, a superb leader, and professional example to all the youngsters. Can’t see him making any All Whites squads but getting him registered as a local would be great for the Welly Nix’s sake. All of which makes for a lovely start to the offseason. Probably the most consistency this club has ever had from one season to the next... and it’s happening on the back of the Phoenix’s best ever campaign. How about that? We used to dream of days like these. All that remains is to sort out those free agents, grab another import or two, and then get cracking with by far the most important task of these next few months: a contract extension for head coach Giancarlo Italiano. The Chief only has one more year on his current deal but he says he wants to stay, the club says they want him to stay, the players say they want him to stay, and the fans say they want him to stay. Heck, even the media loves the man. His thorough and thoughtful press conference answers are always a source of insight. The one major weakness with having nearly the entire squad returning, it’s that it doesn’t leave a coach much room to evolve his team. The 2023-24 Wellington Phoenix were immense defensively but they were middling at best when on attack. Part of that was the injuries that plagued Zawada. Part of that was having too many players who aren’t accomplished finishers. Chiefy did a remarkable job of mitigating that as much as possible but creativity remains a problem and it’s not clear where that comes from within the current squad. Most of the year-to-year improvements will need to come from younger lads continuing their development... whilst hoping that older guys like Barbarouses and Wootton can retain these same levels. Ben Old certainly has room to add a few more arrows to his quiver. As does Oskar van Hattum. Could even see someone like Finn Surman becoming a much more potent force on the end of attacking set pieces. But unless Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues and Luke Supyk are ready for bigger roles then there won’t be any new herbs and spices for the recipe beyond what they do with those spare import spots. Of course, that’s all assuming that what we see now is what we get in round one and there’s absolutely no guarantee of that. Like, did you watch Alex Paulsen? Goalkeeper of the Year across the entire A-League at age 21... you’d better believe that foreign clubs have taken notice. In fact, in between the first draft and the publishing of this here very article news has broken of advanced talks between the Wellington Phoenix and Bournemouth, plus rumoured interest from other Premier League clubs. Let alone Finn Surman, Sam Sutton, and Ben Old who are all in a similar domain of saleability – that whole quartet will soon have the spotlight of the Olympics upon them. Sutton and Surman only have one more year each on their deals so if they’re not about to be sold then they’d better be extended in a hurry. This is what’s supposed to happen. The Wellington Phoenix’s whole strategy is to develop players, sell those players, then use the profits to develop more players. It’s a self-replenishing formula. They’ve already had a boost with Macey Fraser drawing an A-League record transfer fee from the women’s squad. Very soon the European transfer windows will re-open and guys like Paulsen, Surman, Sutton, and Old will all have their names jotted down on the wishlists of many clubs. If/when Paulsen leaves, then Alby Kelly-Heald steps up a notch. If Surman goes then Isaac Hughes gets more opportunities. If it’s Sutton then Lukas Kelly-Heald is ready to go. If it’s Ben Old then that could be the opening for Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues or Luke Supyk. Or Fin Conchie from a midfield perspective. Or it could mean Oskar van Hattum breaking into the starting eleven in a reshuffle. And beneath them the reserve team will mould and adapt as another generation of prospects emerges to fill the gaps. As to who those next up academy lads might be, here are a few names to get knowledgeable with... Fergus Gillion (Born 2005) – Goes without saying since he’s now the most established fella left on an academy contract. Mobile midfielder with a headstart on the rest of his WeeNix pals. Also could instigate a delicious aspect of the new Wellington Phoenix vs Auckland FC rivalry if, as rumoured (or is it merely wishful thinking?), his brother Liam Gillion gets signed by the newbies. Liam recently won Player of the Tournament at the Oceania Champions League with Auckland City. Sister Emily Gillion played National League for Eastern Suburbs last year and is also a highly regarded futsal player. Huge tekkers in that family. Nathan Walker (Born 2006) – A speedy winger with a knack for goals who made the U17 World Cup squad last year while playing for NRFL Championship club Fencibles. Has since made the trip down to Wellington to link up with the many U17s teammates already at the WeeNix and hasn’t taken long at all to get settled. Anaru Cassidy (Born 2007) – A technically-gifted midfielder, very good passer, who joined the Nix Academy from Waterside Karori. There are a lot of good midfielders at the club from first team downwards and he’s definitely one of them. He was another of the 2022 U17 World Cup crew. Dylan Gardiner (Born 2006) – Tall central defender who was starting games for Hamilton Wanderers aged sixteen. Easily recognisable for the cleanly shaven head. Spent some time training in Spain at the start of the year and then returned to join the Phoenix Academy. Yes, he did go to the U17 World Cup as well. Tze Xuan Loke (Born 2005) – Captained the WeeNix in their last few games so there are leadership credentials here. TXL is a fullback who can play on either side and the Nix always need fullbacks. Bit of a different style to possession-based guys like Kelly-Heald and Sutton, Loke is more dynamic and will absolutely bomb forward. He joined the academy from Green Island in Dunedin. Notice how the WeeNix recruit from all over the nation. Notice also how Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues, who was born in 2007 and is the Phoenix’s youngest ever A-League player, is still younger than every single hombre on that there list. Just finally, there is one other aspect to this offseason. For the first time, the Wellington Phoenix will have an A-League rival from Aotearoa. Auckland FC are now out there announcing players so it’s all beginning to get very real. And very exciting. This is nothing but positive for kiwi football (especially with AFC making a statement by targetting elite New Zealand domestic players). More opportunities, more depth, and a rivalry which ought to boost crowds in both cities – with the Phoenix’s fanbase reinforced by a newfound sense of urgency thanks to the presence of such a close competitor. The Nix have nothing to worry about. They’re cruising along nicely and, frankly, setting an example that Auckland FC would do well to follow. Especially in the academy space. But that’s a topic for another day. 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We invite you to join us as we set new standards for all of our participants and guests in the coming years.	en	/wellington/icon.png		https://wellingtoninternational.com/	The Future Is Here Welcome to Wellington International, the world's leading venue for equestrian excellence. Nestled in the heart of Wellington, Florida, we are the proud hosts of the renowned Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and ESP Annual Series. For over 40 weeks each year, we open our gates to the world, showcasing unparalleled equestrian talent and inviting you to be a part of the exciting competition. Revolutionizing Equestrian Sport Our vision goes beyond the competition. We are on a journey to redefine equestrian sport and to spark a lifelong love for horses in every heart. This is where tradition meets innovation, where passion meets performance. Witness the Excitement From January to March, immerse yourself in world-class show jumping events. But that's not all! While here, indulge in exquisite shopping experiences and treat your tastebuds to a culinary adventure, all within our venue. Remember, general admission is free from Wednesday to Sunday, from 8 a.m. until the competition ends. Saturday Night Lights: A Spectacle Like No Other Every Saturday night, as the sun sets, the lights shine brighter at Wellington International. Join us for our exhilarating Saturday Night Lights event. From face painting to petting zoos, from live music to a mesmerizing carousel, there's something for everyone. And did we mention world-class equestrian displays? Doors open at 6 p.m. The show begins at 7 p.m. General admission is on us, and parking is $22 per car.
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They’re pretty aggressive in the final third, always trying to press and His ability to stretch the game gave United a fantastic platform to build from and Bruno Fernandes' opening goal stemmed from an attack down Elanga's side. Thank you, to all you wonderful, proud and passionate true Evertonians. I will always carry you with me in my heart wherever I go. However, defender Konsa touched home Emi Buendia's header to equalise almost immediately and nodded home a deep second-half corner to make it three wins from four since Gerrard took It wasn't about formation, it wasn't about personnel, it was about getting players on the pitch to make sure they were right for the Switzerland game. Moore scored 20 league goals for Cardiff last season despite missing a month of the campaign through injury. The enthralling, end-to-end contest of the first half subsided in the second, with Wales keeping an eye on retaining what they already had, but they should have taken the lead for the first time within five minutes of the restart but Connor Roberts shanked wide. Fulham vs Blackburn, Saturday 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports FootballWhen these two sides met in the reverse fixture it ended in a 7-0 victory for Fulham, and they have largely gone from strength to strength since. Beth Mead's goal and a Caitlin Foord double helped Arsenal move one point off leaders Chelsea with one game In the second half, Abdou Diallo came close to scoring for his side, as the centre-back headed over Sarr’s The French striker now has 301 goals for Real and trails only Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul and Alfredo Di Stéfano in the club's all-time list of top Cameroon won that match 2-1 as Burkina Faso felt aggrieved by one of the penalties awarded against Redknapp: It makes me sad when I think about Dele Alli because there were a few years when he was the best young player in Europe, he was doing things that were out of this world. I made my way over and sure enough there was a gentleman in cardiac arrest, lying on six or seven chairs. Live Cricket Score: Auckland (w) vs Wellington (w) Live cricket score and live streaming details for theAuckland (w) vs Wellington (w) T20(5th Match). Including team line-ups plus details of all Norway face Netherlands in their final game, while Turkey travel to Montenegro with everything to play for. The Indomitable Lions reached the knockout stage after accumulating seven points from a tough Group A. 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They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most successful football clubs in New Zealand since their inception in 2004, having been crowned league champions twice and won the 2018 OFC Champions League.[3] Their home games were played at David Farrington Park. History [edit] Team Wellington FC was formed in 2004 by a consortium of Wellington clubs to compete in the New Zealand Football Championship. The uniform was yellow with black shorts, utilising the primary sporting colours of the Wellington region.[1] In the inaugural season (2004/2005) of the NZFC, Team Wellington FC performed below expectations, finishing sixth.[4] They improved in the next season, ending the season in fourth place.[4] In 2007 the Australian A-League placed a franchise in Wellington, known as the Wellington Phoenix. The Phoenix quickly entered a strategic alliance with Team Wellington. The new head coach for Team Wellington, Stu Jacobs, was hired as an assistant coach for the Phoenix while retaining his NZFC role. Team Wellington also changed their kit to a predominantly black strip similar to that of the Phoenix, using yellow as a highlight colour. Team Wellington FC started the 2007/08 season with a five-game winning streak, a record for the competition. This was ended by a 1–1 draw against Auckland City FC on 15 December. Team Wellington finished the season in third place, qualifying for the Preliminary Final against second-placed Auckland City.[4] Team Wellington defeated Auckland City 4–3 in overtime. Team Wellington thus went on to the Grand Final, in which they were defeated by Waitakere United 2–0 at Trusts Stadium.[4] On 21 April 2015, Team Wellington reached the final of the 2014–15 OFC Champions League in their first appearance in the competition. They were beaten on penalties by the defending champions Auckland City in the final on 26 April, having drawn 1–1 after extra time.[4] Heading into the 2016–2017 season, José Figueira took on the role as coach at Team Wellington on 1 July 2016.[5] In March 2016, Team Wellington won their first ever ISPS Handa Premiership title. Having finished in 3rd in the regular season, they beat Hawke's Bay United in the semi-final, before beating Auckland City 4–2 in an enthralling finale at QBE Stadium in Albany, Auckland.[4] Team Wellington FC won back to back league titles in April 2017, dispatching Waitakere United on penalties after an enthralling 6–6 draw in the semi-final, before beating Auckland City 2–1 in the Grand Final at QBE Stadium.[4] Team Wellington FC proved their worth in the 2017-2018 OFC Champions League by winning their way to the very nail-biting semi-final against Auckland that, despite ending in a 2–2 draw, Team Wellington FC won due to aggregate score. The game was viewed as extremely controversial as the referee added 8 minutes of extra time to the end of the game. This 8 minutes turned into 12 extra minutes (total game time was 101 minutes) and caused much aggravation from both sides before the referee blew the final whistle.[6] After this, Team Wellington faced Lautoka FC in two final legs; one at home at David Farrington Park on 13 May 2018, the other at Lautoka FC's home ground of Churchill Park in Fiji on 20 May 2018[7][circular reference]. Team Wellington FC won the first leg in a staggering 6–0 victory. The second leg was also won by Team Wellington FC, with a score of 3–4 to Team Wellington FC[8][circular reference]. This gave Team Wellington FC the title of Oceanic Champions and earned them entry to the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup to be held in the UAE in December 2018[9][circular reference]. On 12 December 2018, Team Wellington FC played their first and only match in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup against Al Ain FC, who would later be runners-up, scoring 3 goals in the first half. However, their lead was short-lived, with Al Ain scoring 3 goals and sending the match into extra time and then penalties. Team Wellington would lose the penalties 4–3 and were knocked out.[10] Team Wellington would win the last ever game played in the ISPS Handa Premiership, when they beat long time rivals, Auckland City 2–1 in the 2020–2021 Grand Final.[2] Constituent clubs [edit] Team Wellington FC represents 20 clubs in the Greater Wellington region. Managers [edit] Mick Waitt (1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007) Stu Jacobs (1 July 2007 – 30 June 2011) Matt Calcott (1 July 2011 – 30 June 2016) José Figueira (1 July 2016 – 6 June 2019) Scott Hales (1 July 2019 – 14 March 2021) Stadium [edit] Team Wellington play all their home games (TV permitting) at David Farrington Park in Miramar.[11] The ground is typical of the type of stadium found in New Zealand. There is one uncovered grandstand on the west side of the ground which can accommodate around 600 spectators. A small hill in the north-west corner and the rest of the terrace on the east side retreats a metre or so away from the playing surface. At the south end is Miramar School, while the clubhouse resides at the north end.[12] Previously Team Wellington played all home matches at Newtown Park which has a capacity of 5,000. In 2008, a training pitch was developed next to the playing field which is used by local A-League franchise, the Wellington Phoenix.[13] Honours [edit] Domestic [edit] New Zealand Football Championship Champions (3): 2016, 2017, 2021 White Ribbon Cup Winners (1): 2011–12 Charity Cup Winners (2): 2014, 2017 Continental [edit] OFC Champions League Champions (1): 2018 Runners-up (3): 2014–15, 2016, 2017 Statistics and records [edit] Year-by-year history [edit] Wellington League History Season Teams League Ladder Position Finals Qualification Finals Position 2004–05 8 6th did not qualify 2005–06 8 4th Qualified for Playoffs 3rd 2006–07 8 5th did not qualify 2007–08 8 3rd Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up 2008–09 8 4th Qualified for Playoffs 4th 2009–10 8 3rd Qualified for Playoffs 3rd 2010–11 8 3rd Qualified for Playoffs 4th 2011–12 8 4th Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up 2012–13 8 5th did not qualify 2013–14 8 2nd Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up 2014–15 9 2nd Qualified for Playoffs 3rd 2015–16 8 3rd Qualified for Playoffs 1st 2016–17 10 2nd Qualified for Playoffs 1st 2017–18 10 2nd Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up[14] 2018–19 10 4th Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up[15] 2019–20 10 2nd No playoffs due to Covid-19[16] 2020–21 10 2nd Qualified for Playoffs 1st[17] Season summaries [edit] Season Stats Season Pos W D L GF GA GD PTS 2004–05 6 5 8 8 35 40 -5 23 2005–06 4 8 4 9 43 53 −10 28 2006–07 5 7 6 8 37 34 +3 27 2007–08 3 15 2 4 51 21 +30 27 2008–09 4 7 2 5 28 28 0 23 2009–10 3 7 0 7 22 24 −2 21 2015–16 3 8 3 3 36 21 +15 27 2016–17 2 11 3 4 51 32 +19 36 2017–18 2 11 4 3 39 20 +19 37 2018–19 4 10 4 4 43 25 +18 34 2019–20 2[nb 1] 10 4 2 36 15 +21 34 2020–21 2 7 5 2 35 21 +14 26 Performance in OFC competitions [edit] Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position 2014–15[18] OFC Champions League Group C Tafea 3–2 1st Tefana 2–1 Hekari United 2–0 Semi Final Ba 2–0 Final Auckland City 1–1 (3–4 p.) 2016[19] OFC Champions League Group B Hekari United 4–0 1st Suva 2–0 Lössi 2–1 Semi Final Magenta 2–0 Final Auckland City 0–3 2017[20] OFC Champions League Group B Ba 8–0 1st Hienghène Sport 3–1 Puaikura 4–1 Semi Final Magenta 7–1 2–2 9–3 Final Auckland City 0–2 0–3 0–5 2018[21] OFC Champions League Group D Marist 1–1 1st Magenta 5–1 Lupe o le Soaga 7–1 Quarter Final Toti City 11–0 Semi Final Auckland City 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a) Final Lautoka 6–0 4–3 10–3 2019[22] OFC Champions League Group C Ba 2–0 1st Erakor Golden Star 3–0 Kiwi 13–0 Quarter Final Henderson Eels 6–1 Semi Final Hienghène Sport 0–2 Notes [edit] References [edit]
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This was all fine and dandy until their deal with the AFC ran out thus meaning they could no longer q...	en	//content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2024_05/320636817_Forum-websiteicon_Blue.png	Sports Interactive Community	https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/347132-the-wellington-phoenix-continental-conundrum/	I've never really had much problems with the A-League, even if they only did just patch the WP bug for Wellington. I can't forget them! I love em too much, I watch the games on TV, i've got a kit. Not to mention I know far more about Wellington and NZ football than any normal Englishman should. There's a reason i've played Wellington/NZ for the last 7 odd years. There has to be a way to sort it, right? I mean Vaduz, they're in the game and they get automatic Europa League qualification, the precedent is there, surely it can be replicated? Or surely a proficient editor can add The Nix to the Chatham Cup or create a new Cup just for NZ teams with the winner getting an OCL berth? Surely? As many of you may know Wellington Phoenix are unique in the football world due to the fact they participate in a league that is technically in a different Continent to that of their own country. This was all fine and dandy until their deal with the AFC ran out thus meaning they could no longer qualify for the Asian Champions League. Now I've been playing as Wellington & New Zealand since around 2008, up until the deal expiry with the AFC my saves were amazing, multiple seasons long, great fun, Asian and Aussie domination and even some close run CWC tournaments. Now, however, my games with the Nix and NZ last one season, that sucks. I have tried many things to circumnavigate the ACl problem, custom leagues from here and the workshop, none of which seemed to grant me that elusive CL place despite winning the league (and FFA Cup). Sad times. Now, I'm no editor boff but what I'd like to know is can it be made possible for Wellington to enter a Continental competition? Be it the ACL via the normal means or the Oceania Champions League in a Vaduz type situation or via playing in some kind of NZ Cup. Any help would be much appreciated lads, I just wanna be able to play my favourite FM save again. Ironically enough Wellington in real life are now pushing for the A-League title and could very well win it, so maybe this issue will actually be addressed by the ACL before too long. Bit silly if the best team in the league can't represent it in the CL.
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4946	dbpedia	2	53	https://www.flashscore.com.gh/football/new-zealand/football-championship/archive/	en	results archive, standings	https://www.flashscore.c…g/flashscore.png	https://www.flashscore.c…g/flashscore.png	[ "https://static.flashscore.com/res/_fs/image/2_others/bg.png", "https://static.flashscore.com/res/image/data/p4gjaniD-URsY468D.png", "https://static.flashscore.com/res/_fs/image/9_stores/apple/en.svg", "https://static.flashscore.com/res/_fs/image/9_stores/google/en.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Find Football Championship results archive - Football Championship results database and past year's standings.	en	https://static.flashscore.com/res/_fs/image/4_favicons/_fs/favicon.ico?v=8		https://www.flashscore.com.gh/football/new-zealand/football-championship/archive/	Help: Football Championship results archive. Flashscore.com.gh provides Football Championship results database, past year's standings. Besides Football Championship results archive you can find 5000+ competitions from more than 30 sports around the world on Flashscore.com.gh.
4946	dbpedia	1	5	https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/pro-teams/	en	Soccer in New Zealand			[ "https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/images/menu-icon.png", "https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/images/pro-teams.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	In this piece, you will get to know more about some of the notable professional soccer teams in New Zealand.	en	/images/favicon.png		null	Talking about soccer, the country has in the recent past experienced a rise in the number of football clubs, with some producing notable players that in notable regional and international football clubs. In this piece, you will get to know more about some of the notable professional soccer teams in the country. Auckland City Football Club This is a professional football club found in the suburbs of Sandringham in Auckland NZ. The team these days takes part in the ISPS Handa Premiership. This is a high-level of domestic football in the country. They have over time established themselves as a major force in not only New Zealand but also Oceania for having won up to seven league titles and up to nine OFC Championship League titles since it was formed. Auckland City Football Club was formed in 2004. Southern United Football Club This team was previously known as Otago United football club. It is based in Dunedin New Zealand. The team was established in 2004, and they currently hold their home games in Caledonian Ground as well as Forsyth Barr Stadium. Team Wellington This one is another New Zealand’s professional football team that is currently based in Miramar suburbs in Wellington, New Zealand. The team competes in the ISPS Handa Premiership. It has over time been one of the most successful soccer clubs in the country since it was established in 2004. They have won the league championship twice and also have won the FC Champions League in 2018. They play their home games at David Farrington Park. Hamilton Wanderers association football Club This is one of New Zealand's semi-professional football team that hails from Hamilton, New Zealand. The team currently takes part in the ISPS Handa Premiership. It is famous for their youth day academy where players such as the New Zealand international Marco Rojas and Chris Wood are graduates. The club joined the New Zealand football championship in 2016 after Waikato club WaiBOP United was dissolved. They started their first season beating Southern United 1-0 by a goal from Tom Davis. They also beat Eastern Suburbs four goals. Hawke's Bay United This is an association football club found in Napier, New Zealand. The team takes part in the ISPS Handa Premiership. This is a semi-professional franchise-based confederation that runs independently of the winter club season. The local winter clubs are responsible for providing the player pool for every franchise. The clubs home stadium is Bluewater Stadium. Tasman United
4946	dbpedia	1	10	https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/366792-wellington-phoenix-in-the-asian-champions-league/	en	Wellington Phoenix in the Asian Champions League??	https://content.invision…7b340c12546d.jpg	https://content.invision…7b340c12546d.jpg	[ "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2024_05/SI_LOGO_PRIMARY_HORIZONTAL_BLUE.png.eca59aedc382c3a016ce0e74d5908001.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2024_06/FMxPL-Reveal-Forum-Banner_Final.gif.147801bd5c0c8fa0366bd9070fdd164b.gif", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2024_06/FMxPL-Reveal-Forum-Banner_Final.gif.147801bd5c0c8fa0366bd9070fdd164b.gif", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2024_06/FMxPL-Reveal-Forum-Banner_Final.gif.147801bd5c0c8fa0366bd9070fdd164b.gif", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2021_04/zsw.thumb.jpg.b4d61d04aa2e4f74701c6b64db820713.jpg", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2021_04/zsw.thumb.jpg.b4d61d04aa2e4f74701c6b64db820713.jpg", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png", "https://content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/set_resources_9/84c1e40ea0e759e3f1505eb1788ddf3c_default_photo.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "bkp1300" ]	2016-01-16T22:10:35+00:00	Hey guys Looking to do a club and country challenge with New Zealand using wellington Phoenix in the A-league. They are however are not able to participate in the Asian champions league due to being from oceania. They also dont qualify for the oceania champions league due to playing in the A-Leag...	en	//content.invisioncic.com/Msigames/monthly_2024_05/320636817_Forum-websiteicon_Blue.png	Sports Interactive Community	https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/366792-wellington-phoenix-in-the-asian-champions-league/	Hey guys Looking to do a club and country challenge with New Zealand using wellington Phoenix in the A-league. They are however are not able to participate in the Asian champions league due to being from oceania. They also dont qualify for the oceania champions league due to playing in the A-League. One of the only clubs in the world with 0 chance of participating in a continental competition. I have looked everywhere but cant seem to find a fix to make wellington eligible for the acl. Does anyone know if this is actually possible and if so how do you do it? Thanks for your Help. Might it be possible by creating a brand new Wellington FC and deleting the other and basically transferring the information over (most likely with a lot of copying and pasting / data entry)? Make sure to set the home country as New Zealand but the continental qualifying country as Australia. That way you might get past any hard-coded rules not allowing Wellington to reach the Champions League. Note that the last time I used the editor was FM 2013, so if things have changed drastically since then, my idea might not work anyway. Do post if this works (or you find another way of doing it). I have wanted to try managing them but just could not get past the idea that they could not qualify for the Champions League in either continent and never have. Dear God, somebody other than me has started this thread this year. There's another! I've been trying to solve this issue for years, Wellington are my favourite (or rather, were) side to manage on FM (been doing it since 08) and no matter where i've posted in the last 3+ years no one has been able to solve the issue. It could be solvable (I.E getting them into the OCL) but no one with the editing know how really seems to give a **** unfortunately. The small reprieve I found was finding a "Fifa Champions League" add-on which the nix can qualify for. Ironically enough the more pertinent issue in real life is getting the nix to survive past this current season. I never tried it, but i think the suggestion of USASoundersFan can be resolutive with an high probability. Creating a new team transferring staff and players, and with the same properties and structures, then swapping it in the A-League at the place of the existing team, can bypass what is hardcoded in the game since the new team will have a different unique ID. I am not sure about that, because there is a probability that the nation New Zealand is hardcoded instead of the specific club in question, but it can be a test to try Yeah this is my holy grail, unfortunately I'm useless with the editor. There was a very kind user that made a file for me where Nix would automatically enter O-League, but even after winning it they couldn't qualify for Club World Cup, hard-coding seems really powerful... See post No.13 in this thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/442784-FM16-Oceania-League-Pack-(WIP) I also tried in the past the suggestion of copying/replacing the club, but I somehow messed up most of staff members (board directors becoming coaches etc), players wages and club value despite spending hours copy-pasting the correct numbers, though as I said I'm awful at editing... there is a probability that the nation New Zealand is hardcoded instead of the specific club in question Maybe try replacing New Zealand, creating a new nation and, one way or another, copying all the information over. That might also be a bit easier (less time-consuming) than doing the same for a club, so I would try that first. When you do work on the club files, I would first try deleting (or making inactive) the current Wellington file and create a bare-bones new one, simply to see if this works (well, maybe put something in there to make them good enough to qualify for the ACL as you obviously need that too in order to test this). Of course, maybe it is hard coded that no club from one confederation can play in the Champions League of another, which would make all this moot. Yeah this is my holy grail, unfortunately I'm useless with the editor. There was a very kind user that made a file for me where Nix would automatically enter O-League, but even after winning it they couldn't qualify for Club World Cup, hard-coding seems really powerful... See post No.13 in this thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/442784-FM16-Oceania-League-Pack-(WIP) I also tried in the past the suggestion of copying/replacing the club, but I somehow messed up most of staff members (board directors becoming coaches etc), players wages and club value despite spending hours copy-pasting the correct numbers, though as I said I'm awful at editing... So close, yet so far. That CWC issue is really weird. Like why would SI hardcode them from entering a competition they had 0 chance of entering without a massive amount of editing? So strange. It's pretty ridiculous that we could easily move Barcelona to like the 15th tier of English football but it's nigh on impossible to get The Nix some proper continental football. They shoudl just release an override patch for it.
4946	dbpedia	2	12	https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Team_Wellington	en	Team Wellington FC	https://wikiwandv2-19431…s/icon-32x32.png	https://wikiwandv2-19431…s/icon-32x32.png	[ "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Team_Wellington_logo.png/200px-Team_Wellington_logo.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Kit_left_arm_tw1819h.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Kit_body_tw1819h.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Kit_right_arm_tw1819h.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Kit_shorts_tw1819h.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Kit_socks_socks.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Kit_left_arm_tw1819a.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Kit_body_tw1819a.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Kit_right_arm_tw1819a.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Kit_shorts_tw1819a.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Kit_socks_socks.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most successful football clubs in New Zealand since their inception in 2004, having been crowned league champions twice and won the 2018 OFC Champions League. Their home games were played at David Farrington Park.	en	https://wikiwandv2-19431…icon-180x180.png	Wikiwand	https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Team_Wellington_FC	Football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions: Can you list the top facts and stats about Team Wellington? Summarize this article for a 10 year old SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
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News, forums and more!	en	/assets/icons/favicon-8d4081c9d3e3eaf071b71783a15f65b114160845a46c7483c924f0514bc3211d.ico	Yellow Fever	https://yellowfever.co.nz/categories/asb-premiership-ocl/topics/auckland-city-vs-team-wellington?highlight=post_179163	Yesterday, I believe Hard News was sideline at morning football watching his son, off to Petone Memorial for the first half of Petone v Miramar then dashing off over the hill to Wainui to play for his Naenae side in the afternoon (a team he organises and plays for along with two lunch time five aside teams and at least one evening indoor side). Today he was playing with his Sunday League side in the early afternoon before texting me every twenty minutes with updates from the TW Auckland City clash. He also chips in on this forum from time to time when he gets a moment. Im not sure what Feverish did today - possibly watching one of Waterside's womens' teams - but yesterday he was at Karori Park from about 10am as Wharfies Club Captain getting the changing rooms organised and making sure the six football pitches were ready to go for opening day of the season. After taking care of that he had to get ready for his his own match at 2:30 - before reassuming his Club Captaincy responsibilities in the clubrooms. And thats just what im aware of. I think they do their bit and take just a wee bit of interest in football in this country too. I tend to tolerate most of your nonsense HT - but that did bug me bc it was so childish.
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4946	dbpedia	3	25	https://gotowncrier.com/2024/08/wellington-royal-palm-beach-high-schools-open-fall-football-practice/	en	Wellington, Royal Palm Beach High Schools Open Fall Football Practice	https://gotowncrier.com/…WHS-Football.jpg	https://gotowncrier.com/…WHS-Football.jpg	[ "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TC_LOGO-New-Web-Mobile-Test-380.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TC_LOGO-Web-with-Westake.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WHS-Football.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/RPB-Football.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TC-Cover-Web-08-09-24-165x300.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tgh_49345_NationsBest_325x291.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PetSuppliesPlus-webbanner-021223-TC.jpg", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/WRMC_325x100pix-FINAL.png", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/StarLiquor_325x100-FINAL.png", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/John-Hunton-AC_325x100pix-FINAL.png", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RoyalInn_325x100pix-FINAL.png", "https://gotowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TC-Man-Square-150px.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Mike May" ]	2024-08-09T05:11:13+00:00	The varsity football teams at Wellington High School and Royal Palm Beach High School had similar, perspiration-filled workouts during the first two weeks of fall practice, which started Monday, July 29. According to Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) rules, players were allowed to wear helmets on the first two days of practice. On the […]	en	https://gotowncrier.com/…-Man-Favicon.png	Town-Crier Newspaper	https://gotowncrier.com/2024/08/wellington-royal-palm-beach-high-schools-open-fall-football-practice/	The varsity football teams at Wellington High School and Royal Palm Beach High School had similar, perspiration-filled workouts during the first two weeks of fall practice, which started Monday, July 29. According to Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) rules, players were allowed to wear helmets on the first two days of practice. On the next three days of practice, the players were allowed to wear helmets and shoulder pads. “During our first week of practice, we worked on conditioning drills, gassers, 100-yard sprints, our alignment and special teams,” said Ross Pryor, who is beginning his second year as the head football coach at WHS. “We begin practice with lots of stretching, light jogging, and calisthenics such as push-ups and jumping jacks. This is a good team-bonding time.” In Royal Palm Beach, head football coach Chuck Kenyon was pleased with the first week on the field. “We got a lot of things accomplished in week one. It was a very productive week,” said Kenyon, who is beginning his third year as head coach at RPBHS and his 25th year as a high school football coach. “We looked crisp, and we are steadily getting better. Our conditioning included lots of sprints and fitness drills.” For both teams, there have been mandatory water breaks every 15 minutes during practice. Players are also allowed to take water breaks at any time during the summer heat. For the second straight year, Wellington will be led by junior quarterback Jonathan Paul. Pryor has great confidence in his signal caller. “Jonathan can throw and run. He’s a smart player,” Pryor said. “He’s like having a coach on the field. He leads our warmup sessions.” Kenyon, meanwhile, will be looking for big production from sophomore offensive lineman Derrick Patterson, senior linebacker Jordan Hood, junior quarterback Max Griner, and sophomore running back Trey Rolle, who ran for 850 yards last season as a freshman. Wellington, which had a 2-8 record last year, opens its season Friday, Aug. 16 when it hosts Suncoast High School in a pre-season kickoff classic game. The Wolverines’ regular-season opener will be Thursday, Aug. 22 when they host Centennial High School from Port St. Lucie. Both games will kick off at 6:30 p.m. The Wolverines will be competing in the FHSAA’s Class 7A, District 12. According to Pryor, the Wolverines will play this season with new home and away uniforms. Royal Palm Beach, which had a 3-7 record last season, opens play on Friday, Aug. 16 when it hosts Olympic Heights High School in a pre-season kickoff classic game at 6:30 p.m. The Wildcats will open their regular season on the road when they travel to Port St. Lucie High School on Friday, Aug. 23 for a 7 p.m. start. The Wildcats will be competing in the FHSAA’s Class 6A, District 12. While the Wellington High School football team was practicing on its field, the school’s flag football team was practicing nearby as the team was getting ready for the Palm Beach Shootout Flag Football Tournament, presented by Rising Stars Athletics. This tournament will be held Aug. 10-11 at Lake Lytal Park in West Palm Beach. More than 30 teams are expected to compete. Every team will be guaranteed to play at least four games during the two-day tournament. Wellington will be led by junior wide receiver/safety Avery Schroeder and senior slot receiver/safety Jordan Fernandez.
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The new concept to New Zealand soccer - its twin objectives being to provide top competitive soccer in as many geographical centres as possible and to maintain the best playing standards - was finally unveiled in 1970, with the nation's eight leading clubs playing each other on a home-and-away basis. The success enjoyed in that first season saw two more teams added to the competition for the 1971 campaign, and a further two sides were introduced six years later. Throughout the 1970s, it was not uncommon for 10,000-strong crowds to be in attendance at National League matches, such was its pulling power. Mt. Wellington and Christchurch United were the gun teams, in what were memorable days for New Zealand club soccer, leading up, of course, to the All Whites' 1982 successes. In the years following, however, the National League began to lose its novelty value, other sports, most notably rugby, having studied what soccer had done and set up their own national championships in direct opposition to the innovators of the concept in this country. This hurt clubs by way of reduced gates, while travel costs between the various venues around the country, which, in the 1980s, were as far-flung as Napier, Nelson, Dunedin, Gisborne and Auckland, meant that clubs really started to feel the pinch financially. Extending the league to fourteen clubs in 1987 stretched resources even more, and not just financial constraints. Quality playing resources were also at a premium, despite plenty of players willing to play at the highest level in New Zealand soccer. Few players who were involved in the last ten years of the competition were worthy of mention in the same breath as any number of their predecessors, whose skills and personalities had done so much to put bums on seats during the National League's hey-day of the 1970s and early 1980s. Those that warranted mention tended to play alongside each other, making their clubs - the likes of Gisborne City, Napier City Rovers and, in most recent years, Waitakere City and Central United, not forgetting those hardy perennials from The Mount and Christchurch - the dominant forces in the game from about 1983 onwards. Eventually, in 1992, the curtain came down on the National Soccer League in New Zealand, the replacement being a competition called the Superclub Championship, which lasted just three years. It was largely a regionally-based competition, with the top three teams in each region coming together after the round-robin phase to contest a Top Eight play-off competition, with the top four then going on to contest another series of play-offs to determine New Zealand soccer's Superclub. In some ways, this was worse than the National League, for while it saved the majority of clubs from having to travel the length and breadth of the country, it resulted in an even greater dilution of playing resources, and regular instances of lop-sided scorelines - wonderful stuff for the statistically-minded, not so for the game's greater good. A further change in format was made in 1996, and, with it, a change in playing season. Ten teams took part in the inaugural National Summer Soccer League, and the crowds came back, although not on the same scale as had been seen in the 1970s at venues such as Auckland's Newmarket Park, the spiritual home of New Zealand soccer, at least until Mother Nature played her hand, by way of a land subsidence, on a rainswept night in July 1979. The new league marked a return to the ideals of the original National Soccer League, with the number of teams involved being just right, given the quantity of quality players now playing the game in this country. As well, the crowd-pulling play-off concept was used to determine the competition's overall winner, despite the concerns of traditionalists, who considered the real league winners to be the team which won the round-robin phase. Once again, however, the issue of finance was to play a key role, and the demise of two of the inaugural contenders within a couple of years of the competition's commencement brought a premature end to what was, in principle, the ideal league competition as far as New Zealand soccer was concerned. The 1999 winter campaign has seen a return to regionally based football, with a twelve-team North Island League and an eight-team South Island League. Central United emerged as national club champions after the September final, downing Dunedin Technical 3-1 after extra-time. This concept lasted a year, before a return to a National League format came to pass, in the form of the National Club Championship. After dominating the competition in its round-robin phase, University-Mt. Wellington - in their first year of operation since amalgamation - were beaten 4-2 on penalties by Napier City Rovers in the Grand Final, after the combatants had served up two distinctly forgettable hours action on a North Harbour Stadium pitch which was, quite frankly, a disgrace to football. The 2001 campaign saw Miramar Rangers emerge triumphant over the premiership phase of the competition, but they stumbled at the final hurdle at the hands of Central United, who came from behind to win a gripping Grand Final 3-2, the only time they had defeated Miramar in four meetings throughout the season. A year on, and it was Miramar's turn to celebrate, as they downed the premiership phase champions, Napier City Rovers, 3-1 in the Grand Final, concluding a campaign which saw three of the four Auckland entries finishing in the bottom four, including the defending champions. The defending champions retained their crown the following season, a last-gasp winner from hat-trick hero Rupert Ryan seeing off East Auckland - a composite of the Eastern Suburbs, Ellerslie, Fencibles United and University-Mt. Wellington clubs - 3-2 in the Grand Final, a fitting finale to possibly the most closely contested National League for some years. It may well have marked the end of National League football as we've known it, however, as an eight-team franchise-based league kicked off in October 2004, replacing the club-based competition which had become uneconomical, with too many clubs falling on hard times as the pursuit of grandeur was all too often made at the expense of financial prudence. The inaugural competition saw Auckland City prove themselves cream of the crop over the round-robin phase of the competition, and they went on to clinch the inaugural NZ Football Championship with a last-gasp 3-2 victory over cross-town rivals and season-long title challengers, Waitakere United. They repeated the feat a year later, winning the Grand Final on penalties over Canterbury United after topping the table after twenty-one rounds. Four in a row proved beyond Auckland in 2008. Instead, their cross-town rivals, Waitakere United, finally shed the bridesmaid tag with which they were becoming accustomed, and swept all before them - National Youth League, NZFC Premiership and Grand Final, and potential back-to-back OFC Champions League crowns. The West Aucklanders were relieved of the crown a season later by their cross-town rivals, Auckland City sweeping all before them, including professional teams from the United Arab Emirates and Africa en route to finishing fifth at the FIFA Club World Cup Finals, an unprecedented feat for an amateur team. But Waitakere were back in the winners' circle in 2010, Allan Pearce scoring in his third consecutive NZFC Grand Final as United came from behind to down ten-man Canterbury United 3-1, the beaten team having made the showpiece fixture after finishing bottom of the league in each of the last two seasons. A year later, the West Aucklanders savoured success again, this time at the expense of their cross-town arch-rivals by the odd goal in five after a season in which the Queen City duo were head and shoulders above all-comers. And in 2012, Waitakere followed Auckland in "three-peating" the NZFC, crushing Team Wellington 4-1 in the Grand Final - the biggest scoreline in the showpiece fixture - following a season in which history was made by Auckland, who went through the entire round-robin phase of the competition unbeaten, only to come unstuck in the semi-finals. The "Old Firm" were at it again in the 2013 final, Waitakere prevailing over Auckland by the odd goal in seven in a barnstorming encounter to win the title for a fifth time. City matched that achievement a year later via an odd-goal win over Team Wellington, before overcoming maiden finalists Hawkes Bay United 2-1 in the 2015 final to take the crown for a record-equalling sixth time. But they weren't able to make it a second three-peat a year later, Team Wellington coming from behind to win their maiden crown, downing Auckland 4-2 after extra time in the final, after City had gone the entire season unbeaten. A year later, the Wellingtonians repeated the dose, this time prevailing 2-1 to claim their second successive crown. But a third successive crown eluded them in 2018, as Auckland gained sweet revenge with a 1-0 win in a cagey final, in the process extending an amazing defensive record to 1188 minutes - they haven't conceded a goal in their last ten NZFC fixtures, as well as three OFC Champions League matches. Eastern Suburbs clinched the title in 2019 with a comprehensive 3-0 rout of Team Wellington to claim the silverware for the first time in 48 years, and exactly 40 years after the club had been relegated from the National League. The 2020 season was halted after sixteen games in the interests of safety, a result of the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the planet. The play-offs were canned, and Auckland City declared champions, the seventh successive season they've finished top of the pile, and the eleventh time in the sixteen seasons in which the NZFC has operated. A year later, Auckland made it eight straight premiership phase titles, but it was Team Wellington who took out the very last ISPS Handa Premiership, downing City 4-2 in the Grand Final of a competition which is being replaced by a winter-based Superclub-style competition, the winner of which will be crowned each December.
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The new concept to New Zealand soccer - its twin objectives being to provide top competitive soccer in as many geographical centres as possible and to maintain the best playing standards - was finally unveiled in 1970, with the nation's eight leading clubs playing each other on a home-and-away basis. The success enjoyed in that first season saw two more teams added to the competition for the 1971 campaign, and a further two sides were introduced six years later. Throughout the 1970s, it was not uncommon for 10,000-strong crowds to be in attendance at National League matches, such was its pulling power. Mt. Wellington and Christchurch United were the gun teams, in what were memorable days for New Zealand club soccer, leading up, of course, to the All Whites' 1982 successes. In the years following, however, the National League began to lose its novelty value, other sports, most notably rugby, having studied what soccer had done and set up their own national championships in direct opposition to the innovators of the concept in this country. This hurt clubs by way of reduced gates, while travel costs between the various venues around the country, which, in the 1980s, were as far-flung as Napier, Nelson, Dunedin, Gisborne and Auckland, meant that clubs really started to feel the pinch financially. Extending the league to fourteen clubs in 1987 stretched resources even more, and not just financial constraints. Quality playing resources were also at a premium, despite plenty of players willing to play at the highest level in New Zealand soccer. Few players who were involved in the last ten years of the competition were worthy of mention in the same breath as any number of their predecessors, whose skills and personalities had done so much to put bums on seats during the National League's hey-day of the 1970s and early 1980s. Those that warranted mention tended to play alongside each other, making their clubs - the likes of Gisborne City, Napier City Rovers and, in most recent years, Waitakere City and Central United, not forgetting those hardy perennials from The Mount and Christchurch - the dominant forces in the game from about 1983 onwards. Eventually, in 1992, the curtain came down on the National Soccer League in New Zealand, the replacement being a competition called the Superclub Championship, which lasted just three years. It was largely a regionally-based competition, with the top three teams in each region coming together after the round-robin phase to contest a Top Eight play-off competition, with the top four then going on to contest another series of play-offs to determine New Zealand soccer's Superclub. In some ways, this was worse than the National League, for while it saved the majority of clubs from having to travel the length and breadth of the country, it resulted in an even greater dilution of playing resources, and regular instances of lop-sided scorelines - wonderful stuff for the statistically-minded, not so for the game's greater good. A further change in format was made in 1996, and, with it, a change in playing season. Ten teams took part in the inaugural National Summer Soccer League, and the crowds came back, although not on the same scale as had been seen in the 1970s at venues such as Auckland's Newmarket Park, the spiritual home of New Zealand soccer, at least until Mother Nature played her hand, by way of a land subsidence, on a rainswept night in July 1979. The new league marked a return to the ideals of the original National Soccer League, with the number of teams involved being just right, given the quantity of quality players now playing the game in this country. As well, the crowd-pulling play-off concept was used to determine the competition's overall winner, despite the concerns of traditionalists, who considered the real league winners to be the team which won the round-robin phase. Once again, however, the issue of finance was to play a key role, and the demise of two of the inaugural contenders within a couple of years of the competition's commencement brought a premature end to what was, in principle, the ideal league competition as far as New Zealand soccer was concerned. The 1999 winter campaign has seen a return to regionally based football, with a twelve-team North Island League and an eight-team South Island League. Central United emerged as national club champions after the September final, downing Dunedin Technical 3-1 after extra-time. This concept lasted a year, before a return to a National League format came to pass, in the form of the National Club Championship. After dominating the competition in its round-robin phase, University-Mt. Wellington - in their first year of operation since amalgamation - were beaten 4-2 on penalties by Napier City Rovers in the Grand Final, after the combatants had served up two distinctly forgettable hours action on a North Harbour Stadium pitch which was, quite frankly, a disgrace to football. The 2001 campaign saw Miramar Rangers emerge triumphant over the premiership phase of the competition, but they stumbled at the final hurdle at the hands of Central United, who came from behind to win a gripping Grand Final 3-2, the only time they had defeated Miramar in four meetings throughout the season. A year on, and it was Miramar's turn to celebrate, as they downed the premiership phase champions, Napier City Rovers, 3-1 in the Grand Final, concluding a campaign which saw three of the four Auckland entries finishing in the bottom four, including the defending champions. The defending champions retained their crown the following season, a last-gasp winner from hat-trick hero Rupert Ryan seeing off East Auckland - a composite of the Eastern Suburbs, Ellerslie, Fencibles United and University-Mt. Wellington clubs - 3-2 in the Grand Final, a fitting finale to possibly the most closely contested National League for some years. It may well have marked the end of National League football as we've known it, however, as an eight-team franchise-based league kicked off in October 2004, replacing the club-based competition which had become uneconomical, with too many clubs falling on hard times as the pursuit of grandeur was all too often made at the expense of financial prudence. The inaugural competition saw Auckland City prove themselves cream of the crop over the round-robin phase of the competition, and they went on to clinch the inaugural NZ Football Championship with a last-gasp 3-2 victory over cross-town rivals and season-long title challengers, Waitakere United. They repeated the feat a year later, winning the Grand Final on penalties over Canterbury United after topping the table after twenty-one rounds. Four in a row proved beyond Auckland in 2008. Instead, their cross-town rivals, Waitakere United, finally shed the bridesmaid tag with which they were becoming accustomed, and swept all before them - National Youth League, NZFC Premiership and Grand Final, and potential back-to-back OFC Champions League crowns. The West Aucklanders were relieved of the crown a season later by their cross-town rivals, Auckland City sweeping all before them, including professional teams from the United Arab Emirates and Africa en route to finishing fifth at the FIFA Club World Cup Finals, an unprecedented feat for an amateur team. But Waitakere were back in the winners' circle in 2010, Allan Pearce scoring in his third consecutive NZFC Grand Final as United came from behind to down ten-man Canterbury United 3-1, the beaten team having made the showpiece fixture after finishing bottom of the league in each of the last two seasons. A year later, the West Aucklanders savoured success again, this time at the expense of their cross-town arch-rivals by the odd goal in five after a season in which the Queen City duo were head and shoulders above all-comers. And in 2012, Waitakere followed Auckland in "three-peating" the NZFC, crushing Team Wellington 4-1 in the Grand Final - the biggest scoreline in the showpiece fixture - following a season in which history was made by Auckland, who went through the entire round-robin phase of the competition unbeaten, only to come unstuck in the semi-finals. The "Old Firm" were at it again in the 2013 final, Waitakere prevailing over Auckland by the odd goal in seven in a barnstorming encounter to win the title for a fifth time. City matched that achievement a year later via an odd-goal win over Team Wellington, before overcoming maiden finalists Hawkes Bay United 2-1 in the 2015 final to take the crown for a record-equalling sixth time. But they weren't able to make it a second three-peat a year later, Team Wellington coming from behind to win their maiden crown, downing Auckland 4-2 after extra time in the final, after City had gone the entire season unbeaten. A year later, the Wellingtonians repeated the dose, this time prevailing 2-1 to claim their second successive crown. But a third successive crown eluded them in 2018, as Auckland gained sweet revenge with a 1-0 win in a cagey final, in the process extending an amazing defensive record to 1188 minutes - they haven't conceded a goal in their last ten NZFC fixtures, as well as three OFC Champions League matches. Eastern Suburbs clinched the title in 2019 with a comprehensive 3-0 rout of Team Wellington to claim the silverware for the first time in 48 years, and exactly 40 years after the club had been relegated from the National League. The 2020 season was halted after sixteen games in the interests of safety, a result of the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the planet. The play-offs were canned, and Auckland City declared champions, the seventh successive season they've finished top of the pile, and the eleventh time in the sixteen seasons in which the NZFC has operated. A year later, Auckland made it eight straight premiership phase titles, but it was Team Wellington who took out the very last ISPS Handa Premiership, downing City 4-2 in the Grand Final of a competition which is being replaced by a winter-based Superclub-style competition, the winner of which will be crowned each December.
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APPLE TV / MLS SEASON PASS	de	https://static.parastorage.com/client/pfavico.ico	King Of Grill	https://www.king-of-grill.com/forum/fragen-antworten/streaming-live-st-pauli-vs-atalanta-stream-9-august-2024	Earlier in the week, Spurs seemed as if they might be able to reward Antonio Conte for his patience and perseverance by landing not just one but two of his transfer targets. Porto appeared ready to do a deal for their 25-year-old Colombian international winger Luis Diaz, and Adama Traore was expected to perform as a wing-back for the Italian after coming from Football is such a short career and there was no one who would take that chance of a loss of form or a bad injury. Chelsea take on Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night in the tournament’s other semi-final. Al Ahly will take part in the tournament's third-place Brazil stepped in to host the tournament from June 13 to July 10, after planned hosts Argentina pulled out due to a dramatic surge in Covid cases across the country. It seems random that a national team should complete a series of inconsequential friendly matches and the captain be rewarded with a 20-minute TV interview in a prime-time WHAT A GOAL FROM GABBY JESUS! ... VS Larne FC – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 08/08/2024. 1.61. 21:00/08 aug. BR Team Tips St Pauli vs Atalanta - Preview, The Spanish duo of Real Madrid and Villarreal will demand a significant say in this matter, but the notion of a Champions League final between Liverpool and Manchester City in Paris is a truly mouthwatering prospect. Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol: I would be very surprised if he stayed at Dortmund past this summer because of this release clause, and because of the kind of clubs who are after him. Perhaps that was one incident he would have slightly regretted as he could have yellow carded Keita. However, goals from Manuel Locatelli, substitute Dejan Kulusevski and Mattia De Sciglio turned the match on its head. The duo also won La Liga, the Spanish Cup, and the Spanish Super Cup twice each, along with the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup three times Wales, promoted to League A following the 2020-21 Nations League competition, are once again pitted against Belgium as well as the Netherland and Poland in A4. There doesn't seem [to be] that coming together, the media that surrounds our industry has done exactly I think, the way that they've responded to the disappointment of the final, the way they have picked the baton up from that - a lot of the other teams in those latter stages haven't done that. Nothing to do with Covid but we have six or seven players affected, some who could play tonight and some who couldn't. Empoli shocked the Napoli players with three goals in just over seven minutes - including a gift by Alex Meret for Andrea Pinamonti - to seal a historic first league double over the Partenopei, having also last tasted victory against the same opponents back in December. I think the players, especially the foreign ones, are coming over trying to make themselves a career in England - when a new manager comes in they know they've got to prove themselves again, and I think that plays a part. Player power a dressing room issue?If Watford's players do get a meaningful boost from a new face in the dugout - and the results certainly suggest this is the case - then it also raises questions as to why they need cajoling at such regular intervals. We need points because we want to be top of the league. We have to look at ourselves and we have to improve and step This quarter-final was probably 50/50, with both sides able to produce magnificent football which offered a mouth-watering tie. However, after a score draw in the first leg, it was Leipzig who had their heads screwed on this time around to produce a performance on the night good enough to secure their place in the last While Palace are keen on Wan-Bissaka, new United boss Erik ten Hag has not yet had the chance to have a look at the players who he would like to keep in his squad for next season. Monaco - now fourth - will now host Amiens in the French Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday, while Lyon host Nice next weekend as they look to move up from Liverpool vs Atalanta LIVE! Europa League result, match Watch Gianluca Scamacca goal to stun Anfield. 20:50 , Marc Mayo. Not one the goalkeeper will want to remember. Gianluca Scamacca puts Atalanta ahead! Rangnick turned to a man he knows through Red Bull’s sporting operations when seeking assistance at Well, they're feeling it now. Six competitive wins in a row for the first time since 1930. Classy goals and clean sheets. Full houses and untold bedlam. “So it's about how we can develop the whole team, not only Cristiano. What I saw from Cristiano, he is more than willing to do that, to put his input into the team. His team-mates will have to do the “He certainly has the experience and expertise, and has won a lot in the game to add value to the game for He spoke about provoking friction with Ozil in order to get more out of him in an interview with Sky Sports in January 2019. Southampton, who are now under new ownership, took a risk in giving the Chelsea academy graduate a chance at top-flight first-team football. And for me, the most vital part is the club manages to get in the right and best possible players, change the attitude and also the energy - I think we need positive energy for the new team. FC St. Pauli vs. Atalanta (International Friendly) 8/9/24 ... International Friendly. Live. Live. Middletown, DE vs. Washington, D.C.. ESPN • Little League World Series. Live. ESPN BET Live. ESPN2 • ESPN BET Live. Mbappe is unstoppable, we have tried to control him. Playing against Kylian is special because we play in the national side together, said Benzema. Guardiola said: He (Dias) travels with us and the rest, all of them are fit Maybe (he will play on Wednesday), I don't know. Jurgen Klopp has called Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola the “best coach in the world” and says Liverpool will need a “perfect performance” to beat their Premier League title rivals when the pair to meet on Sky Sports' Sunday Special. Keane: Not good enough from Man Utd Sky Sports' Roy Keane speaking on ITV: You have to be critical of Manchester United. Kilman has done that 150 times this season, more than any of his team-mates, just ahead of flying winger Adama Traore. St. Pauli vs Atalanta: live 9 august 2024. Team News, St. Pauli - Atalanta. Clubs Friendly, 09.08.2024 11:30. Live game, news, stats, videos, lineups, SCORE PREDICTION: 2-1 BETTING ANGLE: Che Adams to score and Southampton to win (16/5 with Sky Bet) Opta stats Southampton have had a player sent off in each of their last three home league games against Leicester - Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in 2018-19, Ryan Bertrand in 2019-20 and Jannik Vestergaard last season.After winning just three of their first 38 away league games against Southampton (D14 L21), Leicester have now won on three of their last four visits to St Mary's (D1) while netting 16 goals in the process.So far in 2021, Southampton have lost six of their seven midweek Premier League games (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), winning the other. We were doing it for business reasons, of course, because you want to sell the player down the line, but the pathway was there for him. Solskjaer talked of turning United into a high-pressing team like Liverpool or Manchester City last season but, for all Ronaldo offers in an offensive sense, that transformation is not possible with a player like him at the tip of the attack. It remains to be seen if interim boss Ralf Rangnick can get the best out of what is on paper one of the most talented attacks in the He told Sky Sports: Congratulations to Palace for the game they played but we made it impossible for ourselves with the way we competed. Manchester United are interested in signing Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to reports. Ralf Rangnick has urged Anthony Martial to speak directly to Manchester United about his wish to leave in January. FC St. Pauli vs Atalanta live score, H2H and lineups FC St. Pauli Atalanta live score (and video online live stream) starts on 9 Aug 2024 at 16:30 UTC time in Club Friendly Games,
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Director of football Shaun Gill speaks to aleagues.com.au about a vision more than a decade in the making and what’s next for the A-Leagues club. Patience is a virtue. In football, like in life, patience can be hard to come by in the pursuit of success – however you may quantify it, whether as a club, coach, director, player or fan. Everyone wants something, here and now. But those that trust the process reap the benefits. Just ask Wellington Phoenix. Not only did the Phoenix enjoy a record-breaking run to the 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League Semi-Finals having agonisingly missed out on a maiden Premiership, but they benefitted from a vision 13 years in the making. WONDERKID WATCH: 97th-minute madness as Melbourne Victory complete football miracle “I remember in pre-season, we made the call around wanting to cement the pathway through the academy into the first team,” Wellington director of football Shaun Gill told aleagues.com.au. “We signed a few academy kids and were basically planning to give AP (Alex Paulsen), Finn (Surman) and Oldy (Ben Old) the opportunity. We didn’t get smashed for it but there were a lot of questions, right? “I remember doing a bit of media at the time, talking about our strategy and where we were going. I remember talking about the fact we had a solid group of players who’d been there and played in the A-League for a while… Then we still had a good core group of visa players who had been here for a season already. You always know that the visa players tend to get better in their second season once they settle in. “Was it a surprise? I think getting to second probably exceeded everyone’s expectations to an extent but making the play-offs was always in our mind. Also, when you saw what the Mariners had done the season before, if you can get the balance right of good visa players, a good mix of players with A-League experience then those young players that are really driven to get somewhere, anything can happen, right?” ‘CLOSER TO 99%’: Chiefy delivers update on Wellington Phoenix’s transfer plans The three players Gill mentioned are the results of a pathway that can be traced all the way back to 2011. Alex Paulsen (AFC Bournemouth), Ben Old (AS Saint-Etienne) and Finn Surman (Portland Timbers) are all academy graduates, who earned life-changing moves after breakout seasons under Giancarlo ‘Chiefy’ Italiano in the Isuzu UTE A-League last season. Then there is also former Liberty A-League sensation Macey Fraser and her record-breaking move to National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) outfit Utah Royals – another beneficiary of the Phoenix’s pathway in Wellington. “The one thing is, it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time,” said Gill, who was appointed Wellington’s Director of Football in 2022, having served as operations manager since 2013. “I remember when I came in 2013, there was one team at the club. I had been with Team Wellington, who were the Wellington franchise in the national league prior to that. For the two seasons of me moving to the Phoenix, we’d been involved in a joint venture – Football School of Excellence – which saw eight kids come into the Team Wellington environment to play but trained full-time with the Phoenix. Players like Tyler Boyd and Louis Fenton. “That was the foundation for where we are today. “I remember we sat around a boardroom table with the Phoenix and Team Wellington. There were a couple of owners there who were really focused on creating a pathway and creating this academy environment. “Over the following 11 seasons, we’ve gotten to where we are now. It started off with a collaboration with the APFA (Asia Pacific Football Academy) out of Christchurch which was the initial start of the academy out at Scots College. We sort of took that over wholly and now we’re at the point where we have eight teams – five boys teams and three girls teams. “We have a large contingent of players playing U17s and U20s for New Zealand. The U23 team at the Olympics, I think there’s 16 players from the 22 who have come through the environment or who’ve had a Phoenix contract. It definitely doesn’t happen overnight. “The success of it now is really back to those foundations laid back in 2013, or even 2011.” The Phoenix received transfer fees for Paulsen, Old – who both represented the A-Leagues All Stars Men against Newcastle United – and Surman, as well as Fraser. For Gill, a proud Wellingtonian, watching these players develop from budding young talents to professional footballers abroad is something special. It is also part of the club’s “four-corner model”. LOCKED IN! Dates announced for 2024-25 A-Leagues season UNITE ROUND LAUNCHED FOR 2024-25: Everything you need to know UNITE ROUND 2024-25: What’s new this season? FULL FIXTURE: Who your team is up against in Unite Round “It’s extremely pleasing. For me probably more so, I have my wife as a teacher at Scots College where a lot of these boys were coming through,” he reflected. “She’s very well connected to them, particularly the likes of AP, Oldy and Finn Surman. I even remember back to Sarpreet Singh when he came in at 15 to the academy, and what we did. Even Liberato (Cacace) and Ben Waine. “To be able to provide these guys and girls with an environment that gives them the best chances to attaining their goals and reaching the heights they want while also helping us now be successful. There’s a lot of hard work that goes in by a lot of people. The academy staff are fantastic. “We’re more focused on not just football, but the physical side of things. Strength and conditioning that goes into that, the physiotherapy that goes into that. We also now have a couple of sports psychologists that work across the club. “That four-corner model of development is really critical to us to make sure it’s not just about developing good footballers but good people because they tend to be the ones who kick on the furthest.” Focusing on the current transfer window, is this just the start for Wellington as their youth strategy really clicks into gear with a new wave of prospects? “I certainly hope so,” replied Gill. “We have to be careful. Some of these things can be cyclical. “For example, Alex Paulsen, Ben Old and Finn Surman had been signed to the club for about three seasons prior to these moves and had been in the academy since 16-17. You tend to get a good crop of players like last season. We had a group of players finishing the cycle with the academy and the U20s campaign in terms of the Isaac Hughes’, (Lukas) Kelly-Heald’s etc. “We’re at the start of that next cycle right now. We have a lot of players in the reserve team who are 17-18 and were at the U17 World Cup last year. We hope there’s another couple in there that if they get the exposure and can take the step up to the A-League over then next 12 months that we potentially can have another off-season where we sell another couple. “Basically where we’re at now, we’ve tried to get the point where we have a good succession model and we’re looking at not having a top-heavy group in one-age group, that we split the age groups out. We split the age groups out which is evident with the likes of Gab Sloane-Rodrigues and Luke Supyk who signed contracts last year. “What we also know too is that the overseas market is looking for players younger and younger. We want to have consistency in the transfer market but we also want to have consistency in terms of top six, top four and actually try to get closer to winning it at the same time.” DREAM COME TRUE: Melbourne City teen becomes just second player to achieve academy feat after signing first pro deal Gill mentioned the fact that “the overseas market is looking for players young and younger”. Does that alter the Phoenix’s approach to identifying talent? “The first entry point into the boys space is U14s. We’re working through some stuff with NZ Football and the FIFA TDS (Talent Development Scheme) around what that looks like and how we can work more closely with NZ Football and the federations, and grow the scouting network. “That’s the key thing. We have to know the kids and know where they are. You also have to be able to work with them if they’re not ready to move to Wellington. “That’s the other issue – what’s the right age to move and leave home? For one player it’s something different for another player. It also comes into cost etc. We’re definitely trying to identify them at that U14s age group.” REMEMBER THESE NAMES: Your guide to the A-Leagues whiz kids who ended Australia’s 5-year drought Wellington’s recent dealings with Premier League side Bournemouth, 10-time French champions Saint-Etienne and MLS side Portland Timbers are proving beneficial in more ways than one. Aside from the financial aspect, those transfers – on top of Sarpreet Singh’s move to Bayern Munich in 2019 – is opening doors for the Phoenix. “Interestingly enough, out of dealing with those clubs, what happens now is you go into the market and potentially we’re looking at a couple of loan visa players and potentially we’re happy enough to look at some young players who have that drive and ambition to kick on,” Gill began. “All of a sudden you talk to a few clubs in Europe and you say we’ve just sold this player to Bournemouth, this player to St-Etienne and all of a sudden they start taking you seriously. That’s one of the key things that has come out of it for us. “… At the moment New Zealand just cracked 100 in the world, so there’s a bit of a work we still need to do both as a football nation and as a club to lift these transfers further and further.” Now, all eyes are on Wellington and the 2024-25 season. Italiano made history in his rookie season as a head coach in the Isuzu UTE A-League, narrowly missing out on the Premier’s Plate and a Grand Final berth, while ushering through an exciting wave of young talent after being promoted from his role as assistant. Marco Rojas has returned to the Phoenix, while two-time A-Leagues champion Paulo Retre has arrived in Wellington following the re-signing of leading goalscorer Kosta Barbarouses. “It’s not just about youngsters,” Gill insisted. “You have to have that balance. “That’s where you get the (Alex) Rufers, (Tim) Paynes of this world, (Scott) Wootton and David Ball to come in. Mo Al-Taay is 23 now with international experience, Paulo Retre, Marco Rojas and Kosta Barbarouses. “One of the key things with the recruitment of Retre and Rojas, now we’re looking at who has won things. We want to bring that mentality to the group. It’s not just about youngsters. It’s about giving a good environment to the next crop of youngsters coming through. Those who want to put their hands up and are good enough to put their hand up and can make starts, the environment is there for them to do that. “The youngsters are ready to put their hand up and force their way in, the environment is good for them to come through and crack onto the next level. “Can we be successful? I think we can definitely be a top-four team next season but who knows? Football isn’t played on a piece of paper. It’s played on the park and you have injuries to contend with as well. But we’re confident with where we’re heading.”
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And that's not even telling the full story either, as you have to go back to 2016 to find a win against a team that was actually interested in being there. In fact, Sky Stadium currently stands as the worst venue for the All Blacks in the professional era. They've lost there more than the famously daunting venues of Ellis Park, Twickenham and (recently at least) the Aviva Stadium. It actually defies all logic that the site of so much failure is on NZ soil, given that they've only ever dropped four home series ever, with the gaps between each one at an average of 27 years. The infamously bad weather certainly can't be used as an excuse. The All Blacks have been playing in Wellington since 1884, so they must be used to it by now. Besides, given local players' knowledge of the conditions that should be helping them anyway. The other weird part about it is that up until the dramatic 24-21 loss to the British & Irish Lions in 2017 (the All Blacks first loss at any NZ venue in nine seasons), they'd fashioned a 17 test win streak at then Westpac Stadium dating back to 2003. Before that, Athletic Park saw - depending on what criteria you're using - 29 All Black test wins, nine losses and three draws. Since that Lions loss, the record at Sky Stadium looks like this: 2018: All Blacks 26 - 13 France Not an All Blacks victory that stayed in the memories at all, only notable for the fact that it got minds thinking about alternatives to red card after French fullback Benjamin fall was sent off after only 12 minutes. 2018: Springboks 36 - 34 All Blacks An absolute shootout and one of the Boks' finest hours. New coach Rassie Erasmus and skipper Siya Kolisi pulled off a miracle less than a year after the South Africans had been humbles 57-0 in Albany. 2019: All Blacks 16 - 16 Springboks This one was heading for dull 16-9 win for the All Blacks until a bit of Cheslin Kolbe magic sealed a draw on the last play. 2020: All Blacks 16 - 16 Wallabies The first test out of the pandemic would have been a loss had Reece Hodge's shot at goal from 60m hadn't cannoned off the post. A crazy 10 minutes of added time followed but the deadlock couldn't be broken. 2022: Ireland 32 - 22 All Blacks Perhaps the most far reaching loss in Ian Foster's tenure as coach, the All Blacks trailed for the entire game and conceded four tries. It consigned them to the first home series loss since 1994. But is it weighing on the minds of the players? Not really, according to born and bred Wellingtonian and All Black captain Ardie Savea. "As players, if we put too much focus on that, we lose focus on what we need to. That's a cold reality that we don't perform well in Wellington, but we don't talk about that," said Savea, before making a welcome gag about the weather. Scott Robertson wasn't keen to be drawn on it either. "My concern's on performance and records look after themselves, so we're focusing on respecting Argentina with a great week of prep," was his unsurprising response. The Wellington woes also cast an interesting light of the much-vaunted All Black unbeaten streak at Eden Park, which will reach the 50 test mark if they beat the Pumas there next weekend. The aforementioned opponents at Sky Stadium shows just what the strength of schedule had been at Eden Park, notably that the Springboks haven't played there in over a decade. Despite the shocking record, a defeat on Saturday night would be a real surprise because this is essentially the same Pumas team that the All Blacks destroyed in last year's World Cup semi-final. Besides, the history between these two specific sides in Wellington is very one-sided, including the All Blacks' biggest ever defeat of the Pumas back in 1997. The 93-8 win at Athletic Park was such a hiding that captain Sean Fitzpatrick convinced the ref to call the game off early, so the Pumas wouldn't suffer the embarrassment of conceding 100 points. That's pretty unlikely to happen again, but it is worth noting that in the three tests since the Pumas won in Christchurch, the aggregate score line has been 138-21 in the All Blacks' favour. You'd have to think out of the two histories presented, that one probably presents the more compelling case. All Blacks v Pumas Kick-off: 7.05pm, Saturday 10 August (NZT) Sky Stadium, Wellington Live blog coverage on RNZ Sport All Blacks: 1. Ethan de Groot 2. Codie Taylor 3. Tyrel Lomax 4. Tupou Vaa'i 5. Sam Darry 6. Ethan Blackadder7. Dalton Papali'i 8. Ardie Savea (c) 9. TJ Perenara 10. Damian McKenzie 11. Mark Tele'a 12. Jordie Barrett 13. Anton Lienert-Brown 14. Sevu Reece 15. Beauden Barrett Bench: 16. Asafo Aumua 17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi 18. Fletcher Newell 19. Josh Lord 20. Wallace Sititi 21. Cortez Ratima 22. Rieko Ioane 23. Will Jordan Pumas: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Matias Moroni, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera (c), 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Ignacio Ruiz, 1 Thomas Gallo Bench: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Efrain Elias, 20 Tomas Lavanini, 21 Joaquin Oviedo, 22 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23 Tomas Albornoz
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Since our inception in 1972, following the amalgamation of Onslow and Johnson Villa clubs, and later merging with Newlands Paparangi United in 1992, our journey has been marked by a steadfast commitment to nurturing talent and fostering a culture of inclusivity. We take pride in providing a seamless pathway for players of all ages and abilities, guiding them from junior grassroots to the pinnacle of senior competition, whether it's for the sheer joy of the game or the pursuit of elite success via our TDP. At North Wellington Football Club, our ethos extends beyond the pitch. We are a community, united by our shared passion for football and our unwavering support for one another. Whether you're donning our colors on the field, cheering from the sidelines at Alex Moore Park, or joining us as part of the opposition, you're welcomed with open arms into our tight-knit community. 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