Western United, Sydney FC and now Perth Glory is the side that defeats Wellington Phoenix in their three first matches at 2019/20 A-League season. The experience of the 37-year old midfielder Diego Castro made a crucial impact for the game result. The English marksman Gary Hooper was expected to be in the starting eleven forContinue reading “Phoenix suffers third defeat in a row”
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Uninspired New Zealand is defeated by African debutants
Today New Zealand started their campaing at the 2019 U17 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Estádio Bezerrão did not see a good performance by the Young All Whites – surely the coach Jose Figueira is not happy from what he has seem from his team. New Zealand faced Angola at their opener – theContinue reading “Uninspired New Zealand is defeated by African debutants”
Distance derby might be Hooper debut for Phoenix
The distance derby is always an important part of Wellington Phoenix – specially when their opponents are the current premiers of A-League. Perth Glory made a superb season in 2018/19, topping the A-League regular season and playing a very attractive football. Andy Keogh, Chris Ikonomidis and Diego Castro made fantastic combinations all over the seasonContinue reading “Distance derby might be Hooper debut for Phoenix”
U17 World Cup: New Zealand looks to keep their development running
There is no doubt that New Zealand is most prominent football nation of Oceania, but at world stage the situation is far different: the Kiwis took part of only two World Cups (1982 and 2010) and produced few players that had impact at the most important football leagues. Wynton Rufer is certainly the most prominentContinue reading “U17 World Cup: New Zealand looks to keep their development running”
Krishna scores in ATK first ISL win in the season
The Fijian international Roy Krishna after a fantastic season at Hyundai A-League for Wellington Phoenix, finnaly found the nets in his new club in India: ATK, the Kolkata based club, won their first match in the season and Krishna and his partner at Phoenix days David Williams helped to secure an important result for hisContinue reading “Krishna scores in ATK first ISL win in the season”
Hienghène one draw away from Mobil Super Ligue title
🇫🇷 Lire en Français ici For the first time in New Caledonian football history we can see in this weekend a local team winning all competitions they played in a season: Hienghène Sport already added the honours of OFC Champions League and Coupe de Calédonie and this Sunday they will be seeking the Mobil SuperContinue reading “Hienghène one draw away from Mobil Super Ligue title”
George Stevenson: experience to help the Kurukuru
The dominance of Solomon Islands at continental level in Oceania is clear: the last three editions of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the representant of OFC were the Kurukuru – winning all qualyfing tournaments in Oceania, taking the slot FIFA guarantees to OFC at the most important Futsal world event. Currently ranked 48th at FIFAContinue reading “George Stevenson: experience to help the Kurukuru”
Unlucky Phoenix is defeated by Sydney FC
The Wellington Phoenix will be surely complaining tonight, but the majority of them will not complain on Ufuk Talay’s team performance – but yes in the bad luck Phoenix had when facing the current A-League Champions at Leichhardt Oval. The game started with Sydney showing their attacking impetus with the forwards Adam le Fondre andContinue reading “Unlucky Phoenix is defeated by Sydney FC”
Jonathan Spokeyjack: “Vanuatu was prepared for New Zealand”
Since Australia left the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006, New Zealand took the spot as top team in the region and turned into the big task of all other 10 countries to challenge their clubs and national teams at the Confederation tournaments. So on, just twice clubs from outside New Zealand won the OFC ChampionsContinue reading “Jonathan Spokeyjack: “Vanuatu was prepared for New Zealand””
Phoenix faces A-League Champions
After a dissapoint 1-0 defeat against Western United at home last weekend, Wellington Phoenix travels to Sydney to challenge the current A-League champions at Leichhart Oval, 20th October, 8pm NZT. It is not going to be an easy task for the New Zealand-based club if they want to avoid two defeats in the starting twoContinue reading “Phoenix faces A-League Champions”
