Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer have signed the defender Kyle Adams from New Zealand. Adams played for Auckland City youth side in his country before departing to United States. The defender that mainly plays as a left back as previously at Dynamo’s parter Rio Grande Valley in United Soccer League – the club decided toContinue reading “New Zealand’s Kyle Adams join MLS”
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Max Mata: back to Swiss football
The 19-year old New Zealand prospect Max Mata had a very good year in 2019. Last January the striker signed his first professional contract with Grasshopper Zurich that currently plays the Challenge League, the second-tier of football in Switzerland. The club is famous in the country and played several season in the top league. MataContinue reading “Max Mata: back to Swiss football”
Young All-Whites Garbett signs European deal
Exciting news for New Zealand and Oceania football broke recently in local media; another young talented player – product of Olé Football Academy – has signed a professional contract in European continent. Olé Football Academy is responsible for developing players as the current All-Whites members Callum McCowatt and Elijah Just. This time the U17 NewContinue reading “Young All-Whites Garbett signs European deal”
Top-table clash excites ISPS Handa Premiership weekend
The most important football league of New Zealand will have a very important clash in this weekend that may confirm the dominance of Auckland City over the league or put questions to it. Team Wellington will play the current leaders in their domains in Wellington having a rare chance to cut the six-point margin theyContinue reading “Top-table clash excites ISPS Handa Premiership weekend”
First-class performance by Marinovic give Phoenix tight win over Jets
Wellington Phoenix is back to the winning ways after they beat at home Newcastle Jets; a very hard match for the New Zealanders as the visitors created the most opportunities of goals, but were stopped by Marinovic in a splendid night. Jets had the best opportunities in the first half and should have scored inContinue reading “First-class performance by Marinovic give Phoenix tight win over Jets”
Phoenix looks to recover from defeat as they face Jets at SkyStadium
Unfortunately for Wellington Phoenix, they could not break their non-losing streak history record in the Hyundai A-League in the last week against Brisbane Roar as they were defeat by 1-0. The team was very unlucky as they hit the woodwork twice in the first half and suffered a heartbreaking goal in the final part ofContinue reading “Phoenix looks to recover from defeat as they face Jets at SkyStadium”
New Zealand to field U23 players in OFC Nations Cup
According to a reliable source, New Zealand will send a U23 team to OFC Nations Cup as preparation for 2020 Olympics that will be held in Tokyo between July and August. All Whites head coach Danny Hay will not coach the team in the Nations Cup as well. Des Buckingham will lead the team inContinue reading “New Zealand to field U23 players in OFC Nations Cup”
Marco Rojas has officially returned to Melbourne Victory
Marco Rojas is officially back to A-League to play for Melbourne Victory. This will be his third stint for club based in Melbourne. Oceania Football Center reported recently the player was back to A-League, but only now the New Zealand international was officially announced by Victory. The reason for the delay is the club neededContinue reading “Marco Rojas has officially returned to Melbourne Victory”
All-Whites player Ridenton fails to impress English club
The New Zealand international Matthew Ridenton left his club in Newcastle Jets in the previous week to attend trials in the English second tier side Reading FC. The player had a rare opportunity to showcase himself at a very higher level than in Australian A-League. According to Berkshire Live, the 23-year old midfielder had aContinue reading “All-Whites player Ridenton fails to impress English club”
Islanders observer #08 – Andrew Abba
The eighth episode of Islanders Observer arrived! Oceania Football Center keep talking about the foreign islanders that are playing in 2019-20 ISPS Handa Permiership, the top national football league in Oceania. The last episode talks about Solomon Islands international Andrew Abba. That is a season to forget for Abba, the Waitakere United’s winger suffered aContinue reading “Islanders observer #08 – Andrew Abba”
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