Auckland City and Team Wellington draw; Waitakere take the lead in ISPS Handa Premiership

The second round for ISPS Handa Premiership was very lively in the Sunday, plenty of goals and with talent to watch. The most important national league of Oceania starts to get shape and the second matchweek already could present to the fans a great clash between Team Wellington and Auckland City played in Kiwitea Street.Continue reading “Auckland City and Team Wellington draw; Waitakere take the lead in ISPS Handa Premiership”

Dead end for Oceania in U17 World Cup

New Zealand is eliminated in the 2019 U17 World Cup. They were the fifth best third placed team in the World Cup but only the top four third placed teams qualified for Round of 16, so New Zealand ended its participation in the championship in the 17th position. They could have done more to qualifyContinue reading “Dead end for Oceania in U17 World Cup”

A very entertaining matchweek kicks-off ISPS Handa Premiership

ISPS Handa Premiership is back! The top tier of New Zealand football had its first matches played this weekend. Oceania Football Center brings to you a review of what happened in these five clashes! WAITAKERE UNITED 3-1 WELLINGTON PHOENIX RESERVES After a disappointing 2018-19 season, Waitakere United comes with a promising squad for this ISPSContinue reading “A very entertaining matchweek kicks-off ISPS Handa Premiership”

New Zealand win and keep their chances alive in U17 FIFA World Cup

New Zealand needed a win against Canada if they wanted to keep their chances alive in the U17 World Cup – and this is exactly what the Young All Whites have done. A superb performance of the goalkeeper Alex Paulsen and a fantastic goal scored by Matthew Garbett made the Oceania champions to win CanadaContinue reading “New Zealand win and keep their chances alive in U17 FIFA World Cup”

ISPS Handa Premiership kicks-off this weekend

The most important national league of Oceania starts a new season this weekend. Full of new players and stronger squads than the previous years, the 2019/20 season of ISPS Handa Premiership in New Zealand promises to be the best of the league in the history. You can see more information about the previous editions ofContinue reading “ISPS Handa Premiership kicks-off this weekend”

New Zealand play their chances against Canada in FIFA U17 World Cup

The Young All Whites still have some chances to qualify for the Round of 16 of this edition of FIFA U17 World Cup. To keep their chances alive they need to win their final group match against Canada – to be played in Estádio Bezerrão, in Brazilian capital city. Both sides lost their two firstContinue reading “New Zealand play their chances against Canada in FIFA U17 World Cup”

Tommy Semmy: a story of a hardworker

To achieve success in any areas of our lives we really need to battle to reach the expectations we have. Although not always our efforts can guarantee us our aims, without trying the best we can we are surely not going to obtain what we are hoping for. The football world might be cruel forContinue reading “Tommy Semmy: a story of a hardworker”

New Zealand fights but is beaten by Brazil at U17 World Cup

New Zealand knew they would have a hard time against Brazil – but probrably they never imagined they almost could get something from this match. The Kiwis had at least three real goalscoring chances against the powerhouses but could not came up with a good result. Brazil started the match with a lively attacking frontContinue reading “New Zealand fights but is beaten by Brazil at U17 World Cup”

New Zealand face hosts Brazil in their second match at U17 World Cup

New Zealand will come back to Estádio Bezerrão to face the hosts Brazil in their second match in the world stage youth tournament. The Kiwis suffered a very frustrating defeat against Angola in their opener match by 2-1 margin and hope for a better result against the South American powerhouses. The task of the OceaniaContinue reading “New Zealand face hosts Brazil in their second match at U17 World Cup”

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”