2026 All Whites International Fixtures

Both warmups to played in front of crowds ie not closed doors. Haiti game at the same stadium played Colombia last November.

Maybe the strongest 11 play about 60-70 mins in each of the warmups, then rotate. Is going to be hotter conditions in the open air Florida stadiums (maybe much hotter) than actual WC games in LA and Vancouver.

Baze talks.

Some interesting calls to come regarding three or four spots.

LB - Old looked good and Cacace has barely played all year.
LW - Randell offers our most direct attacking threat, but he is competing with Old, Just and Singh potentially
AM - Singh, or Just, or Thomas/Stamenic if we want the triangle with Bell.
RW - Singh, Just, or McCowatt

And I can see GK coming down to opposition. If we expect more ball, Paulsen to help with possession. If less, Crocombe. We should be able to swap out keepers tactically like we do outfield players.

Personally, I would like

                    Paulsen
    Payne   Surman Boxall  Old
                 Stam      Ball
    Just         Thomas       Randell
                      Wood

Good report on the TV One 6 pm news on Monday night with Baze very open about his selection processes.
Rare to see a national coach displaying his white board with all players in line for selection for each position.
Really interesting to see all the players in line on the board in this video.
Report starts at about 31 minutes:
1News at Six