Football Ferns

Quality

Reminds me a bit of Brockie's goal against Victory in Melbourne.

That was a sexy as fudge goal.  

It was a nicely taken goal, yes.

Love goals that kiss the inside of the goal frame. 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/81790446/football-ferns-coach-tony-readings-backs-culture-to-lead-teams-charge-at-rio-olympics

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/81794873/football-ferns-defender-meikayla-moore-excited-to-make-her-mark-at-rio-olympics

Ferns choose experience for Rio squad

Pereira living Football Ferns Olympic dream

New Zealand draw for Rio Olympic Games:

August 3 v USA at Belo Horizonte
August 6 v Colombia at Belo Horizonte
August 9 v France at Salvador

NZ Football Women's Olympic Squad (Club - NZ unless noted, Caps and Goals for New Zealand)

Katie Bowen (FC Kansas City, USA, 37, 1)
Katie Duncan (vc) (FC Zurich, Switzerland, 115, 1)
Abby Erceg (c) (Western New York Flash USA, 126, 6)
Anna Green (Malbackens IF Sweden, 60, 7)
Sarah Gregorius (Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki, Japan, 78, 24)
Betsy Hassett (Werder Bremen, Germany, 91, 8)
Amber Hearn (USV Jena, Germany, 112, 50)
Annalie Longo (Cashmere Technical, 91, 8)
Meikayla Moore (Norwest United, 14, 0)
Erin Nayler (Norwest United, 40, 0)
Ria Percival (USV Jena, Germany, 116, 11)
Jasmine Pereira (Three Kings United, 18, 0)
Ali Riley (FC Rosengard, Sweden, 101, 1)
Rebecca Rolls (Three Kings Utd, 22, 0)
Rebekah Stott (SC Sand, Germany, 49, 4)
Rosie White (Liverpool FC, England, 81, 14)
Hannah Wilkinson (University of Tennessee, USA, 74, 23)
Kirsty Yallop (Malbackens IF, Sweden, 99, 12)

P Athletes (Travelling Reserves):

Catherine (CJ) Bott (Forrest Hill Milford United AFC, 3, 0)
Daisy Cleverley (Forrest Hill Milford Utd AFC, 3, 2)
Victoria Esson (Ferrymead Bays, 0, 0)
Paige Satchell (Three Kings United, 1, 0)

From TV3

Experience key to Football Ferns' Rio bid

NZ Football's press release has typically stuffed-up.

Those dates are local Brazilian time.

We in NZ are 15 - 17 hours ahead of Brazil (depending on which part of Brazil).

Hence the actual NZ dates for the above games are August 4, 7 and 10. 

Evidence here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2016...

There seems to be a type of sickness that lies upon NZF.  

One wrong step took Football Ferns star Hannah Wilkinson from a certain selection for next month's Olympics, to a 50-50 prospect.

The 1.75m forward was this week named in the 18-strong New Zealand squad headed to Rio after a overcoming a serious knee injury.

Wilkinson, one of the Football Ferns' most prolific goal scorers, was just two minutes into an exhibition match for her University of Tennessee side last August when disaster struck before she'd even had a chance to touch the ball.

An awkward change of direction caused Wilkinson's knee to buckle, rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament.

Once the shock of the pain wore off, Wilkinson had just one thought: "Rio".

The 24-year-old, who made her international debut at 17, spoke to She's Got Gamethis week about her tough road back to full fitness.

"The first thing I thought of was Rio," said Wilkinson, who was this week confirmed in the 18-strong Football Ferns line-up for Rio.

"I did have some doubts initially, but I knew if I worked hard I would make it back to how I looked before on the field, so through a lot hard work, I think I'm pretty close now.

"Thankfully I didn't do it any later, I would have been cutting it pretty fine."

She's Got Game Episode 6: Football Fern completes toughest road to Rio

And finally, we talk to two athletes still chasing Olympic selection - Football Ferns' defender Meikayla Moore and weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs - and find out how they are dealing with the pressure as crunch time looms.

She's Got Game ep 3: Kiwi rowers chase two medals at one Games

Or the press release just said what day the games actually are, and didn't suggest anywhere that they were NZ times. Hardly the biggest blunder.

Abby Erceg scores in controversial match:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/10/n...

What an inspiration Katie is.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/football/football-ferns-skipper-overcomes-great-adversity-ahead-rio-olympics

Just looking at some of the american sports websites, they think we'll get "treated with respect" and get slapped 5-0/1.  

Hope the girls show the yanks up today.  C'mon you Ferns!!!

Its going to be pretty tough, hopefully we can grab third spot but goal difference will be important. 

To be fair, I said exactly the same score on the podcast last week...

Is there any betting website that's offering NZ to not score a goal throughout the tournament? Maybe we'll score 1 max but we're facing three tough teams. 

so what time today are they playing?

10am, think coverage is from 9.50am on Rio pop up channels.

I just hate the NZ Herald, its been hopeless with coverage of football for as long as I can remember. It always reacts after events and never is ahead of the curve.

Today in a few hours the Football Ferns play, possibly the first Kiwi's in action at these Olympics and on their sports main page on there website is no mention of the upcoming game this morning. No game preview just a story about one Football Ferns journey through football which was posted 3 weeks ago.

Even when I go to the Olympics section there is no mention of the game or preview. First Kiwis in action and you wouldnt know it.

I shouldnt be surprised.

Readings has certainly been talking big. That worries me.

One of the problems when John Herdman was in charge was that he had the players truely believing they could win the WC or Olympics and when they fell well short the players seriously struggled with it. When he left they felt betrayed. Readings is very popular among the players because he is generally very honest with them and from what I have heard practices what he preaches. Heres hoping he knows something we dont. The biggest battle in the last few years has been scoring goals, fingers crossed they have found some answers to that.

For working people who can listen to radio, online radio stream:

http://tunein.com/radio/Olympic-W-Soccer-USA-vs-Ne...

Ferns starting lineup

If anyone finds a stream can you post it?

http://www.usagoals.me/football/1627155/2/usa-w-vs...

The crowds today have been abismal compared to London for the women's football.

Not sure whats up with the coverage but they keep putting the wrong names up for our girls eg Wilkinson instead of Reilly. Pretty amateur.

Hey Marto

Thanks - but there are so many pop-ups and adds in front that I can't get through. Frustrating.

I'm using firefox with adblock plus installed which stops all that.

Cheers, I'll try that.

Half time 1-0 to the US.  we're getting into their box more then they are in ours but our strikers look clueless again, just like they did in Canada last year.  The Ferns really need a Chris Wood or Shane Smeltz type to progress long term I think.

BINGO!

Ta Marto Hopefully I'll enjoy what I see from now....

No worries mate.  Hopefully its all good for you, there's a few different streams but the US coverage is pretty decent.

Oh dear.  Very soft second goal.  Defender ball watching, and sloppy keeping.

2-0 full time, as Aitkenmike said, second goal very soft, keeper and defender both fast asleep and beaten on the near post.  Not a bad showing all up but we never looked like scoring.

USA just too good. 

This group is going to be cut-throat. It will be interesting after we see how Colombia and France go.

Thanks for the tips Marto!

2-0 isnt a bad score considering. The French womans team are the big worry i believe, they have 2 very very fast wide players who can both cross with either foot. I think the French could win Gold.

Sadly some of our problems are similar to the mens. 95% of all our long balls forward in this game ended up as lost possession. Why do our coaches keep asking our players to do things which have such a high failure rate?

I get the feeling the US never moved out of second gear in that game. 

France 4 - Colombia 0