FYI - the last time the AWs hosted an OFC team was way back in Sept 2017.
A 6-1 rout of the Solomons at Albany.
Monty Patterson & Sam Brotherton started that game. Also Themi, WeeMac, Deklan Wynne (LB) & Storm Roux (RB). Fair to say when at full strength we now have much better players. With Roux agruably not.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/01/oceania/wc-qualifying-oceania/new-zealand/solomon-islands/2466133/
First round OFC WC qualifying tourney in September window. Four lowest FIFA ranked OFC teams. Likely Samoa, Cooks, American Samoa & Tonga.
Winner of that tourney, joins 7 highest ranked OFC teams when Second round WC qualifying starts in October window. Most probably NZ, Solomons, PNG, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu & Tahiti with Samoa.
2 pools of 4 teams. So Samoa could be in the AWs pool. They just lost to Fiji 9-1. Even PNG got spanked 5-1 by Fiji.
A 6-1 rout of the Solomons at Albany.
Monty Patterson & Sam Brotherton started that game. Also Themi, WeeMac, Deklan Wynne (LB) & Storm Roux (RB). Fair to say when at full strength we now have much better players. With Roux agruably not.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/01/oceania/wc-qualifying-oceania/new-zealand/solomon-islands/2466133/
First round OFC WC qualifying tourney in September window. Four lowest FIFA ranked OFC teams. Likely Samoa, Cooks, American Samoa & Tonga.
Winner of that tourney, joins 7 highest ranked OFC teams when Second round WC qualifying starts in October window. Most probably NZ, Solomons, PNG, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu & Tahiti with Samoa.
2 pools of 4 teams. So Samoa could be in the AWs pool. They just lost to Fiji 9-1. Even PNG got spanked 5-1 by Fiji.