New Zealand Women's U-20s
I know Anna Green's father. Great bloke and loves talking football. Big Man United fan though
Love that there on SKY!
Great story on TV3 and CGW tonight 
http://www.3news.co.nz/Junior-Football-Ferns-off-to-World-Cup/tabid/317/articleID/163641/Default.aspx
http://www.skysport.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=57&cgid=74&cb=n&ll=cgwlist&pcgid=2&cid=26554Oceanic62010-07-06 11:11:32
http://www.3news.co.nz/Junior-Football-Ferns-off-to-World-Cup/tabid/317/articleID/163641/Default.aspx
Exciting! Should be cool. Looking at getting wins against Sweden and Brazil- hopefully nick a draw against the North Koreans 
We're a tidy side.
We're a tidy side.
We're a tidy side.
Definitely tidy.
Referring mainly, I assume, to Ms Wall?
Makes Larissa Riquelme look like a hobo.
Maybe not quite.
Makes Larissa Riquelme look like a hobo.
Maybe not quite.
Exciting! Should be cool. Looking at getting wins against Sweden and Brazil- hopefully nick a draw against the North Koreans �We're a tidy side.
�We're a tidy side.
Why so pessimistic? We have the best woman footballer in the world.
Obvious sarcasm has been missed.
Que?
Just stating facts. Simple.
Just stating facts. Simple.
He was being sarcastic about hoping to nick a point off the Koreans, after stating we would get wins over Sweden and Brazil.
Off day much?
Off day much?
Buffy... I think it's you who has missed this one. EG was suggesting that not aiming for all 9 was pessimistic.
He was playing along with the original gag.
Hard News2010-07-05 21:14:16
He was playing along with the original gag.
Hard News2010-07-05 21:14:16
Buffy... I think it's you who has missed this one.� EG was suggesting that not aiming for all 9 was pessimistic.He was playing along with the original gag.
You like the pic?
New Zealand Football: Junior Ferns start World Cup run-in with Swiss draw
July 6, 2010
AUCKLAND � The Junior Football Ferns have shaken off the effects of a long haul flight to Europe and a two goal halftime deficit to draw 2-2 with fellow FIFA U-20 Women�s World Cup finalists Switzerland in Zurich on Tuesday morning (NZT).
Renee Leota headed a 65th minute Anna Green free kick past the Swiss �keeper to halve the deficit and a Rosie White header levelled the scores nine minutes later with Green again providing the final pass.
The Junior Football Ferns open their World Cup campaign against Sweden in the German city of Bielefeld in just eight days and while satisfied with aspects of the performance against the Swiss, New Zealand coach Tony Readings was demanding more consistency from his side.
�For parts of the game we performed to our potential and were following the game plan, and at other times when were in the ascendency we took our foot of the gas and let the Swiss back in the game,� Readings said.
�Even in the first half there were parts where I think we would have caused Sweden or the other teams in our group, Brazil and North Korea, a lot of problems but the second half was more like the real us. We were on top for a large portion and on the balance of play we were good enough to win.�
The Junior Ferns now move to Augsburg in Germany where they take on Japan in a training match on Friday morning (NZT) before shifting to Bielefeld.
�I�m hoping that we�ve got the rust out of our system and in the training match against Japan we can put that second half performance out there for 90 minutes,� Readings added.
U-20 International Women�s Friendly
Zurich
New Zealand 2 (Renee Leota 65�, Rosie White 74�) Switzerland 2 (22� 45�)
Halftime 0-2
New Zealand: 20-Erin NAYLER (GK), 3-Anna GREEN (Captain), 5-Briony FISHER, 6-Bridgette ARMSTRONG, 8-Betsy HASSETT, 9-Hannah WALL, 10-Annalie LONGO (18-Lauren MATHIS 74), 11-Rosie WHITE, 13-Nadia PEARL (19-Terri-Amber CARLSON 38), 14-Renee LEOTA, 17-Sarah MCLAUGHLIN (7-Hannah WILKINSON 46 / 12-Claudia CRASBORN 85).
Substitutes not used: 1-Victoria ESSON (RGK), 2-Elizabeth MILNE, 4-Chelsey WOOD, 15-Emily COOPER, 16-Julia LYNDS (RGK), 21-Lisa KEMP.
Coach: Tony Readings
Schedule
July 8
Training match
New Zealand v Japan
Augsburg, Germany
6pm local time (4am July 9 NZT)
FIFA U-20 Women�s World Cup, Germany
July 13 - August 1
New Zealand v Sweden
Bielefeld
July 13 2.30pm local (12.30am July 14 NZT)
Live on Sky Sport
New Zealand v Korea DPR
Bielefeld
July 16 6pm local (4am July 17 NZT)
Live on Sky Sport
New Zealand v Brazil
Dresden
July 20 2.30pm local (12.30am July 21 NZT)
Live on Sky Sport
Well done girls!
Very good stuff indeed.
how did the girls go today in their training match?
Oceanic62010-07-09 14:12:41
Not even NZF has the result on their website and it's been 12 hours..
practice match. No caps given. Played in 1/3s. Not stats being reported. Not sure of the score.
Fair enough. It's listed on the page about the draw with Sweden but it's not actually in the team fixtures list.
Nice to have another World Cup starting straight after THE world cup.
Just when I thought I might get my sleep pattens back to normal... A bit disappointed more games aren't on sky.
Bit of a shame about our group I reckon - they are all top womens footballing nations. We've got a good team though, so hopefully can go well.
Just when I thought I might get my sleep pattens back to normal... A bit disappointed more games aren't on sky.
Agreed - however I guess we are lucky to have at least some games!!
Skoda Game On will have highlights from the NZ games on their sunday afternoon show. Its not much but better than nothing.
Game against Sweden live tonight on Sky Sport 2 at 12.30am.
Looking forward to it.
Well keen. You get really good games at these tournaments. Hope NZ goes well tonight.
Apparently all games of tournament from quarter finals on is live on sky. A couple of games a night.
This is helping me to deal with end of that other World Cup.
Realistically does anyone think we can advance from the group? As far as I know Sweden would be our best bet for points so tonight is where we really could do with victory.
While it's hard to be sure with underage tournaments (well, even senior tournaments to be fair), we look like we're in by far the hardest group. I'd give us a really good chance if we were in any of the other groups.
I'll give a little rant
Sweden probably our best chance for a win - they do sometimes do well in senior wimmins, but dunno about in age-group stuff.
Democratic Korea are awesome in the underage stuff. They were sublime in the under-17s here a couple of years ago. I'd pick them to top the group.
Brazil we could have a chance against. They weren't that great here a couple of years ago at the under-17 level (we probably would have beat them) - but they had one or two fantastic players and a good record previously at the under-20 level.
Countries like Brazil may have a completely different nucleus of players to their under-17 team here. I dunno. We have quite a few good players from back then, and the last under-20 tournament at this one.
Longo is a great talent for us.
I wish we didn't get such a stinker of a group.
Colvinator2010-07-13 20:37:22
Go the girls!!!
Will be watching later, Go the Junior Football Ferns!!!!
Good half of football, Wilkinson with the strike to put us in the lead.
HT NZL 1:0 SWE
HT NZL 1:0 SWE
The Swedish defense has looked shaky on a number of those long balls into the box, ironic since that's the route 1 football that the All Whites got good mileage out of as well.
Enjoying the game so far, the Swedish striker looks dangerous but otherwise nothing we can't handle.
Enjoying the game so far, the Swedish striker looks dangerous but otherwise nothing we can't handle.
go the girls, 1-0 woot and this is the group of death.. go nz football
oh no 1-1... comon girls u can do it
dam this game ant going our way... hit the crossbar... then they score....
Hard luck girls. On another day those shots off the post/bar might have gone in. Hope we give Brazil and NK a decent match too.
Hard luck girls. Two lucky goals scored by Sweden
Gutted, our defense exposed a couple times and the Swedes crowded us out of attacking positions. Hopefully we can turn it around for the next game.
Wow. I genuinely doubt I've ever seen a worse game of football in all my life and that includes the games I see at the local park. That's not a slight on women's football either, plenty of games at the U-17 Women's World Cup were also better.
loyalgunner2010-07-14 02:54:13
loyalgunner2010-07-14 02:54:13