Kiwi Women Overseas

KIWI WOMEN CURRENTLY PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY OVERSEAS:

From the "Ultimate NZ Soccer" website:

http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id11...

N.B. I've updated the list to include Abby Erceg's May transfer from USV Jena , Germany to Chicago Red Stars, USA (re-signed for 2015).

Hayley Bowden (nee Moorwood) seems to have left Notts County Ladies this season. 

UEFA:

England	Betsy Hassett	Manchester City
	Anna Green	Notts County
	Katie Hoyle	Notts County
	Emma Kete	Manchester City
Germany
	Amber Hearn	USV Jena
	Ria Percival	USV Jena
	Rebekah Stott	SC Sand

Sweden	Ali Riley	FC Rosengard
	Kirsty Yallop	Vittsjo GIK

Asia:

Japan

Sarah Gregorius

AS Eflen Saitama

CONCACAF:

National Women's Soccer League, USA:

Abby Erceg    Chicago Red Stars

Head Coach:

Western New York Flash

Aaran Lines

Football Ferns captain Abby Erceg transferred from USV Jena in Germany to Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League, USA in May. Has been re-signed for next season and loaned back to her German club for the off-season until March 2015.

http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/806670.html

She started in all eleven of Chicago's remaining games after signing. Chicago finished fifth on the nine team table.

http://chicagoredstars.com/captain-lori-chalupny-n...

Has been re-signed for the 2015 season which starts March next year and concludes in September.

"Erceg, 24, joined the Red Stars this past season and played in, and started, 11 games for the team. She was an instrumental part of Chicago’s defense, and even earned this year’s Chicago Red Stars Unsung Hero award, as voted on by media, fans, and team staff.

Erceg is also captain of the New Zealand Women’s National Team, and represented her country at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2008 Olympic games.

The Red Stars also announced to the club has loaned Erceg to her former club FF USV Jena in the German Frauen-Bundesliga. She will return to Chicago before the start of the 2015 NWSL season."

There's a former All White from Christchurch still managing a prominent team in North American football:

Aaran Lines has just completed his sixth season coaching Western New York Flash (known until 2011 as Buffalo Flash). He has been hugely successful, winning the US national women's title with them twice and was regular season winner and runner-up in the final last year, W-League (second tier) winner in 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_York_Flas...

Aaran won "the Women's Professional Soccer title in 2011 and the Women's Premier Soccer League Elitechampionship in 2012. The Flash reached the inaugural National Women's Soccer League Championship during the 2013 season, but fell to the Portland Thorns FC while searching for their fourth-straight title." They finished seventh in the nine team National Women's Soccer League this year (second season of the league in its latest incarnation - it's been through several different names and formats in recent years)

This would make him the most successful NZ professional club football manager overseas in history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaran_Lines#Coaching_...

"In 2009 Lines accepted a coaching position with the expansion W-League [second tier of US women's national league] franchise Buffalo Flash. Lines led the Buffalo Flash to an impressive 10–3–3 record in their inaugural season and a trip to the second round of the playoffs. In only his second year of coaching in 2010, he led the squad to an undefeated season and a W-League Championship defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3–1 in Santa Clarita, CA. Lines was named the Fieldturf 2010 Coach of the Year after the club's outstanding season. The WNY Flash joined Women’s Professional Soccer as an expansion club in September 2010, directly following their decisive W-League Championship, and Lines led a squad featuring five time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta, Christine Sinclair and young superstar Alex Morgan to the 2011 WPS title. In 2013 the WNY Flash were announced as one of eight franchises selected by US Soccer to compete in the NWSL. Lines lead the Flash with FIFA World Player of the Year Abby Wambach and two time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd to the silverware winning the regular season shield on the last day of the regular season with a record of 9-4-8. In the semi-final playoff game the Flash went on to beat Sky Blue 2-0 and again host a championship game at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester,NY. The Flash lost 2-0 to Alex Morgan's Portland Thorns in front of over 8,000 fans with former Flash star Christine Sinclair scoring the decisive second goal to secure the first NWSL Championship to the Portland Thorns."

It's the ultimate family affair in world football.

This is pretty unique:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_York_Flas...

"The franchise is owned by the Sahlen family, who run a meat packing company in Buffalo. Joe Sahlen is the owner. His daughter,Alex Sahlen, is the team President and a defender on the team.Former New Zealand international Aaran Lines, Alex Sahlen's husband, is the head coach and general manager."

Katie Hoyle and Anna Green's Notts County Ladies were unlucky to lose in extra time to fellow FA Women's Super League side Arsenal in the semi of the FAWSL Continental Cup on the weekend (knockout cup for FAWSL sides).

Hoyle was the only Football Fern to play with Anna Green having struggled with injury recently.

http://www.fawsl.com/news/arsenal_vs_notts_county_...

Notts County (4-2-3-1): Telford; Walton, Brogan, Corsie, Turner (Plumptre 91); Holtham, Scott; Whelan, Hoyle (Friend 106), Unitt (O’Neill 46); Clarke.

Subs not used: Draycott, Thornley, Roberts.

Notts County Ladies currently languish at seventh on the eight team FAWSL table with a solitary win all season.

Season ends next month with four games left to play.

Pos.  Team                              Pts

1 Chelsea Ladies FC              23

2 Birmingham City Ladies       20

3 Liverpool Ladies                   19

4 Manchester City Women      15

5 Arsenal Ladies FC                14

6 Bristol Academy Women      13 

7 Notts County Ladies FC         7

8 Everton Ladies FC                  3

The Two Football Ferns at Manchester City:

Betsy Hassett:

Has featured in 19 of Man City's games in all comps this season since it started in April.

All her games with links to match reports:

http://manchestercity.fawsl.com/playerMatches/bets...

Emma Kete:

Has only made five appearances since her transfer from the Aaran Lines (ex All White) coached Western New York Flash in May.

Appeared last week vs. Notts County mid-week in a league game and as a sub at the end of the Cup semi on the weekend.

http://int.soccerway.com/players/emma-kete/55776/

Man City Ladies won their semi against Chelsea in the FAWSL Continental Cup (knockout cup for FAWSL teams) on the weekend:

http://www.fawsl.com/news/manchester_vs_chelsea_re...

Full 90 for Betsy and Kete on as sub:

Manchester City Women (4-2-3-1): Bardsley; McManus, Lipman, Houghton, Radtke; Hassett, Scott; Johnston, Christiansen, Duggan; Flint (Kete 88)

Subs not used: Brooks, Nightingale, Walsh, Bougham, Harding, Young

Kiwi Hayley Bowden has joined Shizuoka university.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/66093183/football-ferns-vicecaptain-katie-hoyle-inks-a-deal-with-fc-zurich

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 8:22a.m.

Football Ferns midfielder Katie Hoyle is with us to talk about her side’s match against the Matildas in Panmure last night and her decision to take up a two-year deal to play in Switzerland.

http://www.radiolivesport.co.nz/Katie-Hoyle/tabid/454/articleID/22392/Default.aspx

.@LFCladies are delighted to announce the signing of striker @rosiewhite13 - http://t.co/qN93MVLGVn #TWAL #LFC pic.twitter.com/ofPgHWFqCV

— Liverpool Ladies FC (@LFCladies) July 9, 2015

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/70122646/football-ferns-striker-rosie-white-signs-for-super-league-champions-liverpool

Football Ferns captain Abbie Erceg traded from Chicago to Western New York Flash:

http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/erceg-traded-to-new-york/

Coached for seven seasons now by former All White and son of Christchurch, Aaron Lines:

http://wnyflash.com/club/coaches/?staff_id=3

He's won the national title a couple of times with them.

Aaron is married to the daughter of the club owner.

Football Fern Ali Riley won the title with them in 2011 in a team containing Brazil legend Marta (considered by many the best female player of all time) and star current US team striker Alex Morgan .

Looking at the Football Ferns, they have a lot of players in the top women's leagues around the world now and many uncapped players they can draw on if necessary who play at a good level for US universities, Aussie clubs outside the W-League etc.

I bet that Rosie White (Liverpool) and Laura Merrin (Everton) have lots of fun with their Merseyside rivalry.

In the latest transfers in recent weeks, Betsy Hassett has signed for Werder Bremen from Amazon in Norway, Kirsty Yallop has returned to Sweden, signing for Mallbackens IF on the conclusion of the Aussie W-League at Brisbane Roar, while captain Abby Erceg has returned to her new US club Western New York Flash (coached by former All White Aaron Lines from Christchurch) from a brief spell at AS Elfen Saitama in Japan.

Football Ferns latest clubs (kept up-to-date by the redoubtable Jeremy Ruane at Ultimate NZ Soccer):

Scroll down for full list:

http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id11...

Australian National W-League:

Hannah Bromley

Newcastle Jets (W-League)

Emma Kete

Canberra United (W-League)

Liz Milne

Adelaide United (W-League)

Briar Palmer

Melbourne Victory (W-League)

Rebekah Stott

Melbourne City (W-League)

England National League:

Laura Merrin

Everton

Rosie White

Liverpool

German Women's Bundesliga:

Betsy Hassett

Werder Bremen

Amber Hearn

USV Jena

Ria Percival

USV Jena

Japan National League:

Anna Green

AS Elfen Saitama

Sarah Gregorius

AS Elfen Saitama

Sweden National League:

Ali Riley

FC Rosengard

Kirsty Yallop

Mallbackens IF

Switzerland:

Katie Duncan

FC Zurich

USA National League:

Katie Bowen

FC Kansas City (NWSL)

Abby Erceg

Western New York Flash (NWSL)

USA Universities:

Hannah Wilkinson

University of Tennessee

Steph Skilton

Syracuse University

My former local supermarket checkout operator here in Christchurch, Laura Merrin, has made the Sun newspaper in the UK and been touted as "the world's hottest footballer" (in looks that is):

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/78257845/Hot...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c...

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news...

http://talkingbaws.com/2014/12/pic-new-everton-lad...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/footbal...

Girlfriend of All White Cameron Howieson and a former Coastal Spirit and Mainland Pride defender here in Christchurch.

The Sun newspaper - not popular in Liverpool....

That Cameron is a lucky man

Here's a novetly, how about NZ media cover women's football properly, rather than treating women like objects? 

looks like a mannequin

To be fair, it was a british paper that did the story, our media has just reported it.

If the Sun ran an article saying that Tyler Boyd was the hottest football player on the planet with some photos of him wearing his togs taken off his face book account, it would likely be reported here as well.

Phwoah!

Not been with howieson for a long while. Ugh cant believe i came to correct someone about that

Midfielder called Rosie Missen at West Ham;

http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2016/February/8-February/Ladies-routed-by-Rovers

Defender Angelique Stannett plays for Perth in the W-League, born in NZ but moved over there at 3

Thanks for the heads up. Had never heard of her before.

Playing in a decent enough league (though not one of the best in Europe) but for a poor side.

They were hammered 8-0 by my side Charlton Athletic Ladies at home this season, routed 7-0 by Blackburn in the Cup.

Apparently Missen is a midfield enforcer, not shy of "going through" the opposition as the interviewer says.

Interview with Rosie (definite Kiwi accent):

Played in the historic Women's Premier League match against Spurs in February, the first time the Hammers Ladies had ever played at Upton Park. Took until the final months before the stadium is demolished before they were ever allowed to play there. About 1700 showed up (a very good crowd for women's football in Britain). Won 1-0.

They usually play at a small local ground where they're lucky to get a couple of hundred spectators. 

http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/sport/football/we...

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/football/football-fern-lands-lucrative-us-professional-contract

Football Fern goalkeeper Erin Nayler has secured a contract to play for New Jersey's Sky Blue FC in the USA.  Well done to her! 

Among other achievements:

Tournament MVP playing for Waterside Karori in the 2010 Coastal Spirit U-19 tournament in Chch.
Captained Massey University in 2012 National Women's Knock-Out Cup Final

Released by Sky Blue FC after a week without taking the field. Quite upsetting. I'd like to know what happenned...

Rosie White scored a well taken goal for Liverpool against Man City - City's first goal they've conceded all season!

New Zealand Football ‏@NZ_Football Jul 10Auckland, New Zealand

PHOTO I Well done to @betsyhassett12 who has signed for @AFCAjax. Great news ahead of the #RioOlympics #RoadtoRio

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/83786555/football-ferns-goalkeeper-erin-nayler-joins-olympique-lyonnais-on-twoyear-deal

Young Kiwi player Beth Weller continues to make appearances for table-topping Charlton Athletic Ladies in the English Women's Premier League South:

http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/charlto...

Also came on in the 3-2 win over Basildon midweek in the FA Women's Cup which takes them through to the last 16:

http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/charlto...

   

Betsy Hassett scored her first goal for table-topping Ajax Women in Holland last weekend - the fourth and  best goal in the 5-0 drubbing of PEC Zwolle (3.40 minutes in):

Just her goal:

https://twitter.com/Eredivisievr/status/7876109579...

Has been appearing as a sub in every game this season so far.

MANY CHANGES OF CLUB FOR NZ WOMEN OVERSEAS WITH NEW EURO SEASON ETC.

22 year-old Football Ferns defender CJ Bott has signed a one year deal with USV Jena in the Women's Bundesliga:

http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/bott-excited-to-sign-w...

Former club of Amber Hearn and Ria Percival.

Hearn has transferred to Koln (Cologne)

Percival is now at Basel in Switzerland.

Latest list of Kiwi women playing overseas and clubs:

http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id11...

England: NZ players at Everton, West Ham, Charlton, Reading

Eleven at Aussie clubs

Four at NWSL, the top US league.

Two in Sweden, one in Norway, one in Iceland (Betsy Hassett).

Two in top German league

One in France (Erin Naylor, Bordeaux)

Sky TV is showing the City v Victory W-League game tonight (19:15, Channel 058), Rebekah Stott is in the City squad.

82' | GOAL CITY!!

There's the breakthrough! A wonderful cross from Dobson finds the head of Stott at the back post! 1-0 #MelbDerby

— Melbourne City Women (@MelbCityWFC) November 3, 2017

Gif of the goal here

https://twitter.com/TheWomensGame/status/926360153506508800

Amber Hearn's winning goal for FC Köln on the weekend. Bit of a rocket. #FootyFerns #FlyingKiwishttps://t.co/sErFyXUoyg

— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) November 13, 2017

We are officially ENGAGED ?? @kirstyyallop11 ??? - I asked Kirsty when the sun went down with the heart of lights on the hill ? and Kirsty asked me with the sunrise on the beach ?? pic.twitter.com/6gvoUn2Mih

— Tameka Butt (@TamekaButt) December 26, 2017

Rebekah Stott's Melbourne City face WSW on Sky TV at 7:20pm tonight, Channel 056

Two of Canterbury's Football Ferns have signed with European clubs:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/10...

Striker Aimee Phillips, aged 26, has signed for Serbian league leaders Spartak Subotica:

The Niche Cache‏ @thenichecache

The team Aimee Phillips just signed for in Serbia (Spartak Subotica) have won all 11 league games this season, scoring 72 goals and conceding 0. At one point in October they had three consecutive wins of at least 10-0. Should be fun. #FlyingKiwis

6:14 PM - 22 Jan 2018

 Defender Meikayla Moore (21) has signed with FC Koln in the Frauen Bundesliga to join up with Ferns striker Amber Hearn.

Koln certainly need Moore's defensive skills, having shipped 21 goals in their last three league games to lie perilously close to the relegation spots in the 12 team league:

https://us.women.soccerway.com/teams/germany/1fc-k...

Veteran Fern Hearn has scored two of Koln's four league goals in 11 games so far this season.

English women's football - possibly the most confusing worldwide in terms of the names and structure they give their leagues.

So you thought (as I did) that the "English Women's Premier League" would be the top league?

Oh, no, it's way more complicated than that due to the many chops and changes they've had in recent years....

With five Kiwis playing professionally in England, here's an explanation of the structure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_football_i...

"The national league system in women's football in England is currently operated by The FA, with the Women's Super League at the top. For its first three seasons (2011–2013), the WSL was operated on a licence system with no promotion or relegation, similar to the system used in rugby league's Super League. The WSL replaced the FA Women's Premier League at the top of the system.[27] Its ten teams also compete for the Continental Cup.[28]

Beneath the WSL there are ten teams in WSL2 (women's equivalent of the Championship in men's football)

Beneath that is the Women's Premier League which is divided into six leagues over two divisions: the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division and the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division sits above four Division One leagues. Teams in these two divisions compete in the Premier League Cup.

Below the Premier League are eight regional leagues. Below the regional leagues are the county leagues."

Kiwis Playing Professionally in England:

Amongst those ten teams at the top are Reading and Everton. Reading who have Anna Green in their ranks and Everton who have Olivia Chance. Two kiwis there playing at the top and while there are none in WSL2, the WPL Southern will feature Kiwis Beth Weller (Charlton) and Rosie Missen (West Ham) with Laura Merrin (Fylde Ladies) playing in the WPL North.

For the first time this season, to align with men's profesional football, the WSL started in late September, while the WPL kicked off in August.

January 6: ANNA GREEN – READING & OLIVIA CHANCE – EVERTON (ENGLISH SUPER LEAGUE)

http://theniche-cache.com/football/2018/1/9/flying...

"Slowly but surely we’re getting back into all these things and the English Super League resumed this weekend too. Not much to say for Anna Green who was an unused sub as Reading were beaten 5-2 by first-placed Manchester City. They did pull it back to 2-2 but then Izzy Christiansen scored almost immediately and it didn’t get any closer.

Everton also lost but they did at least give Liv Chance a dozen or so minutes to impress at the end as they pushed for a leveller. Bristol City had taken a 2-0 lead thanks to teenaged forward Lauren Hemp (England’s Young Player of the Year for 2017) but Courtney Sweetman-Kirk could’ve equalised in the middle there and after Georgia Brougham pulled a scrappy one back they gave it a good go at the comeback. Didn’t happen though, Bristol City leapfrogging the Toffess on the ladder instead."

http://theniche-cache.com/football/2018/1/22/flyin...

REBEKAH STOTT – MELBOURNE CITY (AUSTRALIAN W-LEAGUE) - playing in two of the world's top women's leagues every year - hugely influential defender for the Aussie champions currently & changing clubs in her US career:

"It’s an international break in most women’s leagues, but you know the FFA feels about international breaks so Melbourne City still played Brisbane Roar on Sunday, the teams cancelling each other out for a 0-0 draw. Enough to keep City fourth for now although Canberra United have a game in hand so it’s a perilous position to be in. Stotty remains one of four players to have played every minute for MCI this season, just continuing to lead the way as usual....

But regarding her parallel career back in the USA in the NWSL, Rebekah Stott’s been traded from Seattle Reign to Sky Blue FC. Half her damn team in Melly City are from the Reign so that’s bound to be a little weird, though Sky Blue won’t exactly be a step back. Neither team made the playoffs last season, Seattle finishing one point ahead, so they were more or less even."