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Goalkeeper Lily Alfeld will lead Wellington Phoenix during their debut A-League Women season after being named captain following a team vote.
The All Whites could be forced to field a team of amateur players at next year’s Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.
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Anticipation has turned to a touch of anxiety at Wellington Phoenix, just four days before the debut of their women's team in Australia.
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In beating Capital last week, Southern took control of the SCS with three wins outta three.
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The All Whites will have to negotiate two World Cup qualifying games outside the official FIFA window next March.
All Whites forced to play with understrength squad on road to 2022 Fifa World Cup
Alyssa Whinham feels like she has a point to prove with Wellington Phoenix.
The Football Ferns have 90 minutes left this year to continue the progress they have shown under new coach Jitka Klimková.
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The opportunities were there for Southern United to move clear of the pack.
The first half of this game, the Football Ferns were fantastic.
The Wellington Phoenix have continued their strong start to the season, though it was a nervy affair.
Never has the idiom ‘a game of two halves’ been more appropriate than on Saturday in South Korea.
Reno Piscopo was fuming that he wasn’t taking the penalty. Ben Waine, who was, was clearly distracted. The spot kick that could have eased any Wellington Phoenix nerves was easily saved.
All Whites coach Danny Hay says it would be “extremely disappointing” if his team’s pathway to the World Cup involved playing matches outside Fifa windows, where players don’t have to be released by their clubs.
The Wellington Phoenix are going to make plenty of history over the next four months in A-League Women.
Little details matter when it comes to making sport more equal and inclusive.
A missed penalty didn’t even matter, as the Wellington Phoenix extended their club-record unbeaten run by chalking up their first win of the A-League Men season on Saturday night, with a 2-1 result against the Central Coast Mariners in Wollongong.
The Football Ferns took an early lead against South Korea thanks to Jacqui Hand’s first international goal, but defensive lapses were their undoing once again as they slumped to a 2-1 loss.
In the days leading up to the new A-League Men’s season, Alex Rufer was named the new Wellington Phoenix captain.
Wellington Phoenix are refusing to give up hope of staging A-Leagues football games in New Zealand this season.
She's spent almost a decade kicking a football about in the United States, yet it's remarkable Katie Bowen hasn’t picked up any hint of an American drawl.
The Football Ferns are set to field inexperienced forward lines in their friendlies against South Korea over the next few days as the search for goals goes on.
Reinforcements are on the way for the Wellington Phoenix men as they return to their home away from home in Wollongong.
Nature must be healing because after bagging a double for the All Whites in midweek, Chris Wood was back out for Burnley and nodding away his third goal of the Premier League season.
Sitting around the TV with her brothers and watching the Wellington Phoenix play used to be the highlight of Grace Wisnewski’s week.
This was the one.
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The Wellington Phoenix women's side are just over a week away from their inaugural match but for many of the players, the everyday reality of life as a pro-athlete is still sinking in.
New Zealand Football has secured its first major sponsorship deal in four years in a move that will come as a boost to the Football Ferns ahead of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, to be hosted here and in Australia.
Malia Steinmetz only played one match under the last Football Ferns coach, Tom Sermanni, and it didn’t end well.
Them old Friday afternoon press releases tend to be a little sneaky, slipping in just before the weekend when they might get forgotten about.
Things get pretty frantic in these short competitions, every game is massive when the entire thing is basically just a Champions League group stage.
Wellington Phoenix playmaker Reno Piscopo has allayed concerns he could be set for another spell on the sidelines after limping out of Sunday’s A-League Men opener.
Wellington Phoenix opened the new A-League season with a 1-1 draw against Macarthur FC in Newcastle on Sunday night.
So far, so good for the Wellington Phoenix men.
Wellington Free Ambulance has confirmed a patient with a broken leg was taken to hospital in a courier van after paramedics had still not arrived 38 minutes after 111 was called.
