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The extent to which New Zealanders got behind the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has been hailed as “incredible” by the global governing body’s chief women’s football officer, Sarai Bareman.
All Whites and under-23 men’s coach Darren Bazeley is still in negotiations with the Wellington Phoenix over the availability of several key players for the Oceania men’s Olympic qualifiers.
The Wellington Phoenix have again looked to the U.S.A. to further strengthen their squad ahead of the 2023-24 Liberty A-League.
It wasn’t just the Football Ferns at the FIFA Women’s World Cup who were lacking with regard to creativity and goalscoring.
Wellington Phoenix’s A-League Women squad could have a considerable international feel to it next season after Football Australia relaxed the foreign player restrictions imposed on the team.
Wellington Phoenix have added some international quality to their midfield with the signing of American import Hope Breslin ahead of the next A-League Women season.
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This time last year she was playing amateur football, on the verge of a scholarship contract with the Wellington Phoenix, before staking a claim in New Zealand's 2023 FIFA World Cup squad.
The Football Ferns will play the rest of their year offshore as they chase the best possible preparation for Olympics qualifying.
Newsroom
Busted knees and reconstructions are on the increase for young women - and one women's football team knows the pain of knee ligament injury all too well, having five players afflicted recently.
Kate Taylor has re-signed with the Wellington Phoenix for a third season.
Jitka Klimková was among the record crowd at Eden Park in Auckland last Saturday, watching Spain beat Switzerland in the round of 16 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Two of the Wellington Phoenix’s academy players combined on their first team debuts to secure the club a place in the last 16 of the Australia Cup.
Niche Cache
The Football Ferns didn’t quite reach the resplendent realms of the World Cup knockout phase but the word ‘fail’ and its derivatives have no place in such conversations.
And so here we are again. For the sixth time in six attempts, the Football Ferns have been knocked out in the group stage of a FIFA World Cup... but this one wasn’t like the others.
Attendances for United States games at the FIFA Women's World Cup have been excellent, but it’s only by taking notice of the vast media pack that’s following them around that it’s possible to fully understand how massive the team is.
The Football Ferns are set to return to action in either September or October as their focus shifts from their FIFA Women’s World Cup failure on home soil to the Paris Olympics.
Would you have believed it in mid-April, with the Football Ferns winless for 10 matches, if you were told they would outshoot their opponents 40 to 17 at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup?
From the moment he was announced as the new Wellington Phoenix Men’s Manager, Giancarlo Italiano has made it clear that he backs the club’s academy system and the players coming through it.
Newshub
New Zealand can be proud of their Women's World Cup campaign on home soil despite their group-stage exit, coach Jitka Klimkova said after a goalless draw with Switzerland on Sunday ended their hopes of reaching the knockout rounds.
New Zealand is out of the FIFA World Cup following a 0-0 draw with Switzerland in their final Group A game in Dunedin.
Football Ferns fans say they're feeling disappointed but proud after a nail-biting 0-0 draw against Switzerland on Sunday night.
NZ Herald
The Football Ferns’ adventure at the World Cup is over – and in the most devastating way.
The Football Ferns have been eliminated from their home FIFA Women's World Cup after being held to a goalless draw in their final match against Switzerland.
The beautiful game can be cruel at times.
New Zealand’s sixth group-stage exit at a FIFA Women’s World Cup will take a lot longer to unpack than any of the five before it – because it was genuinely cause for mixed emotions.
The Football Ferns’ best FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign wasn’t enough for them to advance to the knockout stages for the first time.
Co-hosts New Zealand must recapture their grit, coach Jitka Klimkova said on Tuesday after the team suffered a crushing blow at the Women's World Cup with a shock 1-0 loss to newcomers Philippines.
Put the champagne back on ice. There is only one thing more difficult than making history at a World Cup – and that is backing it up in the next game.
Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimková saw tears in her players’ eyes after they came away with nothing from their match against the Philippines at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The Football Ferns had an equaliser ruled out by the video assistant referee with just over 20 minutes to play as they were beaten 1-0 by the Philippines at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Jacqui Hand said she felt “amazing” after scoring what she thought was for sure the equalising goal in the Football Ferns’ shock defeat to the Philippines in their second match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
New Zealand's Football Ferns are on the cusp of accomplishing a feat few could have predicted days ago - advancing to the knockout stage of the Women's World Cup.
All you need to know ahead of the Football Ferns’ second game of the Fifa Women’s World Cup against the Philippines in Wellington today (kickoff 5.30pm).
As far as penalty kicks go, they don’t come much more pressure-filled, more monumental, more consequential than the task facing Philippines striker Sarina Bolden.
A week ago, the Football Ferns were the team that hadn’t.
