Okay, settle in now, grab yourself a cuppa, because we’re reached the round’s headline act: the derby has arrived in the National League. Three times these clubs met in the A-League last season and three times Auckland FC came away victorious…
This is the part of the year where the international games come thick and fast. We had two matches against Australia in September. Now we’ve got Poland and Norway in October. In November we’ll have Colombia and Ecuador on the cards
Patience is a virtue but Milly Clegg’s wait for a goal in the NSL must have been grinding at her thoughts. It hasn’t been easy for her. She’s been in and out of the Halifax Tides starting team lately, often picked out wide…
The last time these two teams met was in the Chatham Cup quarter-final in late July, when Christchurch United, playing at home, blew a 2-0 lead with ten minutes to go and ultimately lost 4-2 after extra time.
On a relatively nice and only mildly windy Saturday afternoon at Petone Memorial Park began a brand new National League season... and immediately we saw an upset.
Will this be the season that a team from outside Auckland wins the Women’s National League? You never know - there are no foregone conclusions here.
The regional leagues are over and the cups are complete. Now it’s time for the main event: the New Zealand National League.
For Silkeborg to get a draw away against Danish heavyweights FC København was a big deal. For them to get a draw away against FCK with Callum McCowatt scoring a hat-trick? That’s unfiltered history right there.
When the latest iteration kicks off in Chile on 28 September NZT, it’ll be the seventh consecutive U20 World Cup that the NZ blokes have competed at – the longest active streak of any team in the world (USA is at six in a row).
There so many kiwi transfers over the past few months that it’s going to take some time for everything to fall into place. It usually does when players move clubs.
We managed to get one of the curses lifted. The All Whites lost both games against the Socceroos, beaten in Canberra and beaten in Auckland, but at least Chris Wood’s goal at Mt Smart Stadium meant we avoided a sixth consecutive game without even scoring against those jokers.
While most of the blokes were busy with an international window, a bunch more women’s seasons got underway. Who cares about the WSL… but WSL 2? Yeah that’s where the action’s at.
It was a day for the dynasties at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium on Sunday as both defending cup champions retained their titles. Wellington Olympic were up first against an Auckland United side that…
The UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifiers reached their second round last week which is when everything gets interesting and we had two kiwi representatives vying for progression to the playoff stage
It’s been Auckland United vs West Coast Rangers all season for the trophy in these parts. Auckland United won their first six games in a row before losing 2-0 away to Rangers. WCR went on to win their first nine games in a row but…
As we prepare for a couple more meetings between the All Whites and the Socceroos, it’s worth remembering that these teams went 11 years without playing each other between 2011 and 2022. They’ll have played five times in three years once the 2025 Soccer Ashes are through.
The Portland Timbers had three debutants in their starting line-up away against San Diego FC with summer signings Kristoffer Velde, Felipe Carballo, and Matias Rojas all involved... but the real headline was 21-year-old Finn Surman being given the captain’s armband
Which brings us to the most important game of the week: Tauranga Moana vs Hibiscus Coast. If Tauranga won, they’d secure their spot in the top division for another year at HC’s expense. If the Coasties won, they’d go ahead of Tauranga on goal difference
To think that there were people out there genuinely panicking about Nottingham Forest’s lack of preseason goals, completely overlooking the inevitability of The Woodsman in their presence.
It was semi-final weekend for both of our national cup competitions with the last four clubs in the pots scrapping it out for a trip to North Harbour Stadium.