Flying Kiwis – August 24
Every week, man. Five games in and it’s been the same thing every time with SSV Jahn Regensburg winning and Sarpreet Singh contributing at least one goal or assist. Schalke at home was no different.
Flying Kiwis – August 17
What a move this is, Flying Kiwis Transfer Season serving up another belter with Liv Chance off to Celtic. Back in the UK after previous stints with Everton, Bristol City, and Sheffield United... and following an excellent campaign with Brisbane Roar in the last W-League.
Where Are We At With The Welly Nix’s Offseason?
the Olympics are done now and the kiwi footballers from therein are already back to tearing it up for their clubs so it must be time to check in on how the Phoenix are doing.
Flying Kiwis – August 10
Fresh from the Olympics, where she played against eventual bronze medallist the United States for her fourth international cap, Footy Ferns goalkeeper Anna Leat has stepped into the big time club scene with West Ham United.
The Olympics Are Done, Now Prepare For Flying Kiwis Transfer Season
It was the 2019 U20 World Cup that tipped the scales for Bayern Munich in their long term monitoring of Sarpreet Singh, having been aware of him since he was an 11 year old touring Germany with an age grade team.
Flying Kiwis – August 4
Hardest working... Saturday’s match... but she was only just the Olympics? Yeah well she was and then she was back in North Carolina and nobody on the planet can doubt the hardest-workingness of NCC’s Kiwi.
OlyWhites at Tokyo 2020: Heads Held High
It was overwhelming. A quarter-final against hosts Japan who had won all three of their group stage games with the prospect of advancing to the semis of a major-ish men’s football tournament but to do so would mean a pretty significant upset.
OlyWhites at Tokyo 2020: Quarter-Final Bound
That chaotic defeat against Honduras seemed to rattle a fair few people but it didn’t shake the blokes who mattered. Or if it did, it did so in a good way.
Footy Ferns at Tokyo 2020: Wasn’t Meant To Be
For what it’s worth, the final game against Sweden was by far the best that the Football Ferns looked all tournament. Considering they’d only had one closed-door friendly match’s worth of preparation in the entire previous sixteen months it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Flying Kiwis – July 27
The thing you’ve gotta know about the second tier of German football this season is that it’s hard case. One of the main reasons that Sarpreet Singh didn’t click with FC Nürnberg is that FCN is a hugely storied club with a heap of fans and when they got off to a rough start…
OlyWhites at Tokyo 2020: A Famous Win And A Very Confusing Loss
The funkiest thing about that 1-0 win over South Korea is that the OlyWhites didn’t even play that well. How many times did you see someone spray a pass out to Libby Cacace’s wing and it end up flying out for a throw-in?
Footy Ferns at Tokyo 2020: Defeat Against Australia
Let’s be honest here, the Aussie game was the Football Ferns’ best chance to win a game at these Olympic Games. Let’s also be honest and admit that we knew full well that this was a terrible draw for the ladies and that this was how it was always likely to go.
Flying Kiwis – July 20
Oh captain my captain. Tommy Smith has been announced as the man to lead Colchester United out full time by new manager Hayden Mullins (who had joined the club as interim manager down the stretch last time and has since been made the permanent boss).
Further Adventures In Aotearoa Olympic Football Preparation
We are, currently, one week away from the beginning of the Tokyo 2020 (2021 Redux) Olympic Games and all that event entails. The two kiwi football squads are basically ready to go, most of them having been training together in Japan since early in the month.
Flying Kiwis – July 13
Now we’re talking. Ryan Thomas is working his way back from ankle surgery that ended his last season, so when preseason started he was one of a couple fellas not at full participation levels as they eased him back up in.
Hypothesising What A Wellington Phoenix Women’s Squad Might Look Like
There would have already been a SheNix team last season if it weren’t for some poorly timed shenanigans. The Wellington Phoenix were all set to make an announcement about it.
Flying Kiwis – Sarpreet Singh’s Going Back Out On Loan
As disappointing as it was from an OlyWhites perspective that Sarpreet Singh opted out of Olympic consideration, being as there really isn’t another player in that group who can do what he does, it’s pretty hard to disagree with his decision.
Flying Kiwis – July 6
But just two minutes later Veton Berisha tied it back up again, clever run on the end of a quick bit of thinking from Bell to chip a free kick in early before the defence was ready. Berisha took care of the rest – chalk up another Joe Bell assist. En. To. Tre.
Flying Kiwis – June 30
A pair of games this week and the Courage weren’t holding back. Racing Louisville were up first in the midweek round and Abby Erceg was involved in yet another back four
The Olympic Footy Squads Of Aotearoa Have Been Announced
The time has come, the squads have been revealed. The 36 footballers (plus eight travelling reserves) who will represent Aotearoa at the 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been made public.