Flying Kiwis – April 23
One year ago, Macey Fraser was a bit of a forgotten player in the kiwi footballing landscape. Now she’s the A-League’s record transfer fee on her way to the Utah Royals in the NWSL.
Notes From The Wellington Phoenix’s 1-1 Draw With Newcastle Jets
For the third consecutive game, the Wellington Phoenix were involved in some frantic stoppage time antics. Against Central Coast they conceded a 90+1st minute winner. Against Melbourne Victory they scored a 90+5th minute winner. Then against Newcastle Jets…
Macey Fraser Signs With Utah Royals: A Unique Journey, A Record Fee & Wellington Phoenix Pathways
The best transfers are the ones that appear like a lightning bolt from the ether and significantly change the entire scene. Macey Fraser moving from the Wellington Phoenix to the Utah Royals for an A-League Women’s record transfer fee is absolutely one of those
Flying Kiwis – April 16
Many Football Ferns were handled with care by their clubs after returning from the international window. But not CJ Bott. She had an FA Cup semi-final to play and 180 minutes for the national team plus a couple of long-haul flights weren’t going to keep her out of that one.
Notes From The Wellington Phoenix’s Soggy Last-Gasp Win vs Melbourne Victory
There was wind, there was rain, and there was the Wellington Phoenix. There were defensive blocks, there were more defensive blocks, there was a begrudging acceptance that a draw was probably a fair result on the basis of the game... and then there was Finn Surman
The Wellington Phoenix A-League Women’s 2023-24 Season In Review
The Wellington Phoenix Wahine have been a team of constant progress and development since they joined the A-League, though perhaps it’s been slower progress and development than hoped for
Football Ferns vs Thailand: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
What did we need to see from the Football Ferns in these games? Goals, victories, and a confident/ruthless attitude against a weaker opponent. Did we see those things? Yeah, we did... in the first game
Flying Kiwis – April 9
It was Cacace who instigated the move with that one-two. He then stuck with it after the defender had seemed to get goalside of him. Never gave up on the lost cause and then crept around the edge to keep the ball in play at the byline.
Notes From The Wellington Phoenix’s 2-1 Defeat vs Central Coast Mariners
In potentially the biggest regular season game that the Wellington Phoenix have ever played, they were dealt gut punch as Mikael Doka cut inside and buried a stoppage time winner for Central Coast Mariners. A brilliant goal, to be fair, though that didn’t make it any less brutal of a loss
Flying Kiwis – April 2
Once again, it was Christopher Wood for Nottingham Forest. A niggly injury combined with Forest’s precarious Premier League position meant he had to miss the All Whites games, but…
All Whites at the ACUD Cup: Penalties, Penalties, Penalties vs Tunisia
After that pesky loss against Egypt on Saturday morning NZT, the All Whites knew they’d have a much more achievable mission ahead of them against Tunisia four days later.
Flying Kiwis – March 26
Leat had already deputised for DVD on several occasions, whilst also playing all of the cup games that she was available for. Last week we covered her performance in the 2-1 win against Everton in the WSL. Prior to that she’d played in the 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Conti Cup semi-final
All Whites at the ACUD Cup: A Typical Narrow Defeat vs Egypt
There’s something increasingly familiar about an All Whites game in which the lads play some really silky football, passing smoothly through the midfield, battling hard at the back, bringing all of the energy, only to still lose anyway
Exploring The Wellington Phoenix’s Newfound Defensive Excellence
The famous line is the attack wins games but defence wins championships. The Wellington Phoenix blokes must be out there trying to win a championship because they just so happen to have the best defence in the A-League Men’s
Football Ferns vs Thailand: Squad Yarns & Preview
Eight months after the World Cup, the Football Ferns are returning to Aotearoa with a pair of games against Thailand. Both games will be hosted in Christchurch, which didn’t get any World Cup matched yet after this series will have hosted as many home games as any other city over the past five years
Flying Kiwis – March 19
The Woodsman’s return from injury turned out to be a timely one because as soon as he did, Nottm Forest’s other main striker Taiwo Awoniyi was immediately ruled out for what’s expected to be a number of weeks
All Whites at the W Cup: Squad Yarns & Preview
What exactly is a W Cup, you ask? It’s not really anything. The ‘W’ stands for ‘Winsunited’ which sort of sounds like someone asked ChatGPT to design a football competition but this these are still just glorified friendlies
Flying Kiwis – March 13
They said he would miss 7-8 weeks. Instead Chris Wood was back playing for Nottingham Forest within six, returning just in time to also sneak into the latest All Whites squad
Ben Old Has Dribbled His Way Into Golden Boy Status At The Wellington Phoenix
Following the Wellington Phoenix’s 3-2 win over Adelaide, in which Ben Old scored twice and helped create the other goal, Nix head coach Giancarlo Italiano spoke on how the onus is on the kiwi media to build up the hype around his double goal-scorer
Flying Kiwis – March 6
Lurking at the far post, poking a toe ahead of his marker, Myer Bevan made a bit of history this week. That goal was the first by a Cavalry player in the Concacaf Champions Cup and it was also just the second goal ever scored by a New Zealander in this competition