Football Ferns
Congratulations to Ford Football Fern Betsy Hassett who will be taking a break from playing for the Ferns as she is expecting her first child 🖤🤍🌿 pic.twitter.com/2COR0tsEIj
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) March 18, 2024
Returns - Moore, Ali Riley, Bott, Steinmetz & Satchell.
No Percival, no Clegg.
Not optimistic but hopefully Satchell is an improved player from her time now in the UK. Rubi Nathan (still yet to score in the ALW) keeps her spot. Whinham would have pushed her I reckon.
The Ford Football Ferns squad to take on Thailand in Ōtautahi Christchurch is locked in 🔒
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) March 18, 2024
🇳🇿🇹🇭 Saturday April 6, 3pm | Apollo Projects Stadium
🇳🇿🇹🇭 Tuesday April 9, 6pm | Apollo Projects Stadium
Read more: https://t.co/LVNklhtXRA pic.twitter.com/v3xKNb21sy
In since the OFC Olympic quals:
A.Riley, Satchell, Bott, Moore & Steinmetz
(all recovered from injury)
Out since Oly quals:
Hassett, Longo, Collins, Anton, Neville
(Hassett is pregnant, Longo & Neville still injured since that last tour)
No Ria Percival again either
Looking at their most recent results - pumped by North Korea, South Korea and twice by China. Obviously those teams are better going forward than us, but we should still bag a fair few goals or so over the two matches.
Hell yeah, Australia is going to get the Women’s Asian Cup in 2026. pic.twitter.com/KZIlbltuBc
— Joey Lynch (@joeylynchy) March 15, 2024
Hopefully NZF uses this as a chance to pick up some high quality friendlies vs AFC teams as they warm up for this.
You’ve got to think propping up the A league has to open some doors…
https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women
7th Japan
11th North Korea
12th Australia
19th China PR
20th South Korea
28th New Zealand
But longshot that AFC would allow Ferns to 'guest' at their Asian Cup Womens.
Copa America with guest teams is a bit of a different beast.
Gee NZ has really not had the Matildas effect have we... World Cup bandwagoners nowhere to be found
Can't be far away.
Still I guess if either Leat or Esson got injured, she is still a chance of a squad callup for the Olympics and beyond.
Great experience for Danieli.
SQUAD UPDATE 🚨
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) March 27, 2024
Wellington Phoenix and NZ U-20 goalkeeper Aimee Danieli has been added to the Ford Football Ferns squad for the first time for the two games in Christchurch against Thailand next month.
She will replace Brianna Edwards who has withdrawn for personal reasons. pic.twitter.com/uDKwoWskCn
Can't be far away.
Still I guess if either Leat or Esson got injured, she is still a chance of a squad callup for the Olympics and beyond.
Great experience for Danieli.
SQUAD UPDATE 🚨
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) March 27, 2024
Wellington Phoenix and NZ U-20 goalkeeper Aimee Danieli has been added to the Ford Football Ferns squad for the first time for the two games in Christchurch against Thailand next month.
She will replace Brianna Edwards who has withdrawn for personal reasons. pic.twitter.com/uDKwoWskCn
The sooner Nayler announces her retirement from internationals the better! Wonder why Edwards has decided to leave? Tired of sitting on the bench for every team she plays for?
Can't be far away.
Still I guess if either Leat or Esson got injured, she is still a chance of a squad callup for the Olympics and beyond.
Great experience for Danieli.
SQUAD UPDATE 🚨
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) March 27, 2024
Wellington Phoenix and NZ U-20 goalkeeper Aimee Danieli has been added to the Ford Football Ferns squad for the first time for the two games in Christchurch against Thailand next month.
She will replace Brianna Edwards who has withdrawn for personal reasons. pic.twitter.com/uDKwoWskCn
Feeling grateful.
— Brianna Edwards (@BriEdwards2701) March 28, 2024
Gutted to take to the sidelines for a couple of weeks, but looking after myself is a must right now. I am always proud and honoured to step out there with a Phoenix or Fern on my chest and play professional football in a country that is so dear to me. pic.twitter.com/LAnPjRaLA7
A legend of the game 🤍🖤🌿
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) April 7, 2024
Hear from some of the Ferns after New Zealand’s all time record appearance holder Ria Percival announced her retirement from international football 🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/5JNXjTMaSb
166 caps, four Olympic Games and five World Cups 🇳🇿
— Crystal Palace F.C. Women (@cpfc_w) April 7, 2024
Congratulations on an incredible international career, Percy ❤️💙#CPFC | @NZ_Football pic.twitter.com/5hzOFRuUCa
1 News - C Decent coverage on the sports news (after a whole lot of rugby), but nothing at all on their website or social channels.
NZHerald - D One measly article which had a few lines about the game, no highlights and just an embedding in of the Tribe coverage. Weak.
Newshub - B- Brief coverage on the news (but third item), plus an article on their website with a decent summary and the highlights.
Stuff - B+ Had both highlights and Tribe summary posted, then a decently writeup and detailed summary from Voerman.
I'm sure it means alot to them.
Rosie Ah Wong, Football Fern #14, received her debut cap this weekend at Football Fest.
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) April 17, 2024
Rosie made history as the first Pasifika Football Fern, and 45 years after her debut she continues to inspire 🖤 pic.twitter.com/Jzqe59t29C
"Copa '71"
"Tells the story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which saw soccer teams from all over the world gather in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium to compete in front of more than 100,000 spectators. It was the last women’s World Cup until the official FIFA event 20 years later. Dismissed by the male-dominated football associations around the world, the event was written out of history — until now."
Produced by Venus and Serena Williams (who are also backers of Ai Riley's Angel FC side in the US NWSL) and US international Alex Morgan.
Details on that tournament here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Women%27s_World_Cup
"Held in Mexico City and Guadalajara, it is the second known tournament to be named as a women's football World Cup after the 1970 edition in Italy and the first time in the same place after the men's 1970 FIFA World Cup tournament in the previous year. It was held twenty years before the first official FIFA women's world cup.
No participation from Asia or Oceania at that stage.
The Ford Football Ferns squad to face FIFA rank no. 7 Japan in June has been locked in 🇳🇿🇯🇵
— New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 (@NZ_Football) May 20, 2024
Head Coach Jitka Klimková has selected a 24-player squad to take on the 2023 FIFA WWC quarter-finalists across two matches in Murcia, Spain 🇪🇸
🔗 Read more: https://t.co/DZhfIOgiLn pic.twitter.com/Wsx4JEITRx
Sheaff interesting choice as the 3rd keeper. Edwards unavailable? Nayler done & dusted.
Satchell on the outer. Pijnenburg a bit unlucky. Longo still injured?
Hard to make the Olympics (18 + 4) if not in this 24 player squad.
With respect to Satchell - would rather NZ relies on more technical attackers like Riley, Hand, Kitching at the moment, or at least younger players who can build that skill.
God,I remember the game in Wellington when Heraf was in charge,what a freaking embarrassment that was.
Will be interesting how much we have improved since that game.
God,I remember the game in Wellington when Heraf was in charge,what a freaking embarrassment that was.
Will be interesting how much we have improved since that game.
It was his press conference before the game that was more depressing!
Don't think was as black & white as Heraf just wanted them to play an awfully negative style. Trying to break some of the senior player power, that didn't always make the team that welcoming to new young players coming in etc etc.
Anyway that's all over now.
GOALKEEPERS
Off the field maybe, I can't say.
But i witnessed what he put up on the field, and it was a disgusting showing, not fit for a paying audience.
Edit: actually not suspended, apparently she has "opted to take a leave of absence".
Off the field maybe, I can't say.
But i witnessed what he put up on the field, and it was a disgusting showing, not fit for a paying audience.
And (iirc) from the reporting such as the report for concerns about his behaviour was himself, there was a lot that was lacking about the behind the scenes work also…
No ideology required.
The assistant coach has every motivation to do a great job in Jitkas absence.
Original article updated. But the journos are certaInly in the dark.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350290410/football-ferns-coach-jitka-klimkova-takes-leave-amid-investigation-employment
When Stuff spoke to Klimková at NZ Football’s Auckland office after she named her squad for the Japan matches on Tuesday, she was preparing to leave for Spain on Thursday, and nothing seemed amiss.