An amazing fightback by Auckland City, a bad weekend for the Wellington Phoenix and a full-on programme of men’s and women’s futsal … that’s how the weekend was for our top footballers.
Meanwhile, next week heralds the start of the Northern, Central and Southern leagues, as well as top senior club football in the regions.
Here’s our round-up from the weekend of March 18-19, 2023:
Results
OFC Champions League national play-off
Second leg
Game played on Saturday March 18, 2023
Auckland City 5 (Liam Gilliam 23′, Emiliano Tade 74′, 77′ pen, 87′ pen, Angus Kilkolly 85′)
Wellington Olympic 3 (Ben Mata 16′ pen, Hamish Watson 28′, 62′)
Auckland City win 6-4 on aggregate
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Men’s A-League
Game played on Friday March 17, 2023
Adelaide United 5 (own goal 16′, Luka Jovanovic 23′, Lachlan Barr 51′, Hiroshi Ibusuki 62′, Craig Goodwin 71′)
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Alex Rufer 54′ pen)
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Women’s A-League
Game played on Saturday March 18, 2023
Wellington Phoenix 0
Perth Glory 1 (Cyera Hintzen 10′)
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Women’s Ford Futsal Superleague
Games played on Saturday March 18, 2023
Papakura City 5 (Cal Pretty 24′, Ella James 26′, 27′, Jordana Bremner 29′, Maxine Cooper 39′)
Southern United 0
WaiBOP Power 5 (Lilly Muspratt 11′, 14′, Niamh Carter 19′, Alosi Bloomfield 28′,Courtney Stone 37′)
Capital Football 1 (Sammi Preval 19′)
Papakura City 4 (Jayna Bennett 16′, Ella James 23′, 29′, Shivanthi Anthony 28′)
Central Football 1 (Milla Green 12′)
WaiBOP Power 0
Canterbury United Pride 6 (Britney-lee Nicholson 8′, Rachel Brodie 8′, Serena Patel 10′, Frankie Morrow 18′, Jennifer Merkin 20′, Lily Fisher 25′)
Games played on Sunday March 19, 2023
Papakura City 1 (Shivanthi Anthony 7′)
Capital Football 3 (Zoe Barrott 16′, Francesca Grange 29′, Danielle Ohlsson 32′)
WaiBOP Power 3 (Alosi Bloomfield 8′, 9′, Jamie Evans 29′)
Central Football 2 (Caitlyn Turner 32′, Milla Green 37′)
Papakura City 2 (Emily Gillion 6′, Hannah Reddy 36′)
Canterbury United Pride 3 (Rachel Brodie 12′, Serena Patel 22′, Jennifer Merin 24′)
WaiBOP Power 6 (Stevie-Lee Tiller 1′, 37′, Lilly Muspratt 2′, 26′, own goal 31′, Niamh Carter 36′)
Southern United 2 (Abby Nicolson 30′, 35′)
Men’s Ford Futsal Superleague
Games played on Saturday March 18, 2023
Hawke’s Bay 3 (Jacob Riley 19′, Simon Stallard 22′, Alexander Eaglestone 28′)
Waikato Rapids 6 (Maxwell Ericksen 9′, Aidan Robson 14′, Casey Sharplin 16′, 21′, 35′, Davis Vhahva 35′)
Capital Football 2 (Micky Malivuk 15′, Tyler Ericksen 39′)
Auckland City 2 (Dominic Hawkins 23′, Thomas Picken 35′)
Southern United 4 (George Willett 18′, En Watanabe 21′, own goal 24′, Nicolas Kittelty 29′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 6 (own goal 7′, Aran Carter 16′, 37′, 38′, Amer Akbar 34′, Keenan Howard 40′)
Capital Football 3 (Jonathan Steele 11′, Matthew Peden 15′, Lucas Silva 37′)
Waikato Rapids 2 (Ethan Martin 19′, Maxwell Ericksen 26′)
Canterbury United Dragons 7 (Mark Zimmerman 5′, 32′, Cameron Emberton 25′, Jacob Grosvenor 26′, Fintan Joseph 31′, Charlie Bayly 37′, Daniel De Abreu 39′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 0
Southern United 0
Auckland City 4 (Jirayu Twigg 18′, Thomas Picken 19′, 38′, Dominic Hawkins 24′)
Games played on Sunday March 19, 2023
Capital Football 4 Thomas Petersen 15′, Tyler Ericksen 19′, Luc Saker 22′, Micky Malivuk 24′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 1 (own goal 30′)
Hawke’s Bay 1 (Mustafa Can 33′)
Auckland City 11 (Bahram Ahmadi 6′, Adam Paulsen 12′, Josh Margetts 15′, 25′, 38′, Art Twigg 22′, 35′, Eduardo Espinosa 28′, Krit Twigg 33′, 35′, Shaun Morgan 39′)
Southern United 4 (Michael Sannum 6′, Lewis Wall 14′, Carlos Herrmann 25′, En Watanabe 36′)
Waikato Rapids 2 (own goal 7′, Aran Carter 16′, 37′, 38′, Amer Akbar 34′, Keenan Howard 40′)
Hawke’s Bay 3 (Alexander Eaglestone 34′, Harry Lack 35′, Cameron Emerson 38′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 6 (Ktaw Mya 8′, Mario Ramos 11′, Tristan Kawana 19′, Aran Carter 28′, Keenan Howard 37′, Amer Akbar 38′)
Canterbury United Dragons 4 (Jacob Grosvenor 4′, Daniel De Abreu 17′, 24′, 34′)
Waikato Rapids 4 (Casey Sharplin 1′, 24′, Ethan Martin 9′, Maxwell Ericksen 11′)
Brian Stanyer Memorial Trophy
Game played on Sunday March 19, 2023
Mt Albert Ponsonby 4 (Lewis Black, Jonathan Cantle, Nicolas Destaing, Sam Tutton)
Central United 1 (Sam Lloyd)
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