Here’s our round-up of the weekend’s results from the opening round of women’s and men’s National League games, promotion play-offs in both islands as well as international action for our women’s teams.
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of September 23-24, 2023:
Results
Game played on Sunday September 24, 2023
International friendly
Chile 3 (Daniela Zamora 27′, Yenny Acuña 31′, Yessenia López 47′)
New Zealand 0
READ MORE: Wilkinson red card adds to misery as Football Ferns are outplayed 3-0 by Chile >>>>
OFC U-16 Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday September 24, 2023
Semi-finals
Fiji 2 (Turere Tupahururu 40′, Fetia Teikiotiu 83′)
Tahiti 2 (Elesi Tabunase 34′ pen, Seruwaia Laulaba 56′)
*Fiji won 3-2 in penalty shootout
New Zealand 7 (Angela Pivac 8′, Katie Pugh 35′, Pia Vlok 49′ pen, Ela Jerez 53′, Laura Bennett 54′, 59′, Amber de Wit 71′)
Tonga 0
READ MORE: New Zealand to face Fiji in final at OFC U-16 Women’s Championship >>>>
Men’s National League
Game played on Saturday September 23, 2023
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 0
Auckland City 1 (Mario Ilich 64′)
Games played on Sunday September 24, 2023
Manurewa 2 (Ronaldo Munoz 45+3′, Monty Patterson 57′)
Wellington Olympic 5 (Theo Attema 15′, Joel Stevens 50′, Jack-Henry Sinclair 58′, Kailan Gould 75′, Ben Mata 87′ pen)
Napier City Rovers 3 (Jonathan McNamara 31′, Deri Corfe 67′, 79′ pen)
Petone 0
Eastern Suburbs 0
Christchurch United 1 (Eddie Wilkinson 53′)
Cashmere Technical 1 (Jacob Richards 11′)
Auckland United 2 (Daniel Atkinson, Nic Zambrano 83′)
Women’s National League
Games played on Saturday September 23, 2023
Central Football 0
Western Springs 8 (Sofia Garcia 1′, 24′, 39′, 89′, Sam Tawharu 17′, Liz Savage 36′, Lara Colpi 60′, Rhee Morrison 63′)
Ellerslie 0
Wellington Phoenix 4 (Ella McCann 14′, 24′, 77′, Emma Main 36′)
CF Waterside Karori 1 (Kaley Ward 6′)
CF Wellington United 1 (Pepi Olliver-Bell 7′)
Games played on Sunday September 24, 2023
Auckland United 4 (Alexis Cook 4′, Rene Wasi 14′, 33′, Manami Nishio 22′)
Canterbury United Pride 2 (Britney-Lee Nicholson 21′, Nicola Dominikovich 26′)
Southern United 0
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Charlotte Wilford Carroll 57′)
Central League promotion play-off
Game played on Saturday September 23, 2023
Second leg
Palmerston North Marist 0
Island Bay United 3 (Caleb Hilbron 5′, Tsar Mitchener 14′, 32′)
Island Bay win 7-0 on aggregate with win promotion to the Central League
Southern League promotion play-off
Game played on Saturday September 23, 2023
First leg
Roslyn Wakari 2 (Simbarashe Muwunganirwa 7′, Nathan Wilkie 79′)
UC Football 2 (Charlie Bayly 15′, Stuart Campbell 62′)
Second leg to be played on Saturday September 30 at English Park, Christchurch
Lotto NRFL Women’s Conference
Game played on Sunday September 24, 2023
Grand final
Melville United 3 (Michaela Clark 28′, Stevie-Lee Tiller 32′, own goal 60′)
Birkenhead United 1 (Jacqueline Rempe 78′)
Melville United promoted to the 2024 Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
READ MORE: Melville United win promotion to Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship >>>>
Women’s Central League
Game played on Sunday September 24, 2023
Play-off final
Moturoa 2 (Madeleine Hill 18′, 42′)
Horowhenua Coastal 1 (Vanessa Addy 11′)
Moturoa promoted to the 2024 Women’s Central League
READ MORE: Taranaki’s Moturoa earn right to play in next year’s Women’s Central League >>>>
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