Auckland United and Auckland City had successful weekends in their respective women’s and men’s OFC Champions League competitions, while the Wellington Phoenix have returned to the top of the men’s A-League.
It was a hectic weekend for football fans whether they had live games on offer or caught up with the action on FIFA+ and Sky Sport.
The Ford Futsal Superleagues staged two days of competition in Wellington with 25 men’s and women’s games in the National Series 1.
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of March 16-17, 2024:
OFC Women’s Champions League
Game played on Sunday March 17, 2024
Group B
Auckland United 1 (Poppy O’Brien 29′)
Veitonga 0
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OFC Men’s Champions League
National play-off
Game played on Saturday March 16, 2024
Wellington Olympic 3 (Hamish Watson 20′, 28′, Jesse Randall 23′)
Auckland City 3 (Mario Ilich 27′, Regont Murati 48′, Cam Howieson 81′)
Auckland City win 4-3 on aggregate.
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Men’s A-League
Game played on Saturday March 16, 2024
Wellington Phoenix 2 (own goal 54′, Kosta Barbarouses 69′)
Sydney 1 (Róbert Mak 6′)
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Women’s A-League
Game played on Sunday March 17, 2024
Wellington Phoenix 2 (Isabel Cox 63′, Mariana Speckmaier 71′)
Sydney 4 (Cortnee Vine 18′, 56′, own goal 42′, Jordan Thompson 74′)
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Table at 8pm (NZT) on Sunday March 17.
Women’s Ford Futsal Superleague
National Series One
Games played on Saturday March 16, 2024
Women’s Ford Futsal Superleague
National Series One
WaiBOP Power 4 (Miché Cloete 12′, Jamie Evans 20′, 36′, Eve Mischewski 32′)
Canterbury United Pride 4 (Samantha Whyte 7′, 24′, Amber de Wit 9′, Lara Wall 34′)
Papakura City 6 (Ella James 2′, Emily Gillion 5′, Emma Crewe 7′, Jess Verdon 9′, Gabrielle Jenson 13′, Gerri Gibson 26′)
Southern United 0
Capital Futsal 11 (Milla Green 4′, 24′, Danielle Ohlsson 6′, 36′, Libby Boobyer 12′, Francesca Grange 13′, 31′, Olive Lynch-Gerrard 21′, Own Goal 24′, Jemma Catherwood 24′, 25′)
Palmerston North Marist 0
Canterbury United Pride 1 (Sophie Williams 33′)
Papakura City 2 (Ella James 3′, Jordana Bremner 16′)
Palmerston North Marist 1 (Hollie Gee 40′)
WaiBOP Power 4 (Morgan MacCormick 8′, Anamaya Taylor 9′, Jamie Evans 16′, 26′)
Southern United 1 (Madi McLean 16′)
Capital Futsal 10 (Maxine Cooper 1′, 14′, 25′, Zoe Barrott 14′, 15′, Pepi Olliver-bell 21′, Danielle Ohlsson 27′, Sammi Preval 32′, Libby Boobyer 35′, Natalie Olson 39′)
Games played on Sunday March 17, 2024
WaiBOP Power 2 (Jamie Evans 6′, Jessica Benge 19′)
Southern United 0
Papakura City 7 (Ella James 2′, 6′, Hannah Reddy 12′, 28′, Jess Verdon 22′, 38′, Jordana Bremner 33′)
Palmerston North Marist 1 (Laura Brassington 34′)
Capital Futsal 4 (own goal 6′, Francesca Grange 22′, Zoe Barrott 37′, Jemma Catherwood 40′)
Canterbury United Pride 2 (Amber De Wit 19′, Lily Fisher 36′)
Men’s Ford Futsal Superleague
National Series One
Games played on Saturday March 16, 2024
Capital Futsal 2 (Samuel Wall 2′, Dominic McCann 14′)
Southern United 1 (Rahan Ali 34′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 3 (Thomas McMillan 7′, Caeden Rogers 26′, 34′)
HB Futsal 2 (Joel Restieaux 12′, Luca Barclay 30′)
Waikato Rapids 4 (Maxwell Ericksen 23′, 23′, 28′, Davis Vhavha 25′)
Palmerston North Marist 5 (Micky Malivuk 4′, Andrew Abba 13′, 30′, Austyn Beales 27′, Darren Juru 28′)
Auckland City 2 (Freddie Gibbins 26′, Denny Twigg 39′)
Canterbury United Dragons 2 (Ben Cameron 26′, Hemi Innes 32′)
Palmerston North Marist 3 (own goal 5′, Micky Malivuk 4′, Zachary Farmer 9′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 3 (Thomas McMillan 5′, Dylan Walker 19′, Chester Opperman 35′)
Canterbury United Dragons 5 (Charlie Bayly 1′, Ben Cameron 6′, Hemi Innes 9′, Mark Zimmerman 14′, Kosei Oikawa 30′)
Capital Futsal 2 (Finn Gaupset 16′, Luc Saker 21′)
HB Futsal 5 (Luca Barclay 4′, 16′, Tom Speers 22′, Joel Restieaux 26′, Callan Robson 35′)
Waikato Rapids 8 (Davis Vhavha 8′, Todd Broadhurst 9′, 31′, Ethan Martin 13′, 38′, Alexander Eaglestone 20′, Maxwell Ericksen 30′, Benjamin Bordin 40′)
Auckland City 3 (Adam Paulsen 2′, Art Twigg 19′, own goal 40′)
Southern United 3 (En Watanabe 8′, Rahan Ali 13′, George Willett 36′)
Games played on Sunday March 17, 2024
Canterbury United Dragons 3 (Daniel Steffert 9′, Hemi Innes 18′, Cameron Emberton 22′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 1 (Harry Anderson 26′)
Capital Futsal 2 (Michael Plim 7′, Luc Saker 22′)
Auckland City 1 (Stephen Ashby-Peckham 3′)
HB Futsal 2 (Adam Engelke 15′, Tom Speers 21′)
Palmerston North Marist 2 (Micky Malivuk 27′, Darren Juru 35′)
Waikato Rapids 4 (Jonathan Tobias 20′, Maxwell Ericksen 33′, Ethan Martin 33′, 36′)
Southern United 4 (Rahan Ali 15′, Dominic Hawkins 19′, 23′, 37′)
Waikato Rapids 1 (Ethan Martin 7′)
Canterbury United Dragons 5 (Cameron Emberton 3′, 36′, Sam Richards 16′, Mark Zimmerman 24′, Hemi Innes 30′)
Bay of Plenty Surge 2 (Mario Ramos 18′, Chester Opperman 34′)
Southern United 6 (Dominic Hawkins 15′, 30′, 39′, Rahan Ali 32′, own goal 38′, Fraser Hunter 39′)
HB Futsal 2 (Sam Lack 1′, Risqi Triyanto 32′)
Capital Futsal 1 (Samuel Wall 1′)
Auckland City 5 (scorers to come)
Palmerston North Marist 3 (scorers to come)
Brian Stanyer Memorial Trophy
Game played on Saturday March 16, 2024
Central United Presidents XI 2
Mt Albert Ponsonby 2
*MAP won 4-2 on penalties
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