The scorer of the Wellington Phoenix women’s team’s history-making first goal has signed for a second Liberty A-League season with the club. Hardworking forward Ava Pritchard is the 10th foundation player to re-sign with the Phoenix for the 2022-23 campaign. Pritchard … Read More
The Wellington Phoenix have signed Junior Fern and former Melbourne City defender Marisa van der Meer for the 2022-23 Liberty A-League season. She’s been signed to replace experienced Australian fullback Talitha Kramer. Van der Meer (20) started all three of … Read More
Junior Fern Zoe McMeeken has become the Wellington Phoenix’s 11th signing for this season’s women’s A-League campaign. The youngest member of the Wellington Phoenix’s inaugural women’s team, fullback McMeeken (18) has signed on with the Phoenix for the 2022-23 Liberty … Read More
Junior Fern Grace Wisnewski has become the 10th player to sign for the Wellington Phoenix’s new women’s A-League season. She is also the eighth foundation player to re-sign with the club. The young midfielder has agreed to a new one-year … Read More
New Zealand’s Junior Ferns are out of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after drawing their final pool game 2-2 with Colombia. The Junior Ferns needed to win by a margin of two goals or better to go through to … Read More
The Junior Ferns will need to beat Columbia by at least a two-goal margin in Wednesday’s final pool game to stay at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. A 3-0 loss to Germany by the New Zealanders, and a scoreless … Read More
Midfielder Grace Wisnewski is playing down her part in New Zealand’s opening goal at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Her long-range shot took a deflection and wrong-footed Mexico’s goalkeeper to give the Junior Ferns a first-half lead in their … Read More
As the Junior Ferns prepare for their first U-20 FIFA World Cup game against Mexico on Thursday (NZT), coach Gemma Lewis says the team’s ultimate aim is to reach the tournament’s knockout stages. Lewis says a good performance in the … Read More
Junior Ferns coach Gemma Lewis and captain Kate Taylor have explained the squad plans and hopes for August’s FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup in Costa Rica in an interview with TVNZ Breakfast. Watch the seven-minute interview in full here: READ … Read More
Junior Fern Brianna Edwards has signed for a second season with the Wellington Phoenix and is committed to challenging incumbent goalkeeper Lily Alfeld for the starting role. The New Zealand U-20 ‘keeper has agreed to a new deal with the … Read More