There are only five sleeps to go until the biggest game of football ever played on NZ soil, and I for one am starting to get a little excited. It just seems like it’s all starting to click into place for the All Whites

Over the next 10 days NZ Football will have to opportunity to stand up and be counted amongst the big boys in world football. From the Phoenix in the A-League, to the U-17s in Nigeria and climaxing at the Cake Tin for the 2nd Leg against Bahrain – The Kiwis have it all in front of them.

The Young All Whites have accomplished something no other NZ Football team have ever achived. Not only have they finished the group stage undefeated with 3 draws, but they have qualified for the second round of a FIFA World Cup – the first Kiwi side to ever venture out into the dizzy heights of knock-out [...]

The New Zealand side took one small step towards the next round at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria, weathering a relentless storm of shots from the Burkina Faso side and a downpour or torrential rain that stopped play for over 100 minutes, to cling to a 1-all draw this morning (NZ Time).
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There may well come a day when the sport loving public of New Zealand can expect one of their representative Football teams to win a match at a FIFA tournament, when progress beyond the group stage is not just some distant lofty goal, but a realistic and attainable target.

This is not that day.