Wellington Phoenix's porous defence is putting enormous pressure on its attack to win games as the battle for finals places gets desperate.
If the action being served up on the pitch leaves a bit to be desired, sports fans will at least be able to take comfort from a better standard of food at Westpac Stadium.
An influx of players from Federation League clubs have joined Marist for their return to the Central League.
The 23-year-old centre-back has always tried his utmost to represent the country he grew up in, New Zealand, as well as the club that has helped develop him from the age of 16, Ipswich Town.
Emotions ran high at Kiwitea Street on Sunday as Auckland City FC claimed their fifth national competition title while the late Keryn Jordan was named as the ASB Premiership Player of the Decade in a presentation before the Grand Final.
Football Federation Australia has admitted the Wellington Phoenix were denied a penalty.
It is sometimes a tough ask to be a New Zealand team in an Australian competition, and on Sunday the Wellington Phoenix found everything going against them as they fought out a well-deserved 2-2 draw with Melbourne Heart at AAMI Stadium.
Inspirational leader Andrew Durante's 150th game for the Wellington Phoenix ended in a controversy-laced anti-climax against the Melbourne Heart last night, as their A-League finals series prospects were compromised by a defiant 2-2 cliffhanger at AAMI Park.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick renewed a call for the FFA to revisit its review system after a dubious penalty enabled the Melbourne Heart to equalise in a tense A-League stalemate yesterday that jeopardised both clubs' chances of qualifying for the finals series.
Auckland City claimed their first ASB Premiership title in five seasons today with a 1-0 win over Team Wellington in the grand final.
There's no doubt the Wellington Phoenix's final push to secure a playoff spot in the A-League will be entertaining.
Melbourne Heart missed an opportunity to continue their late A-League finals charge as they drew 2-2 with 10-man Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park on Sunday.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick is bemused at what he sees as a lack of post-match reviews in the A-League.
Today's ASB Premiership grand final is not just a clash between the two best domestic teams in this country, it's also a battle between the two goalkeepers stuck behind Glen Moss in the All Whites set-up.
Auckland City FC were crowned champions of the ASB Youth League for the fourth time on Saturday courtesy of a 3-0 win over Nelson Marlborough Falcons in the competition Grand Final at Trafalgar Park in Nelson.
Wellington Phoenix striker Stein Huysegems wants to stay in the capital and he wants to be there for another two years.
Soccer is often touted as the world game and it's very much the case at Auckland City, with as many as 17 of their first-team squad born outside New Zealand.
OPINION: I was saddened to see that Ali Abbas was the subject of racial abuse during last weekend's Sydney derby.
World football body Fifa has completed formal stadium inspections across New Zealand, expressing confidence in next year's hosting of the under-20 World Cup.
A frustrated Carlos Hernandez says he is fit to take on the Melbourne Heart tomorrow and believes the Wellington Phoenix are using his calf injury as a smokescreen for his omission.
Auckland City are talking to a handful of potential investors with the aim of getting a second New Zealand team in the A-League, with Wellington Phoenix owner Gareth Morgan at the top of the list.
Strike duo Emiliano Tade and Joao Moreira are not among the array of Spanish talent who have worn Auckland City’s colours but may find the language of the world champions comes in handy in Sunday’s ASB Premiership Grand Final.
The chance to lift a prestigious piece of silverware should provide more than enough incentive when Auckland City and Team Wellington meet at Kiwitea Street on Sunday in the Grand Final of the ASB Premiership.
Wellington Phoenix isn't going to try to "sneak" its way into the finals. It is determined to live or die by the sword over the last five rounds.
Lower Hutt ratepayers would have to contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars a year towards a new stadium planned for Petone.
Carlos Hernandez has been included in the Wellington Phoenix squad for Sunday's A-League visit to Melbourne Heart.
Just 21 players have played 150 A-League games.
Goalkeeper Scott Basalaj is loving life in Scotland. The New Zealander moved to Thistle at the start of the season and admits he's living his dream by playing football in Scotland.
Striker Sarah Gregorius scored in her 50th match for her country as the Football Ferns secured their first win of 2014 on Wednesday, earning a 1-0 victory over Finland in their final match of the 2014 Cyprus Cup.
At the ripe old age of 22, Shaun Timmins is already well versed in the rollercoaster world of professional football.
Chief executive Shane Harmon vows Westpac Stadium's patchy playing surface will be restored to ''100 per cent'' health within three weeks.
The Wellington Phoenix remain hopeful of retaining leading goalscorer Stein Huysegems next season, despite a report claiming the Belgian striker was ''poised to quit'' the A-League club.
The search is almost over as our media panel reveal their respective ASB Premiership Player of the Decade and Team of the Decade.
Free-scoring former Belgium international Stein Huysegems is poised to quit Welllington Phoenix at the end of the season after negotiations over a new contract reached a seemingly unbridgeable impasse.
Not for the first time, Ernie Merrick has a Carlos conundrum, a Hernandez headache.