It is unlikely a goalkeeper will grab too many plaudits when a soccer team produces a 4-1 victory.
All signs point to a goalfest at Coopers Stadium tonight.
The Football Ferns get another chance to keep their upward momentum going as they depart this week for the 12-team Cyprus Cup tournament beginning March 6.
Southern United finished its season on Sunday with a win but that was one of only three it managed. Football writer Rab Smith looks back over the 2013-14 campaign, and asks the question: Did the side make any progress?
Ernie Merrick could easily have been coaching against the Wellington Phoenix tomorrow night.
The four sides set to face off in the all-important playoffs of the ASB Premiership now know the circumstances of their first meetings after confirmation of the match details.
Petone residents have voiced concerns over plans for a 12,000-seat boutique football stadium.
The Young Football Ferns squad for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica was named on Monday including five players fresh from the U-20 side which claimed the OFC U-20 Women’s Championship in Auckland on Saturday.
Former All White Andy Boyens is returning home to New Zealand to join Northern Football Federation as the new Football Development Officer for the Waitakere region.
The FFA has today confirmed the format of the inaugural FFA cup in 2014.
Canterbury United's national football league season is over after a final round 3-1 loss to defending champions Waitakere City in Auckland.
WaiBop United got a rude reminder of what's needed to take the next step at Premiership level in Cambridge on Saturday.
Waitakere United set up a mouth-watering semifinal tie against Auckland City after beating Canterbury 3-1 at Fred Taylor Park yesterday.
Wellington Phoenix midfielder Jeremy Brockie hailed the "crucial" contributions of Glen Moss and Carlos Hernandez in the side's 4-1 victory over the Central Coast Mariners on Friday, after the duo produced moments that may come to define Wellington's A-League season.
Stein Huysegems is on track to become the second Phoenix player to win the A-League golden boot, with 10 goals already double his haul from the wooden spoon 2012-13 campaign.
The Phoenix hope to lock in a pre-season visit from an English Premier League club within "two or three weeks," with West Ham United one of several options.
The Wellington Phoenix are becoming one of the best travelling teams in the A-League - and their impressive away form is pushing them towards a finals spot, maybe even into the top four.
The Junior Football Ferns have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 with a 3-0 victory over Papua New Guinea in the closing match of the OFC U-20 Championship in Mangere on Saturday.
Auckland City have secured the minor premiership in record-breaking fashion while Hawke’s Bay United and Team Wellington have booked their places in the playoffs on an enthralling day of action in the ASB Premiership.
Don't worry about the Wellington Phoenix, their season is still on track.
Waitakere United are in danger of finishing their domestic soccer season without a trophy for the first time since 2006.
Southland will witness some of New Zealand's rising football stars in action tomorrow in the Southern United-Wanderers FC national league game at Rugby Park in Invercargill.
The rapid progress of defender Thomas Probert has been an undeniable success story for WaiBop United this season.
Canterbury United are aiming to cash in on the counterattack when they face Waitakere United in their do-or-die final-round national football league match in Auckland tomorrow.
A spectacular, Costa Rican-inspired second half from the Wellington Phoenix has ended their misery against the Central Coast Mariners and put their finals plans back on track.
An inspired second half has seen the Wellington Phoenix hammer reigning A-League champions the Central Coast Mariners 4-1 on Friday night in Gosford.
Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick is determined to get his team back on track quickly when they take on defending champions Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford on Friday night.
Form can be a fickle thing and you don't need to look any further than Jeremy Brockie for an example.
With a playoff spot secure, you could almost forgive Team Wellington for focusing their sights on their upcoming semi-final, rather than their clash with WaiBOP United this weekend.
OPINION: Even the greatest fortune-teller would not have predicted what unfolded at Westpac Stadium on Sunday
The numbers make for ugly reading.
Kosta Barbarouses has thrown a spanner in the works of Melbourne Victory's nightmare A-League finals run-in by accepting a New Zealand call up next month.
If they’re wondering why they practise penalties so often at Wellington Phoenix, they can blame Kevin Muscat. His uncharacteristic miss in the penalty shoot-out at the 2010 grand final helped seal Melbourne Victory’s fate, and it’s a loss that still haunts Ernie Merrick.
A multi-million dollar upgrade of Westpac Stadium should be considered as part of the debate around the proposed Petone Arena, stadium boss Shane Harmon says.
If the Wellington Phoenix were rocked by Sunday's record 5-0 loss at Westpac Stadium, they certainly weren't showing it.