Thursday 15 July 2010:
- Sydney FC 4 New Zealand (U-17) 1
Ashleigh Ward appeared as a 70th minute sub for NZ Report 1 | Report 2
Tuesday 13 July 2010:
- NSW Institute of Sport 2 New Zealand (U-17) 1
Ashleigh Ward appeared as a 77th minute sub for NZ Report 1 | Report 2
Sunday 11 July 2010:
- NSW Institute of Sport 0 New Zealand (U-17) 2
Ashleigh Ward appeared as a 65th minute sub for NZ Report 1 | Report 2
10 July 2010
Coastal Spirit women's first team player, Ashleigh Ward, has been named in the 18-player New Zealand U-17 Women's tour of Australia squad. New Zealand will play NSW Institute of Sport (July 11 & 13) and Sydney FC (July 15) in preparation for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago in September.
New Zealand squad | 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2010 draw
- Sept 6 – New Zealand v Venezuela, Couva, Trinidad
- Sept 9 – New Zealand v UEFA 1, Couva, Trinidad
- Sept 13 – New Zealand v Japan, Scarborough, Tobago
Ashleigh Ward in NZ U-17 women's squad for World Cup qualifiers
Friday 16 April 2010:
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers / OFC U-17 Women's Championship
New Zealand EIGHTEEN Tonga 0
NZ qualify for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and are OFC U-17 Women's Champions
Ashleigh Ward scored three goals for NZ OFC Report | NZF report | Sportsweb report
Wednesday 14 April 2010:
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers / OFC U-17 Women's Championship
New Zealand 9 Papua New Guinea 0
Ashleigh Ward appeared as a 54 min sub for NZ OFC Report | NZF report | Sportsweb report
Monday 12 April 2010
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers / OFC U-17 Women's Championship
New Zealand TEN Solomon Islands 0
Ashleigh Ward appeared as a 70 min sub for NZ OFC Report | NZF report | Sportsweb report
23 March 2010
Coastal Spirit women's first team forward, Ashleigh Ward, has been named in the 20-player New Zealand U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers squad. New Zealand will play Solomon Islands (April 12), Papua New Guinea (April 14) and Tonga (April 16) at North Harbour Stadium, 12-16 April 2010 in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-17 Women's Championships - with the winner gaining a place in the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago in September.
New Zealand squad | OFC U-17 Women's Championship | 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Wong in 2009 NZ U-17 Squad
Hannah Wong (CSFC Women's first team 35 games, 39 goals) has been named in the New Zealand Under-17 Women's sqaud to play in the National Women's League. The U-17 team will play in the Northern Conference of the League, while Mainland Pride (who Wong will no longer be playing for this season) play in the Southern Conference. The League commences in late October 2009, with national playoffs in December 2009. Hannah Wong scored one goal for NZ U-17 in their first match, a 4-1 win over Waikato-BoP; was a 79th minute sub in a 7-1 loss to Auckland (Victoria Esson was Auckland's goalkeeper); and played the first 85 minutes for NZ U-17 in the 2-3 loss to Auckland; Wong was rested due to "squad rotation policy" for the 0-8 loss to Waikato-BoP. NZ U-17 beat Football South 8-3 in the 5th/6th playoff with Wong scoring 4 goals in that match.
Match Report v Waikato BoP | Match report v Auckland (1-7) | Match report v Auckland (2-3)
Full NZ U-17 squad | Fixtures
Esson and Shea in NZ U-17 World Cup Squad
Tuesday 4 November 2008
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Group A:
Colombia 1 New Zealand 3 NZ Football report | FIFA report | Sportswebsoccer report
NZ finish 3rd in Group A; do not qualify for Quarter-Final
Esson played full game; Shea was an unused sub
Saturday 1 November 2008
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Group A:
New Zealand 1 Denmark 2 NZ Football report | FIFA report | Sportswebsoccer report
Esson played full game; Shea was an unused sub
Tuesday 28 October 2008
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Group A:
New Zealand 0 Canada 1 NZ Football report | FIFA report | Sportswebsoccer report
Esson played full game; Shea appeared as 77th minute sub
Photo depicts: Victoria Esson, Rowena Fulham and Megan Shea.
Coastal Spirit's Victoria Esson and Megan Shea have been named in the 21-player New Zealand squad to play in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2008. Rowena Fulham is assistant coach.
Full NZ squad
Saturday 4 October 2008:
- Women's Age-Group National Rep: NZ U-17 2 NZ Selection 0 Report
Megan Shea appeared as an 86th minute substitute for U-17
Coastal Spirit supports FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The first ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is being held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. Coastal Spirit FC are represented in the NZ squad by players and on the coaching staff.
QEII Stadium in Christchurch will be hosting 8 matches including both semi-finals.
For more information on the Tournament see NZ Football's page on FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Christchurch Match Schedule:
Wed 29 October 2008:
12 Noon QEII Park Group B Costa Rica 0 Germany 5
3.00pm QEII Park Group B Korea DPR 1 Ghana 1
Sat 1 November 2008
1.00pm QEII Park Group B Ghana 2 Germany 3
4.00pm QEII Park Group B Costa Rica 1 Korea DPR 2
Wed 5 November 2008
4.00pm QEII Park Group C Paraguay 2 Japan 7
7.00pm QEII Park Group D Nigeria 2 Brazil 2
Thur 13 November 2008
4.00pm QEII Park Semi Final Korea DPR 2 England 1
7.00pm QEII Park Semi Final Germany 1 United States of America 2
NZ Team Match Schedule:
Tue 28 October 2008:
7.00pm Nth Harbour Group A New Zealand 0 Canada 1
Sat 1 November 2008:
4.00pm Nth Harbour Group A New Zealand 1 Denmark 2
Tue 4 November 2008:
7.00pm Wellington Group A Colombia 1 New Zealand 3
NZ finish 3rd in Group A; do not qualify for quarter-finals
NZ U-17 Women's tour of Paraguay
21 July 2008
Coastal Spirit's Victoria Esson and Megan Shea were in the 21-player NZ U-17 Women's squad that toured Paraguay. Rowena Fulham is the Assistant Coach.
The NZ team finished third in a four-team Tournament in Asunción. Their opponents were the Paraguay U-17 team and the senior club teams Cerro Porteno and UAA. NZ and Paraguay also played each other in an U-17 friendly during the Tournament.
Victoria and Megan were unused substitutes for the match v Cerro Porteno, but both came off the bench in the friendly v Paraguay. Victoria started the final two matches, while Megan appeared as a substitute against UAA.
Schedule (NZ Time):
July 12: Cerro Porteno 1 New Zealand 2 Report
Esson and Shea unused subs
July 14 (friendly): Paraguay 4 New Zealand 0 Report
Esson (5th minute) and Shea (60th minute) appeared as subs
July 17: UAA 4 New Zealand 0 Report
Esson played the whole match and Shea (60th minute) appeared as sub
July 19: Paraguay 1 New Zealand 1 Report
Esson played the whole match and Shea was an unused sub
2008 New Zealand Under-17 Women in Australia
20 April 2008, Australia U-20 4 NZ U-17 2
Megan Shea appeared as a sub in the 25th minute; Victoria Esson was an unused sub
NZ Football match report | Sportswebsoccer match report
17 April 2008, Australia U-17 0 NZ U-17 4
Victoria Esson and Megan Shea played full games for NZ
NZ Football match report | Sportswebsoccer match report
15 April 2008, Australia U-17 0 NZ U-17 4
Megan Shea appeared as a sub in the 60th minute; Victoria Esson was an unused sub
NZ Football match report | Sportswebsoccer match report
15 April 2008: NZ Football report that Victoria Esson and Megan Shea have been named as substitutes for NZ U-17 to play Australia U-17 today.
Coastal Spirit FC has a number of our women's first team squad currently in or in contention for the New Zealand U-17 squad. Megan Shea and Victoria Esson have been named in an initial squad of 25 players.
Victoria Esson, Gabrielle Kerdemelidis and Megan Shea were initially selected in the NZ U-17 squad to tour Australia in April - and Rowena Fulham (first team co-coach is part of the NZ Technical team).
UPDATE 2 April 2008: NZ Football report that Auckland Football's Emily Cooper has replaced Gabrielle Kerdemelidis in the squad for the Australian tour.
Full NZ squad for tour | Australian squads
Gabrielle Kerdemelidis in training for the upcoming season
Related links
Gabrielle Kerdemelidis profile at NZ Soccer
Dad's memory spur for rising soccer star
[Kerdemelidis in Chch Star, 15 Feb 2008]
Megan Shea profile at NZ Soccer
Victoria Esson profile at NZ Soccer
Megan Shea profile at Sportswebsoccer
Victoria Esson profile at Sportswebsoccer
NZ Football page for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2008
FIFA page for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2008
