New Zealand national football team

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national association football team of New Zealand and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The team plays in an all-white strip, hence its nickname.

The All Whites played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and on 14 November 2009 qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Because of the lack of a high-quality domestic league, most top New Zealand footballers play in the leagues of Europe, in the United States, or in the Australasian A-League.

New Zealand formerly battled Australia for top honours in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). This is no longer the case as Australia now plays in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), leaving New Zealand as the only seeded team in the OFC. New Zealand has won the OFC Nations Cup four times - in 1973, 1998, 2002 and 2008.

Development

Despite its large player numbers, football in New Zealand struggles to compete with other sports such as rugby union, rugby league and cricket, financially and for media exposure. The performance of the national team is further hindered by a relatively young semi-professional domestic league, the New Zealand Football Championship having been established in 2004. New Zealand has one professional team, Wellington Phoenix, which competes in the Australian A-League.

Since the 1990s, U.S. college soccer has played a significant role in the development of New Zealand players. This influence began when former Scotland international Bobby Clark returned to the U.S. after his 1994–96 stint as All Whites head coach to take the head coaching job at Stanford University (he now holds the same position at Notre Dame). Clark began recruiting in New Zealand, and current All Whites Ryan Nelsen and Simon Elliott played for him at Stanford. The trend that Clark started has continued to the present; more than two dozen New Zealanders are now playing for NCAA Division I men's programs in the U.S.^[1] A common next step in these players' career paths is a stint in Major League Soccer; ESPNsoccernet journalist Brent Latham speculated in a March 2010 story that the All Whites' 2010 FIFA World Cup squad could have more MLS players than the U.S. squad.^[1][2] However, Latham's speculation did not prove true, as only one MLS player made the New Zealand squad for the World Cup.

The best known current players are Blackburn Rovers defender Nelsen, former Roda JC defender Ivan Vicelich, Gold Coast United striker Shane Smeltz, Middlesbrough striker Chris Killen and Plymouth Argyle striker Rory Fallon. Several young players have shown promise in breaking through into the senior side, including Barnet FC midfielder Chris James, Newcastle Jets midfielder Jeremy Brockie, Shrewsbury Town striker Kris Bright and West Bromwich Albion striker Chris Wood.

Overall record

New Zealand vs Australia friendly match at Craven Cottage, London, England, 9 June 2005.

Matches	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Internationals only	309	132	49	124	582	492	+ 90
All	531	211	84	236	976	999	- 23

Results

World Cup

See also: New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup

Record

FIFA World Cup
Year	Tournament	Stage	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1982	FIFA World Cup	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	12	- 10	0
2010	FIFA World Cup	tbd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2	-	3	0	0	3	2	12	- 10	0

1982

New Zealand has competed in one FIFA World Cup, in Spain, in 1982. It qualified for this tournament through a long process, winning the Oceania Qualification group then playing in a five-team round-robin tournament against teams from Asia. This tournament resulted in China and New Zealand being tied for a qualification place. A sudden-death play-off in Singapore resulted in New Zealand qualifying for the tournament.

In Spain, New Zealand played three matches, against Scotland, the Soviet Union, and Brazil. New Zealand lost all three games, with scores of 2–5, 0–3, and 0–4 respectively. Steve Sumner and Steve Wooddin scored for New Zealand in the nation's first ever World Cup match against Scotland.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
Scotland	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

2010

New Zealand qualified for its second World Cup, to be held in South Africa, in 2010.

Qualifying campaign

New Zealand's first challenge in its qualifying campaign was the OFC Nations Cup. New Zealand won five out of the six games in the OFC Nations Cup with one loss to Fiji where Roy Krishna scored a double.^[3]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15
New Caledonia	6	2	2	2	12	10	+2	8
Fiji	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
Vanuatu	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Fiji	–	3 – 3	0 – 2	2 – 0
New Caledonia	4 – 0	–	1 – 3	3 – 0
New Zealand	0 – 2	3 – 0	–	4 – 1
Vanuatu	2 – 1	1 – 1	1 – 2	–

After winning the Oceania Qualification group, New Zealand needed to defeat the 5th placed AFC nation, Bahrain. Bahrain earned a place in this play-off after defeating Saudi Arabia on the away goals rule after drawing 2-2 in Riyadh.

New Zealand first went to Manama to play its away fixture against Bahrain, with the match ending 0-0.

On 14 November 2009, New Zealand qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after defeating Bahrain 1-0 in the second leg of their tie in front of a New Zealand record crowd in Wellington. New Zealand won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Rory Fallon in the 45th minute and a Mark Paston penalty save early in the second half .^[4]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahrain	0–1	New Zealand	0–0	0–1

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification 10 October 2009	Bahrain	0 – 0	New Zealand	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai
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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification 14 November 2009	New Zealand	1 – 0	Bahrain	Westpac Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 35,194 Referee: Jorge Larrionda
	R. Fallon 45'	Report Summary

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Build up

New Zealand's first build up match to the World Cup was a 2-0 loss to Mexico on 3 March 2010 at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, USA. On 24 May New Zealand played Australia in Melbourne, the first meeting between the teams since 9 June 2005. New Zealand started well, taking the lead in the 16th minute. Australia improved in the second half, snatching victory with the final kick of the game. On 29 May New Zealand played Serbia, ranked 15th in the world in Austria and won 1-0. New Zealand play a further friendly away against Slovenia in early June at Maribor, followed by a game against Chile a couple of days out from the World Cup in South Africa.

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Friendly Match 3 March 2010	Mexico	2 – 0	New Zealand	Pasadena Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Attendance: 90,526 Referee: Jair Marrufo
	J. Hernandez 53' C. Vela 57'	Report Summary

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Friendly Match 24 May 2010 21:30 NZST	Australia	2 – 1	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 55,659 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	D. Vidosic 64' B. Holman 90+4'	Report Summary	C. Killen 16'

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Friendly Match 29 May 2010 03:15 NZST	New Zealand	1 – 0	Serbia	Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Oliver Drachta
	S. Smeltz 22'	Report Summary

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Friendly Match 5 June 2010 07:00 NZST	Slovenia	–	New Zealand	Ljudski vrt Stadium, Maribor

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Friendly Match 9 June 2010 23:30 NZST	New Zealand	–	Chile	Ingwenyama Sports Grounds, Nelspruit

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Tournament

The draw, held on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, saw New Zealand grouped with World Cup defending champions Italy. Paraguay and Slovakia are the other teams in Group F. New Zealand's first match will be against Slovakia on 15 June 2010 at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 23:30 NZST	New Zealand	–	Slovakia	Royal Bafokeng Stadium

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2010 FIFA World Cup 21 June 2010 02:00 NZST	Italy	–	New Zealand	Mbombela Stadium

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2010 FIFA World Cup 25 June 2010 02:00 NZST	New Zealand	–	Paraguay	Peter Mokaba Stadium

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Confederations Cup

Record

FIFA Confederations Cup
Year	Tournament	Stage	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1999	Confederations Cup	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	- 5	0
2003	Confederations Cup	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	11	- 10	0
2009	Confederations Cup	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	7	- 7	1
Total	3	-	9	0	1	8	2	24	- 22	1

New Zealand has competed in three Confederations Cups, in Mexico 1999, France 2003 and South Africa 2009. In each of these tournaments, New Zealand failed to progress past the first round. At the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand gained its first point at a FIFA tournament with a draw against Iraq. New Zealand has scored a total of two goals in the tournaments and has gained one point.

1999

New Zealand made its first appearance in the FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico, in 1999. New Zealand qualified for the competition by defeating Australia 1-0 in the 1998 OFC Nations Cup. New Zealand was drawn into Group B with World Cup winners Brazil, USA, and Germany. New Zealand failed to win a match and its only goal was against USA through Chris Zoricich in the 93rd minute.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Germany	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

2003

New Zealand made its second appearance in the Confederations Cup in France, in 2003. New Zealand qualified after defeating Australia in the 2002 OFC Nations Cup final through a 78th minute goal from captain Ryan Nelsen. New Zealand was drawn into Group A with host France, Colombia, and Japan. New Zealand lost its first match against Japan 3-0. New Zealand scored its only goal of the competition in a loss against Colombia when Raf de Gregorio got the ball past Oscar Cordoba. New Zealand then suffered its largest loss of the competition, losing 0-5 against France.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Colombia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	11	-10	0

2009

New Zealand made its third appearance in the Confederations Cup in South Africa, in 2009. New Zealand qualified through winning the 2008 OFC Nations Cup. New Zealand striker Shane Smeltz played a large part in New Zealand winning the OFC Nations Cup by scoring eight goals, winning the competition's Golden Boot award. Smeltz scored in five of New Zealand's six matches. New Zealand was drawn in Group A in South Africa along with UEFA Euro 2008 champions and world number one Spain, hosts South Africa, and 2007 AFC Asian Cup winners Iraq. New Zealand played three friendly matches leading up to the competition which included a 4-3 loss to Italy where it led the match on three occasions through goals from Shane Smeltz and Chris Killen. New Zealand's first match against Spain didn't start well as Liverpool FC striker Fernando Torres scored a hat-trick within the first 20 minutes. Torres went on to win the Man of the Match award. Goals from Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas and Valencia FC striker David Villa completed Spain's 5-0 win over New Zealand. New Zealand lost its second match against South Africa 2-0 with Man of the Match Bernard Parker scoring a double. New Zealand drew its final match against Iraq 0-0, which gained New Zealand its first ever point in a major FIFA competition.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
South Africa	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Iraq	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 14 June 2009	New Zealand	0 – 5	Spain	Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 21,649 Referee: Coffi Codjia
		Report Summary	F. Torres 6' 14' 17' C. Fàbregas 24' D. Villa 48'

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2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 17 June 2009	South Africa	2 – 0	New Zealand	Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 36,598 Referee: Benito Archundia
	B. Parker 21' 52'	Report Summary

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2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 20 June 2009	Iraq	0 – 0	New Zealand	Ellis Park Stadium Attendance: 23,295 Referee: Howard Webb
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OFC Nations Cup

New Zealand has competed in every OFC Nations Cup since the tournament was established in 1973, when New Zealand both hosted and won the competition. The All Whites have won the Nations Cup four times, including the most recent tournament (2008 OFC Nations Cup).

Record

OFC Nations Cup
Year	Tournament	Stage	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1973	OFC Nations Cup	Champions	5	4	1	0	13	4	+ 9	13
1980	OFC Nations Cup	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	7	8	- 1	3
1996	OFC Nations Cup	Third Place	2	0	1	1	0	3	- 3	1
1998	OFC Nations Cup	Champions	4	4	0	0	11	1	+ 10	12
2000	OFC Nations Cup	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	6	3	+ 3	9
2002	OFC Nations Cup	Champions	5	5	0	0	23	2	+ 21	15
2004	OFC Nations Cup	Third Place	5	3	0	2	17	5	+ 12	9
2008	OFC Nations Cup	Champions	6	5	0	1	14	5	+ 9	15
Total	8	-	34	25	2	7	91	31	+ 60	78

Preceded by Inaugural Champions	Oceanian Champions 1973 (First title)	Succeeded by 1980 Australia
Preceded by 1996 Australia	Oceanian Champions 1998 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2000 Australia
Preceded by 2000 Australia	Oceanian Champions 2002 (Third title)	Succeeded by 2004 Australia
Preceded by 2004 Australia	Oceanian Champions 2008 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

Trans-Tasman Cup

Record

Trans-Tasman Cup
Year	Tournament	Stage
1983	Trans-Tasman Cup	Champions
1987	Trans-Tasman Cup	Champions

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the final 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Caps and goals updated as May 29, 2010.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 (1976-12-13) (age 33) 22 0 Wellington Phoenix 2 DF Ben Sigmund (vc) 3 February 1981 (1981-02-03) (age 29) 14 1 Wellington Phoenix 3 DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 (1982-01-12) (age 28) 29 0 Wellington Phoenix 4 DF Winston Reid 3 July 1988 (1988-07-03) (age 21) 2 0 FC Midtjylland 5 DF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 (1976-09-03) (age 33) 66 6 Auckland City 6 DF Ryan Nelsen (c) 18 October 1977 (1977-10-18) (age 32) 40 6 Blackburn Rovers 7 MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 (1974-06-10) (age 35) 62 6 Unattached 8 MF Tim Brown (vc) 6 March 1981 (1981-03-06) (age 29) 25 0 Wellington Phoenix 9 FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 (1981-09-29) (age 28) 29 16 Gold Coast United 10 FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 (1981-10-08) (age 28) 31 11 Middlesbrough FC 11 MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 (1981-12-20) (age 28) 33 0 Wellington Phoenix 12 GK Glen Moss 19 January 1983 (1983-01-19) (age 27) 15 0 Melbourne Victory 13 MF Andy Barron 24 December 1980 (1980-12-24) (age 29) 11 1 Team Wellington 14 FW Rory Fallon 20 March 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 28) 6 2 Plymouth Argyle 15 MF Michael McGlinchey 7 January 1987 (1987-01-07) (age 23) 5 0 Motherwell FC 16 MF Aaron Clapham 1 January 1987 (1987-01-01) (age 23) 0 0 Canterbury United 17 MF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 (1982-03-24) (age 28) 25 3 Unattached 18 DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 (1983-09-18) (age 26) 15 0 New York Red Bulls 19 DF Tommy Smith 31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) (age 20) 3 0 Ipswich Town 20 FW Chris Wood 7 December 1991 (1991-12-07) (age 18) 8 0 West Bromwich Albion 21 MF Jeremy Christie 22 May 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 27) 21 1 FC Tampa Bay 22 MF Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 (1987-10-07) (age 22) 17 0 Newcastle Jets 23 GK James Bannatyne 30 June 1975 (1975-06-30) (age 34) 3 0 Team Wellington

Caps and goals accurate up to and including the friendly match against Serbia on 29 May 2010, and only include appearances in official matches.^[5][6]

Non-travelling reserves

The following players have been named as non-travelling reserves for the World Cup:

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club N/A GK Jacob Spoonley 3 March 1987 (1987-03-03) (age 23) 1 0 Auckland City N/A DF Steven Old 17 February 1986 (1986-02-17) (age 24) 17 1 Kilmarnock FC N/A DF Aaron Scott 19 July 1986 (1986-07-19) (age 23) 4 0 Waitakere United N/A MF Chad Coombes 9 September 1983 (1983-09-09) (age 26) 1 0 Auckland City N/A MF Cole Peverley 3 July 1988 (1988-07-03) (age 21) 1 0 Team Wellington N/A FW Kris Bright 5 September 1986 (1986-09-05) (age 23) 4 1 Shrewsbury Town N/A FW Costa Barbarouses 19 February 1990 (1990-02-19) (age 20) 1 0 Brisbane Roar

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the All Whites squad in the last 18 months:

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up DF Steven Old 17 February 1986 (1986-02-17) (age 24) 17 1 Kilmarnock FC v. Mexico, 3 March 2010 (Friendly) MF Chad Coombes 9 September 1983 (1983-09-09) (age 26) 1 0 Auckland City v. Mexico, 3 March 2010 (Friendly) MF Jason Hayne 8 July 1986 (1986-07-08) (age 23) 0 0 Auckland City v. Mexico, 3 March 2010 (Friendly) DF Aaron Scott 19 July 1986 (1986-07-19) (age 23) 4 0 Waitakere United v. Bahrain, 14 November 2009 (2010 FIFA World Cup qualification) DF Duncan Oughton 14 June 1977 (1977-06-14) (age 32) 25 2 Columbus Crew v. South Africa, 17 June 2009 (2009 FIFA Confederations Cup) MF Chris James 4 June 1987 (1987-06-04) (age 22) 12 0 Barnet FC v. South Africa, 17 June 2009 (2009 FIFA Confederations Cup) FW Kris Bright 9 May 1986 (1986-05-09) (age 24) 4 1 Shrewsbury Town v. Spain, 14 June 2009 (2009 FIFA Confederations Cup) FW Jarrod Smith 20 June 1986 (1986-06-20) (age 23) 12 0 Unattached v. Botswana, 7 June 2009 (Friendly) DF Christian Bouckenooghe 7 February 1977 (1977-02-07) (age 33) 34 1 KSV Roeselare v. Thailand, 28 March 2009 (Friendly)

Caps and goals accurate as of 3 March 2010, and only include appearances in official matches.^[5][6]

Notable players

Players who have achieved one or more of the following: Fifty or more A-international caps for New Zealand, induction into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, receipt of an international award for football, represented more than one country at international level.

Ken Armstrong Duncan Cole Vaughan Coveny Simon Elliott Adrian Elrick Ceri Evans

Ricki Herbert Bill Hume Chris Jackson Michael McGarry Wynton Rufer Shane Smeltz

Steve Sumner Brian Turner Frank van Hattum Ivan Vicelich Steve Wooddin Chris Zoricich

Top Goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1	Vaughan Coveny	1992-07	28 0(64)	0.43
2	Steve Sumner	1976-88	22 0(58)	0.38
3	Brian Turner	1967-82	21 0(59)	0.35
4 =	Jock Newall	1951-52	16 0(10)	1.60
4 =	Keith Nelson	1977-83	16 0(20)	0.80
4=	Shane Smeltz	2003-	16 0(29)	0.54
Last updated 30 May 2010

Most Capped Players

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Ivan Vicelich	1995-	66 1	6
2	Vaughan Coveny	1992-07	64	28
3	Simon Elliott	1995-	62	6
4	Ricki Herbert	1980-89	61	7
5	Chris Jackson	1995-03	60	10
6	Brian Turner	1967-82	59	21
Last updated 30 May 2010

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

¹ A-Internationals only. The record for all appearances for the New Zealand national team including matches against club and invitational sides is held by Steve Sumner (105).

Coaching, management & support staff

Current staff

Coaching staff

• Ricki Herbert - Head Coach
• Brian Turner - Assistant Coach
• Clint Gosling - Goalkeeping Coach
• Raul Blanco - Technical Advisor

Manager

• Phil Warbrick - Team Manager

Medical staff

• Celeste Geertsema - Team Doctor
• Roland Jeffery - Physiotherapist
• Wade Irvine - Massage Therapist
• Kenny McMillan - Sports Scientist

Media officer

• Jamie Scott - Media Officer

Past managers

• Ken Armstrong (1957–1964)
• Ljubiša Broćić (1965–1966)
• Juan Schwanner (1967–1968)
• Ljubiša Broćić (1969)
• Barrie Truman (1970–1976)
• Wally Hughes (1977–1978)
• John Adshead (1979–1982)
• Allan Jones (1983–1984)
• Kevin Fallon (1985–1988)
• John Adshead (1989)
• Ian Marshall (1990–1993)
• Bobby Clark (1994–1995)
• Keith Pritchett (1996–1997)
• Joe McGrath (1997–1998)
• Ken Dugdale (1998–2002)
• Mick Waitt (2002–2004)
• Ricki Herbert (2005–present)

Supporters

The supporters of the New Zealand national team are known as the 'White Noise' - a play on the All Whites nickname, the singing and chanting supporters do and the term White Noise.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Latham, Brent (2010-03-17). "U.S. connection helps New Zealand". ESPNsoccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/page/worldcup101-03172010/ce/us/new-zealand-american-connection?cc=5901&ver=us. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
2. ^ Latham's piece directly states; "From his post across the Pacific Ocean, Ricki Herbert may have a more profound interest in labor peace in America [referring to a possible MLS player strike that was averted days after the piece] than anyone in the history of New Zealand, because when his team kicks off the World Cup against Slovakia on June 15, the All-Whites' lineup could feature even more MLS players than [U.S. national coach Bob] Bradley's."
3. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/matches/round=250488/match=300036893/report.html
4. ^ "New Zealand 1 - 0 Bahrain". ESPN. 2009-11-14. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=284592&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
5. ^ ^{a b} "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
6. ^ ^{a b} "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

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