Discounting a bronze medal at the World Club Champs, the pinnacle of achievement in New Zealand football is to be cited in the highly coveted Herald Annual Awards.

Chris Rattue writes to dissatisfied women footballers: "If Fifa is the misogynist devil you portray it to be, set up your own world football organisation."

Crowdsourcing has become one of the commercial buzzwords of the internet age, but for many sporting organisations around New Zealand sourcing crowds is of greater importance.

The media might have you believing that the rugby and cricket World Cups are the only big offerings in 2015.

Welcome to the New Zealand national league jumble sale, where reserves are first teamers, amateurs clash with professionals and the regulations are a bit of a lucky dip.

Sam Malcolmson writes: For whatever reasons NZF ostracised our best player, Wynton Rufer, let's not do the same to Danny Hay, who is still has a great deal to offer the NZ game.

He was driving ambulances in Spain four years ago and now Wellington Phoenix midfielder Albert Riera wants to play for the All Whites.

Phoenix stalwart Paul Ifill will consider relocating to Auckland to play for Auckland City or Waitakere United to revive his football career.

Brazil native Ana Paula De Jesus says her dream football World Cup final would be to see her countrymen play their arch-rival, Argentina.

There might be as many eyes on the manager as on the players when Auckland City attempt to clinch a fourth straight OFC Champions League crown today.

The zoology student, arguably the best amateur goalkeeper in New Zealand, has just been recalled to the All Whites and now, at the ripe age of 30, is playing the best soccer of his career.

All Whites striker Ryan Thomas scored twice in PEC Zwolle's sensational 5-1 cup final victory over champions Ajax.

As Andrew Durante sat back and talked about the final game of the Wellington Phoenix' season, he looked drained.

Wellington Phoenix general manager David Dome hopes to make a definitive announcement at their last home game.

It's time for New Zealand football to embrace Asia.

The New Zealand women's soccer side fell to their heaviest defeat in three years yesterday when they were beaten 4-0 by South Korea in the Cyprus Cup tournament.

Waitakere United set up a mouth-watering semifinal tie against Auckland City after beating Canterbury 3-1 at Fred Taylor Park yesterday.

Waitakere United are in danger of finishing their domestic soccer season without a trophy for the first time since 2006.

The Wellington Phoenix A-League soccer club could move to Lower Hutt after the council announced plans for a new purpose-built football stadium in Petone.