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  1. June 2025 An international break to forget as we lose clearly to the Solomon Islands and then let a 4-1 lead turn into a 4-5 defeat against Tonga.
  2. March 2025 We thought we got a late win against New Caledonia when we scored in the 90th minute, but they equalized with the last kick of the game, surely ending our World Cup qualification hopes.
  3. November 2024 - Word Cup Qualifiers It is not looking good in the qualifiers for us as again we run the bigger nations close, but not close enough.
  4. September/October Friendlies A very mixed set of results, seems like we are not good enough against the weaker Asian nations. Big plus though has been finding two Cook Islanders playing in the depths of Europe, they are now amongst the best players in the squad. Playing in the lower Dutch leagues, could be starting goalkeeper for years to come. Playing in Switzerland, could be an excellent goalscorer for us.
  5. OFC Nations Cup - Second Round Squad There was one big miss in Tylerr Barringer-Tahiri, our by far second best defender. Second Round Very respectable again, but not quite good enough. We lead against Fiji and Vanuatu at points but couldnt capitalize on it. Up Next We didnt qualify for the Semi Finals, but by not finishing bottom of our group we did qualify for the next stage of the World Cup Qualifiers, which start in November.
  6. 2024 OFC Nations Cup - First Round Squad No major changes to the squad other than Harlem Siliona being back in the squad after being injured, which is big news as he is our best midfielder. A few 15 year old newgens popped up in Cook Islands too and I called up 3 of them to the main squad. First Round The 4 worst teams in Oceania compete in a separate First Round out of which only one qualifies for the Main Group Stage. We easily dispatched the other teams and comfortably qualified. Up Next We avoid New Zealand in the Second Stage and with us having run Fiji close before I think we have a small chance at making top two and progressing to the Semi Final. We do have to wait until June to play though...
  7. 2023 Pacific Games Squad All players are based in Oceania, with the better players in Australia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. Ben Mata from Wellington Olympic is our best player and the only one worth any money. Warm-up Friendlies Invited over islanders from the Caribbean to very mixed results. Group Stage A very respectable campaign where we ran the bigger boys close. If the tight games against Fiji and Solomon Islands had gone differently we would have had a chance at making it to ast least the Third Place Playoff. In the Final Fiji beat Vanuatu to claim their third title.
  8. October 2023 Mixed results against some of the bigger boys in Oceania, which leaves me thinking we'll not embarrass ourselves when it comes to competitive fixtures. Talking of which we have the first chance at that in the Pacific Games coming up next month. They are essentially a preview to the OFC Nations Cup with the exception that New Zealand play with an U23 side. Only the top side goes to the final so it'll be tough but as some of the friendlies have shown we should keep it close most of the time.
  9. Thanks! Yes it could be a long and painful journey but at least we'll get a lot of obscurity out of it
  10. September 2023 The first defeat of the save and one that does not bode well for our chances in the OFC Nations Cup, although we took them close. Hong Kong was up in 144th in the rankings but we beat the easily and with that we moved from 187th to 183rd.
  11. June 2023 Friendlies were picked on having one higher ranked team (Chinese Taipei - 152nd) and one lower (Anguilla - 209th). In the end two easy victories.
  12. March 2023 Two decent draws in the first friendlies. The game against Solomon Islands was already set up and they are above us in the rankings, but Pakistan were the lowest we could play (200th vs us at 187th).
  13. The Premise Mau Penisula is a frustrated figure. His country Tuvalu is not affiliated to FIFA and will never be able to even try and qualify for a World Cup. He knows he can't change that, so instead he sets out to help other countries have their time to shine. He aims to venture into each continent with two aims. Win the Continental Trophy with a Nation that has never won it before Qualify a country from the Continent to the World Cup for the first time These two do not have to be achieved with the same country. Mau will start with the lowest rep Continental trophy and work his way up, from Oceania, through CONCACAF, Asia, Africa, South America and finally Europe. At the end he will try to win a World Cup with a country that has never won it before. In terms of the game set-up we will have a few leagues loaded for whichever continent Mau is in so that enough players get generated locally. There will be no club management at any point whatsoever, only international roles will be taken. Which is why Mau is starting with all necessary badges, but a Sunday League reputation. So, on to the first continent, Oceania and the OFC Nations Cup. Oceania is the weakest of the continents from a footballing perspective, with only two nations making it to a World Cup, Australia, which is now part of AFC and New Zealand. The OFC Nations Cup has also only been won by three nations, again Australia, New Zealand and a solitary win by Tahiti in 2012. The tournament is held every four years, with the last being in 2016, won by New Zealand and 2020 cancelled due to the Covid Pandemic, with the next tournament in 2024. As can be seen not a lot of countries high up in the ranking and Mau took a job with the only country with a vacancy. Cook Islands One of the weaker countries in the continent, the Cook Islands only participated twice in the OFC Nations Cup, losing all 4 games they played, scoring 1 goal and conceding a massive 41. The bar is low for Mau to do better for the country. The aim will be to see how far he can take the country before deciding if a jump to one of the bigger nations will be needed to complete the continent. Let the journey begin
  14. Literally two minutes after finishing the update this happens...could have saved myself some time
  15. Ajax Lasnamäe - 2028 Season Report We found the step up to the top tier to be too much for us. We started OK, but a third into the season we went into a dreadful run which included 15 straight losses and never looked like we would escapae relegation. Our Youth Intake actually saved us some grace as we picked up 7 points in the last 8 games to make the gap to 9th at least somewhat respectable. Squad by Appearances There are more midweek games in the top tier due to international breaks so we did rotate a bit more. The squad was not good enough for the top tier, with our best players decent second tier players as per our coaches. Top Player - Chris Lepik 26j: One of the few players to have a decent season as he looks to be developing into a decent striker. Did have a nasty injury at the end of the season though which will put him out for 5 months - I hope it doesnt stifle his development too much. Youth Players Once again a great CA intake and the personalities are not as awful, which is good improvement. This part keeps the save really exciting as we have a few players each intake that immediately improve the team and with all improvements we have had I hope this trend continues. An amazing 4 players slot straight into the first team and we now all our starters are youth academy players. Transfers Nothing of note again, squad is getting big though so will look to release some players in the off-season. Infrastructure Board agreed to the improvements in the off season, didnt request for anything else as we weren't doing well, but hoping to get Junior Coaching and Youth Network improvement next season. Finances Not bad considering we spent 90k in training facility improvements. We managed to get a senior affiliate in Sudtirol of Italy, which gets us another 28k ish a year. Progress Back to the second tier we go, which isnt necessarily a bad thing and to be honest if we dont go straight back up that is OK too. I think we need a couple more years to improve the side before we can be competitive at the top level.
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