Here are all the top results from the Northern League, Central League, Southern League and the leading Lotto NRFL men’s and women’s competitions in the north.
The FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup got underway — with New Zealand off to a winning start — and Auckland City progressed to the semi-final of the OFC Champions League, even though their Saturday opponents were unable to field a team.
Here’s our round-up of another busy footballing weekend:
Results
Games played on Sunday May 21, 2023
FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup
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New Zealand 1 (Norman Garbett 80′)
Guatemala 0
Argentina 2 (Alejo Véliz 27′, Valentin Carboni 41′)
Uzbekistan 1 (Makhmudjon Makhamadjonov 23′)
OFC Champions League
Auckland City 3
Lupe Ole Soaga 0
*Auckland City awarded 3-0 win by default
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Northern League
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Takapuna 0
Birkenhead United 5 (Dane Schnell 7′, own goal 25′, Luke Jorgensen 45+1′, Adri McArthur 72′, Finn McKenlay 86′)
West Coast Rangers 1 (Dev Pokhrel 31′)
Eastern Suburbs 2 (Jake Mechell 62′, Luis Toomey 66′)
Western Springs 3 (Own goal 13′, Oscar Ramsay 30′, 64′)
Manukau United 2 (Sameehg Doutie 57′, Hayden Johns 80′)
Bay Olympic 1 (Dré Vollenhoven 16′)
Hamilton Wanderers 3 (Derek Tieku 45′, 76′, Mark Jones 64′)
Melville United 1 (Ry McLeod 53′)
Auckland United 5 (Ignacio Machuca 29′, Zachary Chung 51′, Nic Zambrano 66′, Yousif Al-Kalisy 79′, Josh Redfearn 90+3′)
Central League
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Wellington Olympic 6 (Joel Stevens 21′, 60′, Hamish Watson 24′, 50′, 77′, Kailan Gould 28′)
Napier City Rovers 3 (Deri Corfe 45+1′ pen, Stefan Karajovanovic 57′, Sam Lack 85′)
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Whanganui Athletic 0
Miramar Rangers 2 (Andrew Bevin 5′, Luke Searle 10′)
North Wellington 3 (Own goal 2′, Mick Reid 12′, Joshua Zatorski 33′)
Stop Out 3 (Jared Cunniff 18′, James Sutcliffe 45+4′, Isa Prins 47′)
Petone 2 (Mattew Brazier 14′, 27′)
Waterside Karori 2 (Harry Fautley 85′, Luca Barclay 90+5′)
Southern League
Games played on Friday May 19, 2023
Selwyn United 2 (Jak Stevenson 47′, 87′)
Coastal Spirit 3 (Liam Cotter 35′, 37′, Mohamad Taqizada 41′ pen)
Christchurch United 1 (Jago Godden 90+6′)
FC Twenty 11 0
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Ferrymead Bays 2 (Omid Rajabi 22′ pen, Fintan Joseph 88′)
Cashmere Technical 6 (Caleb Cottom 2′, Garbhan Coughlan 6′, 27′, Sam Richards 37′, Lachie McIsaac 50′, Zander Edwards 58′)
Game played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Dunedin City Royals 4 (Ollie Petersen 5′, 38′, Tyler Muir 18′, Hayden Aish 59′)
Green Island 2 (Stefan Milidrag 3′, Adam Hewson 54′)
Game played on Sunday May 21, 2023
Nelson Suburbs 1 (Jordan Yong 12′)
Nomads United 1 (Declan Hickford 50′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League
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Western Springs P
Auckland United P
Games played on Sunday May 21, 2023
Hibiscus Coast 1 (Stacey Martin 69′)
Ellerslie 1 (Britney Cunningham-Lee 49′)
Northern Rovers 0
West Coast Rangers 4 (Emily Lyon 15′, 31′, Luci Hollister 85′, Shania McIntosh 90′)
Hamilton Wanderers 3 (Ayla Koopu 37′, 73′, Caitlin Byrne 62′)
Eastern Suburbs 2 (Aimee Atkins 7′, Zoe Benson 84′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Hibiscus Coast 1 (Adam Dickinson 73′)
Ellerslie 2 (Tawanda Marowa 23′, Rowan Corbett 37′)
Mount Albert Ponsonby 2 (Jonathan Cantle 32′, Sam Tutton 79′)
Metro 2 (Gilberto Souza 2′, Thomas Probert 67′)
Ngaruawahia United 7 (Stjepan Kovacic 16′, 47′, 70′, Roman Yair Perez 27′, Reuben Henderson 80′, 83′, Marko Memedovic 90′)
Fencibles United 1 (Peter Garofalakis 62′)
North Shore United 2 (Nick Petherick 80′, 90′)
Waiheke United 1 (Nicolas Vanina 15′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Gonzalo Freddi 78′)
Tauranga City 4 (Adam Davidson 9′, Eamon O’Donoghue 37′, Nathan Rostron 47′, Jonty Bidois 76′)
Onehunga Mangere United 1 (Maksim Manko 59′)
East Coast Bays 0
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday May 21, 2023
Central United 1 (Viktoriia Varava 86′)
Tauranga City 4 (Briana Osborne 17′, 29′, Abi Witney-Collins 40′, Holly Marx 75′)
Franklin United 0
Manukau United. 0
Onehunga Sports 3 (Robyn Fisher 27′, 39′, Stella Kiely 85′)
Otumoetai 2 (Taryn Holloway 86′, Grace Duncan 88′)
Te Atatu 0
Fencibles United 8 (Mischa Marais 16′, 57′, 86′, own goal 18′, Mikaela Bangalan 19′, Taylor Bell 49′, Zoe Brazier 70′, Olivia Steel 78′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Beachlands Maraetai 3 (Aaron Parry 2′, 76′, Henry Lee 77′)
Albany United 2 (Jack Beguely 43′, 56′)
Central United 0
Bucklands Beach 6 (Sander Waterland 43′, 85′, Joshua Smith 53′, 75′, Sean Latimer 55′, own goal)
Northland 0
Franklin United 1 (Cameron Sinclair 5′)
Oratia United 2 (Shaneel Sharma 70′, Mark Withers 86′)
West Auckland 2 (Jordan Hearn 23′, Joshua Peden 41′)
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Waitemata — Bye
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Claudelands Rovers 7 (Harry Christensen-Rose 2′, 42′ pen, 70′, Charlie Young 10′, 59′, Henry Stephen 52′, Trent Langeveld 82′)
Te Awamutu 0
Ngongotaha Lakes 1 (Ryan Nicholson 70′)
Cambridge 1 (Glen Carmichael 11′)
Otumoetai 1 (Joaquin Reynoso 32′)
Taupo 1 (Ahmad Zammit 77′ pen)
Waikato Unicol 6 (Bailey Webster 7′, Levi Clark 11′, Ethan Martin 25′, Ryan Tapp 33′, Thomas O’Leary 42′, 56′)
Papamoa 0
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Papakura City 2 (Reza Akhlaqi 41′, Logan Dixon 50′)
Ranui Swanson 2 (Ryan Cozett 7′, Tuam Zaw 90′)
Papatoetoe 0
Uni-Mount Bohemian 1 (Liam Hamill 5′)
South Auckland Rangers 2 (Ronald Kivolyn 35′, Salesh Kumar 77′)
Te Atatu 3 (Jamie Mason 33′, own goal 45+3′, Patrick Reddick 53′)
WaiBOP W-League
Games played on Sunday May 21, 2023
Melville United 7 (Shion Hwang 3′, 20′, 39′, Zaineh Abdelrazeq 13′, Laura Bennett 52′, 78′, Rylee Mardon 56′)
Tauranga City 0
Otumoetai 1 (Bailee-Ann Boyne 75′)
Tauranga Blue Rovers 2 (Holly Fausett 67′, Paige Rickard 87′)
Waikato Unicol 1 (Kayley Knight 77′)
Lakes 1 (Sinead Doherty 2′)
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday May 20, 2023
Cambridge P
Matamata Swifts P
*Game postponed at away team’s request
Claudelands Rovers 0
Otorohanga 3 (Jamie Walker 48′, Tom Barton 80′, Michael Jones 80′)
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Aston Smith 35′)
Tauranga City 6 (Thomas Crane 3′, 43′, own goal 25′, Cameron Stewart 39′, 46′, Julian Kohlhaas 77′)
Tokoroa 3 (Chris Teague 7′, Logan Allen 34′, 72′)
West Hamilton 2 (Khaild Omar 57′, Noor Mire 85′)
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