{"id":11929,"date":"2024-11-21T06:24:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=11929"},"modified":"2024-11-21T06:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:24:45","slug":"auckland-fc-to-cross-the-tasman-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=11929","title":{"rendered":"Auckland FC to cross the Tasman for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland FC v Macarthur<\/b><\/p>\n

Kick-off: 6pm Sunday 24 November<\/p>\n

Allianz Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n

Live blog updates on RNZ Sport<\/i><\/p>\n

Auckland FC’s perfect start to the A-League season will be put to the test in Sydney on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The newest club in the competition is unbeaten and yet to concede a goal after three games. They have won at home and in a derby match in Wellington but are yet to cross the Tasman.<\/p>\n

After a winning start to the season the team has been sidelined for two weeks, first by a bye and then by the FIFA international break.<\/p>\n

They will return to the field against Macarthur FC in Unite Round – where all A-League men’s and women’s teams play in the same city.<\/p>\n

Six Auckland FC players were on All Whites duty for the\u00a0Oceania Football World Cup qualifiers<\/a>\u00a0while the remainder of the squad split the two-week break from competition between training and travelling.<\/p>\n

Coach Steve Corica returned to Sydney to spend time with family, co-captain and the side’s leading goal-scorer Jake Brimmer went to Queenstown with his partner while Australian defender Dan Hall had family visit him and they explored the country.<\/p>\n

The visa players, who arrived in Auckland just before the season kicked off, got the opportunity to get up to speed with how the team wants to play and to get some time on the park against local opposition in practice matches.<\/p>\n

“It’s a long season and every opportunity we can get to give them a couple of days off is good for them mentally as well as physically to freshen up. They won’t lose any fitness over that kind of period and they also worked quite hard when they got back so I I think it’s good for everyone to have a bit of a freshen up,” Corica said.<\/p>\n

rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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