High expectations after tough year for Football Ferns at World Cup


  • Football
  • Thursday, 16 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Ali Riley (R) of New Zealand is challenged by Natalie Vinti of Mexico during their Women's World Cup Group B soccer match in Sinsheim July 5, 2011. REUTERS/Alex Domanski

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's women's soccer team sense their best chance to become the first senior side from the rugby-mad country to advance out of their group at next month's World Cup in France, captain Ali Riley said.

The 19th-ranked Football Ferns have been drawn in Group E with world number five Canada, the Netherlands (eighth), and Cameroon (46th) for the June 7-July 7 tournament in France.

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