A mixed weekend for the Wellington Phoenix in the National League, with a win and a loss across their two matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Phoenix men’s reserves travelled to Christchurch to play Cashmere Technical, who were top of the table after the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An emphatic second half performance saw the Nix run out 4-0 winners after going into halftime scoreless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke Supyk stayed composed to open the scoring on the hour mark, before Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues jinked into the area and calmly finished five minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cashmere Technical could not recover from the double strike, and Nathan Walker soon added a third in the aftermath of a corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In injury time, Luke Flowerdew finished the scoring by rounding the keeper and smartly slotting home from a tight angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The win moves them to fourth on the table, and they will take on second placed Napier City Rovers next Sunday in another away game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The women\u2019s reserves faced a tougher assignment on Friday night, facing Waterside Karori while missing a large contingent of players to both the first team and the U-17 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 5-0 defeat was the final result, although the second half saw a major improvement after being four goals down at the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match saw a number of National League debuts, and the Nix closed the game with an average age of just 16.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will regroup for another Friday night match, this time away to fifth placed Wellington United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the youth National League, the U-18 girls\u2019 team won yet again, beating Capital Football 5-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goals were scored by Isabella Temple, Bridie Christie, and Jasmine Shailer, with a brace for Lucie Wells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boys\u2019 youth side had a bye this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":323023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,330,327,343],"tags":[],"competition":[],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":"","match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":"","match_card_embed_disable":false,"auto_publish_updates":true,"reference_article":null,"article_featured_video":"","article_featured_video_tagline":"","article_byline":"","article_media_type":"news","article_video":"","gallery":"","shared_ffa_source":"keepup","shared_hide_in_app":false,"article_player":"","article_team":"","article_competition":"","article_match":"","credit":"","related_articles":"","push_to_social":false,"priority":1,"sport":false,"language":"en","private_content":false,"access_level":"","article_id":"","app_featured_image":null,"article_content_group":"news"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-review-4-6-october\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"National League roundup 4-6 October","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-review-4-6-october\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-review-4-6-october\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/WNL_WPXvKAR-2811.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/WNL_WPXvKAR-2811.jpg"},"articleSection":"Academy News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"roshi"}],"creator":["roshi"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wellington Phoenix","logo":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/cropped-Wellington_Phoenix_FC_logo-2.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-10-06T21:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-10-06T21:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-02-12T01:01:13Z"},"rendered":"