Two away games face the Wellington Phoenix in this weekend\u2019s National League action as they look to move up the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The women\u2019s reserves have another Friday 7pm game, as they travel to Newtown Park to face Wellington United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It shapes as a tough match to get back on track after last week\u2019s heavy defeat to Waterside Karori, as Wellington United are unbeaten so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They backed up an impressive opening win over Western Springs with a 1-1 draw with Canterbury United, and currently sit fifth on the ten-team table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Phoenix will remain without a number of key players who are either with the first team squad or in the Dominican Republic for the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men\u2019s National League, the Phoenix reserves will aim to build some momentum after a 4-0 victory against Cashmere Technical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This weekend, they will travel to Hawkes Bay to take on second-placed Napier City Rovers, who are two spots ahead of the Phoenix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match will kick off at 2pm on Sunday, October 13 at Bluewater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napier City Rovers are the top scorers so far in the National League, having netted six through two rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The youth National League also continues this weekend, with the Wellington Phoenix U-17 boys\u2019 side playing Onslow\/North Wellington at Wakefield Park at 12pm on Saturday, October 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U-17 girls\u2019 team has a bye this round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both currently sit top of their leagues after three games each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All senior National League games are available to stream live and free on FIFA+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":323090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,330,343],"tags":[],"competition":[],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":null,"match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":false,"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-preview-11-13-october\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"National League preview 11-13 October","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-preview-11-13-october\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-preview-11-13-october\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/WNL_WPXvKAR-2868-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/WNL_WPXvKAR-2868-1.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":"2024-10-10T04:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-10-10T04:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-10-10T04:00:00Z"},"rendered":"