Six Wellington Phoenix players were part of the New Zealand side that competed at the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U-17 Football Ferns opened the tournament with a 4-1 loss to reigning bronze medallists Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alysha Eglinton captained the team, with fellow Phoenix players Ela Jerez, Emily Humphrey, Brooke Neary and Katie Pugh all in the starting eleven. Grace Bartlett also appeared as a second half substitute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jerez also provided the assist for the goal from a corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eglinton, Jerez, Bartlett, and Pugh would end up playing a part in every game for the Wellington Phoenix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Zealand then claimed a 1-1 draw against the host nation, and were unlucky not to win after hitting the woodwork multiple times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ferns forced an own goal following another dangerous Jerez corner, with Bartlett unlucky not to have the goal credited to her. Alysha Eglinton was named player of the match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 4-0 loss to Ecuador in their final group game saw them exit at the first stage, but the tournament provided valuable international experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jerez will now return to Wellington as part of the Phoenix first team squad, after signing a scholarship deal in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the other five squad members will join up with the reserves to continue the National League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Highlights and replays of all FIFA U-17 World Cup games are available for free on FIFA+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":323253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,330,343,355],"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\/six-nix-feature-at-the-u-17-world-cup\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Six Nix feature at the U-17 World Cup","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/six-nix-feature-at-the-u-17-world-cup\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/six-nix-feature-at-the-u-17-world-cup\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/24-08-17-KS-Cup-64.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/24-08-17-KS-Cup-64.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":"2024-10-24T04:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-10-24T04:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-10-24T04:00:00Z"},"rendered":"