The Wellington Phoenix academy finished their year by competing in two tournaments over the last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Academy sides were involved in both the annual Western Springs U17 competition and for the first time, the National Youth Futsal championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Western Springs tournament in Auckland, the U17 Wellington Phoenix girls backed up their youth National League victory by securing another trophy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the final, Isla Cleall-Harding and Maisie McDonald scored in a 2-1 win over Fencibles United, while Grace Bartlett was named as the most valuable player of the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U17 boys team was unable to replicate their own youth National League success, losing 5-4 to Northland FC in the plate quarterfinal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Youth Futsal championships saw three Nix teams involved at \u0100kau Tangi Sports Centre in Wellington, with U15 girls, U15 boys, and U17 girls sides all entered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U15 boys made the final and nearly won, going down 7-6 to Auckland City in a hotly contested game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaina-Nashe Marahwa scored twice in the final, and was awarded the golden boot after scoring eleven goals overall during the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U15 girls also came close, finishing third after beating Bay of Plenty in the third place playoff. The U17 boys finished sixth in their bracket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wellington Phoenix academy results<\/strong> National Youth Futsal Championships
Western Springs U17 tournament<\/em>
U17 girls: champions
U17 boys: plate quarterfinal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>U15 girls: runners-up
U15 boys: third place
U17 boys: sixth place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":323867,"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":true,"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\/wellington-phoenix-academy-roundup\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Wellington Phoenix academy roundup","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/wellington-phoenix-academy-roundup\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/wellington-phoenix-academy-roundup\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-10-at-12.44.32.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-10-at-12.44.32.jpeg"},"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":"2024-12-11T02:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-12-11T02:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-12-12T21:47:08Z"},"rendered":"