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Two Wellington Phoenix players have been named in the Football Ferns for next month\u2019s internationals in Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annalie Longo and Manaia Elliott have called up to the New Zealand squad for two matches against Chinese Taipei.

Longo (138 caps) captained the Ferns for the first time in last month\u2019s internationals against Costa Rica.

She has been a standout for the Phoenix this Ninja A-League season, scoring three goals and creating four others in 17 appearances.

Elliott, who captained New Zealand at U-17 and U-20 level, made her senior debut in the first of two matches against Costa Rica last month and is enjoying a breakout campaign at club level.

She has featured in all 18 of the Phoenix\u2019s matches this season, scoring three goals, including an Olimpico match-winner against Newcastle Jets in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – JANUARY 19: Manaia Elliott of the Phoenix celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the round 12 A-League Women’s match between Wellington Phoenix and Newcastle Jets at Porirua Park, on January 19, 2025, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Annalie Longo and Manaia Elliott will travel to Taiwan after Wellington\u2019s round 21 A-League match against Melbourne City at Porirua Park on Sunday, March 30.

The Ferns will face Chinese Taipei\u2019s \u2018Blue Magpies\u2019 in a behind-closed-doors training game on Saturday, April 5 before the two sides will square-off in an \u2018A\u2019 international at Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium on the following Tuesday night.

Longo and Elliott will rejoin the Nix in Canberra ahead of their round 22 A-League match against Canberra United on Sunday, April 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":324763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"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\/nix-duo-called-up-to-the-football-ferns\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Nix duo called up to the Football Ferns","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/nix-duo-called-up-to-the-football-ferns\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/nix-duo-called-up-to-the-football-ferns\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/InternationalCallUp_LongoElliott_Web_April.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/InternationalCallUp_LongoElliott_Web_April.png"},"articleSection":"Uncategorized","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"brenton"}],"creator":["brenton"],"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":"2025-03-14T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2025-03-14T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-03-14T00:00:00Z"},"rendered":"