Club World Cup Goalkeeper’s Shocking 10-Goal Disaster Sparks Unpaid Leave Mystery
That means New Zealand is now the biggest nation within the OFC, but their two professional teams, Wellington Phoenix and Auckland FC, play in the Australian A-League, which has meant semi-pro Auckland City have qualified for the Club World Cup due to their record in the OFC Champions League over the past four years.
And this is how a team of semi-pro part-timers, ranked as the 4,948th-best side in the world according to Opta, found themselves up against a full-strength Bayern Munich side (ranked 4,942 places higher) in Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon. A 10-0 thrashing duly followed, with City’s goalkeeper Conor Tracey explaining the sacrifices he and his team-mates have had to make in order to travel to the USA.
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