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Melbourne’s Covid-19 outbreak has led to the postponement of Saturday night’s A-League match at AAMI Park between Melbourne City and Newcastle.

The return of the (Wellington) Phoenix: 433 days later AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s only professional soccer team, the Wellington Phoenix, played at home Saturday for the first time in 433 days after being separated from their fans by the coronavirus pandemic and the width of the Tasman Sea. They celebrated the moment in front of a club-record crowd of more than 24,000 with a 3-0 win over Melbourne-based Western United. The homecoming at Wellington’s Sky Stadium attracted the biggest crowd of the A-League season. The Phoenix play in Australian football’s A-League an...

19th May 2021 8:47 PM | Updated: 9:06 PM Retiring A-League appearances record-holder Andrew Durante has been described as an “unsung hero” of Australian football. At 39, Western United defender Durante will call time on his career at the end of this season. Durante has made 414 national league appearances, with his 356 in the A-League being a competition record. It’s fitting Durante announced his impending retirement on Wednesday, with United meeting the veteran’s former club Wellington Pho...

Share on Twitter The 35-year-old has been a stalwart at the Roar since arriving in 2014, twice winning the club's player of the year award and being named A-League goalkeeper of the year in 2017-18. Young showed his importance again on Saturday as he made important late saves to deny Wellington Phoenix in a goalless draw at a waterlogged Moreton Daily Stadium. That result leaves the Roar eighth on the ladder with 27 points, just a point behind sixth-placed Western United in the race for finals. Although he's contracted with the Roar until the end of the 2021-22 season, it is under...

“This will be our first match in New Zealand in 14 months – that’s 433 days since we last played in front of our true home fans in this country,” general manager David Dome said. “Our fans in Wellington, Auckland and across New Zealand deserve to see their team play live this season.” Dome has set a target of attracting crowds in excess of 15,000 for the two New Zealand fixtures, which would surpass the 14,402 that attended the Sydney derby match between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers in January. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images The Phoenix have been based in Wollongong since No...