The New Zealand women's football side aren't afraid to set big goals ahead of this years' Women's World Cup.

Neither the Wellington Phoenix nor Melbourne City lacked endeavour but nobody could find a goal as their A-League encounter ended in a 0-all draw in Lower Hutt today.

For the Football Ferns a remarkable trans-tasman hex continued last night in Auckland. The New Zealand side lost 3-2 to Australia in the final international tri-series match, unable to break a victory drought that now dates backs more than 20 years.

It wasn't quite a dream World Cup draw for the New Zealand Under-20 football side, but it was pretty close.

Football in New Zealand is suffering from a bad case of Asian envy.

Media company NZME. has been announced as one of four National Supporters of the Fifa U-20 Football World Cup which kicks off in New Zealand in May.