Soccer: Popular Posa says farewell to Auckland

Win (most likely), lose (highly unlikely) or draw (doubtful), tomorrow's O-League final will be Paul Posa's last game as coach at Auckland City.

Popular Posa (pictured) says he has no regrets about stepping down after steering the club to an almost-certain second tilt at Fifa's World Club Cup.

Appointed to fill the gap left with Colin Tuaa's mid-season departure, long-serving City club member Posa had a fabulous run with the team he inherited.

From a somewhat shaky mid-table position he got them up to a clear second and eventual success in the New Zealand Football Championship's end of season grand final. That was followed by another victory over arch-rivals Waitakere United in their final group-A O-League clash and a spot in the O-League decider.

Their 7-2 first leg-win in Honiara last weekend virtually assured City of a return to the Fifa Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi in December.