WELLINGTON - An ASB Premiership veteran by the age of 22, Wellington Phoenix and All Whites left back Ian Hogg has kick-started his professional career in the Hyundai A-League.

AUCKLAND – While the majority of New Zealand's football focus was on the retirement of Ryan Nelsen from the All Whites, another kiwi is starting out his professional career at Nelsen's new club Toronto FC.

It all started for Jeremy Brockie with a distinctive hairstyle and a move to the ‘big smoke’ while still at high school in Nelson.

AUCKLAND – Alessandro Del Piero grabbed the headlines in the build up to the season opener between the Wellington Phoenix and glamour club Sydney FC.

A Waitakere United desperate to halt an ailing Auckland City and it’s drive toward a four-in-a-row title charge and a new challenge from the capital driven on by a goal-hungry marksman keen to finish his career on a high at Team...