19 Jul 2009

Phoenix kick off pre-season tour with draw

6:36 pm on 19 July 2009

The Wellington Phoenix football side have begin their tour of China with a

2-2 draw with Super League side Tianjin Teda in Tianjin last night.

Goals to Tim Brown and Ben Sigmund saw the visitors take a 2-0 lead into

the halftime break before Tianjin drew level through two late goals.

The Wellingtonians play their second match of the tour, against Guangzhou on Tuesday.