30 Jun 2012

Football Ferns Olympic squad announced

7:11 am on 30 June 2012

Eleven of the 18-strong squad named in the New Zealand women's football team to compete at the London Games have previous Olympic experience.

The Football Ferns are the opening act of the 2012 Olympics, playing hosts Great Britain in Cardiff two days before the official opening ceremony.

The squad includes 10 players with 50 caps or more.

New Zealand women's football team for London Olympics

Club - caps/goals in brackets

Goalkeepers

1-Jenny BINDON Goalkeeper (Hibiscus Coast - 69/0)

18-Rebecca ROLLS Goalkeeper (Fencibles United - 14/0)

Defenders

2-Ria PERCIVAL (USV Jena, GER - 70/2)

3-Anna GREEN (Lokomotive Leipzig, GER - 50/6)

5-Abby ERCEG (Fencibles United - 72/4)

6-Rebecca SMITH (Captain, VfL Wolfsburg, GER - 68/4)

7-Ali RILEY (Malmö, SWE - 61/1)

14-Kristy HILL (Eastern Suburbs - 19/0)

15-Rebekah STOTT (Melbourne Victory, AUS - 3/0)

Midfielders

4-Katie HOYLE (Bad Neuenahr, GER - 62/1)

8-Hayley MOORWOOD (Chelsea, ENG - 80/10)

11-Kirsty YALLOP (Vittsjö, SWE - 59/11)

12-Betsy HASSETT (UC Berkeley, USA - 38/4)

16-Annalie LONGO (Three Kings United - 42/0)

Forwards

9-Amber HEARN (USV Jena, GER - 59/30)

10-Sarah GREGORIUS (Bad Neuenahr, GER - 28/15)

13-Rosie WHITE (UCLA, USA - 35/9)

17-Hannah WILKINSON (Glenfield Rovers - 33/12)

Standby

19-Katie BOWEN (Glenfield Rovers - 8/0)

20-Sarah McLAUGHLIN (Claudelands Rovers - 11/0)

21-Holly PATTERSON (Claudelands Rovers - 4/0)

22-Erin NAYLER (Eastern Suburbs - 0/0)