Football Ferns defender CJ Bott is excited at the prospect of Wellington Phoenix promoting a professional NZ-based women's team into the Australian W … Ria Percival had so many shirts laid out they covered the large dining table, and half of her living room floor. Football Ferns. Because then I would look at coming home and playing here.". The standard is really good. "I think it would really grow the game in New Zealand and also it would help our national team develop a lot,’’ Nayler told 1News. Percival later spent five seasons in Germany, at a time when the women's Bundesliga was the strongest female league in Europe and was part of the Frankfurt team that reached the women's Champion's League final in 2012. It helps Australian football, even the young players in Australia get more of an opportunity to play W-League, so it’s really good.”. Thirteen years on Percival remains one of the first picked, and in March became the first Kiwi to reach 150 internationals. "We always talk about wanting to grow the sport and getting more exposure in our country, and this just gives us the best opportunity to do that," she adds. "Obviously being at four World Cups and it's always the same disappointment…you look at how much more can you take I suppose.". She went out on loan to Grenoble, where she played 11 games, before moving to Bordeaux in 2017, where she made 32 appearances. "That was a tournament that I could hopefully finish on a high at.". Reading women have been playing at Adams Park – home of nearby Wycombe Wanderers – but team manager Kelly Chambers is hopeful her side will get to play more often at Reading FC’s main ground, Madejski Stadium, now the London Irish rugby club is moving out. Football Fern and Tottenham Hotspur Ria Percival looks back on her 15-year career as a pro footballer. Along with the prospect of a women's pro team, Bott is also upbeat about playing in a World Cup on home soil. "Our season starts on July 4, so we started contact training two weeks ago. Sitting in her North Shore family home, during a rare extended period in this country, Percival reflected on a remarkable career. Former national youth team captain Kirsty Yallop has spent last season in Sweden, while young guns Betsy Hassett and Rosie White are enjoying the Californian sun with football scholarships in the highly competitive USA college environment. The Football Ferns' greatest ever goalscorer Amber Hearn won't get the chance to play a World Cup on home soil after announcing her retirement. “I just wanted to play professionally all-year-round and with the W-League running about half the year I wanted to go and take my career to the next step,” she said. A FIFA bid evaluation report for the 2023 Women's World Cup ranked New Zealand and Australia ahead of rivals Japan and Colombia. Football Ferns star Abby Erceg commits to World Cup swansong . 6,873 Followers, 99 Following, 587 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Football Ferns (@nzfootballferns) “Honestly for me to have this opportunity, not many layers can say they have the opportunity to play for two nations. Having them all out on the table I could reflect on where I started to where I am now. Ferns coach Tom Sermanni says the WSL is the ideal environment for one of his most important players. 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The 54-year-old outfit is currently in third place on the ladder with 16 points and five wins, one draw and three defeats after nine matches. For her part, Percival would welcome the chance to pick the brains of Kane, a Spurs icon as a local boy made good. “We have so many things which go against us in terms of resources and talent pool and so on, but one of the ways we could bridge that gap is the amount of time we could spend together as a team in a centralised programme which gave us some good cohesion and made us a tight unit. We had a meeting at training and then everything was shut down. Right now I'm probably feeling in the best shape I have felt in a long time, which is kinda weird considering I recently hit the 30 mark. Despite her move to England, Nayler expressed a desire to one day play for a New Zealand team in Australia’s W-League. Erin Nayler (L) poses with Football Ferns teammates Annalie Longo, Paige Satchell and Hannah Wilkinson and Australia's Tameka Yallop at Eden Park after confirmation that New Zealand and Australia will host the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup. There are now quite a few of us playing overseas, gaining valuable experience that we can take back into the Ferns environment and make a positive impact both on and off the field. Erceg had previously decided Tokyo would mark the end of her international career. “Our momentum has been building for a while and people have started to take note,” says Readings. Football Ferns goalkeeper Erin Nayler has confirmed she is joining Reading FC – the fifth-ranked team in England’s Women’s Super League. The recent release of Spurs' alternative third strip reflected this, with Percival chosen as one of five females (along with a group of male players) to model the yellow uniform. The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). But the silver lining was an unexpected trip home. Regardless of the tournament taking place downunder, Dome says New Zealand must have a professional women's team and if that happens, Bott wants to be part of it. "To finish your career at a world cup in your home country is kind of a fairytale ending to a long career, so I would absolutely love to play at home," Erceg tells Newshub. "I do a collection of all my club shirts, or the World Cups I have been to. "It was bizarre," recalls Percival. ", In 2010 only two Football Ferns squad members were playing overseas – Smith and Ali Riley in USA’s WPS - with veteran midfielder Hayley Moorwood joining the elite group when she linked with England’s Chelsea early last year. It all happened within the space of two days and the unknown was the worst part. Riley swapped the Roar for the Danish Elitedivisionen two months ago, signing a three-year deal and joining a number of W-League stars now in Europe. “To have that level of competition week in, week out is awesome. Spurs started the season with a draw with West Ham, before a 0-1 loss at Everton and next face an FA Cup quarter final with Arsenal (September 27 NZT). "It's quite emotional for me," says Percival. "It will gain more, with the more quality football that we show that can get seen. Her club career now encompasses more than 13 years overseas, from her first semi-professional deal at F.C. Football Ferns coach Tom Sermanni wants the skilful 19-year-old to choose New Zealand but the W-League Young Player of the Year, now plying her trade in Denmark with Fortuna Hjørring, says she had not made up her mind yet. "It is something you wouldn't dream of, because the chances of having a World Cup in your home nation are almost unheard of," Bott adds. She made her Ferns debut against China in November 2006, before being picked for the following year's World Cup. "It's brilliant for me," says Percival. "When I first joined the national team and we would play America, Japan and other top teams and it used to be a battering if I am honest. The New Zealand national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007, sending the team to their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut in international competition. 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