Waitakere United Inc is very pleased to announce that we will be joining forces with Western Springs AFC (WSAFC) to compete as one joint team in the NZF 2019 National Youth League.

This exciting partnership between Waitakere United Inc and WSAFC will help provide a pathway for our most promising youth players (U19). It will enable them to experience the highest level of competition for their age group within New Zealand’s premier youth competition. Players will also have the privilege to be coached at the highest level by WSAFC’s Chris Zoricich.

This is not only an exciting opportunity for our Youth Players but for the Club as a whole. The Youth team will be called Waitakere United and play in the Waitakere United colours, and WSAFC will be home grounds to the team for both training and competition matches.

Further benefits may accrue with opportunities for youth team players being exposed to the 2019/20 ISPS Handa Premiership, bringing more quality football and opportunities to Waitakere United and WSAFC players and members.

The National Youth League

The 2019 National Youth League (NYL) is the premier competition for youth football players (born after 1 January 2000 – U19) in New Zealand. It was founded in 2003 and is a league competition for the youth teams of the ten Premier Clubs in New Zealand Football’s ISPS Handa Premiership.

The ten clubs are as follows:

Auckland City

Canterbury United

Eastern Suburbs

Hamilton Wanderers

Hawkes Bay United

Southern United

Tasman United

Team Wellington

Waitakere United

Wellington Phoenix

The 2019 competition of the National Youth League consists of 9 Rounds to be played from October – December 2019. More information on the league will be available on: www.nzfootball.co.nz in the near future.

The Waitakere United Executive team would also like to pass on our thanks to the Executive Board of WSAFC for the partnership opportunity provided.

We look forward to watching our youth players competing against the best in the country and hope you will come down to support them.