Two-time A-League golden boot winner Shane Smeltz says his 18-year professional football career is over.

The 36-year-old -- who last played for Borneo FC in Indonesia -- earned 58 caps for the New Zealand between 2003 and 2017 and nabbed 24 goals.

He scored the goal in the All White's famous 1-1 draw with Italy at the 2010 World Cup.

An old-fashioned, predatory No. 9, German-born Gold Coast-raised Smeltz also played for clubs in Australia, England, Turkey and Malaysia.

He scored 24 goals in 51 Nix...

The Colorado Rapids officially announced the hiring of Anthony Hudson to be the team's new head coach on Wednesday after he signed a three-year contract.

Hudson, 36, was most recently the manager of the New Zealand national team, which was denied a spot in the World Cup after losing 2-0 on aggregate in a playoff against Peru earlier this month.

He resigned from his position with the All Whites last week after winning nine games with 11 defeats and seven draws.

At Colorado, he takes over for interim...

New Zealand head coach Anthony Hudson has resigned a week after his team's loss to Peru in an intercontinental World Cup qualifying playoff.

England-born Hudson, 36, announced his decision in a statement released Thursday by Football New Zealand which said a search for his replacement would begin immediately.

New Zealand won the Oceania World Cup qualifying series but lost to Peru in the intercontinental playoff, drawing 0-0 in the first leg in Wellington and losing the return leg 2-0 in Lima. Hudson...