New Zealand Goalkeeper Glen Moss Coming To Terms With World Cup Ban
It is going to be a bitter-sweet summer for the shotstopper...

May 2, 2010 3:42:00 AM


New Zealand goalkeeper Glen Moss is coming to terms with the fact that he is going to miss the first two games of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Moss, who is also Melbourne Victory’s gloveman, is number one choice for the All Whites.

He is however, two games in to a four-match ban that he is serving for swearing at a referee during qualification.

Worse was the fact that a administrative bungle at the New Zealand FA meant that the ban wasn’t appealed when it would likely have been reduced in half.

Consequently, Moss will miss the Slovakia and Italy matches and can only play against Paraguay in the final Group F match. Mark Paston is likely to stand in.

At least Moss has been assured of a place in the final 23 by coach Ricki Herbert.

"Not everyone is going to be able to play, but it's all about being part of the squad, and coach Ricki Herbert wants team players and everyone on the same page," he said according to TVNZ.

"It will be an amazing experience just to be part of the World Cup and everyone will come away with something special."

Moss is trying not to dwell and what might have been and the events which led to his ban. Not only was the deadline for appeal missed, the match itself was a dead rubber.

"I've kind of moved on from that," he said. "It was pretty hard the way everything happened.

“But as I said, it's bigger than one person and I'm just going in like everyone else. I love being part of it."
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