Emma Kete’s first half goal earned the Football Ferns a promising 1-1 draw against world number nine Canada in the side’s final pre-Olympics warm-up match in Singapore overnight.

The Football Ferns have struck goal scoring form in their penultimate pre-Olympic hit-out, winning 14-0 against Singapore in the city-state on Wednesday night.

For the second time in five days, the Football Ferns have lost a match they dominated against Olympic hosts China, going down 0-1 in Qinhuangdao in the early hours of Monday morning (NZ time).

Second half substitute Sarah McLaughlin grabbed an 82nd minute equaliser for New Zealand’s U-17 women footballers as they finished their tour of Paraguay with a 1-1 draw with the hosts in Asunción on Saturday morning (NZ time).

The Young Football Ferns still have a chance of winning their Paraguay-based quadrangular tournament despite a 4-0 to senior Paraguayan club side Universidad Autonoma in Asunción on Thursday morning.