{"id":432363,"date":"2026-05-17T19:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/432363\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:34:09","slug":"bula-fcs-ofc-pro-league-run-ends-in-heartbreak-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/432363\/","title":{"rendered":"Bula FC\u2019s OFC Pro League run ends in heartbreak \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fiji-ofc-bula.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Bula FC players react after losing to Vanuatu United [Source: OFC Media via Phototek]<\/p>\n<p>Extra Bula FC\u2019s OFC Pro League campaign has come to an end after a heartbreaking 2-1 extra-time defeat to Vanuatu United FC in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>The Fijian side looked on course to force penalties after leading for much of the contest, but a dramatic late equaliser and extra-time winner ended Bula\u2019s hopes of progressing further in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Bula struck first through Josaia Sela in the 18th minute and defended resolutely for most of the match against a determined Vanuatu United outfit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-778795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bula2-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><br \/>[Source: OFC Media via Phototek]<\/p>\n<p>However, Vanuatu United found a breakthrough deep into stoppage time, with Soromon scoring in the 90th plus 11th minute to force extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-778793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bula5-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><br \/>[Source: OFC Media via Phototek]<\/p>\n<p>With momentum swinging in their favour, Vanuatu United eventually sealed victory in the 120th minute through King.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-778792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vanuatu-fc-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><br \/>[Source: OFC Media via Phototek]<\/p>\n<p>Vanuatu United moves on to face South Melbourne United in the semifinal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-778794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bula43-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><br \/>[Source: OFC Media via Phototek]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bula FC players react after losing to Vanuatu United [Source: OFC Media via Phototek] Extra Bula FC\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-432363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}