Mainland Football officials have said that they have been humbled by the move to create a national fund that will be assisting the relief operations ongoing after the earthquake by former World Cup hero Frank van Hattum.

Van Hattum, the 1982 All Whites World Cup finals goalkeeper and current New Zealand Football (NZF) chairman, set up the new fund yesterday with $10,000 from NZF's coffers.

Ricki Herbert has made the easiest selection decision of his All Whites coaching career by naming 21 of his FIFA World Cup squad to take on Honduras and Paraguay in the ASB International series in October.

Rory Fallon is the only player not considered due to injury, having undergone a hernia operation earlier in the month while Wellington pair Andy Barron and James Bannatyne retired from all football shortly after returning from South Africa.

New Zealand Football have announced a multi-million dollar five-year partnership with ASB today. As part of the partnership ASB will be the naming rights sponsor of the ASB International Series - the All Whites games scheduled to take place in Auckland and Wellington in October.

In other changes the New Zealand Football Championship will be renamed the ASB Premiership and the Chatham Cup will be called the ASB Chatham Cup.

The partnership is set to drive the development of soccer in New Zealand with focus on the grassroots level.

Ricki Herbert will continue on as New Zealand coach after being offered a new contract following the impressive showing in the World Cup. Herbert guided the All Whites to being the only unbeaten team at the World Cup in South Africa, and the Phoenix to the first finals appearance in their history last season.

The 49-year-old is also expected to remain as national coach, but said negotiations with Football New Zealand were continuing.

New Zealand have named their final 23 man squad.

Goalkeepers: Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix), Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory), James Bannatyne (Team Wellington)

Defenders: Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers), Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City), Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix), Winston Reid (FC Midtjylland), Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town), Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix), Andy Boyens (New York Red Bulls)

New Zealand will play Chile in a training match in the lead up to their opening match in the World Cup in South Africa in June.

The game on June 9 -- six days ahead of New Zealand's World Cup opener against Slovakia -- would likely be played behind closed doors in three 30 minute spells, New Zealand Football said Tuesday.

"I think we?ve got some really good fixtures lined up leading into our arrival in South Africa so something a bit more informal will be an ideal opportunity to finalise our build-up," New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert said.

Javier Hernandez and Carlos Vela both scored in the space of five minutes to lift Mexico to a 2-0 victory over New Zealand in a World Cup warm-up match for both teams.

Hernandez's goal in the 53rd minute marked the second straight match in which he has scored for Mexico, after he produced two goals in a 5-0 victory over Bolivia in San Francisco last week.

The 21-year-old, who is the leading goal-scorer in Mexico's fist division with eight goals in seven games for Chivas Guadalajara, opened the scoring as he headed a cross from Carlos Salcido past New Zealand goalkeeper Glen Moss.