United States Virgin Islands national soccer team

U.S. Virgin Islands

Nickname(s)

The Dashing Eagle

Association

USVI Soccer Federation

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed

Captain

Dusty Good

Top scorer

Jamie Browne
Reid Klopp
Kevin Sheppard
Trevor Wrensford (2)

Home stadium

Lionel Roberts Park

FIFA code

VIR

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

195

(24 November 2016)

Highest

149 (July 2011)

Lowest

202 (February 2008)

Elo ranking

Current

216

3 (22 March 2015)

Highest

213 (10 July 2011)

Lowest

219 (8 March 2015)

First international

U.S. Virgin Islands 1–0 British Virgin Islands

(U.S. Virgin Islands; 21 March 1998)

Biggest win

U.S. Virgin Islands 2–0 British Virgin Islands

(U.S. Virgin Islands; 3 July 2011)

Biggest defeat

Saint Lucia 14–0 U.S. Virgin Islands

(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 14 April 2001)

The U.S. Virgin Islands national soccer team, nicknamed The dashing eagle, is the national team of the U.S. Virgin Islands and is controlled by the U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation.

Though FIFA did not officially recognize the USVI team as affiliated until 1992, the Virgin Islands federation was founded in the 1970s by Trinidad native Robert T. Wills who helped build the base of the USVI Soccer Federation as it is known today. The team played its first official international match on 21 March 1998 in a victory against the British Virgin Islands.^[1] In May of 2011, the USVI soccer federation chief, Frederick Hillaren, began ambitious changes in the team and appointed Keith Griffith, former coach and captain of the Barbados national football team and former coach of Trinidad and Tobago powerhouse club team Joe Public F.C., as technical director. Within two months of Griffith's appointment, the team shot up 51 places in the FIFA World Rankings, soccer is the third most popular sport on the islands, and the team does not have a national stadium for soccer in which to play.^[1]

Stadium

The team does not have a national stadium. They must play their home matches at Lionel Roberts Park, a baseball stadium in Charlotte Amalie. For their 2014 World Cup qualification matches, the team needed to bring in a new grass surface and make other special arrangements.^[1] In the past, the team has played at Paul E. Joseph Stadium in St. Croix.^[2] However, in February of 2012, it was announced that the stadium is condemned and will be demolished to make way for a new sports complex that will cost at least $50 million. The 50-acre complex will contain venues for tennis, volleyball, baseball, and aquatics. However, the plans did not include a new soccer stadium.^[3] For the 2018 World Cup qualification, the team played at the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground where they suffered a 4–0 loss to the Barbados national football team.^[4]

World Cup record

1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
2002 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

1991 to 1998 – Did not enter
2000 to 2007 – Did not qualify
2009 to 2013 – Did not enter
2015 to 2017 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

1989 to 1997 – Did not enter
1998 – Withdrew
1999 to 2007 – Did not qualify
2008 to 2012 – Did not enter
2014 to 2017 – Did not qualify

U.S Virgin Islands International Record

Lionel Roberts Park has typically been used as the USVI home stadium.

Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
38	4	6	28	19	189	−170

List of wins

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	21/03/1998	British Virgin Islands	1–0	friendly
2	03/07/2011	British Virgin Islands	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	10/07/2011	British Virgin Islands	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	22/3/2015	Barbados	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	26/3/2016	Sint Maarten	2–1	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification

List of draws

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	26/02/1999	Turks and Caicos	2–2	1999 Caribbean Cup Qualification
2	28/02/1999	Bahamas	0–0	1999 Caribbean Cup Qualification
3	28/11/2004	Saint Martin	0–0	2005 Caribbean Cup Qualification
4	14/03/2008	British Virgin Islands	0–0	friendly
5	15/03/2008	British Virgin Islands	1–1	friendly
6	19/06/2011	Anguilla	0–0	friendly

Most recent fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers
26 March 2015	World Cup Qualification	U.S Virgin Islands	Barbados	0–4
22 March 2015	World Cup Qualification	Barbados	Barbados	1–0	Jamie Browne 16'

Key Win Draw Loss

Current Squad

Squad called for 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification^[5] Caps correct as of 26 March 2015

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Erik Mozzo	(1990-12-25) 25 December 1990	2	0
18	1GK	Ethan Kavanaugh		0	0

2	2DF	Rajae Joseph	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997	0	0
11	2DF	Jacob Bordon	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998	2	0
8	2DF	Xavier Harris	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993	2	0
16	2DF	Dewayne Dyer	(1992-09-13) 13 September 1992	2	0
	2DF	Karson Kendall	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000	0	0	SKC Academy

4	3MF	Dusty Good (c)	(1987-03-30) 30 March 1987	9	0	FBK Karlstad
20	3MF	Denny Smith	(1992-12-05) 5 December 1992	4	0	UVI
13	3MF	Jamie Browne	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989	6	2
9	3MF	Lorne Maxime Jr.	(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992	2	0	Buffalo State College
3	3MF	Curtis Walker	(1995-10-24) 24 October 1995	0	0
21	3MF	Tnoy Andrew		2	0
		Carlos Labrada	1985/12/29	1	0	UWS Upsetters
		Zachary Goodwin		2	0	Susquehanna University
		Zachary Nelthrope		0	0
	3MF	Alexander Nissman	(1990-01-15) 15 January 1990	4	0	UVI
		Asanti Herring		0	0
	3MF	Trevor Wrensford		0	0	Raymix
		John Dejongh III		0	0

14	4FW	Adam Fuller	(1990-12-29) 29 December 1990	6	0

Coaches

Paul Inurie (2000)
Glad Bugariu (2000–2002)
Francisco Williams Ramírez (2003–2004)
Carlton Freeman (2004–2008)
Craig Martin (2010)
Terrence Jones (2011)
Leonard Appleton (2014)
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed (2015–)

Technical Directors

Keith Griffith (2011–2013)^[1]
Kenadall Walkes (2013–)^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 "US Virgin Islanders find a foothold". Fifa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
↑ Davis, Dave. "V.I. Men's Soccer Team Trounced in World Cup Qualifier". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
↑ Shatwell, Justin. "Plans Unveiled for Frederiksted Sports Complex". stcroixsource.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
↑ "USVI 0 Barbados 4". FIFA. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-sports/2016/03/17/usvi-men-s-national-team-compete-mens-caribbean-cup
↑ "Helenites are USVI Soccer Champions". www.virginislandsnewsonline.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

External links

Official website

Soccer in the United States Virgin Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	US Virgin Islands Championship St Croix Soccer League St Thomas League

Domestic cups

International	Virgin Islands Championship

Awards

Soccer player of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International soccer players
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada Mexico United States

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Defunct	Netherlands Antilles

1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

National sports teams of the United States Virgin Islands

American football Baseball Basketball Cricket Soccer Softball W U19 Tennis

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