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	GK	Erik Mozzo	25 December 1990	2	0
18	GK	Ethan Kavanaugh		0	0
2	DF	Rajae Joseph	9 August 1997	0	0
11	DF	Jacob Bordon	22 May 1998	2	0
8	DF	Xavier Harris	29 December 1993	2	0
16	DF	Dewayne Dyer	13 September 1992	2	0
	DF	Karson Kendall	1 April 2000	0	0	SKC Academy
4	MF	Dusty Good (c)	30 March 1987	9	0	FBK Karlstad
20	MF	Denny Smith	5 December 1992	4	0	UVI
13	MF	Jamie Browne	3 July 1989	6	2
9	MF	Lorne Maxime Jr.	16 September 1992	2	0	Buffalo State College
3	MF	Curtis Walker	24 October 1995	0	0
21	MF	Tnoy Andrew		2	0
		Carlos Labrada	1985/12/29	1	0	UWS Upsetters
		Zachary Goodwin		2	0	Susquehanna University
		Zachary Nelthrope		0	0
	MF	Alexander Nissman	15 January 1990	4	0	UVI
		Asanti Herring		0	0
	MF	Trevor Wrensford		0	0	Raymix
		John Dejongh III		0	0
14	FW	Adam Fuller	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. "US Virgin Islanders find a foothold". Fifa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
2. Davis, Dave. "V.I. Men's Soccer Team Trounced in World Cup Qualifier". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
3. Shatwell, Justin. "Plans Unveiled for Frederiksted Sports Complex". stcroixsource.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
4. "USVI 0 Barbados 4". FIFA. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
5. http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-sports/2016/03/17/usvi-men-s-national-team-compete-mens-caribbean-cup
6. "Helenites are USVI Soccer Champions". www.virginislandsnewsonline.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

External links

• Official website