Northern Mariana Islands national football team

Northern Mariana Islands national football team
Northern Mariana Islands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Blue Ayuyus
Association Northern Mariana Islands Football Association
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation AFC
Most caps David Duenas (6)
Top scorer Joe Wang Miller (3)
Home stadium Oleai Sports Complex
FIFA code NMI
Elo ranking 230
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Northern Mariana Islands NMI 2–3 Guam 
(Northern Mariana Islands, 25 March 2007)
Biggest win
 Pohnpei_0–13_NMI_ Pohnpei 0–13 NMI Northern Mariana Islands
(Palau, June 1998)
Biggest defeat
 Guam 9–0 NMI Northern Mariana Islands
(Hagåtña, Guam; 1 April 2007)

The Northern Mariana Islands national football team is the international football team of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, controlled by the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association.

The association is a member of the East Asian Football Federation. They first participated internationally as a guest team in the U-14 East Asian Football Federation Youth Festival in July 2006 in Beijing. In December 2006, the EAFF admitted the Northern Mariana Islands as a provisional member, granting full membership in September 2008.[1]

Until 2009, the first team had only competed against neighbours Guam - in the East Asian Football Championship 2008 and annual Marianas Cup. The qualification process for the 2010 EAFF Championship was altered from the previous edition, meaning the team finally faced competition from further afield.

In July 2009 The AFC Exco agreed to accept the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) as an Associate Member of the Asian Football Confederation, after the association resigned from the Oceania Football Confederation in June 2009, paving the way to join AFC.[2] The NMIFA will be a provisional member until the next AFC Congress, when it has the chance to be ratified as a permanent Associate Member.

On June 19, 2010 the NMI earned a 1-1 draw with neighbor Guam in the 2010 Marianas Cup. The match ended in a draw as there was insufficient lighting to continue the match after the end of regulation. Joe Miller scored for the NMI in the 68th minute and Jason Cunliffe answered in the 89th minute to salvage a draw for Guam.

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Selected internationals

Date Venue Opponent Score Tournament
19 June 2010 CNMI  Guam 1–1 2010 Marianas Cup
15 March 2009 Guam  Mongolia 1–4 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition
13 March 2009 Guam  Guam 1–2 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition and 2009 Marianas Cup
11 March 2009 Guam  Macau 1–6 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition
27 April 2008 CNMI  Guam 2–3 2008 Marianas Cup
1 April 2007 Guam  Guam 0–9 2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary qualification and 2007 Marianas Cup
25 March 2007 CNMI  Guam 2–3 2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary qualification

Coaching History

Name Nat Tenure
Jeff "Ziggy" Korytoski United States 2007
Jason Higgins United States 2007
Nicolas Swaim United States 2008
Sugao Kambe Japan 2009
Kiyoshi Sekiguchi-Advisor Japan 2010

Current squad

The following members were named to the national team for 2010 EAFF Championship qualifier.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Evan W. Hunsberger Northern Mariana Islands Inter Saipan
2 DF Adam Hardwicke 1 Northern Mariana Islands MP United
3 DF Greg Elliot 1 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
4 DF Eric Cooke 1 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
5 MF Nicolas B. Swaim 4 1 Northern Mariana Islands MP United
6 MF Yuki Adachi 1 Northern Mariana Islands MP United
7 MF Steven C. McKagan 4 1 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
8 FW Ross Benjamin Wood 4 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
9 FW Joe Wang Miller 4 3 Northern Mariana Islands MP United
10 MF Gilmark Reusora 4 Northern Mariana Islands Inter Saipan
11 FW Kirk Schuler 1 Northern Mariana Islands MP United
12 MF Peter C. Houk 4 Northern Mariana Islands Inter Saipan
14 DF Edwin Cruz 1 Northern Mariana Islands Inter Saipan
15 MF Jason F. Schroeder 4 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
16 DF Brad E. Ruszala 1 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
17 DF Bradley J. Brostrom Northern Mariana Islands MP United
19 MF Dan Wollak 1 Northern Mariana Islands Wild Bill's
20 MF Bo Barry Northern Mariana Islands MP United
21 GK Christopher J. Nelson 4 Northern Mariana Islands Inter Saipan

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