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	Terrence Jones Sr. Carlton Freeman
Most caps	Dwayne Thomas (14)
Top scorer	Kevin Sheppard (2) Reid Klopp (2)
Home stadium	Lionel Roberts Park
FIFA code	VIR
FIFA ranking	180
Highest FIFA ranking	149 (July 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking	202 (February 2008)
Elo ranking	215
Highest Elo ranking	214 (10 July 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking	216 (October 2006)
Home colours Away colours
First international
US Virgin Islands 1 – 0 British Virgin Islands (U.S. Virgin Islands; March 21, 1998)
Biggest win
US Virgin Islands 2 – 0 British Virgin Islands (U.S. Virgin Islands; July 3, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Saint Lucia 14 – 1 US Virgin Islands (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; April 14, 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 March 21, 1998 in a victory against the British Virgin Islands. 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, despite the fact that the islands have never produced a professional player, 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.

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. In the past, the team has played at Paul E. Joseph Stadium in St. Croix. 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.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

• 1991 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 to 2007 – Did not qualify
• 2009 to 2011– Did not enter

U.S Virgin Islands International Record

Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
35	3	6	26	18	186	−168

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

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	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
22 June 2011	Friendly	Anguilla	Anguilla	0:0	U.S Virgin Islands
3 July 2011	World Cup Qualification	U.S Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:0	British Virgin Islands	Alderman Lesmond  6' Reid Klopp  52'
10 July 2011	World Cup Qualification	British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands	1:2	U.S. Virgin Islands	Dwayne Thomas  1' Reid Klopp  90+3'
2 September 2011	World Cup Qualification	Haiti	Haiti	6:0	U.S. Virgin Islands
6 September 2011	World Cup Qualification	U.S. Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:8	Antigua and Barbuda	Jamie Browne  49'
7 October 2011	World Cup Qualification	U.S. Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	0:7	Haiti
11 October 2011	World Cup Qualification	Antigua & Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	10:0	U.S. Virgin Islands
11 November 2011	World Cup Qualification	U.S. Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	0:3	Curaçao
15 November 2011	World Cup Qualification	Curaçao	Curaçao	6:1	U.S. Virgin Islands	Keithroy Cornelius  50'

Key

      Win       Draw       Loss

Current Squad

Squad called for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification games.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Dillon Pieffer 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10) 6 0 Helenites 3 DF Ayinde Augustus 27 December 1988 (1988-12-27) 10 1 Orlando City U-23 4 DF Lishati Bailey 3 November 1985 (1985-11-03) 8 0 5 DF Alberto Van Gurp 3 August 1990 (1990-08-03) 7 0 Virginia Tech Hokies 12 DF Kimani George 12 December 1989 (1989-12-12) 2 0 Helenites 13 DF Derrick Smith 26 September 1991 (1991-09-26) 8 0 Pitt Panthers 19 DF Andre Christof Thomas 2 0 Prankton FC 20 DF Joseph Limeburner 2 January 1976 (1976-01-02) 3 0 La Raza 2 MF Wilbert Pierre 10 April 1992 (1992-04-10) 1 0 Rovers FC 8 MF MacDonald Taylor Jr. 22 March 1991 (1991-03-22) 4 1 Seton Hill Griffins 9 MF Dwayne Thomas 22 April 1984 (1984-04-22) 12 1 Skills FC 10 MF Junior Laurencin 5 March 1985 (1985-03-05) 5 0 11 MF Bryan Melendez 0 0 14 MF Reid Klopp 2 June 1984 (1984-06-02) 5 2 Free Will Baptist 15 MF Michael Beharry 15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) 2 0 Manor School 16 MF Kai Schuster 18 January 1990 (1990-01-18) 1 0 17 MF Alexander Nissman 15 January 1990 (1990-01-15) 5 0 Rovers FC 21 MF Chad Walter 25 June 1974 (1974-06-25) 5 0 Rovers FC 6 FW Dereck Villafana 9 July 1983 (1983-07-09) 4 0 Rovers FC 7 FW Alderman Lesmond 7 July 1978 (1978-07-07) 2 1 Helenites 18 FW Adam Fuller 29 December 1990 (1990-12-29) 2 0 22 FW Terrence Jones 8 October 1991 (1991-10-08) 0 0 Rovers FC

Coaches

• Paul Inurie (2000)
• Glad Bugariu (2000–2002)
• Francisco Williams Ramírez (2003–2004)
• Carlton Freeman (2004, 2008)
• Craig Martin (2010)
• Terrence Jones (2011–)

Technical Directors

• Keith Griffith (May 2011-present)