United States Virgin Islands national soccer team

U.S. Virgin Islands
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Dashing Eagle
Association	USVI Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Terrence Jones Sr. & ; Carlton Freeman
Top scorer	Kevin Sheppard (2) ; Reid Klopp (2)
Home stadium	Lionel Roberts Park
FIFA code	VIR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	182
Highest	149 (July 2011)
Lowest	202 (February 2008)
First international
	USVI 1–0 British Virgin Isls. ; (U.S. Virgin Islands; March 21, 1998)
Biggest win
	USVI 2–0 British Virgin Isls. ; (U.S. Virgin Islands; July 3, 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Saint Lucia 14–1 U.S. 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.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.^[2] In the past, the team has played at Paul E. Joseph Stadium in St. Croix.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dillon Pieffer	(1982-05-10) 10 May 1982 (age 42)	7	0	Helenites
22	1GK	Carlos Claxton	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33)	1	0	VG Ball Stars

3	2DF	Ayinde Augustus	(1988-12-27) 27 December 1988 (age 35)	10	1	Orlando City U-23
4	2DF	Lishati Bailey	(1985-11-03) 3 November 1985 (age 38)	8	0
5	2DF	Alberto Van Gurp	(1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 33)	8	0	Virginia Tech Hokies
12	2DF	Kimani George	(1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)	2	0	Helenites
13	2DF	Derrick Smith	(1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 32)	8	0	Pitt Panthers
19	2DF	Andre Christof Thomas		2	0	Prankton FC
20	2DF	Joseph Limeburner	(1976-01-02) 2 January 1976 (age 48)	3	0	La Raza

2	3MF	Wilbert Pierre	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Rovers FC
8	3MF	MacDonald Taylor Jr.	(1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 (age 33)	4	1	Seton Hill Griffins
9	3MF	Dwayne Thomas	(1984-04-22) 22 April 1984 (age 40)	12	1	Skills FC
10	3MF	Junior Laurencin	(1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 (age 39)	5	0
11	3MF	Bryan Melendez		0	0
14	3MF	Reid Klopp ^[5]	(1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 (age 40)	5	2	Free Will Baptist
15	3MF	Michael Beharry	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 31)	2	0	Manor School
16	3MF	Kai Schuster	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)	1	0
17	3MF	Alexander Nissman	(1990-01-15) 15 January 1990 (age 34)	5	0	Rovers FC
21	3MF	Chad Walter	(1974-06-25) 25 June 1974 (age 49)	5	0	Rovers FC

6	4FW	Dereck Villafana	(1983-07-09) 9 July 1983 (age 40)	4	0	Rovers FC
7	4FW	Alderman Lesmond	(1978-07-07) 7 July 1978 (age 45)	3	1	Helenites
18	4FW	Adam Fuller	(1990-12-29) 29 December 1990 (age 33)	2	0

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)^[2]

References

^ "US Virgin Islands". fifa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ Montague, James. "The other U.S. national soccer team". CNN. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[1] "US Virgin Islands". fifa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[US_Virgin_Islanders_find_a_foothold-2] "US Virgin Islanders find a foothold". Fifa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[3] Davis, Dave. "V.I. Men's Soccer Team Trounced in World Cup Qualifier". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[4] Shatwell, Justin. "Plans Unveiled for Frederiksted Sports Complex". stcroixsource.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[The_other_U.S._national_soccer_team-5] Montague, James. "The other U.S. national soccer team". CNN. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

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