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The '''Guam national football team''' is the national [[association football]] team for the United States territory of [[Guam]] and is controlled by the [[Guam Football Association]]. They are affiliated with the [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s [[East Asian Football Federation]] region.
The '''Guam national football team''' is the national [[association football]] team for the United States territory of [[Guam]] and is controlled by the [[Guam Football Association]]. They are affiliated with the [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s [[East Asian Football Federation]] region.


Since the appointment of Englishman [[Gary White (football)|Gary White]] as coach in 2012, Guam has quickly risen up the [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA rankings]], and reached its highest ever position of 146 in 2015 after impressive victories over [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]] and [[India national football team|India]].<ref>http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gum/ranking/gender=m</ref> It is incredible for a country with small population of few thousands to win countries with million, billion population.
Since the appointment of Englishman [[Gary White (football)|Gary White]] as coach in 2012, Guam has quickly risen up the [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA rankings]], and reached its highest ever position of 146 in 2015 after impressive victories over [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]] and [[India national football team|India]].<ref>http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gum/ranking/gender=m</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 13:47, 25 August 2017

Guam
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Matao[1]
AssociationGuam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachDarren Sawatzky
CaptainJason Cunliffe
Most capsJason Cunliffe (40)
Top scorerJason Cunliffe (12)
Home stadiumGuam National Football Stadium
FIFA codeGUM
First colors
Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current185 Increase 3 (10 August 2017)
Highest146 (August–September 2015)
Lowest205 (November 2004 – February 2005)
First international
 Fiji 12–0 Guam Guam
(Guam; August 24, 1975)
Biggest win
 Guam 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands
(Guam; April 1, 2007)
Biggest defeat
 North Korea 21–0 Guam Guam
(Taipei, Republic of China; March 11, 2005)

The Guam national football team is the national association football team for the United States territory of Guam and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.

Since the appointment of Englishman Gary White as coach in 2012, Guam has quickly risen up the FIFA rankings, and reached its highest ever position of 146 in 2015 after impressive victories over Turkmenistan and India.[2]

History

Guam's team was founded in 1975 and joined FIFA in 1996. It's one of FIFA's smallest Member Associations in population and size. It has competed in World Cup qualification on two occasions. However, Guam was eliminated in the first round of Asian qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup after losing against Iran and Tajikistan and was eliminated in the second round of qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup .[3]

Recently Guam has found success by winning the EAFF preliminary competition and qualifying for the semi final round in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Guam finished third during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and they completed their group play with a resounding 3–0 victory over Chinese Taipei for the first time in history. During November 2013's FIFA International games schedule Guam beat Cambodia 2–0 and tied with Laos 1–1. Both these International fixtures were played away at the opponents' home national stadiums. As of 2014, Guam is number 160 on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, and ranked 33rd out of the Asian Football Confederation’s 46 nations.[4]

On June 11, 2015 during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Group D, Guam clinched their first-ever World Cup Qualifier win beating Turkmenistan 1–0. The game was the first time Guam hosted a World Cup qualifier on their home soil. Just a few days later Guam hosted their second World Cup qualifier to India and defeated them by a 2–1 scoreline. The win was notable considering India's FIFA rankings sits 33 spots ahead at No. 141, their population is in the billions and they were recently dubbed the 'sleeping giants of football' by FIFA.[5][6]

Guam National Team Officials

Position Name
Manager United States Darren Sawatzky
Assistant coach Guam Mark Chargualaf
Assistant coach Guam Dominic Gadia
Goalkeeper coach England Adrian Creamer
Team Manager Guam Ross Awa
Head Of Sports Science Australia Andrew Young
Physiotherapist United States David Scott Edwards
Security Director England Ian Lawton
Video Analyst England Daniel Badeau
Media Officer Australia Scott Mcintyre
Media Officer Guam Jill Espiritu
Equipment Director Guam Kyle Legozzi

On 1 February 2012, White was appointed as head coach and also served as the federation's technical director.[7] White renamed the team Matao, a Chamorro word that means "courage", and began using the Inifresi (Chamorro pledge) before every game.[8]

Since White took over Guam has doubled its wins and has seen achieved a record high FIFA ranking. Guam finished third during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and they completed their group play with a resounding 3–0 victory over Chinese Taipei for the first time in history. Due to the success of the Matao, FIFA Futbol Mundial (April 2013 episode #137) and various other world media have featured White and the progress of the Guam national football team. On 30 May 2016, White was appointed as head coach of Shanghai Shenxin in the China League One.[9] As of July 2016 a replacement has not been named.

Previous Coaches

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship against Chinese Taipei national football team, the Hong Kong national football team and North Korea national football team. Caps and goals updated as of 1 December 2016.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Doug Herrick (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) 26 0 Guam Rovers
22 1GK Dallas Jaye (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 31) 6 0 United States FC Cincinnati
18 1GK Sean Evans (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Guam Guam Shipyard
2 2DF Alex Lee (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 34) 9 0 United States Richmond Kickers
5 2DF Micah Paulino (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31) 26 0 Guam Guam Shipyard
6 2DF Mason Grimes (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 31) 14 0 Unattached
8 2DF Justin Lee (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 34) 10 0 England South Park
14 2DF Brandon McDonald (1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 (age 38) 10 1 Malaysia Penang FA
20 2DF A. J. DeLaGarza (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 36) 12 0 United States Houston Dynamo
25 2DF Scott Leon Guerrero (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 34) 21 0 Guam Quality Distributors
3 3MF Jonahan Romero (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36) 26 0 Guam Rovers
10 3MF Jason Cunliffe (captain) (1983-10-23) 23 October 1983 (age 40) 40 15 Guam Rovers
13 3MF Ryan Guy (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 39) 28 3 United States North County Battalion
17 3MF Ian Mariano (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34) 31 2 Guam Rovers
21 3MF Marcus Lopez (1992-08-02) 2 August 1992 (age 32) 20 2 India Minerva Punjab
28 3MF Rin Katsumata (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Guam Bank of Guam Strykers FC
9 4FW Edward Na (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28) 4 0 United States Pacific Lutheran University
12 4FW Tye Perdido (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35) 2 0 United States Kitsap Soccer Club
16 4FW Conner Cappelletti (1989-01-10) 10 January 1989 (age 35) 3 0 United States Lane United
23 4FW Shane Malcolm (1991-10-13) 13 October 1991 (age 33) 17 2 United States Colorado Springs Switchbacks

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Guam squad within last 12 months. Retired players are not listed.


No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Bijan Gloston (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31) 3 0 United States Marshall Thundering Herd
2DF Shawn Nicklaw (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35) 24 1 Canada FC Edmonton
2DF Josh Borja (1990-08-01) 1 August 1990 (age 34) 14 5 United States SoCAL Elite
2DF Nate Lee (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30) 3 0 United States Penn State Nittany Lions
2DF Isiah Lagutang (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Guam Bank of Guam Strykers FC
2DF Christian Schweizer (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29) 16 0 United States University of Portland
2DF Jonathan Odell (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Guam Guam Shipyard
2DF Gen Fudo (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 28) 0 0 Guam Guam Shipyard
3MF Travis Nicklaw (1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 (age 30) 21 1 United States FC Tucson
3MF Jan-Willem Staman (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984 (age 40) 4 0 Guam Rovers
3MF Dylan Naputi (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29) 29 3 United States Ventura County Fusion
3MF Mark Chargualaf (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33) 23 0 Guam Guam Shipyard
3MF Marlon Evans (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 27) 1 0 United States North Greenville Crusaders
3MF Ian Adamos (1988-04-03) 3 April 1988 (age 36) 14 0 United States SoCAL Elite
3MF Thaddeus Atalig (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29) 8 0 United States Bowling Green University
3MF Donovan Reyes (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Guam Southern Cobras
4FW Min Sung Choi (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 32) 2 0 Guam Bank of Guam Strykers FC
4FW John Matkin (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 38) 17 1 Malaysia UiTM FC
4FW Zachary DeVille (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 31) 10 2 United States San Diego Flash
4FW Michael Benito (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Guam Bank of Guam Strykers FC

Results and fixtures

2015

28 March 2015 Friendly Hong Kong  1–0  Guam Mong Kok, Hong Kong
11:00 HKT McKee 10' Report Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 3,607
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
31 March 2015 Friendly Singapore  2–2  Guam Kallang, Singapore
15:00 SST Ramli 54'
Khaizan 80'		 Report Nicklaw 37'
Cunliffe 73'		 Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Mohd Abdul (Malaysia)
11 June 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Guam  1–0  Turkmenistan Dededo, Guam
16:15 ChST Annaorazow 12' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Guam FA National Training Center
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Wang Di (China)
16 June 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Guam  2–1  India Dededo, Guam
16:15 ChST McDonald 37'
Nicklaw 62'		 Report Chhetri 90+3' Stadium: Guam FA National Training Center
Attendance: 3,277
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
3 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Iran  6–0  Guam Tehran, Iran
19:00 IRDT Dejagah 10' (pen.)
Taremi 31', 65'
Azmoun 34', 41'
Torabi 89'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 11,232
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
8 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Guam  0–0  Oman Dededo, Guam
16:00 ChST Report Stadium: Guam FA National Training Center
Attendance: 2,239
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
13 October 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Turkmenistan  1–0  Guam Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
18:00 TMT Abylow 16' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium
Attendance: 20,200
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
12 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 India  1–0  Guam Bangalore, India
19:00 IST Singh 10' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 6,277
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
17 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Guam  0–6  Iran Dededo, Guam
15:30 ChST Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Taremi 12', 63'
Kamyabinia 32'
Rezaeian 49'
Shojaei 52' (pen.)
Ansarifard 53'		 Stadium: Guam FA National Training Center
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

2016

19 March 2016 Friendly Chinese Taipei  3–2  Guam Taipei, Taiwan
19:00 UTC+8 Chen Chao-an 5'
Wu Chun-ching 61'
Chen Wei-chuan 80'		 Lee 34'
Malcolm 44'		 Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,584
24 March 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q
2019 AFC Asian Cup Q		 Oman  1–0  Guam Seeb, Oman
19:00 GST Ahmed Mubarak 53' Report Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium
Referee: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain Mohamed (Bahrain)
6 November 2016 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2 Hong Kong  3–2  Guam Hong Kong
18:00 UTC+8 Alex 19', 67' (pen.)
Sandro 22'		 Report Cunliffe 74'
Malcolm 81'		 Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
9 November 2016 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2 Guam  0–2  North Korea Hong Kong
17:00 UTC+8 Report So Hyon-uk 66'
Pak Kwang-ryong 87'		 Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)
12 November 2016 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2 Chinese Taipei  2–0  Guam Hong Kong
15:00 UTC+8 Wu Chun-ching 26'
Lin Chieh-hsun 80'		 Report Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Referee: Tumenbayar Doljinsuren (Mongolia)

Records

Guam registered its first victory over a member of FIFA on 11 March 2009, 35 years after making its debut. They beat Mongolia, by 1–0 in the 2010 East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition,[10] at home in Yona. Christopher Mendiola scored the only goal after 9 minutes.

The second victory was a 2–0 against American Samoa on 1 September 2011, in Group A at the 2011 Pacific Games in Noumea, New Caledonia. Dylan Naputi and Elias Merfalen scored in the second half.

Guam has beaten its nearest neighbor, the Northern Mariana Islands on four occasions from 2007 to 2009. Although a member of the East Asia Football Federation since 2006, the islands are not FIFA members.

Recently they have recorded further victories over Chinese Taipei and Macau in International competition and were narrowly beaten 2–1 in Hong Kong against the host country in December 2012.

1975 South Pacific Games

Additional information: 1975 South Pacific Games

Guam first competed in football at the 1975 South Pacific Games which it hosted in August of that year. They lost their first ever game to Fiji and then lost to the Solomon Islands to finish at the bottom of Group 2.

1979 South Pacific Games

Additional information: 1979 South Pacific Games

Guam competed in South Pacific Games Football – 1979[11] in Fiji and was placed in Group 4 alongside New Caledonia and the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). During the tournament, held in September 1979, Guam lost to New Caledonia and to the New Hebrides as both of the other teams advanced.

1991 South Pacific Games

Additional information: 1991 South Pacific Games

The 1991 South Pacific Games saw Guam's first matches since the 1979 tournament, twelve years previous. In Papua New Guinea, Guam were in Group 2 and lost their opener to Tahiti on 9 September 1991. On 12 September they lost to Fiji before losing to New Caledonia.[12]

1996 Asian Cup

Additional information: 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification

In Guam's first Asian Cup qualification attempt at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Ryan Stepp at 15 years of age became the youngest player to score in Asian Cup qualification in a 9–2 loss to Chinese Taipei.

2002 World Cup Qualification

Additional information: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Guam entered World Cup qualification for the first time for the 2002 tournament which was jointly held in Japan and South Korea. They were put in Group B of the first qualifying round, against Iran (qualifiers in 1998) and Tajikistan. Each team played each other once in the Takhti Stadium in the city of Tabriz, Iran.

2006 AFC Challenge Cup

Additional information: 2006 AFC Challenge Cup

The first-ever 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held in Bangladesh in April 2006. As a competition for Asia's weakest teams, there was no qualification scheme. Guam were put in Group C alongside the hosts, Palestine and Cambodia.

Guam played their first game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, on 1 April, in front of 3,000 people and were defeated by Palestine, for whom Fahed Attal scored six times. Bangladesh then defeated Guam on 3 April, with two late goals from Mohammed Abul. The match was watched by 18,000. Three days later 550 people watched Cambodia defeat Guam at the Bangladesh Army Stadium.

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Additional information: 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

In 2012, the first round of preliminary competition was hosted by Guam. Guam finished first within the tournament advancing to Round 2 of preliminary competition.

2014 AFC Challenge Cup

Additional information: 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Guam finished third during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and completed their group play with a resounding 3–0 victory over Chinese Taipei for the first time in history.

2015 EAFF East Asian Cup

Additional information: 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup

In 2014, the first round of preliminary competition was hosted by Guam. Guam finished first, advancing to the semifinal round for the third-straight time.

2018 World Cup Qualification

Additional information: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Guam entered the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Group D. Guam hosted the qualifiers for the first time at the Guam FA National Training Centre in Harmon, which was built with financial assistance from FIFA’s Goal Programme. During the qualifying round, Guam clinched their first FIFA World Cup Qualifying win by defeating Turkmenistan. Just a few days later Guam won their second FIFA World Cup Qualifying match beating India. The win was notable considering India's FIFA ranking sits 33 spots ahead at No. 141, the size of India's population and their recently having been dubbed "the sleeping giants" of football by FIFA.[13] [14]

Tournament record

Main article: Guam national football team results

World Cup

  • 2018 – Did not qualify

AFC Asian Cup

  • 2019 – Withdrew from the third tournament due to financial constraints.

East Asian Football Championship

  • 2003 – 5th place in qualifiers
  • 2005 – 5th place in qualifiers
  • 2008 – 6th place in qualifiers
  • 2010 – Qualified to Round 2 (Preliminary Competition winners)
  • 2013 – Qualified to Round 2 (Preliminary Competition winners)
  • 2015 – Qualified to Round 2 (Preliminary Competition winners)

AFC Challenge Cup

  • 2006 – Round 1
  • 2008 – 4th in qualifying group

South Pacific Games

Micronesia Games

Philippine Peace Cup

  • 2012 – Third Place

References

  1. ^ Mike Nauta Jr. (2012-06-01). "Guam men's national soccer team now known as 'Matao'". Marianas Variety. Guam. Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. ^ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gum/ranking/gender=m
  3. ^ http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/228/135/1/index.html
  4. ^ http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/228/135/1/index.html
  5. ^ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/uk-soccer-world-asia-guam-idUKKBN0OW0VC20150616
  6. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=6/news=white-it-was-a-historic-event-for-guam-2648294.html
  7. ^ "Guam coach Gary White wants to manage in Premier League". BBC Sport. 11 January 2013.
  8. ^ http://pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30508:guam-coach-gary-white-wants-to-manage-in-premier-league&catid=38:sports-news&Itemid=152
  9. ^ 关于盖瑞怀特（Gary White） 先生出任上海申鑫足球俱乐部主教练的公告 Template:Zh icon
  10. ^ Steve Menary (11 September 2009). "Guam on the rise". World Soccer Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  11. ^ hif:South Pacific Games Football - 1979
  12. ^ http://rsssf.com/tablesg/guam-intres.html
  13. ^ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/uk-soccer-world-asia-guam-idUKKBN0OW0VC20150616
  14. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=6/news=white-it-was-a-historic-event-for-guam-2648294.html
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