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Cascadia
Nickname(s)The Dougs
AssociationCascadia Association Football Federation
ConfederationConIFA
Sub-confederationNorth America and Caribbean
Head coachJames Nichols
CaptainPatrick Wilson
Most capsMax Oldham (8)
Top scorerCalum Ferguson (5)
First colors
Second colors
First international
 Ellan Vannin 4–1 Cascadia 
(Sutton, Surrey; May 31, 2018)
Biggest win
 Cascadia 8–1 Darfur 
(Kent, Cascadia; July 27, 2019)
Biggest defeat
Cornwall Kernow 8–1 Cascadia 
(Northwood, Middlesex; May 22, 2021)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result6th, 2018

The Cascadia national soccer team is a soccer team representing the men's side of the Cascadia region of the United States and Canada and is controlled by the Cascadia Association Football Federation (CAFF). The team is composed of players from the U.S states of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The stated mission of the team is "...to allow Cascadia as a distinct cultural entity, isolated bioregion and growing society with common interests to be represented at the international level in the sport we are all passionate about."[1] CAFF is a member of ConIFA. Cascadia is not a member of FIFA or any confederation or sub-confederation as the region is wholly a part of both the United States or Canada. However, CAFF is not opposed to those organizations and sees itself coexisting as a non-FIFA regional representative team.[citation needed]

It is hoped that the team will help expose more players from the region to international competition as well as foster a connection between the culture of Cascadia with other regions and peoples around the world.[2] Cascadia participated in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.[3]

History

The idea of a Cascadia representative soccer team existed long before the founder of CAFF and friends first discussed the possibility. People on internet soccer discussion forums discussed the possibility as far back as 2011.[4] In early 2012 an Adidas Cascadia football shirt was designed by Kelly Dews and sold through the Cascadia Trifecta Facebook group to supporters and fans of the three Cascadian MLS teams: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Seattle Sounders FC, and the Portland Timbers. The first run of these shirts were highly popular and were visible at matches throughout the region.[5]

Following the 2012 London Olympic Games and noting the athletes from Cascadia, former CAFF President Leonard Laymon and others began investigating just what it would take to form a non-FIFA regional representative team.[citation needed] In August 2012 the decision was made to go forward with making such a team a reality and networking was conducted with the non-FIFA football community.[citation needed]

In January 2013 CAFF convened its first general meeting at the headquarters of Golazo Energy in Seattle.[6] At this meeting CAFF's board of directors was elected and its bylaws and team eligibility requirements ratified, by vote.[7] It was also determined in a vote by the CAFF board following the meeting that Cascadia would send a representative to the N.F. Board's Annual General in Munich Germany at the end of the next month. An Indiegogo campaign raised the funding for the application process in less than a week.

In February 2013 Sascha Tillmanns was elected as Cascadia's European representative and initially sent to the meeting to deliver CAFF's application documents, express Cascadia's interest in joining the N.F. Board and help CAFF get an understanding of what its next steps should be. Tillmanns was asked at the meeting to give a presentation on Cascadia which was well received. In early March 2013 Cascadia learned that the N.F. Board would be deciding in the summer to admit up to three new members, of which Cascadia was one. Following this positive news that the early work of looking for Cascadia eligible players and a coach began.

In late April 2013, Alan Koch of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC was the first potential coach to step forward and declare interest in becoming Cascadia's first coach. Later in July 2013 another potential Cascadia coach emerged when in a Q&A session on Twitter, former US men's national team defender and ESPN analyst Alexi Lalas proclaimed that "it would be an honor" to coach Cascadia.

In 2014 Cascadia joined CONIFA under the leadership of then President, Aaron Johnsen.

In June 2018 Cascadia took park in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup in London, finishing 6th. CAFF qualified for the tournament by being the only active CONIFA member in North America

Cascadia hosted its first true home match on July 27, 2019, playing a friendly against Darfur at French Field in Kent, Washington.[8] Cascadia won the friendly 8–1.[9]

In October 2019 CAFF made an agreement with the Western Washington Premier League. WWPL became an affiliate league of CAFF, and the two organizations will work together on projects. [10]

International record

CONIFA World Football Cup

Year Position P W D L GF GA
Sápmi 2014 did not enter
Abkhazia 2016
Barawa 2018 6th 6 3 1 2 17 11
North Macedonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
Total 6 3 1 2 17 11

Cascadia qualified to participate in the 2018 CONIFA WFC by merit of being the only organization of its kind in North America in good standing with CONIFA. In April, UEFA B license coach James Nichols was brought on to lead the team. Despite an opening day defeat to Ellan Vannin, a 6–0 victory over Tamil Eelam ensured Cascadia's progress to the quarter finals on goal difference. However a defeat to eventual winners Kárpátalja saw Cascadia crash out. A 4–0 win over Western Armenia ensured they would finish in the 5th–6th place playoff, for the best teams knocked out of the quarter finals. Despite coming back from 3 goals down to draw 3–3, Cascadia eventually lost on penalties to early tournament favorites Panjab to finish 6th.

Fixtures and results

2018

May 31, 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC Group A Ellan Vannin  4–1 Cascadia (independence movement) Cascadia Sutton, Surrey
Whitley 15'
Jones 41'
Caine 62'
McVey 70'		 18' Doughty Stadium: Gander Green Lane
June 2, 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC Group A Barawa  1–2 Cascadia (independence movement) Cascadia Carshalton, Surrey
Bettamer 9' 35' Doughty
45+1' Morales		 Stadium: Colston Avenue
June 3, 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC Group A Tamil Eelam  0–6 Cascadia (independence movement) Cascadia Rotherhithe, Surrey
10' (pen.), 87' Nouble
32', 71' Hayden-Smith
69' Farkas
89' Ferguson		 Stadium: St Paul's Sports Ground, Rotherhithe
June 5, 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC QF Kárpátalja  3–1 Cascadia (independence movement) Cascadia Sutton, Surrey
Gyürki 49'
Takács 59'
Gajdos 87' (pen.)		 80' Haddadi Stadium: Gander Green Lane
June 7, 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC PR2 Cascadia Cascadia (independence movement) 4–0  Western Armenia Bromley, Kent
Ferguson 24', 62'
Oldham 54'
Farkas 79'		 Stadium: Hayes Lane
June 9, 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC PR3 Panjab  3–3
(4–3 p)		 Cascadia (independence movement) Cascadia Rotherhithe, Surrey
Virk 18'
Minhas 24', 34'		 Morales 45'
Ferguson 54', 60'		 Stadium: St Paul's Sports Ground
Penalties
Purewal soccer ball with red X
Zia soccer ball with red X
Virk soccer ball with check mark
Dhillon soccer ball with check mark
K. Singh soccer ball with check mark
Jung soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Riley
soccer ball with red X Gregory
soccer ball with check mark J. Wilson
soccer ball with check mark Oldham
soccer ball with check mark Haddadi
soccer ball with red X Levock

2019

May 25, 2019 Friendly Cascadia Cascadia (independence movement) 6–3  Chagos Islands Whyteleafe, Surrey
Powell 22', 73'
Boone 23', 78'
Calfo 46'
Oldham 50'		 Report Sagai 30'
Bunjun 51' (pen.)
Heroseau 87'		 Stadium: Church Road
Referee: Dan Friar
July 27, 2019 Friendly Cascadia Cascadia (independence movement) 8–1  Darfur Kent, Cascadia
Haddadi 9', 23', 65' (pen.)
Blanchard 39'
Menzies 45'
Bjork 47', 72', 81'		 Abdulkhalik 68' Stadium: French Field
Attendance: 152

2021

May 22, 2021 Friendly Cornwall Kernow 8–1 Cascadia  Northwood, Middlesex
Report Stadium: Acretweed Stadium

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Cascadia squad for the friendly against  Cornwall on May 22, 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK James Mayo 1 0 Hampshire Brockenhurst
3 2DF Taylor Fisher (2000-04-17) April 17, 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Kent Sittingbourne
4 2DF Albie Sheehan-Cozens (1998-02-01) February 1, 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Essex Barking
5 2DF Patrick Wilson (captain) (1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 (age 38) 7 0 Hampshire Brockenhurst
12 2DF Jacob Toms 2 0 Hampshire Unattached
13 2DF Kyle Lemon (1998-11-28) November 28, 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Middlesex Unattached
6 3MF Connor Campbell 1 0 Northumberland Unattached
7 3MF Max Oldham (1993-07-08) July 8, 1993 (age 31) 8 3 Surrey Corinthian-Casuals
8 3MF Josh Ekim (1991-11-17) November 17, 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Surrey Corinthian-Casuals
10 3MF Tayshan Hayden-Smith (1996-09-23) September 23, 1996 (age 28) 5 2 Surrey Walton Casuals
11 3MF Kellen Fisher 1 0 Kent Bromley
9 4FW Gavin McCallum (1987-08-24) August 24, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Sussex Bognor Regis Town
14 4FW Matt Smith 0 0 Lancashire Unattached - UCFB
15 4FW Adam Budz (2000-11-28) November 28, 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Warwickshire Sutton Coldfield Town

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Will Marment (1998-10-16) October 16, 1998 (age 26) 4 0 New York (state) Vassar College Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
GK Alejandro De La Torre (1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 (age 25) 2 0 Texas Round Rock Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
GK Dorian Lair 1 0 Cascadia (independence movement) Snohomish County  Darfur
GK Brendan Norris 1 0 Hampshire Winchester City  Chagos Islands
MF Anthony Wright (1997-11-10) November 10, 1997 (age 27) 6 0 Oxfordshire Banbury United Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
DF James Riley (1982-10-27) October 27, 1982 (age 42) 6 0 Cascadia (independence movement) Tacoma Stars  Darfur
DF Charlie Gregory (1991-12-27) December 27, 1991 (age 32) 7 0 Essex Sporting Bengal United  Chagos Islands
DF Matt Braem (1994-06-25) June 25, 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Michigan AFC Ann Arbor Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
DF Noah Cavanaugh (1995-08-17) August 17, 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Unión  Darfur
DF Joey Censoni (1993-09-03) September 3, 1993 (age 31) 2 0 Michigan Carpathia FC Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
DF Julius Lansiquot (1999-11-06) November 6, 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Middlesex Barnet Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
DF Sofien El-Mehrik (1993-12-15) December 15, 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Cascadia (independence movement) Unattached Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
DF Ellis Routledge (1999-10-25) October 25, 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Middlesex Wingate & Finchley Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
DF Lorne Jenkins (1995-05-23) May 23, 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Essex Unattached  Chagos Islands
MF Héctor Morales (1993-01-19) January 19, 1993 (age 31) 6 2 Michigan AFC Ann Arbor Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
MF Angelo Calfo 2 1 Yorkshire RIASA  Darfur
MF Jordan Wilson (1991-10-31) October 31, 1991 (age 33) 6 0 Denmark Nykøbing FC Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
MF Josh Doughty (1997-04-08) April 8, 1997 (age 27) 3 2 Cascadia (independence movement) Unattached Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
MF Nikko Stokes (2000-07-16) July 16, 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Essex Waltham Forest Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
MF Tanner Williams (1993-06-29) June 29, 1993 (age 31) 1 0 Cascadia (independence movement) Spokane Shadow  Darfur
MF Duncan McCormick (1995-11-01) November 1, 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Arizona Phoenix Rising  Darfur
MF Beau Blanchard 1 1 Cascadia (independence movement) UoW Huskies  Darfur
MF Quinn Fahling 1 0 Cascadia (independence movement) Seattle University  Darfur
MF Brian Simpson (1998-05-24) May 24, 1998 (age 26) 3 0 Hertfordshire Hatfield Town  Chagos Islands
MF Zane Provenzano 2 0 Yorkshire RIASA  Darfur
MF Scott Menzies 1 1 Cascadia (independence movement) UoW Huskies  Darfur
MF Tyler Bjork 1 3 Cascadia (independence movement) Spokane Shadow  Darfur
FW Calum Ferguson (1995-05-17) May 17, 1995 (age 29) 6 5 Scotland Elgin City Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
FW Yuri Farkas (1993-07-21) July 21, 1993 (age 31) 4 2 Michigan AFC Ann Arbor Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
FW Keaton Levock (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Michigan Carpathia FC Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
FW Jon Nouble (1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 (age 28) 2 2 Middlesex Unattached Barawa 2018 ConIFA WFC
FW Hamza Haddadi (1994-01-31) January 31, 1994 (age 30) 3 4 Cascadia (independence movement) Kitsap Pumas  Darfur
FW Chase Boone 1 2 Yorkshire RIASA  Chagos Islands
FW Callum Powell (1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 28) 1 2 Worcestershire Stourbridge  Chagos Islands

Head coach

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Lancashire/England James Nichols 2018–present 9 5 1 3 055.6
Totals 9 5 1 3 55.6

Records

Top goal scorers

# Name Career Goals Caps Position
1 Calum Ferguson 2018– 5 6 FW
2 Hamza Haddadi 2018– 4 3 FW
3 Max Oldham 2018– 3 8 MF
Tyler Bjork 2019– 3 1 FW

Kit

Cascadia Kit V 1.0
Cascadia Kit V 2.0 Prototype

In early 2012, Kelly Dews designed an Adidas-produced limited run of Cascadia shirts. The kit was white, green and blue with a green sash, reflecting the colors of the Doug Flag.[citation needed]

In August the new design was announced by Kelly Dews and the Cascadia Association Football Federation. It is a horizontal tri-color design similar to that of the flag of Cascadia. It features the CAFF crest on the front and Cascadia on the neckline in the back. The new shirt is made by a local company, Looptworks, but never used. [citation needed] After Cascadia were announced to feature in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup the team announced Stingz Sportswear as their kit supplier and a Giordano sponsorship.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mission statement from the official site of the Cascadia Association football federation". cascadiafa.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Cascadia: the heartland of football in North America World Soccer Magazine
  3. ^ West, Phil (May 24, 2018). "James Riley: From MLS to the CONIFA World Football Cup with Cascadia". MLS Soccer. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Cascadia In Bed With Maradona
  5. ^ Cascadia National Team Jersey... Yes Please Stumptown Footy
  6. ^ Cascadia Football Announces First General Meeting Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine – Press Release
  7. ^ Cascadia Announces Board of Directors, Meeting Results Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Press Release
  8. ^ The Pacific’s Cascadia to play Darfur United in first all-CONIFA Men’s soccer match in North America Darfur United
  9. ^ "Cascadia make home debut in 8-1 win over Darfur".
  10. ^ "Western Washington Premier League announces affiliation with CAFF and Team Cascadia". October 26, 2019.
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