Northern Mariana Islands national football team
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Northern Mariana Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Blue Ayuyus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Northern Mariana Islands Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Nick Swaim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Mark McDonald, 2 goals, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Oleai Sports Complex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | MNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elo ranking | 222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yap 0 - 8 Northern Marianas Islands (Koror, Palau; July ???, 1998) |
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Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Marianas Islands 12 - 1 Pohnphei (Koror, Palau; July 1998) |
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Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guam 9 - 0 Northern Marianas Islands (Hagåtña, Guam; April 1, 2007) |
The Northern Marianas Islands national football team is an international team from the Northern Mariana Islands. The Northern Mariana Islands Football Association is a provisional member of the East Asian Football Federation. They participated as a guest team in the U-14 East Asian Football Federation Youth Festival in July 2006 in Beijing. The results - DPR Korea 0-6, Korea 0-16, China 0-11, Mongolia 0-5, Japan 0-12, Guam 0-6 and 0-12, Chinese Taipei 0-13. In December 2006, the EAFF admitted the Northern Mariana Islands as a provisional member.
The first team mainly competes in the East Asian Football Association and annual Marianas Cup versus Guam.
Recently, they participated as a provisional member in the East Asian Cup 2008 Preliminary Competition Play-offs, but lost both matches to Guam.
Steve Menary's recent book, "Outcasts: The Lands FIFA Forgot," includes a detailed chapter on the emergence of the NMIFA and the Blue Ayuyus.
[edit] Selected internationals
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | |
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Apr 2008 | Northern Marianas | Northern Marianas | Guam | 2 - 3 |
Apr 1 2007 | Guam | Northern Marianas | Guam | 0 - 9 |
Mar 25 2007 | Northern Marianas | Northern Marianas | Guam | 2 - 3 |
Jun 12 1999 | Micronesia | Northern Marianas | Federated States of Micronesia | 0 - 7 |
Aug 3 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Guam | 3 - 0 |
Aug 2 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Palau | 11 - 2 |
Jul 30 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Guam | 2 - 2 |
Jul 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Pohnpei | 12 - 1 |
Jul 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Yap | 8 - 0 |