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	Craig Martin[1]
Captain	Dusty Good
Top scorer	Jamie Browne Reid Klopp Kevin Sheppard Trevor Wrensford (2)
Home stadium	Lionel Roberts Park
FIFA code	VIR
First colors Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current	199 (6 July 2017)
Highest	149 (July 2011)
Lowest	202 (February 2008)
Elo ranking
Current	214 (April 27, 2017)
Highest	213 (July 10, 2011)
Lowest	219 (March 8, 2015)
First international
U.S. Virgin Islands 1–0 British Virgin Islands  (U.S. Virgin Islands; March 21, 1998)
Biggest win
U.S. Virgin Islands 2–0 British Virgin Islands  (U.S. Virgin Islands; July 3, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Saint Lucia 14–0 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 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 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. Soccer is the third most popular sport on the islands, but 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 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] For the 2018 World Cup qualification, the team played at the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground where they suffered a 4–0 loss to the Barbados national team.^[5]

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

• 1991 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 to 2007 – Did qualify
• 2009 to 2013 – Did not enter
• 2015 to 2017 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

• 1989 to 1997 – Did not enter
• 1998 – Withdrew
• 1999 to 2007 – Did not qualify
• 2008 to 2012 – Did not enter
• 2014 to 2017 – Did not qualify

U.S Virgin Islands International Record

Lionel Roberts Park has typically been used as the USVI home stadium.

List of wins

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	March 21, 1998	British Virgin Islands	1–0	friendly
2	March 7, 2011	British Virgin Islands	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	October 7, 2011	British Virgin Islands	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	March 22, 2015	Barbados	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	March 26, 2016	Sint Maarten	2–1	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification

List of draws

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	February 26, 1999	Turks and Caicos	2–2	1999 Caribbean Cup Qualification
2	February 28, 1999	Bahamas	0–0	1999 Caribbean Cup Qualification
3	November 28, 2004	Saint Martin	0–0	2005 Caribbean Cup Qualification
4	March 14, 2008	British Virgin Islands	0–0	friendly
5	March 15, 2008	British Virgin Islands	1–1	friendly
6	June 19, 2011	Anguilla	0–0	friendly

Most recent fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers
March 26, 2015	World Cup Qualification	U.S Virgin Islands	Barbados	0–4
March 22, 2015	World Cup Qualification	Barbados	Barbados	1–0	Jamie Browne  16'

Key   Win   Draw   Loss

Current squad

Squad called for 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification^[6]

As of March 26, 2015

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Erik Mozzo	(1990-12-25) December 25, 1990	2	0	Dallas City FC
18	1GK	Ethan Kavanaugh		0	0
2	2DF	Rajae Joseph	(1997-08-09) August 9, 1997	0	0
11	2DF	Jacob Bordon	(1998-05-22) May 22, 1998	2	0	Montverde Academy
8	2DF	Xavier Harris	(1993-12-29) December 29, 1993	2	0
16	2DF	Dewayne Dyer	(1992-09-13) September 13, 1992	2	0	Atlanta Silverbacks
	2DF	Karson Kendall	(2000-04-01) April 1, 2000	0	0	SKC Academy
4	3MF	Dusty Good (c)	(1987-03-30) March 30, 1987	9	0	FBK Karlstad
20	3MF	Denny Smith	(1992-12-05) December 5, 1992	4	0	UVI
13	3MF	Jamie Browne	(1989-07-03) July 3, 1989	6	2	Dallas City FC
9	3MF	Lorne Maxime Jr.	(1992-09-16) September 16, 1992	2	0	Buffalo State College
3	3MF	Curtis Walker	(1995-10-24) October 24, 1995	0	0	Helenites SC
21	3MF	Tnoy Andrew		2	0	Swetes FC
		Carlos Labrada	1985/12/29	1	0	UWS Upsetters
		Zachary Goodwin		4	0	Susquehanna University
		Zachary Nelthrope		0	0	UWS Upsetters SC
	3MF	Alexander Nissman	(1990-01-15) January 15, 1990	4	0	UVI
		Asanti Herring		0	0	Chicago Fire U-23
	3MF	Trevor Wrensford		0	0	Raymix
		John Dejongh III		0	0
14	4FW	Adam Fuller	(1990-12-29) December 29, 1990	6	0	UWS Upsetters SC

Coaches

• Paul Inurie (2000)
• Glad Bugariu (2000–2002)
• Francisco Williams Ramírez (2003–2004)
• Carlton Freeman (2004–2008)
• Craig Martin (2010)
• Terrence Jones (2011)
• Leonard Appleton (2014)
• Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed (2015–2017)

Technical Directors

• Keith Griffith (2011–2013)^[2]
• Kenadall Walkes (2013–)^[7]

References

External links

• Official website