United States Virgin Islands national soccer team
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The dashing eagle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | USVI Soccer Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Craig Martin |
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| Most caps | MacDonald Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Kevin Sheppard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Lionel Roberts Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | VIR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 190 (April 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 202 (February 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 USVI 1 - 0 BVI  (U.S. Virgin Islands; March 21, 1998) |
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| USVI 1 - 0 BVI (U.S. Virgin Islands; March 21, 1998) |
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 Saint Lucia 14 - 1 USVI (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; April 14, 2001) |
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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. It is one of the weakest teams in the world, and has never reached the finals of a major tournament.
Though FIFA did not officially recognize the USVI team as affiliated until 1992, the Virgin Islands federation was founded back in the 1970's by Trinidad native Robert T. Wills whom help build the base of the USVI Soccer Federation as it is known today.
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Gold Cup record
[edit] U.S Virgin Islands International Record
| Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
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| 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 145 | -133 |
[edit] List of wins
- 21/03/1998 - U.S Virgin Islands 1-0 British Virgin Islands, Friendly
[edit] List of draws
- 26/02/1999 - U.S Virgin Islands 2-2 Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Cup
- 28/02/1999 - Bahamas 0-0 U.S Virgin Islands , Caribbean Cup
- 28/11/2004 - Saint Martin 0-0 U.S Virgin Islands , Caribbean Cup
- 14/03/2008 - British Virgin Islands 0-0 U.S Virgin Islands ,Friendly
- 15/03/2008 - British Virgin Islands 1-1 U.S Virgin Islands ,Friendly
[edit] Results and Upcoming fixtures
| Date | Tournament | Location | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Scorers |
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 St. George's |
Grenada |
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U.S Virgin Islands |
[edit] Current squad
(May, 2007)
Goalkeepers:
1. Terrence Jones
22. Zebadiah Rabsat
Rakum Eddy
Defenders:
2. Dwayne Thomas (Helenites SC)
3. MacDonald Taylor
5. Denver Adjoha
6. Dwight Ferguson
14. Augustine Woodley
15. Leonard Appleton
Gene Dominique
Midfielders:
4. Arnold Jerrel
7. Lishati Bailey
8. Keithroy Cornelius
10. Kareem Wrensford
19. Joel Stewart
Francisco Perez
Ian Walters
Elvis Stephens
Forwards:
11. Davie Bannis
Wallace Babb
20. Francisco Fonseca
9. Benny Labadie
Brian Alphonse
