Guam national under-23 football team explained

Guam Under-23
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Nickname:Matao (The Noblemen)[1]
Association:Guam Football Association
Sub-Confederation:EAFF (East Asian)
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Coach: Dominic Gadia
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Largest Win: 6–2
(Dededo, Guam; 20 July 2019)
Largest Loss: 6–0
(Phu Tho, Vietnam; 6 September 2023)

The Guam national under-23 and Olympic football team represents Guam, an overseas territory of the United States at the international under-22 and under-23 football competitions. It is controlled by the Guam Football Association and is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.

The team's current head coach is former Guamanian international Dominic Gadia.

History

In 2019, the Guam national under-23 was established to compete in the 2019 edition of Marianas Cup after it was regulated to be an event for under-23 players. The team was coached by national team coach Karl Dodd and was consisted with mainly players selected from the U19 category alongside five U23 players.[2] The team led by Dodd managed to help Guam winning their seventh title of Marianas Cup after a 6–2 victory against Northern Mariana Islands national under-23 side.[3]

In 2023, the Guam FA decided to officially emerged an under-23 national team to ỉmprove the competitiveness of the players to serve the Guam national team.[4] Therefore, the Guam under-23 team made their first appearance in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers during the 2024 edition.[4] On 9 September 2023, Guam won their first point in an official under-23 competition following the 1–1 tie against the Singapore under-23s, with their only goal scored by Riku Meyar.[5]

Fixtures and results

2023

Managers

Name Nationality Period Competitions
Karl Dodd201911006 22019 Marianas Cup
Dominic Gadia2023-5113 315 2023 Marianas Cup
2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification[6]

Competitive history

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-22/U-23 Championship Record
Hosts / YearResultPositionwidth=20width=20width=20width=20width=20width=20
2013Did not enter
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024did not qualify Qualifiers3012212
2026to be determined Qualifiers000000
Total0/5Qualifiers3012212

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record
YearResultPosition
1992Did not enter
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024Did not qualify
2028To be determined
Total0/9Qualifiers000000

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Guam men’s national soccer team now known as ‘Matao’ . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317140849/http://mvguam.com/sports/23944-guam-mens-national-soccer-team-now-known-as-matao.html. Mike Nauta Jr. . Marianas Variety . Guam . 1 June 2012 . 17 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Guam releases rosters for 2019 Marianas Cup. Guam PDN. 19 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Guam, NMI split Marianas Cup titles. The Guam Daily Post. 24 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Guam U23 National Team to debut at AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Guam Football Association. 5 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Guam U23 vs Singapore U23. globalsportsarchive.com. 10 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Guam soccer to face stiff competition in Vietnam. The Guam Daily Post. 7 September 2023.