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Nickname: | The Dashing Eagles |
Association: | U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation |
Sub-Confederation: | CFU (Caribbean) |
Coach: | Gilberto Damiano |
Captain: | J.C. Mack |
Most Caps: | Jett Blaschka (22) |
Top Scorer: | Jamie Browne J.C. Mack (3) |
Home Stadium: | Bethlehem Soccer Stadium |
Fifa Trigramme: | VIR |
Fifa Max: | 149 |
Fifa Max Date: | July 2011 |
Fifa Min: | 208 |
Fifa Min Date: | March 2022, November 2023 |
Elo Max: | 208 |
Elo Max Date: | 1998 |
Elo Min: | 222 |
Elo Min Date: | March 2015 |
American: | true |
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Largest Win: | 0–3 (The Valley, Anguilla; March 22, 2019) |
Largest Loss: | (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; April 14, 2001) |
The U.S. Virgin Islands national soccer team, nicknamed The Dashing Eagles, is the national soccer 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.[1] 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.
Previously the team did not have a national stadium and were forced to 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. In the past, the team has played at Paul E. Joseph Stadium in St. Croix.[2] However, in February 2012, it was announced that the stadium was condemned and will be demolished to make way for a new sports complex that will cost at least $50 million. The 50acres complex will contain venues for tennis, volleyball, baseball, and aquatics. However, the plans did not include a new soccer stadium.[3]
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.[4]
In August 2019, the USVI Soccer Association officially opened the 1,200-seat Bethlehem Soccer Stadium in Christiansted after an almost four-year construction process of the new complex.[5] [6]
See main article: United States Virgin Islands national soccer team results. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following players have been named to the squad for 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League match against Aruba on 16 November 2023.[7]
Caps and goals updated on November 16, 2023, following the match against Aruba.
The following players have also been called up to the United States Virgin Islands squad within the last twelve months.
INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Retired from the national team
SUS Serving suspension
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
Players in bold are still active with US Virgin Islands.
width=30px | Rank | width=160px | Player | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Goals | width=100px | Career |
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1 | Dusty Good | 21 | 0 | 2011–2022 | |||||
Kassall Greene | 21 | 0 | 2016–present | ||||||
3 | Lionel Brown | 20 | 0 | 2019–present | |||||
Jett Blaschka | 20 | 0 | 2018–present | ||||||
5 | MacDonald Taylor Jr. | 19 | 1 | 2006–present | |||||
6 | J.C. Mack | 18 | 3 | 2018–present | |||||
7 | Dwayne Thomas | 17 | 1 | 2002–2015 | |||||
8 | Jimson St. Louis | 16 | 1 | 2019–present | |||||
9 | Lishati Bailey | 15 | 3 | 2002–2015 | |||||
Raejae Joseph | 15 | 0 | 2018–present |
width=30px | Rank | Player | width=50px | Goals | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Jamie Browne | 3 | 11 | 2006–2022 | |||||
J. C. Mack | 3 | 18 | 2018–present | ||||||
3 | Kevin Sheppard | 2 | 2 | 2002 | |||||
Reid Klopp | 2 | 5 | 2011 | ||||||
Trevor Wrensford | 2 | 6 | 2016–2019 | ||||||
Bryce Pierre | 2 | 8 | 2004–2019 | ||||||
Aaron Dennis | 2 | 9 | 2018–2019 | ||||||
FIFA World Cup | Qualification | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
1930 to 1998 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
2002 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
2014 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 41 | |||||||||
2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
2030 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
2034 | |||||||||||||||
Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 97 |
CONCACAF Gold Cup record | width=1% rowspan="20" | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
Withdrew from qualification | Withdrew from qualification [10] | |||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37 | ||||||||||
2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
2019 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||
2021 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League | |||||||||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 0/17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 104 |
CONCACAF Nations League record | |||||||||||||||||||
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League | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | Division | Group | Finals | Result | |||||||||||||||
2019–20 | C | A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2021 | Ineligible | |||||||||
2022–23 | C | A | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2023 | ||||||||||
2023–24 | C | B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2024 | ||||||||||
2024–25 | C | A | To be determined | 2025 | |||||||||||||||
Total | — | — | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 32 | — | Total | 0 Titles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Caribbean Cup record | width=1% rowspan=28 | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
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1994 | ||||||||||||||||
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1998 | Colspan=8 | Withdrew | Colspan=6 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||
1999 | Colspan=8 rowspan=4 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37 | ||||||||||
2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
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2012 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | Colspan=8 rowspan=2 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
2017 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 0/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 93 |