United States Virgin Islands national soccer team

U.S. Virgin Islands

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Dashing Eagle
Association	USVI Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
Captain	Dusty Good
Top scorer	Jamie Browne Kevin Sheppard Reid Klopp (2)
Home stadium	Lionel Roberts Park
FIFA code	VIR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	178 (5 November 2015)
Highest	149 (July 2011)
Lowest	202 (February 2008)
First international
U.S. Virgin Islands 1–0 British Virgin Islands (U.S. Virgin Islands; 21 March 1998)

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 21 March 1998 in a victory against the British Virgin Islands. In May of 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 football 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, and the team does not have a national stadium for soccer in which to play.

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. In the past, the team has played at Paul E. Joseph Stadium in St. Croix. However, in February of 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. 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 football team.

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 not qualify
• 2009 to 2013 – Did not enter
• 2015 – 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 – Did not qualify

U.S Virgin Islands International Record

File:Lionel Roberts Park.jpg

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

Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
38	4	6	28	19	189	−170

List of wins

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	21/03/1998	British Virgin Islands	1–0	friendly
2	03/07/2011	British Virgin Islands	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	10/07/2011	British Virgin Islands	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	22/3/2015	Barbados	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

List of draws

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	26/02/1999	Turks and Caicos	2–2	1999 Caribbean Cup Qualification
2	28/02/1999	Bahamas	0–0	1999 Caribbean Cup Qualification
3	28/11/2004	Saint Martin	0–0	2005 Caribbean Cup Qualification
4	14/03/2008	British Virgin Islands	0–0	friendly
5	15/03/2008	British Virgin Islands	1–1	friendly
6	19/06/2011	Anguilla	0–0	friendly

Most recent fixtures

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

Key

      Win       Draw       Loss

Current Squad

Squad called for 2018 World Cup Qualifiers against Barbados Caps correct as of 26 March 2015

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Erik Mozzo (1990-12-25) 25 December 1990 2 0 18 1GK Carlos Claxton (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 2 0 VG Ball Stars 15 2DF Kimani George (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 7 0 2 2DF Rajae Joseph (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 0 0 11 2DF Jacob Bordon May 22, 1998 (age 16) 2 0 8 2DF Xavier Harris 2 0 16 2DF Dewayne Dyer (1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 2 0 4 3MF Dusty Good(c) (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987 9 0 FBK Karlstad 20 3MF Denny Smith (1992-12-05) 5 December 1992 4 0 UVI 13 3MF Jamie Browne (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 6 2 6 3MF Lishati Bailey (1985-11-03) 3 November 1985 8 0 3MF Dwayne Thomas (1984-04-22) 22 April 1984 13 1 Skills FC 10 3MF Garrick Mathurin (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 5 0 9 3MF Lorne Maxime Jr. (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 2 0 7 3MF Rune Alvarado (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 0 0 3 3MF Curtis Walker 0 0 21 3MF Tnoy Andrew 2 0 3MF Junior Laurencin (1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 8 0 Positive Vibes 17 3MF Kennan Massicott (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 1 0 14 4FW Adam Fuller (1990-12-29) 29 December 1990 6 0 5 4FW Konner Kendall (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 0 0 Positive Vibes

Past Squads

Players called for March 2015 friendly against Antigua and Barbuda and 2014 Caribbean Cup

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2DF Derrick Smith (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 10 0 Pittsburgh Panthers 2DF Ayinde Augustus (1988-12-27) 27 December 1988 12 1 Orlando City U-23 2DF Alberto Van Gurp (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 10 0 Virginia Tech Hokies 2DF Jamal Shuman (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 8 0 2DF Steven Augustin (1990-12-12) 12 December 1990 2 0 Helenites 2DF Rosario Christopher 2 0 UVI 2DF Zacharie Adams (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 0 0 2DF Randal Jn Baptiste 0 0 3MF Julian Cordova (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 5 0 Positive Vibes 3MF Peter Phillippe Jr 2 0 3MF Fabian Felix 1 0 3MF Rigoberto Miga 1 0 3MF MacDonald Taylor, Jr. (1992-03-22) 22 March 1992 5 1 Seton Hill Griffins 3MF Reid Klopp (1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 5 2 Free Will Baptist 3MF Wilmer Arellano (1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 4 1 Seton Hill Griffins 4FW Benthalo Nevil (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996 0 0 LaRaza 4FW Vivian Florent 2 0 Raymix 4FW Terrence Jones Jr (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 1 0 4FW Jude Forges Kearra (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 6 1 New Vibes 4FW Michael Beharry (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 4 0 Rovers FC

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

Technical Directors

• Keith Griffith (May 2011-2013)
• Kenadall Walkes (2013-)