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.[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] In the past, the team has played at Paul E. Joseph Stadium in St. Croix.[2] 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.[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 football team.[4]
World Cup record
Gold Cup record
Caribbean Cup record
U.S Virgin Islands International Record
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Wins |
Draws |
Losses |
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GA |
GD |
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4 |
6 |
28 |
19 |
189 |
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List of wins
List of draws
Most recent fixtures
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Win Draw Loss
Current Squad
Squad called for 2018 World Cup Qualifiers against Barbados [5] Caps correct as of 26 March 2015
Past Squads
Players called for March 2015 friendly against Antigua and Barbuda[6] and 2014 Caribbean Cup
Coaches
Technical Directors
References
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- 1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
- 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU.
- 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.
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(5 November 2015)
U.S. Virgin Islands 1–0 British Virgin Islands 
Barbados
Turks and Caicos
Bahamas
Saint Martin
Anguilla
16'
Paul Inurie (2000)
Glad Bugariu (2000–2002)
Francisco Williams Ramírez (2003–2004)
Craig Martin (2010)
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
Kenadall Walkes (2013-)[7]
