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Northern Mariana Islands national football team

National Football Team
NameNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands
NicknameBlue Ayuyus
AssociationNorthern Mariana Islands Football Association
Head coachJP Sekiguchi
Most capsDavid Duenas (6)
Top scorerJoe Miller (3)
Home stadiumOleai Sports Complex
FIFA codeNMI
Elo ranking227
World Cup Statistics
First internationalNMI NMI 2 - 3 Guam
(Northern Mariana Islands, 25 March 2007)
Biggest winPohnpei 0 - 13 NMI NMI
(Palau, June 1998)
Biggest defeatGuam 9 - 0 NMI NMI
(Hagåtña, Guam; 1 April 2007)

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The Northern Mariana Islands national football team is the international football team of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, controlled by the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association.

The association is a member of the East Asian Football Federation. They first participated internationally as a guest team in the U-14 East Asian Football Federation Youth Festival in July 2006 in Beijing. In December 2006, the EAFF admitted the Northern Mariana Islands as a provisional member, granting full membership in September 2008.

Until 2009, the first team had only competed against neighbours Guam - in the East Asian Football Championship 2008 and annual Marianas Cup. The qualification process for the 2010 EAFF Championship was altered from the previous edition, meaning the team finally faced competition from further afield.

In July 2009 The AFC Exco agreed to accept the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) as an Associate Member of the Asian Football Confederation, after the association resigned from the Oceania Football Confederation in June 2009, paving the way to join AFC. The NMIFA will be a provisional member until the next AFC Congress, when it has the chance to be ratified as a permanent Associate Member.

On June 19, 2010 the NMI earned a 1-1 draw with neighbor Guam in the 2010 Marianas Cup. The match ended in a draw as there was insufficient lighting to continue the match after the end of regulation. Joe Miller scored for the NMI in the 68th minute and Jason Cunliffe answered for Guam in the 89th minute to salvage a draw for Guam.

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Date Venue Opponent Score Tournament
19 June 2010 CNMI Guam 1 � 1 2010 Marianas Cup
15 March 2009 Guam Mongolia 1 � 4 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition
13 March 2009 Guam Guam 1 � 2 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition
11 March 2009 Guam Macau 1 � 6 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition
27 April 2008 CNMI Guam 2 � 3 Marianas Cup
1 April 2007 Guam Guam 0 � 9 2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary qualification
25 March 2007 CNMI Guam 2 � 3 2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary qualification

Name Nat Tenure
Jeff "Ziggy" Korytoski US 2007
Jason Higgins US 2007
Nicolas Swaim US 2008
Sugao Kambe Japan 2009
Sekiguchi Japan 2010


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No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club

International association football

AsiaAFCAsian Cup
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAFGold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFCNations Cup
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-BoardViva World Cup

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong*, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau*, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands �, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
� Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)

Men'sChina PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Macau, China, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands
Women'sChina PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Macau, China, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands �



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