United States Virgin Islands national soccer team
The national football team of the U.S. Virgin Islands, called The Dashing Eagle, the national team belonging to the U.S. island group in the Caribbean.
The small Caribbean island founded their association in 1998, and even joined in the same year of FIFA. Also in 1998, she denied her first match against the British Virgin Islands.
In 31 games until October 2011 the national team only won three times and play six times in a draw. The combined score is 17:160 gates. After a long time at the end of the FIFA World Ranking ( worst position 202), the team improved from winter 2008/ 09 and reached in July 2011, with rank 149, the highest ever placing.
World Cup Qualifiers
The qualifying for a World Cup team in 2002 took part for the first time. However, both games against St. Vincent and the Grenadines were lost with a total score of 1:14. The only goal scored Joaquim Santos.
In the qualifying round for the FIFA World Cup 2006, the team against St. Kitts and Nevis lost with 0:7 and 0:4.
As part of the qualification for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, the team met in the first round of the CONCACAF region to the national team of Grenada. The game in St. George's (Grenada ) was on 26 March 2008 with 10:0 lost. A return match was not played. Thus, the U.S. Virgin Islands were excreted.
As part of the qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the U.S. Virgin Islands managed a big surprise and beat the British Virgin Islands 2-0 and thus managed their highest ever international match victory. By a 2-1 win in the return match in the British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands for the first time reached the second round of CONCACAF qualifying for the World Cup.
Gold Cup qualifiers
The first official tournament that challenged the selection of the U.S. Virgin Islands, was the qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000. In group 1, the soccer Caribbean Championship 1999 they played in Nassau against the national teams of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Against the latter, it was enough after 90 minutes to a 2-2 draw against the Bahamas also played one draw (0-0 ). Ultimately, the team took second place in the standings behind the Bahamas and thus eliminated from.
The Caribbean Football Championship 2001 began for the United States Virgin Islands in Group 3 with a 1:12 defeat in Port -au -Prince (Haiti) against Haiti. Two days later they lost Guadeloupe also significantly with 0:11 and the game against St. Lucia went with 1:14 lost hands down. Thus, the team finished last place in the standings with a goal difference of 2:37.
In qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003, the United States Virgin Islands played in two games against the national football team of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo, both games but went with 1:6 and 1:5 lost.
In football Caribbean Cup 2005 played the selection of Caribbean island against Jamaica, Haiti and Saint -Martin. Against Haiti one lost on 24 November 2004 12:11, against Jamaica two days later with 1:11. Finally, we completed the qualification from a goalless draw against Saint- Martin and a fourth place in the standings.
As part of the qualification for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup is played in our own St. Thomas two games. On 27 September 2006, the team lost against Bermuda with 0:6, against the Dominican Republic with 1:6.