Category: Soccer Federation

St. Croix, USV­I, March 14, 2015- The USVI Soccer Association will celebrate the St. Patrick’s holiday with a day of competition, music and games for the kids. 

On March 14, the USVISA’s Grassroots Festival will feature a day of soccer, holiday-themed games and competition held at Bethlehem field near the Charles H. Emanuel School. The event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include the young members of the USVISA’s Grassroots program. 

However, the public is “more than welcome and encouraged to join in the festivities”, said president Hillaren Frederick. “We would love to have parents come out and bring the family for a day of soccer, music, bouncies and fun for all.” 

The festival will offer free refreshments for the kids. Light food and snacks on sale will go towards next month’s Grassroots festival.

The USVI men’s soccer national team fell short in their friendly versus Antigua and Barbuda losing 2-0. 

On Sunday March 8, the Virgin Islands’ men’s national team faced the “Bennaboys” in their lone international friendly before the upcoming World Cup qualifiers versus Barbados. After a patient start by both sides, Antigua and Barbuda’s Javorn Stevens scored the first goal in the 24^th minute off of a long pass from the midfield. 

In the second half, the USVI adjusted taking a more aggressive approach but Antigua and Barbuda countered and cemented their victory with a deep shot from Tomarley Thomas, putting in the final score of the game, making it 2-0. 

USVI head coach Ahmed Mohamed credited Antigua and Barbuda in the win but noted his team’s mistakes saying “a couple of silly mistakes really cost us. We had a lot of chances in the match.” 

The USVIMNT will face their first official test on March 22 in the first of the two-legged qualifier series against Barbados. They will return to the Virgin Islands for their second leg versus Barbados at 3:30 p.m. on March 26 at the Addelita Cancryn Field in St. Thomas.

The USVI Soccer Association would like to announce the USVI men’s national team roster for the upcoming international friendly.  The men’s team will be facing Antigua & Barbuda in St. John’s, Antigua on March 8 at 7 p.m. 

Both, the USVI and Antigua and Barbuda men’s teams are preparing for world cup qualifiers against Barbados and St. Lucia respectively. 

The current roster is as follows: 

Zacharie Adams

Lishati Bailey

Jacob Bordon

Jaime Brown

Carlos Claxton

Adam Fuller

Kimani George

Dusty Good

Xavier Harris

Randal Jn Baptiste

Rajae Joseph

Garrick Mathurin

Benthalo Nevil

Peter Phillippe

Denny Smith

Dwayne Thomas

Konner Kendall

Rosario Christopher

Dewayne Dyer

St. Croix and St. Thomas, USV­I, March 5, 2015- The USVI Soccer Association would like to announce the final schedule for the remainder of the aggregate knockout tournament held at Schjang Field in St. Croix. 

After two weeks of matches, three of the six clubs advance to the next round. True Playerz SC and club champion Helenites SC will face off this Sunday and the next to determine which club will play Unique TSC (Tropical Sports Club) –the team with the best aggregate score– in the final round. 

Week 3, 4 and 5 matchups are as follows: 

Sunday March 8, 2015-Schjang Field 

Match 7 | Helenites SC vs. True Playerz SC                     4:00 p.m. 

Sunday March 15, 2015-Schjang Field 

Match 8 | True Playerz SC vs. Helenites SC                     4:00 p.m. 

TBD -Schjang Field

Match 9 | Helenites or True Playerz vs. Unique TSC       4:00 p.m. 

For more information, contact the USVI Soccer Association office at (340)-719-9707or via email at usvisoccer@gmail.com.

St. Croix and St. Thomas, USV­I, March 3, 2015- The USVI men’s soccer national team will travel to Antigua to play an international friendly on Feb. 8. 

On Saturday March 7, the Virgin Islands’ men’s national team will travel to Antigua to play on the following day at 7:00 p.m. Both, the USVI and Antigua and Barbuda men’s teams are preparing for world cup qualifiers against Barbados and St. Lucia respectively. 

The USVIMNT will face their first test on March 22 in the first of the two-legged qualifier series against Barbados. They will return to the Virgin Islands and finish their second leg versus Barbados at 3:30 p.m. on March 26 at the Addelita Cancryn Field in St. Thomas. 

For more information, contact the USVI Soccer Association office at (340)-719-9707or via email at usvisoccer@gmail.com. 

The USVI Soccer Association hired Ahmed Mohamed to prepare and coach the territory’s men’s national team. 

Mohamed brings with him 17 years of experience as a player and coach in both the Swiss Football Association and Somalia Football Federation. He holds a degree in business administration from Feusi College in Switzerland as well as a level “B” and partial level “A” coaching certifications from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Swiss Football Association. 

“I can’t wait to start”, said head coach Mohamed. “I want to help the USVI players and show them how they can play well and play professionally.” 

The USVI men’s team will face their first test on March 22 in the first of the two-legged qualifier series against Barbados. They will return to the Virgin Islands and finish their second leg against Barbados at 3:30 p.m. on March 26 at the Addelita Cancryn Field in St. Thomas.

The USVI Soccer Association will host FIFA vice president, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, during his visit to St. Croix on February 27. 

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein will meet with the USVI president Hillaren Frederick and general secretary Keithroy Cornelius. There are plans to visit the site of the USVI Soccer Association’s goal project near the Bethlehem area. The project is still under construction but is to include an office building and accompanying parking lot as well as soccer fields, training facility and grandstand. The project is set to be completed in 2016. 

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein will oppose the incumbent Joseph Blatter in the upcoming election for FIFA president. Prince Ali is president of the Jordan Football Association. He is also the president and founder of the West Asian Football Federation. He was elected vice president representing Asia in January 2011. Prince Ali is also serving as a member of the FIFA Executive Committee and the AFC Executive Committee.

In an effort to develop beach soccer, the USVI Soccer Association will host a CONCACAF sponsored Beach Soccer Course and Festival/Tournament on July 24-27 on St. Croix. It is open to both regions and each club is encouraged to send representatives. Travel and hotel accommodations will be made for the St. Thomas members who would like to attend.

After the course, Brewer’s Bay on St. Thomas and Fort Frederik Beach on St. Croix will be the venues for the beach soccer programs of the USVI Soccer Association.

The course will be held at 4 p.m. from Thursday through Saturday, July 24-26, at the American Legion Hall in Frederiskted. 

The festival/tournament will take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, at Fort Frederik Beach. There will be music; food and drinks will be for sale. For more information call (340) 719-9707

On Saturday May 18, 2013 our Boys under 15 Team will be traveling to Tortola, B.V.I. to take part in an invitational tournament.

The 18 member team that will be traveling to BVI will be coached by Joseph Limeburner who will be accompanied by assistant coaches and a manager. 

This tournament will be used as preparation for the upcoming CONCACAF Boys under 15 tournaments that will be held in Cayman Islands from the 10^th -25^th of August, 2013.

Due to the unavailability of the St. Croix players the team will only consist of players from St. Thomas. The St. Croix players will be off the island representing their Clubs in a previously scheduled tournament in the Caribbean.