Guam national football team

Football in Guam began in the 1960s, on the initiative of two pioneers: an Irish priest, Tony Gillespie, and an owner of a construction company, Charles Whang, who settled in Guam and created the Guam Soccer Cup before becoming the first president of the Guam Football Association in 1975.

Guam played its first international match at the 1975 Pacific Games against Solomon Islands, losing 5–1. This result was followed by an 11–0 loss to Fiji, eliminating them from the competition. In the 1979 Games, Guam again lost twice to New Caledonia 11–1 and New Hebrides 5–0. Progressing to the Consolation Tournament, Guam registered their first victories, beating Western Samoa 4–2, and Tuvalu 7–2 before losing again to New Hebrides, 5–1.

Despite being considered part of Oceania, and having never faced an Asian team to that point, Guam became an associate member of the AFC in 1991 but continued to participate in the Pacific Games.[4] In 1996, Guam became both a full member of the AFC and of FIFA.

A full member of the AFC and FIFA, Guam played its first matches against Asian teams as part of the 1996 Asian Cup of Nations qualifiers losing all three matches against South Korea (9–0), Vietnam (9–0) and Chinese Taipei (9–2).

In 1998, Guam played in the Micronesian Games, though the tournament was a 9-a-side competition with 80 minute matches. Guam finished top of the group stage but lost to Northern Marianas in the final 3–0.[5] Guam entered the 2000 Asian Cup qualification but finished last in their group again, losing to China 19–0.

Guam became one of the founding members of the East Asian Football Federation in 2002 and participated in the qualifiers for the inaugural 2003 East Asian Football Championship, finishing last again without registering a goal. The same is true for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification, beaten by Bhutan and Mongolia. For the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Guam entered and were scheduled to face Nepal in the first round but both Nepal and Guam withdrew for financial reasons before their first match.

In the 2005 East Asian Football Championship qualifiers, Guam lost all four matches heavily, against Chinese Taipei (9–0), Hong Kong (15–0), Mongolia (4–1) and North Korea (21–0). Following these defeats, Guam entered the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, a competition designed for emerging nations to help develop their football. Guam again lost all three matches to Palestine (11–0), Bangladesh (3–0) and Cambodia (3–0).

Guam advanced to the second stage of qualifying in the 2008 East Asian Football Championship by beating Northern Marianas 12–2 over two legs but they were eliminated in the next round by Chinese Taipei (10–0) and Hong Kong (15–1). In the 2010 East Asian Football Championship qualifiers, Guam managed to get its first victory over a FIFA member, beating Mongolia 1–0. They would go on to top the group before being eliminated at the next stage. Guam returned to the 2011 Pacific Games after a sixteen-year absence, but only managed to beat American Samoa 2–0, finishing second last and failing to advance to the knock-out stages.

Gary White became Guam's manager in 2012 and called-up players of Guamanian origin based in the United States like Ryan Guy or A. J. DeLaGarza to improve the level of his team. In the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, Matao managed to advance past the first round by beating Northern Marianas (3–1) and Macao (3–0). Guam then participated in the 2012 Philippine Peace Cup, replacing Hong Kong, losing against Philippines (1–0) and Chinese Taipei (2–0) but beat Macao (3–0) in its final group game to finish third. Guam advanced to the second qualifying stage of both the 2015 and 2017 EAFF Championship finishing third and fourth respectively and failing to advance the final competition.

In 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, Guam beat Turkmenistan (1–0) and India (2–1), finishing fourth in their group and qualifying for the 2019 Asian Cup third round qualifiers, although Guam withdrew before the draw took place. Guam then failed to progress past the first qualifying round for the 2019 EAFF Championship.

During the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Guam beat Bhutan 5–1 over two legs but lost all eight of their second round matches and finished bottom of their group, scoring two goals and conceding 32.

The following 22 players were called up for 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches against Cambodia on 9 and 12 October 2021 respectively.[8]

Caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2021, after the match against Philippines.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dallas Jaye	(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993	20	0	Monterey Bay
	1GK	Sena Morimoto	(2000-06-08) 8 June 2000	0	0	Bank of Guam Strykers FC
22	2DF	Travis Nicklaw	(1993-12-21) 21 December 1993	35	1	Free agent
17	2DF	Alex Lee	(1990-01-15) 15 January 1990	19	0	Christos FC
6	2DF	Justin Lee	(1990-01-15) 15 January 1990	18	1	Christos FC
2	2DF	Isiah Lagutang	(1997-08-03) 3 August 1997	11	1	Bank of Guam Strykers FC
4	2DF	Nate Lee	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994	11	0	FC Frederick
5	2DF	Ryan Quitugua	(1997-08-26) 26 August 1997	5	0	Rovers FC
20	2DF	Shane Healy	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998	2	0	Bank of Guam Strykers FC
23	2DF	Morgan McKenna	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003	0	0	Manhoben Lalåhi
10	3MF	Jason Cunliffe (captain)	(1983-10-23) 23 October 1983	61	22	Bank of Guam Strykers FC
8	3MF	Mark Chargualaf	(1991-01-03) 3 January 1991	36	0	Rovers FC
7	3MF	John Matkin	(1986-04-20) 20 April 1986	28	2	Free agent
16	3MF	Devan Mendiola	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999	11	2	Rovers FC
11	3MF	Kyle Halehale	(2002-06-03) 3 June 2002	8	0	Hartford City
3	3MF	Marlon Evans	(1997-08-03) 3 August 1997	8	0	North Greenville Crusaders
15	3MF	Leon Morimoto	(2001-12-18) 18 December 2001	3	0	Free agent
14	3MF	Eduardo Pedemonte	(2003-07-22) 22 July 2003	1	0	Free agent
13	3MF	Nate Sablan	(1993-08-10) 10 August 1993	0	0	Rovers FC
	4FW	Marcus López	(1992-02-09) 9 February 1992	36	6	Bank of Guam Strykers FC
12	4FW	Clayton Sato	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999	3	0	Free agent
9	4FW	Shawn Aguigui	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996	1	0	Vallejo Omega
19	4FW	Anthony Moon	(2001-10-14) 14 October 2001	1	0	Manhoben Lalåhi
	4FW	Jacob McDonald	(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001	0	0	Free agent

The following players have also been called up to the Guam squad within last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Alexander Stenson	(2003-02-09) 9 February 2003	0	0	Manhoben Lalåhi	2021 Training Camp
DF	Shawn Nicklaw	(1989-04-15) 15 April 1989	35	2	Free agent	2021 Training CampRET
DF	Takumi Ito	(2000-02-03) 3 February 2000	0	0	Islanders FC	2021 Training Camp
DF	Robert Niu	(2002-06-08) 8 June 2002	0	0	Manhoben Lalåhi	2021 Training Camp
MF	Ian Mariano	(1990-10-07) 7 October 1990	42	3	Isla de los Ladrones	2021 Training Camp
MF	Shane Malcolm	(1991-10-13) 13 October 1991	29	4	Free agent	2021 Training Camp
MF	Joey Ciochetto	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996	3	0	Temecula FC	2021 Training Camp
FW	Dominic Perez	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996	0	0	Contra Costa FC	2021 Training Camp
INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension

AFC Asian Cup										AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1992	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	2	27
2000										3	0	0	3	0	32
2004										2	0	0	2	0	11
2007	Did not enter									Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify									AFC Challenge Cup
2015
2019	Withdrew during qualification									8	2	1	5	3	16
2023	Did not qualify									12	1	0	11	8	36
Total	0/17	—								28	3	1	23	13	122

• 2019 – Withdrew from the third tournament due to financial constraints.

• 2006 – Round 1
• 2008 – 4th in qualifying group

Micronesian Games
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1969	Football not included in games' programs
1990
1994
1998	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	52	7
2001	Did not enter
2002	Football not included in games' programs
2006
2010
2014	Did not enter
2018
2022	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	43	5

• 1998 – Winners (According to AFC profile)

• 2007, 2008, 2010