Guam women's national football team

Guam
Nickname(s)	Masakåda
Association	Guam Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Kim Sang-hoon[1]
Captain	Anjelica Perez
FIFA code	GUM
First colors	Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (December 18, 2020)[2]
Highest	66 (July 2003, March 2004)
Lowest	127 (March 2011)
First international
	Japan 21–0 Guam ; (Guangzhou, China; December 5, 1997)
Biggest win
	Guam 11–0 Macau ; (Harmon, Guam; July 22, 2014)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 21–0 Guam ; (Guangzhou, China; December 5, 1997)

The Guam women's national football team is the female representative football team for Guam.

History

The Guam Women's National Football Team earned Guam's first-ever victory over a FIFA member nation after Guam Football Association obtained full FIFA member status in 1996. Taylor Dervish and Kelly Hogan Morphy scored in the 55th and 60th minutes in Guam's 2–0 win over Hong Kong on Nov. 11, 1999 at the AFC Women's Championship that year. Guam competed in Asia's flagship women's tournament in each edition from 1997 through to the 2006 edition. Guam was registered to play in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers; however, after being drawn into Group C in Palestine, the team pulled out of the competition, as did the Lebanon Women's National Team.

The team earned its highest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking in 2003 following its silver medal finish at the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, Fiji under Head Coach Tom Renfro.

Statistics/Results from the 2003 South Pacific Games in Suva, Fiji for the Guam Women's National Team:[3]

Overall record of 3-1-2 (W-L-D) in round robin play, losing the gold medal to Papua New Guinea (4-1-1)

Guam was the best team defensively, allowing the fewest goals in the tournament: 2

Guam, 1–0 over Fiji (Kristin Thompson scored in the 35th minute)

Guam, 0–0 draw with Tonga

Guam 1–1 draw with Tahiti (Michele (Presnell) Madantschi scored in the 29th minute)

Guam 5–0 over Kiribati (Rachelle Camacho scored in the 1st and 11th minutes, Tera Hannah scored in the 6th minute, Ana Hannah scored in the 47th minute, Aika Young scored in the 87th minute)

Guam 1–0 over Vanuatu (Rachelle Camacho scored in the 8th minute)

Guam lost its first and only match 1–0 against PNG; PNG scored in the 69th minute

The Guam Women's National Team competes regularly in the East Asian Football Federation flagship tournament, now called the EAFF E-1 Football Championship. The team first played in the tournament's preliminary competition in 2007 against round winners Korea Republic, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong.[4]

In 2012, under Head Coach Elias Merfalen (GUM), the Guam Women's National Team officially coined the nickname "Masakåda" which means "brave woman" in the local Chamorro language, ahead of the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 1 in Guam played at the LeoPalace Resort Guam in July 2012. In the preliminary competition, Guam finished second behind Hong Kong. Down 0–3 at half time, Guam managed to level the match by the 72nd minute with two goals from captain Anjelica Perez and one from Paige Surber. Hong Kong later scored the game winner in the 76th minute to advance to the tournament Preliminary Competition Round 2.[5]

In 2014, under Head Coach Sang Hoon Kim (KOR), the Masakåda qualified for Round 2 of the EAFF tournament, first defeating the Northern Mariana Islands 7-0 and next, earning its biggest win to date against a FIFA member nation, an 11–0 shutout of Macau. Guam's Samantha Kaufman won Tournament MVP honors and teammate Paige Surber won the Tournament Golden Boot Award.[6]

In 2016, under Head Coach Mark Chargualaf (GUM), the Masakåda again qualified for Round 2 of the EAFF tournament, again with back-to-back 5–0 shutout wins over both the Northern Mariana Islands and Macau. Guam's Samantha Kaufman repeated as Tournament MVP, while also earning the Co-Golden Boot Award with teammate Paige Surber.[7]

The team later traveled to Hong Kong for Round 2 of the tournament under Head Coach Belinda Wilson (AUS). Wilson later was appointed Technical Director of Guam Football Association from 2017 to 2019.

Guam competed in the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary Competition Round 1 and finished second to host country Mongolia, despite scoring the most goals and allowing the fewest goals in the tournament.[8]

Team image

Nicknames

The Guam women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Masakåda".

Home stadium

The team plays at the Guam National Football Stadium in Hagåtña.[9] It holds 1,000.[10]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Lose Fixtures

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of December 2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Kim Sang-hoon	[11]
High Performance Manager	Pavel Gubenko
Equipment Manager	Thomas Castro
Media Officer	Jill Espiritu

Manager history

As of December 2020

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Kim Sang-hoon[12]	2020–present	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (first preliminary round) played September 2–7, 2018 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[13]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jena Cruz	(1994-08-02) August 2, 1994	4	0	Unattached
12	1GK	Angelyn Sobrevilla	(2001-03-14) March 14, 2001	2	0	Bank of Guam Strykers

3	2DF	Ariya Cruz	(1999-01-09) January 9, 1999	2	0	University of Guam Tritons
4	2DF	Celine Doronila	(2002-07-07) July 7, 2002	3	0	Guam Shipyard
2	2DF	Abigail San Gil	(2002-07-12) July 12, 2002	2	0	Bank of Guam Strykers
13	2DF	Riley Hoover	(1998-01-23) January 23, 1998	6	1	Unattached
28	2DF	Phoebe Minato	(1988-06-25) June 25, 1988	3	0	Bank of Guam Strykers
41	2DF	Harmony Yatar	(1999-07-31) July 31, 1999	2	0	University of Guam Tritons

21	3MF	Kaycee Hoover	(1996-02-20) February 20, 1996	5	2	Unattached
11	3MF	Koharu Minato	(1990-11-03) November 3, 1990	6	0	Bank of Guam Strykers
27	3MF	Hannah Cruz	(2001-01-14) January 14, 2001	2	0	Guam Shipyard
6	3MF	Inyssa Perez	(1994-07-22) July 22, 1994	8	2	Unattached
22	4FW	Sarah Schiff	(1986-02-17) February 17, 1986	4	0	San Diego SeaLions

15	4FW	Yae Kawauchi	(2000-01-24) January 24, 2000	3	0	Bank of Guam Strykers
9	4FW	Jordyn Matthews	(1999-03-15) March 15, 1999	2	0	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Cardinals
14	4FW	Jenna Merrill	(1992-04-22) April 22, 1992	2	1	Unattached
7	4FW	Colleen Naden	(1999-06-10) June 10, 1999	7	1	University of Guam Tritons
76	4FW	Isa Jacala Whalen	(2000-04-23) April 23, 2000	2	0	Unattached

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Guam squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of November 2020.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991 to 2019	Did not enter
2023	To be determined
Total	0/9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup Finals record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975 to 1995	Did not enter
1997	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	32	–32
1999	Group stage	4	1	0	3	2	31	–29
2001	Group stage	4	0	0	4	1	34	–33
2003	Group stage	4	0	0	4	2	15	–13
2006	Did not qualify	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008 to 2018	Did not enter	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	To be determined	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	4/20	15	1	0	14	5	112	–107