Placed 207th and 208th in Fifa’s rankings, the rival islanders are about to meet for the first time in more than a decade
hey share the same name, the same complicated history, and are separated by just 50km of Caribbean sea. They sit next to each other in the Fifa rankings and are about to play each other for a shot at international glory. This weekend, the road to World Cup 2026 begins in earnest with the resumption of a nascent rivalry: theWell, maybe not quite.
The US Virgin Islands team is mostly made up of players from local amateur sides or those in the US academic system. The exception is the 35-year-old captain, JC Mack, who was born in the US state of Virginia and plays in New Zealand. He is the country’s record scorer, with three goals. “It’s a local derby, even if it’s not Tottenham v Arsenal, or England v Scotland,” says Kiwomya. “For the local people it does mean a lot, and I think the US Virgin Islands won the last encounter in 2011, so we want to try and do well. The players are looking forward to it, and the winners go through and play against Jamaica, Guatemala, Dominica and the Dominican Republic, so the stakes are high.
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