Asanti Herring

Asanti Herring

Personal information
Full name	Asanti Imari Herring
Date of birth	(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Chicago, United States
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2013–2016	Chicago Fire
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017	Irlam
2017–2018	Stein	7	(0)
2018–2019	Sonnefeld	22	(0)
	Saint Appolinaire
2023–2024	Halkian Alku
2024–2025	Sprint-Jeløy II	3	(1)
International career
2016–2021	United States Virgin Islands	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Asanti Imari Herring (born 9 December 1997) is a footballer who plays as a forward for the United States Virgin Islands national team. ^[1]

Club career

Having left the Chicago Fire academy, Herring moved to England to continue his education. While in England, Herring turned out for semi-professional side Irlam. ^[1]

For the 2017–18 season Herring joined FC Stein of the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Nord. ^[2] During his season with the club he scored eleven goals in eleven matches for the reserve side but was unable to score in seven league appearances for the first team. ^[3] The following year he joined TSV Sonnefeld of the Landesliga Bayern-Nordost. During his first season with the club he made 22 league appearances. ^[4]

In 2023 he moved to Turku in Finland; initially attempting to join Kakkonen club PIF, he instead joined Halkian Alku of the then-fifth-tier Nelonen, after visa issues prevented him from joining PIF. ^[5] He moved to Norway in August 2024, signing with Sprint-Jeløy, though he was assigned to their second team in the 4. divisjon. ^[6]

International career

Herring was named in the US Virgin Islands squad for 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification, ^[7] and made his debut against Sint Maarten, scoring the first goal of a 2–1 win. ^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 June 2025 ^{[3] [9] [10]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Stein	2017–18	Kreisliga Nürnberg/Frankenhöhe 2	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
TSV Sonnefeld	2018–19	Landesliga Bayern-Nordost	22	0	0	0	—		0	0	22	0
Sprint-Jeløy II	2024	4. divisjon	2	1	0	0	—		0	0	2	1
	2025	5. divisjon	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Career total			32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	1

International

As of match played 2 January 2022 ^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States Virgin Islands	2016	4	1
	2021	2	0
Total		6	1

Scores and results list US Virgin Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Herring goal.

List of international goals scored by Asanti Herring

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2016	Raoul Illidge Sports Complex, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten	Sint Maarten	1–0	2–1	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification

References

1. "Pro IFX player Asanti Herring to play for FC Stein 1909 eV". IFX Soccer. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
2. "ProIFX Player Asanti Herring to Play For FC Stein 1909 EV". Pro International Futbol X-Change. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
3. "FC Stein statistics" (in German). Nord Bayern Amateur Fussball. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
4. "TSV Sonnefeld statistics" (in German). Nord Bayern Amateur Fussball. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
5. Helminen, Jesse (25 May 2023). "Valmentaja luuli ensin tekstiviestiä aprillipilaksi – nyt alasarjajoukkue Pornaisista on osa uskomatonta jalkapallotarinaa joka ei pääty tähän" [The coach first thought the text message was an April Fool's joke - now the minor league team Pornaisen is part of an incredible football story that doesn't end there]. keski-uusimaa.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
6. "Skogen vil ta mer tak" [Skogen will take more control]. moss-avis.no (in Norwegian). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
7. "US Virgin Islands Names Squad for Caribbean Cup". Caribbean Football Union. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
8. "USVI edge out St. Maarten in Caribbean Cup qualifier". The Daily Herald (St. Maarten). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
9. Asanti Herring at National-Football-Teams.com
10. Asanti Herring at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)