Guam national under-23 football team

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Guam Under-23
Nickname(s) Matao (The Noblemen) [1]
Association Guam Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asian)
Head coach Dominic Gadia
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First international
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 6–2 Northern Mariana Islands  Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
(Dededo, Guam; 20 July 2019)
Biggest win
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(Dededo, Guam; 20 July 2019)
Biggest defeat
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(Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 3 September 2025)

The Guam national under-23 and Olympic football team represents Guam, an overseas territory of the United States at the international under-22 and under-23 football competitions. It is controlled by the Guam Football Association and is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.

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The team's current head coach is former Guamanian international Dominic Gadia.

History

In 2019, the Guam national under-23 was established to compete in the 2019 edition of Marianas Cup after it was regulated to be an event for under-23 players. The team was coached by national team coach Karl Dodd and was consisted with mainly players selected from the U19 category alongside five U23 players. [2] The team led by Dodd managed to help Guam winning their seventh title of Marianas Cup after a 6–2 victory against Northern Mariana Islands national under-23 side. [3]

In 2023, the Guam FA decided to officially emerged an under-23 national team to improve the competitiveness of the players to serve the Guam national team. [4] Therefore, the Guam under-23 team made their first appearance in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers during the 2024 edition. [4] On 9 September 2023, Guam won their first point in an official under-23 competition following the 1–1 tie against the Singapore under-23s, with their only goal scored by Riku Meyar. [5]

Fixtures and results

2025

3 September 2026 AFC U-23 ACQ United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg13–0Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
21:30  UTC+4
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 271
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
6 September 2026 AFC U-23 ACQ Guam  Flag of Guam.svg0–6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:30  UTC+4 Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 70
Referee: Sashanka Madushanka (Sri Lanka)
9 September 2026 AFC U-23 ACQ Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg1–0Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:30  UTC+4
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 Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 40
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Current coaching staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of Guam.svg Dominic Gadia
Assistant coach Flag of Guam.svg Jefferson Piliping
Assistant coach Flag of Guam.svg Augustine Salvatierra
Goalkeeper coach Flag of Guam.svg Ted Escudero
Video Analyst Flag of Guam.svg Jefferson Piliping
Team Doctor Flag of Guam.svg Dr. Luis Cruz
Physiotherapist Flag of Guam.svg Simeon Piñón
Physiotherapist Flag of Guam.svg Gilbert Robles
Team Manager Flag of Guam.svg Vance Manibusan
High Performance Manager Flag of Guam.svg Irving Buhay
Media Officer Flag of Guam.svg Jill Espiritu
Equipment Director Flag of Guam.svg Thomas Castro

Managers

NameNationalityPeriodPldWDLGFGACompetitions
Karl Dodd Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2019110062 2019 Marianas Cup [3]
Dominic Gadia Flag of Guam.svg 2023-20245113315 2023 Marianas Cup
2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification [6]
Ross Awa Flag of the Philippines.svg Flag of Guam.svg 2025-000000

Competitive history

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-22/U-23 Championship Record
Hosts / YearResultPositionGPWDLGSGA
Flag of Oman.svg 2013 Did not enter
Flag of Qatar.svg 2016
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2018
Flag of Thailand.svg 2020
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2022
Flag of Qatar.svg 2024 did not qualify Qualifiers3012212
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2026 did not qualifyQualifiers000000
Total0/5Qualifiers3012212

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Did not enter
Flag of the United States.svg 1996
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016
Flag of Japan.svg 2020
Flag of France.svg 2024 Did not qualify
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 To be determined
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Honours

Friendly

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mike Nauta Jr. (1 June 2012). "Guam men's national soccer team now known as 'Matao'". Marianas Variety. Guam. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Guam releases rosters for 2019 Marianas Cup". Guam PDN. 19 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Guam, NMI split Marianas Cup titles". The Guam Daily Post. 24 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Guam U23 National Team to debut at AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers". Guam Football Association. 5 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Guam U23 vs Singapore U23". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Guam soccer to face stiff competition in Vietnam". The Guam Daily Post. 7 September 2023.
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