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| Full name | Kano Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Ground | NMI Soccer Training Center |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Chairman | Merlie Tolentino [1] |
| League | MSL 1 |
| 2023 | 3rd |
Kano FC is a association football club from the Northern Mariana Islands, currently competing in the Marianas Soccer League 1. The club also fields women and youth sides. [2] [3]
Kanoa FC was founded in 2012. [4] The club's senior men's side has participated in the Marianas Soccer League 1 since the 2013 fall season. [5]
The Northern Mariana Islands national football team represents the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in international men's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is a member of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) and since December 2020 a full member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The association is not a member of the world governing body FIFA, although it had applied for membership, and so while the national team is eligible to enter AFC and EAFF-run competitions, they are currently ineligible for global competitions such as the FIFA World Cup. As such, they do not have an official FIFA ranking. However, the team have been consistently ranked as one of the worst teams in the world on the Elo ratings and were in fact, in July 2016 rated as the worst men's senior international team in the world in a ratings system that also includes a number of other non-FIFA teams.
The Marianas Soccer League 1 is the men's top level professional football competition of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. It is above the Marianas Soccer League 2, but there is no regular promotion/relegation between the two competitions.
Chalan Kanoa is one of the settlements on Saipan, the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located in the southwest of the island. The village contains the island's central post office, as well as the historic Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral and Mount Carmel School, directed by the Spanish Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz. Once a separate village, it is now virtually contiguous with other nearby villages on Beach Road, including Susupe and San Antonio.
Pedro "Teno" Pangelinan Tenorio was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the second governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 11, 1982, to January 8, 1990, and then from January 12, 1998, to January 14, 2002.
Francisco Castro Ada was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 9, 1978 to January 11, 1982, under Carlos S. Camacho, the territory's first governor.
Tomas Aguon Camacho was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands. He served for 25 years as bishop from 1985 until his retirement in 2010.
Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Guam. Rovers FC senior team participates in the Guam Soccer League. Rovers FC has men's, women's and youth teams competing in various national divisions.
Sunjoon Tenorio is a Northern Mariana Islander international footballer who plays for Eleven Tiger and the Northern Mariana Islands national team.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the North Mariana Islands is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in March 2020.
The Sugar Dock is a structure at the edge of Chalan Kanoa, Saipan, extending out from the western shore of the island into the Philippine Sea in the western North Pacific Ocean. Aquatic plants, including sea grass, grow around the dock. The dock was built by the South Seas Development Company to support the sugar industry during the Japanese period in the Northern Mariana Islands. American forces captured the dock during the Battle of Saipan and used it for logistics during and after the Asia-Pacific War.
Electric City Football Club was a Canadian semi-professional soccer team based in Peterborough, Ontario, that competed in League1 Ontario's men's and women's division.
The Marianas Cup is an association football competition between neighboring Mariana Islands Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Since the first edition in 2007, the tournament has been played between the national teams of varying age groups from the under-12 to senior level. The only exception was the 2013 edition of the tournament in which Guam fielded Quality Distributors, the reigning champions of the Guam Soccer League, against Northern Marianas U19 team in addition to a match between two national sides. Although it is intended as an annual competition, it has been played inconsistently, including hiatuses from 2011 to 2012, 2014 to 2016 and 2020 to 2022.
League1 Ontario is a semi-professional women's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. League1 Ontario part of League1 Canada, the national third tier with regional divisions, with L1O equivalents in Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec.
Richard Steele is a Northern Mariana Islands association footballer who currently plays for the Park–Gilbert Buccaneers and the Northern Mariana Islands national team.
Eleven Tiger FC is a professional football club from the Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, currently competing in the Marianas Soccer League.
Matansa FC is a professional association football club from the Northern Mariana Islands, currently competing in the MSL 2. The club also fields women and youth sides. It is one of the oldest football clubs in the Commonwealth.
The Marianas Soccer League 2 is the men's second level football competition of the Northern Mariana Islands and is under the auspices of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. It is below the Marianas Soccer League 1, but there is no regular promotion/relegation between the two competitions. Despite being a men's tournament, the NMI women's developmental national team has competed in the league.
Nolan Ngewakl is a Northern Mariana Islands footballer who currently plays Latte FC of the Marianas Soccer League 1 and the Northern Mariana Islands national team.
The Marianas Club Championship is an association football competition between clubs from neighboring Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Founded in 2023, the tournament features the champion of the Guam Soccer League and the Marianas Soccer League 1. The goal is for the championship to expand to four clubs by 2026. The competition is sanctioned by the East Asian Football Federation.
Markus Toves is a Northern Mariana Islands footballer who currently plays Kanoa FC of the Marianas Soccer League 1 and the Northern Mariana Islands national team.
