Marianas Soccer League 1

Marianas Soccer League 1

Founded	2005;20 years ago (2005) [1]
Country	Northern Mariana Islands
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	5
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	AFC Challenge League Marianas Club Championship
Current champions	Spring: Kanoa (2nd title) (2025)
Most championships	Inter Godfather's (7 titles) [2]
Top scorer	Joe Wang Miller (79 goals)
Broadcaster(s)	FIFA+ YouTube (live streaming)
Website	www.nmifa.com
Current: 2025 Marianas Soccer League 1

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.

History

The league began as an invitational event in the Northern Mariana Islands. The league has been operating since 2005 ^[1] and grew to include eight teams in the 2008 season. ^{[3] [4]}

On 2 August 2012 the competition was re-branded as the M-League, following the suit of many other AFC national competitions. In September 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) officially launched a two tier completion, usually without promotion and relegation. In the inaugural season there were 5 teams in Division 1 and 4 teams in generally amateur Division 2.

After the 2020 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was relaunched in Spring 2021 as the Marianas Soccer League.

Marianas Club Championship

Since 2023, the winners of the Marianas Soccer League 1 and the Guam Soccer League compete against each other in the Marianas Club Championship. ^[5]

Previous winners

Winners so far are: ^[2]

Northern Mariana Invitational Championship

• 2005: not held
• 2006–07: L&S/Kyung-Seung
• 2007: Fiesta Inter Saipan ^[6]
• 2008 Spring: Inter Godfather's
• 2008 Fall: Inter Godfather's
• 2009: Inter Godfather's
• 2010: MP United
• 2011: Inter Godfather's ^[7]

M-League Division 1

• 2012 Spring: Wild Bills
• 2012 Fall: Tan Holdings
• 2013 Spring: Wild Bills
• 2013–14: Wild Bills
• 2014 Fall: MP United
• 2015 Spring: Tan Holdings
• 2015 Fall: not held
• 2016 Spring: Tan Holdings
• 2016 Fall: MP United
• 2017 Spring: MP United
• 2017 Fall: Tan Holdings
• 2018 Spring: MP United
• 2018 Fall: abandoned
• 2019 Spring: Teen Ayuyu
• 2019 Fall: All Blue
• 2020 Spring: abandoned
• 2020 Fall: not held

Marianas Soccer League

• 2021 Spring: Tan Holdings
• 2021 Fall: All Blue
• 2022 Spring: Eleven Tiger
• 2022 Fall: Tan Holdings
• 2023 Spring: Eleven Tiger
• 2023 Fall: Eleven Tiger
• 2024 Spring: Kanoa
• 2024 Fall: Matansa
• 2025 Spring: Kanoa

Top goalscorers

Year	Top scorer	Team	Goals
2007	Masatoshi Otsuka [6]	Inter Saipan
2009	Joe Wang Miller	MP United	23 [8]
2010	Joe Wang Miller	MP United	15 [4]
2016	Martin Jambor	Tan Holdings	14
2018	Sunjoon Tenorio	MP United	15
2020 Spring	Andrw Omelau		8
2024 Fall	Tanapon Unsa	Matansa	11
2025 Spring	Paul Lizama	Canoa	12

Most time goalscorers

• 2 times.
  • Joe Wang Miller (2009 and 2010).

Most goals by a player in single season

• 23 goals.
  • Joe Wang Miller (2009).

Hat-tricks multiple

Rank	Country	Player	Hat-tricks
1		Sunjoon Tenorio	1

Women's League

Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2006	Sarah Helbert	Eye Yeye	12
2016 Fall	Guinevere Borja	Paire	18
	Therize Millare	Shirley
2019 Spring	Katrina Costales	Shirley	11
2022 Fall	Jannah Casarino		23
2023 Spring	Jannah Casarino		14
2024 Spring	Jannah Casarino	Shirley	16

References

1. "about the NMIFA". NMIFA. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
2. "Northern Marianas — List of Champions". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 September 2013.
3. Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2010, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
4. 'MP United rules men's league' Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine , Saipan Tribune, 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
5. "Wings FC ready for first-ever Marianas Club Championship". Pacific Daily News. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
6. 'Fiesta Inter takes football crown' Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine , Saipan Tribune, 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
7. 'Inter Godfather's Bags Men's League Title', Marianas Variety, 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
8. Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2009, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-14.