Saint Lucia national football team

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Saint Lucia

Association	St. Lucia Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Terrence Caroo
Home stadium	Vieux Fort National Stadium
FIFA code	LCA
FIFA ranking	172
Highest FIFA ranking	108 (April 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking	185 (March 2008)
Elo ranking	172
Home colours Away colours
First international
Jamaica 1 - 1 Saint Lucia (Kingston, Jamaica; June 18, 1989)
Biggest win
Saint Lucia 14 - 1 USVI (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; April 14, 2001)
Biggest defeat
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 8 - 0 Saint Lucia (Kingston, Jamaica; October 1, 2006)

The Saint Lucia national football team is the national association football team of Saint Lucia and it represents that country in international football matches. It is controlled by the St. Lucia Football Association and it is part of CONCACAF.

Contents 1 History 2 World Cup record 3 Gold Cup record 4 Notable (former) players 5 Current squad 6 References

[edit] History

The team attempted to qualify to the World Cup finals tournament for the first time during the 1994 World Cup qualification, when they were eliminated in the first qualification round by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1992.

The team is currently competing in the first round of the CONCACAF 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. In March 2008, Saint Lucia advanced to the second qualifying round by eliminating Turks and Caicos 3-2 on aggregate.^[1] Saint Lucia's next opponent will be Guatemala, whom they are scheduled to play against in June 2008.

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

• 1991 to 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] Notable (former) players

• Keith Alexander
• Ken Charlery
• Warren Hackett
• Rene Regis
• Earl Jean

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against Turks and Caicos Islands on February 6, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Randy Poloen Orion 2 DF Bradley Henry 0 0 3 DF Shervon Jack 1 0 Joe Public 4 DF Hezron Justin 1 0 5 MF Mogabi Polius July 18, 1979 6 MF Germal Valcin October 25, 1983 7 MF Nyhime Gilbert 1 1 8 MF Vernus Abbot February 5, 1987 9 MF Chad St. Croix January 19, 1984 Helenites 10 MF Levi Gilbert 11 Justin St. Clair 1 0 Northern United 12 MF Everton Lambert 1 0 Northern United 13 Angus Williams 1 0 14 Zaccheus Polius June 14, 1986 1 0 15 DF Fabian Joseph 0 0 Helenites 16 Troy Prospere 1 0 17 Kervin Augustin 0 0 Helenites 18 GK Iran Cassius 0 0

[edit] References

1. ^ Source: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=722793.html

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