Marianas Soccer League 1
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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.[2][3]
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.[4]
Previous winners
Winners so far are:[5]
Northern Mariana Invitational Championship
- 2005: not held
- 2006–07: L&S/Lyung-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 | Template:Flagicon Masatoshi Otsuka[6] | Fiesta Inter Saipan | |
| 2009 | Template:Flagicon Joe Wang Miller | MP United | 23[8] |
| 2010 | Template:Flagicon Joe Wang Miller | MP United | 15[3] |
| 2016 | Template:Flagicon Martin Jambor | Tan Holdings | 14 |
| 2018 | Template:Flagicon Sunjoon Tenorio | MP United | 15 |
| 2020 Spring | Template:Flagicon Andrw Omelau | 8 | |
| 2024 Fall | Template:Flagicon Tanapon Unsa | Matansa | 11 |
Hat-tricks multiple
| Rank | Country | Player | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon | Sunjoon Tenorio | 1 |
References
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- ↑ Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2010, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ↑ a b 'MP United rules men's league' Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Saipan Tribune, 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
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- ↑ a b 'Fiesta Inter takes football crown' Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Saipan Tribune, 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ↑ 'Inter Godfather's Bags Men's League Title', Marianas Variety, 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ↑ Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2009, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
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