More than a decade ago, CNMI female players’ experience in soccer was limited to suiting up in a co-ed league and running around makeshift pitches. Today, the Commonwealth’s female players have a league of their own and even had an event solely dedicated to them—the Asian...

The Asian Football Confederation donated 500 soccer balls to local clubs under the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. The equipment were turned over to nine clubs last Friday at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville. NMIFA general secretary Ross Zapanta said...

“I joined soccer because I found it interesting. When I first joined, I got tired and decided to quit. But I changed my mind and then went back to soccer. I realized that it could take me to many places and it did. Like Guam, Tinian, China, Manila, Indonesia, and Cambodia. So,...

Northern Mariana Islands Football Association executive director Ruselle Zapanta has been named one of Asian Football Confederation’s match commissioners after completing and passing tests at the AFC Match Commissioner Seminar. Zapanta was one of the nearly 100 individuals from...