{"id":176315,"date":"2014-08-13T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=176315"},"modified":"2014-08-13T04:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:00:15","slug":"celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of CNMI Historic Win in EAFF Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-176315 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa2-2\/'>nmifa2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176318'>\n\t\t\t\tNorthern Mariana Islands Football Association president Jerry Tan explains the significance of the CNMI\u2019s first win in the EAFF competition.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa3-2\/'>nmifa3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176319'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the CNMI Men\u2019s National Team listen to coach Kiyoshi Sekiguchi message.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa4-2\/'>nmifa4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176320'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI Men\u2019s National Team players give coach Kiyoshi Sekiguchi a round of applause.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa5-2\/'>nmifa5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176321'>\n\t\t\t\tNMIFA men\u2019s committee official and former CNMI player Wes Bogdan   delivers a brief message for the team.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa6-2\/'>nmifa6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176322'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI goalkeeper and Northern Mariana Islands Football Association technical director Johann Noetzel gestures while recalling the historic moment of the Blue Ayuyus.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa7-2\/'>nmifa7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176323'>\n\t\t\t\tNorthern Mariana Islands Football Association general secretary Ross Zapanta serves as the host of the event.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa8-2\/'>nmifa8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176324'>\n\t\t\t\tJireh Yobech delivers a message on behalf of the Blue Ayuyus.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celebration-cnmi-historic-win-eaff-tournament\/nmifa1-2\/'>nmifa1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176327'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI Men\u2019s National Team coach Kiyoshi Sekiguchi, left, thanks the Commonwealth football community for their support to the squad and the program during last week\u2019s dinner party\/celebration for the Blue Ayuyus, who won their first international game last month. 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