Cascadia official soccer team

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Cascadia

Nickname(s)	The Dougs
Association	Cascadia Association Football Federation
Confederation	ConIFA
Sub-confederation	North America and Caribbean
Head coach	James Nichols
Captain	Patrick Wilson
Most caps	Max Oldham (8)
Top scorer	Calum Ferguson (5)
First colors Second colors
First international
Ellan Vannin 4–1 Cascadia  (Sutton, Surrey; May 31, 2018)
Biggest win
Cascadia 8–1 Darfur  (Kent, Cascadia; July 27, 2019)
Biggest defeat
Kernow 8–1 Cascadia  (Northwood, Middlesex; May 22, 2021)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2018)
Best result	6th, 2018

The Cascadia national soccer team is a soccer team representing the men's side of the Cascadia region of the United States and Canada and is controlled by the Cascadia Association Football Federation (CAFF). The team is composed of players from the U.S states of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The stated mission of the team is "...to allow Cascadia as a distinct cultural entity, isolated bioregion and growing society with common interests to be represented at the international level in the sport we are all passionate about."^[1] CAFF is a member of ConIFA. Cascadia is not a member of FIFA or any confederation or sub-confederation as the region is wholly a part of both the United States or Canada. However, CAFF is not opposed to those organizations and sees itself coexisting as a non-FIFA regional representative team.^{[citation needed]}

It is hoped that the team will help expose more players from the region to international competition as well as foster a connection between the culture of Cascadia with other regions and peoples around the world.^[2] Cascadia participated in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.^[3]

The idea of a Cascadia representative soccer team existed long before the founder of CAFF and friends first discussed the possibility. People on internet soccer discussion forums discussed the possibility as far back as 2011.^[4] In early 2012 an Adidas Cascadia football shirt was designed by Kelly Dews and sold through the Cascadia Trifecta Facebook group to supporters and fans of the three Cascadian MLS teams: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Seattle Sounders FC, and the Portland Timbers. The first run of these shirts were highly popular and were visible at matches throughout the region.^[5]

Following the 2012 London Olympic Games and noting the athletes from Cascadia, former CAFF President Leonard Laymon and others began investigating just what it would take to form a non-FIFA regional representative team.^{[citation needed]} In August 2012 the decision was made to go forward with making such a team a reality and networking was conducted with the non-FIFA football community.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2013 CAFF convened its first general meeting at the headquarters of Golazo Energy in Seattle.^[6] At this meeting CAFF's board of directors was elected and its bylaws and team eligibility requirements ratified, by vote.^[7] It was also determined in a vote by the CAFF board following the meeting that Cascadia would send a representative to the N.F. Board's Annual General in Munich Germany at the end of the next month. An Indiegogo campaign raised the funding for the application process in less than a week.

In February 2013 Sascha Tillmanns was elected as Cascadia's European representative and initially sent to the meeting to deliver CAFF's application documents, express Cascadia's interest in joining the N.F. Board and help CAFF get an understanding of what its next steps should be. Tillmanns was asked at the meeting to give a presentation on Cascadia which was well received. In early March 2013 Cascadia learned that the N.F. Board would be deciding in the summer to admit up to three new members, of which Cascadia was one. Following this positive news that the early work of looking for Cascadia eligible players and a coach began.

In late April 2013, Alan Koch of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC was the first potential coach to step forward and declare interest in becoming Cascadia's first coach. Later in July 2013 another potential Cascadia coach emerged when in a Q&A session on Twitter, former US men's national team defender and ESPN analyst Alexi Lalas proclaimed that "it would be an honor" to coach Cascadia.

In 2014 Cascadia joined CONIFA under the leadership of then President, Aaron Johnsen.

In June 2018 Cascadia took park in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup in London, finishing 6th. CAFF qualified for the tournament by being the only active CONIFA member in North America

Cascadia hosted its first true home match on July 27, 2019, playing a friendly against Darfur at French Field in Kent, Washington.^[8] Cascadia won the friendly 8–1.^[9]

In October 2019 CAFF made an agreement with the Western Washington Premier League. WWPL became an affiliate league of CAFF, and the two organizations will work together on projects. ^[10]

Year	Position	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
2014	did not enter
2016
2018	6th	6	3	1	2	17	11
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Total		6	3	1	2	17	11

Cascadia qualified to participate in the 2018 CONIFA WFC by merit of being the only organization of its kind in North America in good standing with CONIFA. In April, UEFA B license coach James Nichols was brought on to lead the team. Despite an opening day defeat to Ellan Vannin, a 6–0 victory over Tamil Eelam ensured Cascadia's progress to the quarter finals on goal difference. However a defeat to eventual winners Kárpátalja saw Cascadia crash out. A 4–0 win over Western Armenia ensured they would finish in the 5th–6th place playoff, for the best teams knocked out of the quarter finals. Despite coming back from 3 goals down to draw 3–3, Cascadia eventually lost on penalties to early tournament favorites Panjab to finish 6th.

The following players were called up to the Cascadia squad for the friendly against  Cornwall on May 22, 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	James Mayo		1	0	Brockenhurst
3	2DF	Taylor Fisher	(2000-04-17) April 17, 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Sittingbourne
4	2DF	Albie Sheehan-Cozens	(1998-02-01) February 1, 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Barking
5	2DF	Patrick Wilson (captain)	(1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 (age 38)	7	0	Brockenhurst
12	2DF	Jacob Toms		2	0	Unattached
13	2DF	Kyle Lemon	(1998-11-28) November 28, 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Unattached
6	3MF	Connor Campbell		1	0	Unattached
7	3MF	Max Oldham	(1993-07-08) July 8, 1993 (age 31)	8	3	Corinthian-Casuals
8	3MF	Josh Ekim	(1991-11-17) November 17, 1991 (age 33)	1	0	Corinthian-Casuals
10	3MF	Tayshan Hayden-Smith	(1996-09-23) September 23, 1996 (age 28)	5	2	Walton Casuals
11	3MF	Kellen Fisher		1	0	Bromley
9	4FW	Gavin McCallum	(1987-08-24) August 24, 1987 (age 37)	1	0	Bognor Regis Town
14	4FW	Matt Smith		0	0	Unattached - UCFB
15	4FW	Adam Budz	(2000-11-28) November 28, 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Sutton Coldfield Town

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Will Marment	(1998-10-16) October 16, 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Vassar College	2018 ConIFA WFC
GK	Alejandro De La Torre	(1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Round Rock	2018 ConIFA WFC
GK	Dorian Lair		1	0	Snohomish County	Darfur
GK	Brendan Norris		1	0	Winchester City	Chagos Islands
MF	Anthony Wright	(1997-11-10) November 10, 1997 (age 27)	6	0	Banbury United	2018 ConIFA WFC
DF	James Riley	(1982-10-27) October 27, 1982 (age 42)	6	0	Tacoma Stars	Darfur
DF	Charlie Gregory	(1991-12-27) December 27, 1991 (age 32)	7	0	Sporting Bengal United	Chagos Islands
DF	Matt Braem	(1994-06-25) June 25, 1994 (age 30)	4	0	AFC Ann Arbor	2018 ConIFA WFC
DF	Noah Cavanaugh	(1995-08-17) August 17, 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Real Unión	Darfur
DF	Joey Censoni	(1993-09-03) September 3, 1993 (age 31)	2	0	Carpathia FC	2018 ConIFA WFC
DF	Julius Lansiquot	(1999-11-06) November 6, 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Barnet	2018 ConIFA WFC
DF	Sofien El-Mehrik	(1993-12-15) December 15, 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Unattached	2018 ConIFA WFC
DF	Ellis Routledge	(1999-10-25) October 25, 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Wingate & Finchley	2018 ConIFA WFC
DF	Lorne Jenkins	(1995-05-23) May 23, 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Unattached	Chagos Islands
MF	Héctor Morales	(1993-01-19) January 19, 1993 (age 31)	6	2	AFC Ann Arbor	2018 ConIFA WFC
MF	Angelo Calfo		2	1	RIASA	Darfur
MF	Jordan Wilson	(1991-10-31) October 31, 1991 (age 33)	6	0	Nykøbing FC	2018 ConIFA WFC
MF	Josh Doughty	(1997-04-08) April 8, 1997 (age 27)	3	2	Unattached	2018 ConIFA WFC
MF	Nikko Stokes	(2000-07-16) July 16, 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Waltham Forest	2018 ConIFA WFC
MF	Tanner Williams	(1993-06-29) June 29, 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Spokane Shadow	Darfur
MF	Duncan McCormick	(1995-11-01) November 1, 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Phoenix Rising	Darfur
MF	Beau Blanchard		1	1	UoW Huskies	Darfur
MF	Quinn Fahling		1	0	Seattle University	Darfur
MF	Brian Simpson	(1998-05-24) May 24, 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Hatfield Town	Chagos Islands
MF	Zane Provenzano		2	0	RIASA	Darfur
MF	Scott Menzies		1	1	UoW Huskies	Darfur
MF	Tyler Bjork		1	3	Spokane Shadow	Darfur
FW	Calum Ferguson	(1995-05-17) May 17, 1995 (age 29)	6	5	Elgin City	2018 ConIFA WFC
FW	Yuri Farkas	(1993-07-21) July 21, 1993 (age 31)	4	2	AFC Ann Arbor	2018 ConIFA WFC
FW	Keaton Levock	(1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Carpathia FC	2018 ConIFA WFC
FW	Jon Nouble	(1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 (age 28)	2	2	Unattached	2018 ConIFA WFC
FW	Hamza Haddadi	(1994-01-31) January 31, 1994 (age 30)	3	4	Kitsap Pumas	Darfur
FW	Chase Boone		1	2	RIASA	Chagos Islands
FW	Callum Powell	(1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 28)	1	2	Stourbridge	Chagos Islands

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
/ James Nichols	2018–present	9	5	1	3	055.6
Totals		9	5	1	3	55.6

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position
1	Calum Ferguson	2018–	5	6	FW
2	Hamza Haddadi	2018–	4	3	FW
3	Max Oldham	2018–	3	8	MF
	Tyler Bjork	2019–	3	1	FW

In early 2012, Kelly Dews designed an Adidas-produced limited run of Cascadia shirts. The kit was white, green and blue with a green sash, reflecting the colors of the Doug Flag.^{[citation needed]}

In August the new design was announced by Kelly Dews and the Cascadia Association Football Federation. It is a horizontal tri-color design similar to that of the flag of Cascadia. It features the CAFF crest on the front and Cascadia on the neckline in the back. The new shirt is made by a local company, Looptworks, but never used. ^{[citation needed]} After Cascadia were announced to feature in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup the team announced Stingz Sportswear as their kit supplier and a Giordano sponsorship.

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