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{{Infobox national football team
| Name                     = American Antilles
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| FIFA Trigramme           = ANA
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| Association              = [[Antilles Soccer Association]]
| Confederation            = {{W|CONCACAF}}
| Sub-confederation        = {{W|North American Football Union|NAFU}} (North America)
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| FIFA Rank                = 118
| FIFA max                 = 77
| FIFA max date            = August 2018
| FIFA min                 = 129
| FIFA min date            = February 2003
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| First game               = {{flag|Manitoba}} 5–2 '''[[Antilles|American Antilles]]''' {{flagicon|Antilles}}<br>{{W|Seattle}}, Astoria, 21 October 2004
| Largest win              = '''{{flag|American Antilles}}''' 6–1 [[Placentia]] {{flagicon|Placentia}}<br>{{W|Kansas City|Cansezville}}, Tournesol, 7 July 2007
| Largest loss             = '''{{flag|France}}''' 9–0 [[Antilles|American Antilles]] {{flagicon|Antilles}}<br>{{W|Paris}}, France, 10 June 2011
| Regional name            = [[CONCACAF Nations Championship]]
| Regional cup apps        = TBD
| Regional cup first       = [[2004 CONCACAF Nations Championship|2004]]
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| Confederations cup apps  = 1
| Confederations cup first = 2004
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The '''American Antilles national soccer team''' represents the [[Antilles]] (the United Commonwealth of America) in international {{W|association football}} competitions and is governed by the [[Antilles Soccer Association]]. It is part of {{W|FIFA}} and {{W|CONCACAF}}.

The Antilles did not have a national soccer team until 2004. [[Soccer in the Antilles|Soccer as a sport]] has had a complicated history within the Antilles. The sport was outlawed during the dictatorship of [[Amelia Abarough]] from 1921 to 1983, being portrayed as a violent, anti-American sport associated with {{w|Latin America}} and later the [[United Commonwealth|mainland Continental States]]. The ban on soccer was lifted following Abarough's death and the country's shift towards {{w|liberal democracy}}. However, even in the modern day, soccer maintains a strong social stigma amongst Antilleans, particularly [[White Antilleans]]. 

The Antillean team is considered one of the weakest in North America, and one of the weakest teams in the world. Despite this, Antillean expatriate footballers have had success playing abroad historically. A subsection of [[Antillean defectors]], known as the [[Antillean soccer exiles]], consists of Antillean Americans who left the Antilles during the dictatorship to play soccer internationally, mainly for [[Sierra national soccer team|Sierra]]. The country has participated in [[CONCACAF Nations Championship]] qualifiers, having never placed among the top teams, and has never qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup]].

==History==
===Creation===
The American Antilles national soccer team was formally established on August 12, 2004 in [[Montgomery, Hispaniola|Montgomery]], [[Hispaniola]]. The team itself was formed following the passage of the [[Cultural Liberty Act]] which repealed many Abarough-era laws that heavily restricted aspects of culture and life including sports which involved repealing all laws that restricted or banned soccer on all levels of government. This allowed for the formation of soccer teams and for the creation of a new national soccer team in the Antilles. The team's founder and first coach was [[James Peterson]], a [[Antillean soccer exiles|soccer exile]] who played for the [[Sierra national soccer team|soccer team]] of [[Sierra]] between 1961 and 1988. 
===1990s===
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===Since 2010===
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==See also==
*[[American Antilles women's national soccer team]]
*[[Soccer in the Antilles]] 
*[[Antillean soccer exiles]]

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[[Category:American Antilles national soccer team]] 
[[Category:National sports teams of the Antilles]]
[[Category:North American national association football teams]]
[[Category:Soccer in the Antilles]]