Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team
| Nickname(s) | The Four Stars |
|---|---|
| Association | Federated States of Micronesia Football Association |
| Head coach | Stan Foster |
| Captain | Mikson Kuka |
| Top scorer | None |
| First international | |
 FS Micronesia 0–30 Tahiti  (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; July 3, 2015) |
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| Biggest win | |
| None | |
| Biggest defeat | |
FS Micronesia 0–46 Vanuatu  (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; July 7, 2015) |
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| Pacific Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (2015) |
The Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team, nicknamed the Four Stars, is the national U-23 football team representing the Federated States of Micronesia and is controlled by the Federated States of Micronesia Football Association. The team is managed by Australian coach Stan Foster, with the assistant manager Curtis Graham.
Although the senior team had been competing on the international stage sporadically for a number of years, the nation lacked any junior teams until the under-23 team was founded in 2014. Having never played together as a full squad until a training camp in Guam, and travelling to the games with kit donated by their hosts, they made their competitive debut in international football at the 2015 Pacific Games with a view to using the tournament as both a development opportunity for young players in the country and also as the first steps towards gaining official recognition from and membership of FIFA.
Their performance was the worst recorded in international football as they lost all three games, conceding 114 goals (an average of 38 goals each game) in the process without scoring themselves. On two occasions, against Fiji and Vanuatu, they conceded a record number of goals in international competition. However, although these matches count as official records for the Pacific Games, since the games did not involve senior teams, they will not be recognised by FIFA as official world records. Despite the unofficial nature of their record defeats, numerous international media outlets have branded them the worst football team on the planet.
The four states of the Federated States of Micronesia: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae are spread out over six hundred islands in an isolated area of the Pacific Ocean. Many of the islands, although touched by western influences, have had very little contact with modern media, stone money is still used symbolically on occasions and many of the team selected for the 2015 Pacific Games still live in huts in small villages, lacking hot water and modern conveniences. There are only two full-sized football pitches in the country, both of which are on Yap, the multi-use Yap Sports Complex and the dedicated football pitch at the Yap State Soccer field. In regions such as Chuuk, the lack of facilities means that all football played is street football.
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