Eleven Tiger FC

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| founded = {{start date and age|2021}}

| ground = NMI Soccer Training Center, Saipan

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| league = Marianas Soccer League 1

| season = 2023

| position = 1st of 9, Champions

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Eleven Tiger Football Club is a professional football club from the Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, currently competing in the Marianas Soccer League, the top tier league in the country.

History

Eleven Tiger was founded in 2021. The same year the club began playing in the Marianas Soccer League, despite not playing in the spring campaign.{{cite web |last1=Stokkermans |first1=Karel |title=Northern Marianas 2021 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nmi2021.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=4 October 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Gases |first1=Leigh |title=Kanoa FC roars past Eleven Tiger FC in MSL |date=12 October 2022 |url=https://www.saipantribune.com/sports/kanoa-fc-roars-past-eleven-tiger-fc-in-msl/article_dd324bcc-0bb6-5d32-98db-74ad0e57b186.html |publisher=The Saipan Tribune |access-date=4 October 2023}} In its first season, the club defeated Tan Holdings 4–2 in the final to win the league title. Richard Steele scored two goals en route to the upset victory.{{cite web |title=Eleven Tiger wins Men's Soccer League Division "A" title |date=20 July 2022 |url=https://www.mvariety.com/sports/eleven-tiger-wins-mens-soccer-league-division-a-title/article_89909cb2-073c-11ed-b60b-bb3b1f8cabb8.html |publisher=Marianas Variety |access-date=4 October 2023}}

In June 2023, Eleven Tiger repeated the championship, this time defeating MP United 2–1 in the final match. NMI international Sunjoon Tenorio scored both of his team's goals in the victory.{{cite web |last1=Sablan Jr. |first1=James |title=Eleven Tiger FC clinch MSL 1 championship |date=21 June 2023 |url=https://www.mvariety.com/sports/eleven-tiger-fc-clinch-msl-1-championship/article_14c34952-0f6a-11ee-a8e6-ff9fa8bc9d39.html |publisher=Marianas Variety |access-date=4 October 2023}} Other members of the 2023 championship-winning squad were Ariel Narvaez, Eunsyu Hahn, Anthony Austria, Zhixiang Lin, Akira Kadokura, Jack Unsa, Bada Lee, Brandy Onopwy, Floyd Muna, Jimmy Lin, Brandon Tenorio, Dave Mafnas, Jamin Elliot, Seho Baek, and Dane Hodges.{{cite web |last1=Gases |first1=Leigh |title=Eleven Tiger, Matansa are MSL champs |date=23 June 2023 |url=https://www.saipantribune.com/sports/eleven-tiger-matansa-are-msl-champs/article_09bd018e-d1bc-590e-8507-d2f559d1c3c5.html |publisher=The Saipan Tribune |access-date=4 October 2023}}

= First major honour =

In December 2023, Eleven Tiger was the North Mariana Islands' representative in the first-ever Marianas Club Championship, hosting Guam Soccer League champions Wings FC.{{cite web |title=Wings FC ready for first-ever Marianas Club Championship |date=15 December 2023 |url=https://www.guampdn.com/score/wings-fc-ready-for-first-ever-marianas-club-championship/article_2e73a190-9a47-11ee-97dc-b35224875f7d.html |publisher=Pacific Daily News |access-date=15 December 2023}} Eleven Tiger went on to win the match 2–1 with goals from Tanapon Unsa and Sunjoon Tenorio.{{cite web |last1=Sablan, Jr. |first1=James |title=Eleven Tiger outlasts Wings in Marianas Club Championship |date=19 December 2023 |url=https://www.mvariety.com/sports/localsports/eleven-tiger-outlasts-wings-in-marianas-club-championship/article_0c671e48-9d7a-11ee-8ab2-efc6ac80be3a.html |publisher=Marianas Variety |access-date=19 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Gases |first1=Leigh |title=Eleven Tiger claws way to championship |date=20 December 2023 |url=https://www.saipantribune.com/sports/eleven-tiger-claws-way-to-championship/article_0a2369f4-9e27-11ee-a378-afb2894efc16.html |publisher=Saipan Tribune |access-date=20 February 2024}} The club went on to win 2023 Marianas Soccer League thus seeing them qualified to the inaugural edition of the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League.