Torisakia national association football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Ice Birds |
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| Association | Torisakia Association Football Federation (TASFA) |
| Confederation | AOCAF |
| Head Coach | Andy Sanders |
| Captain | Johnny Kelso |
| Most Caps | Jeremy Andel (127) |
| Top Scorer | Fredric Rayner (58) |
| Home stadium | Tokai Memorial Stadium |
| UICA Code | TOR |
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| KPB ranking | |
| Current |
96  97 (Pre-WC85 Finals) |
| Highest | 96 (Pre-WC85 Finals) |
| Lowest | 258 (Post-WC67) |
| First international | |
 Torisakia 0-3  Teinohikira(Tegucigalpa, Teinohikira; 15 April 1826) | |
| Biggest win | |
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Torisakia 7-0  Mavinet(Douglas-La Pryor, Torisakia; 4 May, pre-WC85) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 The Holy Empire 6-0 Torisakia(Imperial City, The Holy Empire; World Cup 68, MD6) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in World Cup 60) |
| Best result | Qualifying group stage, World Cup 85 |
| AOCAF Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in AOCAF Cup 56) |
| Best result | Round of 16 (AOCAF Cup 60) |
| Cup of Harmony | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in Cup of Harmony 77) |
| Best result | TBD |
The Torisakia national association football team represents Torisakia in international football competitions. The team has participated in the World Cup since World Cup 60. They have yet to qualify for the World Cup finals, never advancing past the qualifying group stage in each of their appearances. The team has also participated in the Atlantian Oceania Confederation of Association Football (AOCAF) once, where they lost all 3 of their group stage matches. The Torisakia Association Football Federation (TASFA) administrates the national team. The team's home stadium is the multi-purpose Tokai Memorial Stadium in Tokai, the nation's capital. Tokai Memorial Stadium has a capacity of 92,138 and is the largest sports stadium in Torisakia. The team also occasionally plays matches at the Troutwood Bowl (capacity: 90,800) in Douglas-La Pryor, Stadium of Peace (capacity:86,450) in Yasui, and at Mustang Alley (capacity: 78,600) in Dorrsville.
Historically, the team has not performed well internationally. They have only won 36 games in the World Cup alone over 9 appearances, and have almost double as many losses. Their best performance came in World Cup 69 where they went 6-4-4 (W-L-T), and have never placed any higher than fourth in a group. Many have speculated as to why this is, with reasons such as poor management, lack of skill compared to the rest of the world, and lack of popularity of the sport in Torisakia (as opposed to American football and ice hockey) being the most widely accepted. As of World Cup 81, the team has undergone a large revamp by completely clearing out its old staff and redoing the roster to better fit a competitive play style. This has shown to muster a much better performance, as although the team went 3-4-11 in World Cup 81 they produced one of the best scoring offenses of the team in their international history as well as a more solid defense.
Recently, Torisakia had an outstanding performance in the AOCAF Cup 60, going 3-0-1 and winning their group while making an appearance in the Round of 16, where they lost to eventual 3rd place Baker Park.
Torisakia saw its best international performance in World Cup 85, where they went 12-7-5 and finished 4th in Group 2 on a 10 game unbeaten streak. The 12 wins and 51 goals are the most by Torisakia in international history. This is largely due to the 24 matchday qualifying tournament as opposed to the 12-18 matchday qualifiers as seen in previous editions.
Torisakia has typically been low in the KPB rankings, usually sitting somewhere between 150th and 275th. Recently, they achieved their highest ranking after the World Cup 85 Qualifiers when they reached 96th, one rank higher than their previous high of 97th. Torisakia is expected to climb higher after the World Cup 85 Finals.
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Competitive records
World Cup
| Qualification | Main tournament | Manager(s) | KPB rank (pre-WC) | |||||||||||||||
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| Cycle | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||||
| 60 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 29 | did not qualify | Donnell Brooks | UR | |||||||||
| 63 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 39 | did not qualify | Mark Nelson | 248 | |||||||||
| 65 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 31 | did not qualify | Michael Tucker | 211 | |||||||||
| 68 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | did not qualify | Michael Tucker | 258 | |||||||||
| 69 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | did not qualify | Damion Segher | 145 | |||||||||
| 72 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | did not qualify | Damion Segher | 197 | |||||||||
| 73 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | did not qualify | Filip MacCarrick | 147 | |||||||||
| 81 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 44 | did not qualify | Andy Sanders | UR | |||||||||
| 83 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 29 | did not qualify | Andy Sanders | 221 | |||||||||
| 85 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 38 | did not qualify | Andy Sanders | 193 | |||||||||
AOCAF Cup
| AOCAF Cup record | Manager | ||||||||
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| Edition | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| AOCAF Cup 56 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Andy Sanders | |
| AOCAF Cup 59 | Group Stage | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | Andy Sanders | |
| AOCAF Cup 60 | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Andy Sanders | |
Cup of Harmony
| Cup of Harmony record | Manager | ||||||||
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| Edition | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| Cup of Harmony 77 | TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - | Andy Sanders | |
Players
Current squad
Thie following 18 players were named to the squad prior to the start of Cup of Harmony 77
| No. | Pos. | Player | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Mitch Issacson | 25 | 57 | 0 |  East Island City F.C
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| 0 | GK | Craig Novak | 24 | 13 | 0 | Laennalos United
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| 11 | DF | Brent Narciso | 23 | 8 | 0 | Tokai City Sunraiders
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| 15 | DF | Logan Brantley | 29 | 61 | 9 | Mushai Devil Rays
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| 19 | DF | Ezekiel Van Aggelen | 24 | 13 | 2 | Nausoins A.C
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| 20 | DF | Daniel Ehud | 23 | 43 | 3 | Beachport Seahawks
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| 22 | DF | Scott McRaske | 27 | 10 | 0 | Lozsia AC
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| 25 | DF | Kanta Serafin | 26 | 38 | 2 | East Lake Jethawks
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| 26 | DF | Blake Dragan | 21 | 10 | 1 | Presidents City Senators
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| 30 | DF | Josh Mikita | 27 | 52 | 2 | FFT Bijjuss
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| 3 | MF | Derek Lovel | 22 | 43 | 5 | Meadow Hills Hurons
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| 6 | MF | Faron James | 24 | 50 | 9 | Gollus F.C
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| 7 | MF | Oskar Carlson | 22 | 12 | 2 | Tokai United Raiders
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| 8 | MF | Gregory Franklin | 22 | 45 | 8 | University of Yasui
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| 19 | MF | Syarhey Sweetcloud | 23 | 53 | 12 |  Ferrymans 11
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| 10 | FW | Johnny Kelso | 32 | 101 | 47 | Tokai Ice Birds
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| 11 | FW | Aristide Wallace | 28 | 29 | 7 | Dorrsville Mustangs
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| 12 | FW | Jordan Kallian | 23 | 57 | 20 |  Meerkerk
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