Joe Wang Miller


Joe Wang Miller is a footballer who plays as a forward for Matansa. Born in China, he represents the Northern [Mariana Islands national football team|Northern Mariana Islands national team].

Club career

MP United

Miller was part of MP United's 2009 and 2010 squads. Saipan-based MP finished 2nd in the league in 2009, with Miller winning the top goalscorer award after scoring 23 goals in the season. The following season MP went one better and won the championship, remaining unbeaten in the process. Joe was the league's top scorer again, with 15 goals. Miller has an incredible record at club level, having averaged 1.46 goals per game over the two seasons he has played for MP United. Miller also scored a hat-trick in a 2nd round 2010 KASA Cup match against Wild Bill's Independents, which MP United won 5-0. He then scored the only goal as MP squeezed past Inter Godfather's in the next round.
At MP United, Miller plays alongside Northern Mariana Islands national football team team-mates Nicolas B. Swaim, a midfielder, defender Adam Hardwicke, midfielder Yuki Adachi and fellow striker Kirk Schuler.

International career

Miller has scored 3 goals in four appearances for the Northern Mariana Islands national football team, making him the current squad's top scorer. Joe was called up to the country's squad for the East Asian [Football Championship 2010] and scored one of Northern Mariana's three goals in the tournament. His goal came in Northern Mariana's opening game, a 6–1 loss to Macau on 11 March 2009. Miller's strike, in the fifth minute, put CNMI 1–0 up but Macau came back to score 6 goals without reply.
Joe had grabbed his first international goal in a 3–2 loss to Guam in the Marianas Cup on 29 April 2008.
Miller's goal in the 24th minute equalized for Northern Mariana Islands, but Guam went on to win the match in extra time.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
127 April 2008Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands1–22–32008 Marianas Cup
211 March 2009Leo Palace Resort, Yona, Guam1–01–62010 [East Asian Football Championship]
319 June 2010Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands1–01–12010 Marianas Cup
418 July 2012Leo Palace Resort, Yona, Guam1–01–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Honors

MP United
Individual