The Marianas Soccer League is the men's top level professional

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competition of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association.

History

The league began as an invitational league in the

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. The league has been operating since 2005 and grew to include eight teams in the 2008 season.Schöggl.H (2010
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Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.'MP United rules men's league'
, ''Saipan Tribune'', 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-14. On 2 August 2012 the competition was re-branded as the M-League, following the suit of many other AFC national competitions. In September 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) officially launched a two tier completion, usually without

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. In the inaugural season there were 5 teams in Division 1 and 4 teams in generally

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Division 2. After the 2020 season was abandoned due to the

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, the league was relaunched in Spring 2021 as the Marianas Soccer League.

Previous winners

Champions so far are:

Northern Mariana Invitational Championship

*2005: ''not held'' * 2006–07: L&S/Lyung-Seung *

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, ''Saipan Tribune'', 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2011-05-14. * 2008 Spring: Inter Godfather's * 2008 Fall: Inter Godfather's *

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: Inter Godfather's *

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: MP United *2011: Inter Godfather's'Inter Godfather's Bags Men's League Title'
''Marianas Variety'', 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2015-03-25.

M-League Division 1

* 2012 Spring: Wild Bills * 2012 Fall: Tan Holdings * 2013 Spring: Wild Bills * 2013–14: Wild Bills *2014 Fall: MP United *2015 Spring: Tan Holdings *2015 Fall: ''not held'' *2016 Spring: Tan Holdings *2016 Fall: MP United *2017 Spring: MP United *2017 Fall: Tan Holdings *2018 Spring: MP United *2018 Fall: ''abandoned'' * 2019 Spring: Teen Ayuyu * 2019 Fall: All Blue *2020 Spring: ''abandoned'' *2020 Fall: ''not held''

Marianas Soccer League

*2021 Spring: Tan Holdings *2021 Fall: All Blue *2022 Spring: Eleven Tigers

Top goalscorers

*Note: 2007–10 top goalscorers for Northern Mariana Invitational Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:M League Division 1 Football competitions in the Northern Mariana Islands Top level football leagues in Asia Sports leagues established in 2005