Asian region expands its family members

From last Wednesday the Northern Mariana islands have joined the Asian football confederation family. The newest association in the continent, which was accepted on the thirtieth General assembly, were having an observer status from July 2009 while 11 years and 5 months later became a full member, number 47. As every affiliation is belonging to a sub-region, and because of its location, 'the younger brother' have now entered into the East Asian football federation who now counts 10 associations.