 Given that it was their first international event, and that the Yap team were mostly young boys ages 14 – 21, they won two of their six games played.In attendance at the Micronesian Games were two professional FIFA referees, sent to Palau from the Japan Football Association (they had both recently come from attending and participating in the World Cup ’98 held in France).They encouraged the Federated States of Micronesia to apply for FIFA accreditation.