Markus Toves

[17] The 2023 edition of the tournament marked the first-ever win for the Northern Mariana Islands since the cup's founding in 2007.

[18] Later in August, he was named the Northern Mariana Sports Association Male Student Athlete of the month.

The victory was the Northern Mariana Islands' first-ever win in the Pacific Games and first over a full member of the Oceania Football Confederation.

[22] Toves scored his first senior international goal against Tuvalu on 30 November in his team's final match of the competition.

[19] In April 2024, he was named to the senior squad again for a pair of 2024 Marianas Cup matches against Guam.