They must have got the spelling wrong, for Steve Massiah, captain of the United States at the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament, is determined to be the messiah who leads his side to the promised land.
He points to Afghanistan as a glowing example of what a small associate member country can achieve, and says his side will take inspiration from that as they begin their campaign today against hosts Hong Kong at the Kowloon Cricket Club.
'Just look at Afghanistan, They started in Division Five and now they are in the top league. If they can do it, we can do it,' said Massiah fervently.
We couldn't catch what Hong Kong counterpart Najeeb Amar, sitting next to him at yesterday's pre-tournament media briefing, muttered under his breath, but it definitely wouldn't have been 'Amen'.
Afghanistan have had a fairytale run among the associate nations - six of whom have gathered for this tournament - in the last couple of years, culminating in their presence in the Twenty20 World Cup last year.
The US, Denmark, Italy, Oman, Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong hope to take a leaf out of that book, with the top two teams at the end of the round-robin competition being promoted to Division Two.
