American Samoa national association football team

The American- Samoan national football team is the selection team of American Samoa. American Samoa is not an independent state but a U.S. outdoor area but has its own football association.

American Samoa is a member of the world football governing body FIFA and the regional association OFC. So you can participate in the qualifiers to World Championships and the OFC Nations Cup.

Due to the small size of the population and the popularity of American football is one of American Samoa to the worst teams in the world and always takes the rear positions of the FIFA world ranking ( currently 202 and thus the last place along with five other teams).

American Samoa won for the first time on November 22, 2011, compared Tonga an official FIFA match. The hitherto only victory comes from a game against Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific in 1983, when both but no members nor the FIFA were ( Wallis and Futuna this is not yet to date).

American Samoa at the World Cup

With the Football World Cup 2002 Samoa first participated in a FIFA tournament. In the first round of the Oceania zone, the team played against the national teams from Australia, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The opening match of the competition lost American Samoa on April 7, 2001 0:13 against Fiji. Already at half time was 0-8 to back. Next opponent was Samoa on April 9. Also, this game was clearly lost with 0:8. On April 11, you had to play against Australia. The game was lost with 00:31 and was the heaviest defeat of a national team in the history of football. The last group match finally ended on April 14 with 0:5 lost to Tonga. All group matches were held in Coffs Harbour in the Australian state of New South Wales. Finally finished American Samoa last place in the standings with four defeats from four games and a goalscoring of 0 goals scored to 57 conceded goals.

The Football World Cup 2006 started for American Samoa in qualifying with a match against Samoa on 10 May 2004. After 90 minutes the game ended 0:4. Then they played against Vanuatu on 2 May 2004. Finally, the crew was defeated, with 1:9, the only goal scored Natia Natia in the 39th minute. In the third group game my opponent was on May 15, Fiji, the match went with 00:11 lost significantly. Finally, the team on May 17 had to compete against Papua New Guinea. Also this match they lost with high 12:10. All games found in J. S. Toleafoa Blatter Complex held in Apia in Samoa. As in the case of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup ended for American Samoa and the qualification for the 2006 World Cup, with the last group rank and a goal difference of 1:34.

In qualifying for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa different from American Samoa in a group with the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu with zero points and a goal difference of 1:38 from four games. Counter Vanuatu they lost it with 0:15. During the qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, the team of Samoa made ​​on 21 November 2011 at the match against Tonga in two respects stir: so the 2-1 victory was the first ever victory in an international competition game. Moreover played on the part of American Samoa with Jonny Saelua first time in an official qualification match of the FIFA World Cup for a transgender players.

All previously ( Release 26 November 2011) carried out matches were played away or at a neutral venue.

Balance sheet of American Samoa in the World Cup qualifiers:

Participation in World Cups

Before 1983 there was no national team.

Participations in the OFC Nations Cup

Attendance at the South Pacific Games and Pacific

Participations in the Polynesia Cup

American Samoa participated in all three sweeps in part, but each took the last seat and lost all previous games.

Coach

  • 0000-2001 Anthony " Tony" Langkilde
  • 2001-2002 Tunoa Lui
  • 200400000 Ian Crook England
  • 200700000 David Brand England
  • 201100000 IOFI " Avele " Lalogafuafua
  • 2011-0000 Thomas Rongen Netherlands
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