American Samoa national football team
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| Association | Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) | ||
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| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach |  David Brand |
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| Asst coach |  Alapati Aaasa |
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| Captain | Alexander Victor | ||
| Most caps | Nicky Salapu Uasilaa Heleta Ramin Ott Samuel Hayward Travis Pita Sinapati (8) |
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| Top scorer | Samuel Hayward (3) | ||
| Home stadium | Veterans Memorial Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | ASA | ||
| FIFA ranking | 203 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 192 (October 1998) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 205 (March 2005, January-May 2006) | ||
| Elo ranking | 228 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Western Samoa 3 – 1 American Samoa (Apia, Western Samoa; August 20, 1983) (not FIFA sanctioned) |
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| Biggest win | |||
American Samoa 3 – 0 Wallis and Futuna  (Apia, Western Samoa; August 22, 1983) (not FIFA sanctioned) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Australia 31 – 0 American Samoa (Coffs Harbour, Australia; April 11, 2001) (International Record) |
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The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. It is one of the weakest teams in the world, and holds the distinction of suffering the largest loss in international football history, having been defeated by Australia 31–0 on April 11, 2001. American Samoa's weakness is due to both its small population and the popularity of American football, baseball and basketball.
American Samoa has never won a FIFA-sanctioned match. The team has only recorded one victory in its history over Wallis and Futuna in 1983, when neither team was a member of FIFA (Wallis and Futuna Islands still is not).
In the current FIFA ranking, it is joint last of all countries registered for full internationals.
Ramin Ott made history for American Samoa when scoring a penalty goal against Solomon Islands on August 25, 2007. The goal was American Samoa's first ever in an official World Cup qualifying fixture and proved to be American Samoa's only goal of a 2010 qualifying campaign which saw them lose all four of their matches with an aggregate score of 39 goals to 1. Their 0–4 defeat in their final qualifying fixture against Tonga ranks as their best World Cup qualifying result to date. The 39 goals conceded were the most let in by any team at the South Pacific Games. American Samoa have never had a draw, having either won or lost all of their matches.
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[edit] World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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  2002 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2006 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2010 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | Never played |
[edit] American Samoa all time record against all nations
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won |
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| Australia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | -31 | 0% |
 Cook Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0% |
 Fiji |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | -24 | 0% |
 Papua New Guinea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | -17 | 0% |
| Samoa |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 37 | -35 | 0% |
 Solomon Islands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0% |
 Tahiti |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | -31 | 0% |
 Tonga |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23 | -19 | 0% |
 Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | -23 | 0% |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 207 | -195 | 0% |
[edit] World Cup Qualification record
| FIFA World Cup Qualification History | ||||
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| Year | Round | H/A/N | Score | Result |
| 2002 | Group 1 | N | American Samoa 0 – 13 Fiji |
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| Group 1 | N | American Samoa 0 – 8 Samoa |
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| Group 1 | N | American Samoa 0 – 31 Australia |
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| Group 1 | N | American Samoa 0 – 5 Tonga |
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| 2006 | Group 1 | A | American Samoa 0 – 4 Samoa |
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| Group 1 | N | American Samoa 1 – 9 Vanuatu |
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| Group 1 | N | American Samoa 0 – 11 Fiji |
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| Group 1 | N | American Samoa 0 – 10 Papua New Guinea |
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| 2010 | Group B | N | American Samoa 1 – 12 Solomon Islands |
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| Group B | A | American Samoa 0 – 7 Samoa |
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| Group B | N | American Samoa 0 – 15 Vanuatu |
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| Group B | N | American Samoa 0 – 4 Tonga |
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[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record
[edit] South Pacific Games record
- 1963 — Did not enter
- 1966 — Did not enter
- 1969 — Did not enter
- 1971 — Did not enter
- 1975 — Did not enter
- 1979 — Did not enter
- 1983 — Round 1
- 1987 — Sixth place
- 1991 — Did not enter
- 1995 — Did not enter
- 2003 — Did not enter
- 2007 — Round 1
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Managers
- Tunoa Lui (2001-2002)
- Ian Crook (2004)
- David Brand (2007-present)
[edit] External links
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