American Samoa national under-23 football team
Nickname(s) | The boys from the territory | ||
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Association | Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Stephen Settle | ||
Captain | Ueli Tualaulelei | ||
Top scorer | Duane Atuelevao (2) | ||
FIFA code | ASA | ||
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First international | |||
American Samoa 0 - 3 Tonga (Auckland, New Zealand; January 14, 2004) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
American Samoa 1 - 16 Solomon Islands (Taupo, New Zealand; March 21, 2012) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |||
Appearances | 3 | ||
Best result | Group Stage |
The American Samoa national under-23 football team, also known as American Samoa U23, represents American Samoa at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the American Samoa national football team. They are controlled by the FFAS
History
American Samoa U23 made three appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. They never reached any further than the Group Stage. So far they also never won a game. They managed to score a total of four goals. Duane Atuelevao is with two goals the top scorer. He scored them in a 3-2 loss against the Cook Islands in 2004.
OFC
The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1991 | |||||||||
1996 | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2004 | Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | -23 | 0 |
2008 | |||||||||
2012 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | -29 | 0 |
2015 | Did not participate | ||||||||
2019 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | -23 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 79 | -75 | 0 |
Fixtures & Results
2019
21 September 2019 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage | Solomon Islands | 6-0 | American Samoa | Suva, Fiji |
12:00 | Report | Stadium: ANZ National Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Mederic Lacour |
24 September 2019 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage | New Zealand | 12-0 | American Samoa | Suva, Fiji |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: ANZ National Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: David Yareboinen |
27 September 2019 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage | American Samoa | 0-5 | Samoa | Suva, Fiji |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: ANZ National Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: David Yareboinen |
Current squad
The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 27 September 2019 after the match against the Samoa.
List of coaches
- Rupeni Luvu (2012)
- Stephen Settle (2019)
See also
- American Samoa national football team
- American Samoa national under-20 football team
- American Samoa national under-17 football team
- American Samoa women's national football team