American Samoa national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
Name = American Samoa |
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FIFA Trigramme = ASA |
FIFA Rank = 200 |
FIFA max = 192 |
FIFA max date = October 1998 |
FIFA min = 205 |
FIFA min date = Mar 2005 |
FIFA rank = 196 |
Continental rank = 11 |
Elo Rank = 228|
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Association = [[Football Federation American Samoa]] |
Confederation = [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] ([[Oceania]]) |
Most caps = [[Nicky Salapu]] |
Top scorer = [[Duane Atualevao]]-3 goals |
Home Stadium = [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Pago Pago)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] |
Coach = {{Flagicon|England}} [[David Brand(footballer)|David Brand]] |
Asst Manager = {{Flagicon|American Samoa}} Alapati Aaasa |
Goalkeeping coach = {{Flagicon|England}} [[Nathan Mease]]
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First game = {{fb|Samoa|name=Western Samoa}} 3 - 1 American Samoa {{Flagicon|American Samoa}} <br/>([[Apia]], [[Western Samoa]]; [[August 20]], [[1983]])<br>(not FIFA sanctioned) |
Largest win = {{Flagicon|American Samoa}} American Samoa 3 - 0 {{fb-rt|Wallis and Futuna|local}}<br/>([[Apia]], [[Western Samoa]]; [[August 22]], [[1983]])<br>(not FIFA sanctioned) |
Largest loss = {{fb|Australia}} [[Australia 31 - 0 American Samoa|31 - 0]] American Samoa {{Flagicon|American Samoa}} <br/>([[Coffs Harbour, New South Wales|Coffs Harbour]], [[Australia]]; [[April 11]], [[2001]]) <br> (''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 (soccer)|football]] history, having been defeated by [[Australia national football team|Australia]] 31-0 on [[April 11]], [[2001]].
American Samoa has never won a [[FIFA]]-sanctioned match. The team has only recorded one victory in its history over [[Wallis and Futuna national football team|Wallis and Futuna]] in [[1983]], when neither team was a member of FIFA (Wallis and Futuna Islands still is not).
In the current [[FIFA World ranking|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 25th 2007. The goal was American Samoa's first ever in an official [[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup qualifying]] fixture and proved to be American Samoa's only goal of a [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|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 national football team|Tonga]] ranks as their best world cup result to date. The 39 goals conceded were the most let in by any team at the South Pacific Games.
==World Cup record==
*[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] to [[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 2002|2002]] to [[Football World Cup 2010|2010]] - ''Did not qualify''
==Oceania Nations Cup record==
*[[Oceania Nations Cup 1973|1973]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Oceania Nations Cup 1980|1980]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Oceania Nations Cup 1996|1996]] to [[Oceania Nations Cup 2008|2008]] - ''Did not qualify''
==South Pacific Games record==
*[[Football at the 1963 South Pacific Games|1963]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games|1966]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games|1969]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games|1971]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1975 South Pacific Games|1975]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games|1979]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games|1983]] - Round 1
*[[Football at the 1987 South Pacific Games|1987]] - Sixth place
*[[Football at the 1991 South Pacific Games|1991]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 1995 South Pacific Games|1995]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 2003 South Pacific Games|2003]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games|2007]] - Round 1
==Notable players==
* [[Nicky Salapu]]
==Current squad==
The following players have been named for the South Pacific Games in Samoa, August 2007.
Players are sorted by shirt number.<br />
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Nicky Salapu]]|age=[[3 January]] [[1978]]|caps=|goals=|club= [[PanSa East FC]] |clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Terence Sinapati]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club= [[PanSa East FC]] |clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Travis Pita Sinapati]]|age=[[24 July]] [[1979]]|caps=|goals=|club= [[PanSa East FC]] |clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Pesamino Victor]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club= [[PanSa East FC]]|clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Alexander Victor]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club= [[PanSa East FC]]|clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=|name=[[Tuaoloina Solofa]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=|name=[[Thomas Leota]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Natia Natia]]|age=[[2 February]] [[1984]]|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=|name=[[Ieti Taulealo]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=|name=[[Kitiona Faatamala]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name=[[Maika Molesi]]|age=[[10 October]] [[1985]]|caps=|goals=|club= [[Konica Machine FC]]|clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=MF|name=[[Hansel Maiava]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=|name=[[Johnny Saelua]]|age=[[19 July]] [[1988]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Konica Machine FC]] |clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Tafuna Toilolo]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=FW|name=[[Uasilaa Heleta]]|age=[[27 February]] [[1987]]|caps=8|goals=0|club= [[Pago Boys]] |clubnat=ASA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=|name=[[Ieti Ieti]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=|name=[[Alo Vakatau]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=|name=[[Frankie Silao]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Ramin Ott|Ramin Shahin Ott]]|age=[[22 June]] [[1986]]|caps=8|goals=1|club=[[Auckland College of Education]] |clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=FW|name=[[Sue Tonise]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=24|pos=GK|name=[[Jordan Penitusi]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=25|pos=MF|name=[[Rawlston Masaniai]]|caps=|goals=|club= [[San Francisco Seals]]|clubnat=USA}}
{{nat fs end}}
==External links==
*[http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-996-0-0-0&sID=12640 A Picture of the Team]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yy1uhCWJ3s A video of match American Samoa 0-31 Australia on April 11th, 2001 at YouTube]
*[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams.php?m_id=193 Weltfussball]
*[http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=4 National Football Teams]
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[[Category:Oceanian national football teams]]
[[Category:Football in American Samoa]]
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