Football in American Samoa
| Football in American Samoa | |
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| Country | American Samoa |
| Governing body | American Samoa Football Association |
| National team(s) | men's national team women's national team |
National competitions | |
Club competitions | |
International competitions | |
OFC Cup | |
The sport of
American Samoa is one of the weakest footballing nations in the world, due to both its small population base and the overwhelming popularity of American football, basketball and baseball in the islands.[4][5]
League Football
The American Samoan leagues are typically considered weak, with the small population and popularity of other sports strongly contributing to that. The FFAS Senior League was formed around 1980 though it is hard to know a reliable date.[6] It is not confirmed either when the FFAS Women's National League formed, but there were clubs as early as 1987 and the league continues to this day.[7]
The champions of the FFAS Senior League are eligible to take part in the OFC Champions League, though they have not always taken up the position. They compete in the preliminary round of the competition, with Utulei Youth gaining the territory's only victory to date in the 2016 edition. Otherwise they are limited to a handful of draws.
International football
The men's team famously hold the distinction of suffering the largest official loss in international football history, having been defeated by Australia 31–0 on April 11, 2001.[8] At the time they had only recorded one victory in their history over Wallis and Futuna Islands in 1983 (3-0), when both teams were not yet members of FIFA (Wallis and Futuna Islands still is not).[9]
That appearance at the
The women's national team would debut at the
References
- ^ Rob Bagchi. "Amazing transformation of American Samoa from whipping boys to winners | Football | The Observer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
- ^ "American Samoa's dream team with Thomas Rongen - Brent Latham - US Soccer - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
- ^ "For American Samoa, a Win Ignites a World Cup Dream". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
- ^ Goff, Steven (2011-10-13). "Thomas Rongen to oversee American Samoa in 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament - Soccer Insider". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ^ "Samoa, a Football Hotbed, Gets Help". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
- ^ "RSSSF - American Samoan men's league". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "FFAS - Sandra Frueans". ffas.as. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Rookwood, Dan (April 11, 2001). "Aussie Rules as Socceroos smash world record again". The Guardian. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ Lee, Ben (December 6, 2013). "American Samoa football team celebrate first win in 18 years". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
- ^ Williams, Aidan The Uplifting Story of American Samoa's Footballing Redemption These Football Times. August 31, 2015
- ^ "American Samoa and more upsets from bottom ranked international football teams". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Matildas Football Results". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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