American Samoa national soccer team

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American Samoa

Nickname

Association

American Samoa
Football Association

Head coach

Most caps

Ellis Aitken (88)

Top scorer

Willis Fountain (9)

FIFA code

ASA

FIFA ranking

198

Highest FIFA ranking

192 (October 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

205 (Mar 2005)

Elo ranking

226





Home kit





Away kit

First international

Western Samoa 1 - 3 American Samoa

(Apia, Western Samoa; August 20, 1983)
(not FIFA sanctioned)

Largest win

American Samoa 3 - 0 Wallis & Futuna

(Apia, Western Samoa; August 22, 1983)
(not FIFA sanctioned)

Worst defeat

Australia 31 - 0 American Samoa

(Coffs Harbour, Australia; April 11, 2001)
(International Record)

World Cup

Appearances

0 (First in -)

Best result

OFC Nations Cup

Appearances

0 (First in -)

Best result

The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by American Samoa Football Association. It is one of the weakest teams in the world, due to both its small population base and the overwhelming popularity of American football, basketball and baseball in American Samoa. In fact, it holds the distinction of suffering the largest loss in international football history, having been defeated by Australia 31-0 on April 11, 2001 after trailing 16-0 at half time.

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).

It is among the weakest national teams in the world. The current FIFA ranking of 198 is joint last of all countries registered for full internationals.