American Samoa national under-17 football team

American Samoa U17
Nickname(s)	The Boys from the territory
Association	Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach
Captain	Gabriel Taumua
Most caps	& (7)
Top scorer	& Gabriel Taumua (4)
Home stadium	Veterans Memorial Stadium
FIFA code	ASA
First colors	Second colors
First international
	PNG 8 – 0 American Samoa ; (Fiji; May 1, 1999)
Biggest win
	Cook Islands 0 – 3 American Samoa ; (Apia, Samoa; January 24, 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Australia 30 – 0 American Samoa ; (Apia, Samoa; December 5, 2001)
World Cup
Appearances	0
OFC Under-17 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in )
Best result	Group Stage, 5 times
	Current season

The American Samoa national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa.

History[]

Competition Record[]

OFC U-17 Championship record[]

The OFC U-17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Group Stage	5	0	1	4	3	44	−41	1
& 2001	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	3	53	−50	0
&& 2003	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	1	14	−13	1
2005	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	1	22	−21	0
& 2013	Preliminary Round	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
& 2015	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	0	39	−39	0
& 2017	Preliminary Round	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0
& 2018	Preliminary Round	3	1	1	1	8	13	-5	4
Total	Group Stage	30	2	4	24	24	198	-174	10

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1999 to 2003	Did not Qualify
2005	Withdrew
2007 to 2009	Did not Participate
2011 to 2019	Did not Qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship First Round.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK			2	0	Vaiala Tongan
23	1GK	Hengihengi Ikuvalu	(2002-12-02) December 2, 2002 (age 19)	2	0	Pago Youth

2	2DF	Walter Pati	(2002-03-31) March 31, 2002 (age 19)	6	0	Pago Youth
4	2DF		(2002-02-20) February 20, 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Pago Youth
5	2DF	Matthew Taga'i	(2002-03-28) March 28, 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Ilaoa and To'omata
11	2DF	Gabriel Taumua	(2002-04-13) April 13, 2002 (age 19)	7	4	Pago Youth
13	2DF			3	0	Vaiala Tongan
14	2DF		(2003-06-22) June 22, 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Pago Youth
17	2DF			1	0	Ilaoa and To'omata

3	3MF	Milo Tiatia	(2002-02-18) February 18, 2002 (age 20)	6	1	Pago Youth
6	3MF			1	0
7	3MF		(2002-03-28) March 28, 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Ilaoa and To'omata
8	3MF			2	0	Vaiala Tongan
12	3MF		(2002-06-11) June 11, 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Vaiala Tongan
15	3MF			2	0	Lion Heart
16	3MF		(2004-01-29) January 29, 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Ilaoa and To'omata

9	4FW			3	2	Vaiala Tongan
10	4FW			3	0

Squad for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship First Round[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(2002-05-15) May 15, 2002 (age 19)	3	0
23	1GK		(2000-11-03) November 3, 2000 (age 21)	0	0

2	2DF		(2000-02-18) February 18, 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Green Bay
3	2DF		(2000-07-14) July 14, 2000 (age 21)	3	0
4	2DF	Walter Pati	(2002-03-31) March 31, 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Royal Puma
5	2DF		(2001-02-17) February 17, 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Vaiala Tongan
15	2DF		(2000-06-26) June 26, 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Pago Youth
16	2DF		(2001-08-14) August 14, 2001 (age 20)	0	0

6	3MF		(2000-02-19) February 19, 2000 (age 22)	3	0
7	3MF	Milo Tiatia	(2002-02-18) February 18, 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Royal Puma
8	3MF		(2001-08-02) August 2, 2001 (age 20)	2	0
11	3MF	Gabriel Taumua	(2002-04-13) April 13, 2002 (age 19)	4	0	Pago Youth
12	3MF	Takai Pouli	(2000-07-18) July 18, 2000 (age 21)	3	1	Vaiala Tongan
13	3MF		(2001-12-03) December 3, 2001 (age 20)	1	0
14	3MF		(2003-04-02) April 2, 2003 (age 18)	1	0
17	3MF		(2002-06-11) June 11, 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Vaiala Tongan
18	3MF		(2000-07-10) July 10, 2000 (age 21)	3	0

9	4FW		(2000-03-20) March 20, 2000 (age 22)	7	0
10	4FW		(2001-01-19) January 19, 2001 (age 21)	3	0
19	4FW		(2001-12-16) December 16, 2001 (age 20)	2	0

Results & Fixtures[]

1999[]

1 May 1999

Papua New Guinea

8–0

American Samoa

Fiji

3 May 1999

Cook Islands

0–0

American Samoa

Fiji

5 May 1999

Vanuatu

11–1

American Samoa

Fiji

7 May 1999

Australia

15–0

American Samoa

Fiji

10 May 1999

Fiji

8–0

American Samoa

Fiji

2001[]

3 December 2001 2001 OFC U-17 Championship	Samoa	4–3	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
				Stadium: National Stadium

5 December 2001 2001 OFC U-17 Championship	Australia	30–0	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
				Stadium: National Stadium

9 December 2001 2001 OFC U-17 Championship	Papua New Guinea	7–0	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
				Stadium: National Stadium

11 December 2001 2001 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	12–0	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
				Stadium: National Stadium

2003[]

13 February 2003 2003 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–0	Cook Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
16:00				Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium

15 February 2003 2003 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–3	New Caledonia	Pago Pago, American Samoa
16:00			32',88' 90+1'	Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium

19 February 2003 2003 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	1–3	Samoa	Pago Pago, American Samoa
18:00	R. Ott 50'		10' 37' 62'	Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium

21 February 2003 2003 OFC U-17 Championship

American Samoa

0–8

Fiji

Pago Pago, American Samoa

18:00

O. Vakatalesau

7',70',74'

M. Dunadamu 44'

10'

70'

41'

(o.g.) 76'

Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium

2011[]

8 January 2011 2011 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–9	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
13:30 NZST			N. Rao 41', 78' 45+2' Al.Sahib 68' 73' 87' 89', 90+1' 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

12 January 2011 2011 OFC U-17 Championship	Papua New Guinea	2–1	American Samoa	Auckland, New Zealand
16:00 NZST	D. Browne 13' A. Komolong 67'		22'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

14 January 2011 2011 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand	4–0	American Samoa	Auckland, New Zealand
13:30 NZST	23' 65' T. Payne 77' 78'			Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

16 January 2011 2011 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–7	Vanuatu	Auckland, New Zealand
13:00 NZST			J. Kaltak 24', 44', 61' 46' T. Kaltak 77', 90+1' 84'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

2013[]

22 January 2013 2013 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Round	Samoa	2–2	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
15:00	15', 69' (pen.)		Kaleopa Siligi 10' 35'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 500

24 January 2013 2013 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Round	Cook Islands	0–3	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
17:00			19', 90+2' Kaleopa Siligi 39' (pen.)	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 300

26 January 2013 2013 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Round	American Samoa	2–3	Tonga	Apia, Samoa
17:00	1' 48'		71' Hemaloto Polovili 87' Taniela Vaka'uta 90+2'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 100

2015[]

13 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–13	Vanuatu	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11			8', 62', 71', 83' 22' 38' Abednigo Sau 51', 53', 67' 53' (pen.) 73' (pen.), 75' Ronaldo Wilkins 90+1'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium

15 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–11	Tahiti	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11			4', 17', 29', 38', 43' 40' 45+1' 51', 72' 58', 79'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium

19 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Tonga	2–0	American Samoa	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11			Aisea Muli 75' Soakai Vea 90+8'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium

21 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–13	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11			9', 27', 39', 45+6', 52', 68', 88', 90' 42', 70' 72' 76' 81'	Stadium:

2016[]

4 July 2016 (2016-07-04) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Samoa	3–0	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
19:00	Sauiluma 4' 68', 73'	Report		Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 500^[1] Referee: (Papua New Guinea)

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	1–3	Cook Islands	Apia, Samoa
16:30	Pouli 29'	Report	21', 25' 90+3'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 300^[2] Referee: (Vanuatu)

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–2	Tonga	Apia, Samoa
16:30		Report	11' 32'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 200^[3] Referee: (Vanuatu)

2018[]

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage	American Samoa	2-2	Tonga	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
14:15	Tiatia 51' Taumua 53'	Report	58' 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 300 Referee: (Vanuatu)

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage	American Samoa	3-10	Samoa	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
11:00	Taumua 41' (pen.), 45' 70' (pen.)	Report	3', 8' 14', 74' 22', 44' 77' (pen.) 90' Filimalae 90', 90+6'	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 100 Referee: (Solomon Islands)

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage	Cook Islands	1-3	American Samoa	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
11:00	Mateariki 50' (pen.)	Report	Taumua 31' (pen.) 67' (pen.) 86'	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 150 Referee: (Solomon Islands)

List Of Coaches[]

(2011)
(2013)
(2015)
(2016)
(2018–)

References[]

^ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa – American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09.
^ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa – Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09.
^ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa – Tonga" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

American Samoa Football Federation official website

[1] "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa – American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09.

[2] "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa – Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09.

[3] "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa – Tonga" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.^{[permanent dead link]}

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American Samoa national under-17 football team

Contents

History[]

Competition Record[]

OFC U-17 Championship record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship First Round[]

Results & Fixtures[]

1999[]

2001[]

2003[]

2011[]

2013[]

2015[]

2016[]

2018[]

List Of Coaches[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

v t National sports teams of American Samoa
Baseball Basketball F M Football M F M-U23 M-U20 M-U17 F-U20 F-U17 Handball M J Netball Rugby league Rugby Union M M-7s Volleyball
Olympics

v t National under-17 football teams of Oceania (OFC)
American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji ¹ New Caledonia New Zealand ¹ Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu¹ Vanuatu
¹ Associate member - Not a member of FIFA