American Samoa women's national under-20 football team explained

American Samoa women's U-20
Association:Football Federation American Samoa
Confederation:OFC (Oceania)
Coach:Steve Settle
Top Scorer:Elcy Lui (2)
Home Stadium:Veterans Memorial Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:ASA
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First Game: 0–0
(Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 23, 2002)
Largest Win: 3–2
(Avarua, Cook Islands; September 3, 2019)
Largest Loss: 0–12
(Avarua, Cook Islands; September 6, 2019)
World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:3
Regional Cup First:2002
Regional Cup Best:Fourth place (2010) [1]
American:yes

The American Samoa women's national under-20 football team is the highest women's youth team of women's football in American Samoa and is controlled by the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS).

History

American Samoa is known as one of the worst football teams in the world. In that perspective their debut at the OFC U-20 Women's Championship was quite good. They made their debut in 2002 at the first tournament ever held. They managed to draw two times with only one loss: just 2–0 against giants New Zealand. The team managed to score two goals in their 2–2 draw against Samoa. They ended up 3 out of 4 in the group, above Fiji.

Eight years later, in 2010, the team struggled a whole lot more. They lost all their three games: two 4-0 defeats against Tonga and the Cook Islands and an 8–0 defeat against New Zealand.

After two tournaments the American Samoa team has never won and just scored two goals. However they will participate again in 2019.

OFC Championship Record

OFC U-20 Women's Championship
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2002Group stage302124-2
2004Did not Participate
2006
2010Fourth Place3003016-16
2012Did not Participate
2014
2015
2017
2019[2] Group stage3102321-18
2023Did not Participate
Total3/109126541-36

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August – 12 September in Avarua, Cook Islands.

Caps and goals updated as of 7 September 2019, after the game against New Zealand.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American Samoa search for an edge. oceaniafootball . 30 September 2009 . 19 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete. oceaniafootball . 18 April 2019 . 19 August 2019.