Clubname: | Vaiala Tonga SC |
Upright: | 1.0 |
Fullname: | Vaiala Tonga Soccer Club |
Founded: | 2011 |
Stadium: | Pago Park Soccer Stadium |
Capacity: | 2,000 |
League: | FFAS Senior League |
Season: | 2023 |
Position: | 5th |
American: | true |
Vaiala Tonga SC is an American Samoan association football club currently competing in the FFAS Senior League, the nation's top-division football league. The club also fields youth and futsal sides.[1] [2]
Vaiala Tonga represents a small community of Tongans living in Pavaʻiaʻi. The club was admitted as a member of the Football Federation American Samoa at the federation's 2011 annual meeting.[3] The club immediately began playing in the FFAS Senior League for the 2011 season. In the team's first-ever match in the league, it earned a surprise 2–1 victory over Ilaoa and To'omata SC.[4]
Vaiala Tonga won its first league championship in 2021.[5] The club was American Samoa's entrant in the Qualifying Stage of the 2024 OFC Champions League. The team lost its opening match 0–13 against Veitongo FC of Tonga.[6] The next match resulted in a 0–14 defeat to Tupapa Maraerenga F.C. of the Cook Islands in a match that saw four Vaiala Tongan players sent off with red cards.[7] The team closed its qualifying campaign with a 0–14 defeat to Samoa's Vaivase-Tai FC.[8]
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | OFC Champions League | Qualifying Stage | Veitongo | 0–13 | ||
Tupapa Maraerenga | 0–14 | |||||
Vaivase-Tai | 0–14 | |||||
Vaiala Tonga SC fields a highly successful senior women's side. The team has won American Samoa's senior national women's league, including on three straight occasions in 2015, 2016, and 2017.[9] [10]