American Samoa national under-17 football team

National U-17 team of American Samoa

American Samoa U17

Nickname(s)

The Boys from the territory

Association

Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS)

Confederation

OFC (Oceania)

Head coach

Rupeni Luvu

Captain

Gabriel Taumua

Most caps

Rueben Luvu & Joseph Purcell (7)

Top scorer

Sinisa Tua & 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

OFC Under-17 Championship

Appearances

8 (first in 1999)

Best result

Group Stage, 6 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
1983	Did not participate
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	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
2023	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	18	-18	0
Total	Group Stage	32	2	4	26	24	216	-192	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 2023	Did not qualify
2025	To be determined
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results & Fixtures

1999

Papua New Guinea

American Samoa

1 May 1999 1999 OFC U-17 Championship

Papua New Guinea

8–0

American Samoa

Fiji

Cook Islands

American Samoa

3 May 1999 1999 OFC U-17 Championship

Cook Islands

0–0

American Samoa

Fiji

Vanuatu

American Samoa

5 May 1999 1999 OFC U-17 Championship

Vanuatu

11–1

American Samoa

Fiji

Australia

American Samoa

7 May 1999 1999 OFC U-17 Championship

Australia

15–0

American Samoa

Fiji

American Samoa

10 May 1999 1999 OFC U-17 Championship

Fiji

8–0

American Samoa

Fiji

2001

Samoa

American Samoa

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

Australia

American Samoa

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

Papua New Guinea

American Samoa

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

Solomon Islands

American Samoa

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

2003

American Samoa

Cook Islands

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

American Samoa

New Caledonia

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

American Samoa

Samoa

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

American Samoa

Fiji

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'

J. Wilson 10'

A. Singh 70'

J. Rao 41'

A. Nauer

(o.g.) 76'

Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium

2011

American Samoa

Fiji

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

Papua New Guinea

American Samoa

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'		R.Petaia 22'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

New Zealand

American Samoa

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

American Samoa

Vanuatu

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

2013

Samoa

American Samoa

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

Cook Islands

American Samoa

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

American Samoa

Tonga

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

2015

American Samoa

Vanuatu

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

American Samoa

Tahiti

15 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–11	Tahiti	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11			Michel Maihi 4', 17', 29', 38', 43' Keali Wong 40' Marc Siejidr 45+1' Heirauarii Salem 51', 72' Rainui Nordman 58', 79'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium

Tonga

American Samoa

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

American Samoa

Solomon Islands

21 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–13	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11			Larry Zama 9', 27', 39', 45+6', 52', 68', 88', 90' Philip Maeta 42', 70' Junior Hou 72' Benjimin Toata 76' Hendrick Jirah 81'	Stadium: Kanana Fou Theological Seminary

2016

Samoa

American Samoa

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

American Samoa

Cook Islands

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

American Samoa

Tonga

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

2018

American Samoa

Tonga

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	Tuiono 58' Muavesi 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 300 Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

American Samoa

Samoa

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' Lauvao 70' (pen.)	Report	Saofaiga 3', 8' Tumua Leo 14', 74' Nanumea 22', 44' Mano 77' (pen.) Belcher 90' Filimalae 90', 90+6'	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 100 Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Cook Islands

American Samoa

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.) Lauvao 67' (pen.) Leatualevao 86'	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 150 Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

2023

American Samoa

New Zealand

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Group stage	American Samoa	0–11	New Zealand	Fiji FA Academy, Ba
15:00		Report	Edwards 4' Sloane-Rodrigues 11', 68' Flowerdew 38', 45', 70', 88' D'Hotman de Villiers 42', 76', 90' Supyk 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 50 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

American Samoa

New Caledonia

17 January 2023 (2023-01-17) 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Group stage	American Samoa	0–7	New Caledonia
15:00

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the squad for the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 28 January 2023.

Caps and goals as of 18 January 2023 after the game against New Caledonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Felise Fata	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 18)	1	0	PanSa East
23	1GK	Alex Mose	(2006-09-09) 9 September 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Tafuna Jets

2	2DF	August Grey	(2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Green Bay
3	2DF	Samu Emani	(2006-08-25) 25 August 2006 (age 17)	1	0	PanSa East
4	2DF	Pedro Kuresa	(2006-04-11) 11 April 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Black Roses
5	2DF	Pela Scanlan	(2006-01-24) 24 January 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Pago Youth
13	2DF	Richard Niko	(2006-07-18) 18 July 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Green Bay
15	2DF	Stidolph Maile	(2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lion Heart
16	2DF	Setefano Tuailemafua	(2007-11-15) 15 November 2007 (age 16)	2	0	Black Roses

6	3MF	Robert Coulter	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Ilaoa and To'omata
7	3MF	Dylan Salapu	(2008-08-31) 31 August 2008 (age 15)	2	0	Pago Youth
8	3MF	Malofou Leatualevao	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Ilaoa and To'omata
9	3MF	Ben Tofeaono	(2006-03-18) 18 March 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Ilaoa and To'omata
17	3MF	Edward Loke	(2006-05-26) 26 May 2006 (age 17)	1	0	PanSa East
18	3MF	Ajalon Fuimaono	(2006-05-17) 17 May 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Royal Puma

10	4FW	Johnica Collins	(2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Pago Youth
11	4FW	Elson Utoaluga	(2007-11-27) 27 November 2007 (age 16)	2	0	Royal Puma
12	4FW	Fiamatai Itamua	(2007-05-27) 27 May 2007 (age 16)	2	0	PanSa East
14	4FW	Daniel Lee	(2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 17)	2	0	Royal Puma

List Of Coaches

Rupeni Luvu (2011)
Junior Mikaele (2013)
Uinifareti Aliva (2015)
Frederick Maiava (2016)
Rupeni Luvu (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

Football in American Samoa

Football Federation American Samoa

National teams

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Women	National team U-20 U-17

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Men	FFAS Senior League

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Men	FFAS President's Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
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v t e OFC U-16/U-17 Championship
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