American Samoa women's national under-20 football team

American Samoa women's U-20
AssociationFootball Federation American Samoa
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachSteve Settle
Top scorerElcy Lui (2)
Home stadiumVeterans Memorial Stadium
FIFA codeASA
First colors
Second colors
First international
 American Samoa 0–0  Fiji
(Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 23, 2002)
Biggest win
 American Samoa 3–2  Samoa
(Avarua, Cook Islands; September 3, 2019)
Biggest defeat
 American Samoa 0–12  New Zealand
(Avarua, Cook Islands; September 6, 2019)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best resultFourth place (2010) [1]

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

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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

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OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
Tonga 2002 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2
Papua New Guinea 2004 Did not Participate
Samoa 2006
New Zealand 2010 Fourth Place 3 0 0 3 0 16 -16
New Zealand 2012 Did not Participate
New Zealand 2014
Tonga 2015
New Zealand 2017
Cook Islands 2019[2] Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 21 -18
Fiji 2023 Did not Participate
Total 3/10 9 1 2 6 5 41 -36

Current squad

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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.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Malia Iolama (2000-12-13) December 13, 2000 (age 24) 0 0 American Samoa Ilaoa and To'omata
23 1GK Destiny Kapisi (2002-12-30) December 30, 2002 (age 21) 3 0 American Samoa Lion Heart

2 2DF Olivia Vaiomounga (2001-02-12) February 12, 2001 (age 23) 3 0 American Samoa Pago Youth
3 2DF Susanna Lutali (2003-08-17) August 17, 2003 (age 21) 3 0 American Samoa Pago Youth
4 2DF Veronica Iupati (2003-08-25) August 25, 2003 (age 21) 3 0 American Samoa Ilaoa and To'omata
5 2DF Tatiana Jackson (2002-07-13) July 13, 2002 (age 22) 1 0 American Samoa Lion Heart
15 2DF Pisita Lui (2004-09-29) September 29, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 American Samoa Lion Heart
17 2DF Grace Malaefono (2004-04-05) April 5, 2004 (age 20) 2 0 American Samoa Utulei Youth
18 2DF Latoya Lei (2001-08-16) August 16, 2001 (age 23) 1 0 American Samoa Tafuna Jets

6 3MF Aileen Ieremia (2001-07-12) July 12, 2001 (age 23) 3 0 American Samoa Lion Heart
8 3MF Precious Ieremia (2003-09-11) September 11, 2003 (age 21) 3 0 American Samoa Green Bay
9 3MF Elcy Lui (2002-06-19) June 19, 2002 (age 22) 3 2 American Samoa Lion Heart
10 3MF Eseta Enesi (2002-10-26) October 26, 2002 (age 22) 3 0 American Samoa Pago Youth
11 3MF Agnes Siaosi (2002-11-27) November 27, 2002 (age 22) 1 0 American Samoa Lion Heart
12 3MF Ama Faleao (2003-02-28) February 28, 2003 (age 21) 3 0 American Samoa Ilaoa and To'omata
14 3MF Eliza Berondo (2002-04-18) April 18, 2002 (age 22) 2 0 American Samoa PanSa East

7 4FW Aggie Pati (2003-11-19) November 19, 2003 (age 21) 3 0 American Samoa Black Roses
13 4FW Oloa Tofaeono (2002-11-17) November 17, 2002 (age 22) 3 1 American Samoa Lion Heart
16 4FW Precious Faamoana (2003-01-15) January 15, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 American Samoa Vaiala Tongan

References

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