American Samoa – Home – 2011
I could take this opportunity to belittle American Samoa, and remind you all how Australia absolutely slaughtered them back in 2002. But I’m not going to, instead I’m going to tell you about their attempt at qualifying for the 2014 World CUp in Brazil. IN a change of format to the previous qualification campaigns, Samoa hosted a pre-qualification tournament between themselves, American Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands. IN the opening match American Samoa ended a run of 30 consecutive defeats to beat Tonga 2-1, their first ever win. They followed this up with a 1-1 draw with the Cook Islands, and were finally eliminated after conceding an 89th minute goal to hosts Samoa. As a result American Samoa climbed to 173rd in the FIFA World Rankings, a record high.
