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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rosie Faleao helped Ilaoa & To’omata win the women’s 2018 FFAS National League crown by scoring the championship game’s only goal in the 9th minute of the game on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
From then on, it was a defensive battle with Pago...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pago Youth A will go for its second three-peat in six years after they won against Taputimu Youth 3-0 in the 2018 FFAS National League semifinals on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
Pago Youth A was the top seed of the playoffs while Taputimu Youth was No. 4...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — No. 4 Pago Youth upset No. 1 Taputimu Youth 4-1 in the women’s 2018 FFAS National League playoffs, while No. 2 Ilaoa & To’omata edged No. 3 Utulei Youth 2-1 on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Pago Park Stadium.
A new champion for the women’s division will be determined by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was a dramatic finish to the 2018 FFAS Private Elementary Schools’ Soccer League, with a major upset in the Boys Grades 6-8 final, and a near miss in the Girls’ bracket.
In the Grades 3-5, the boys’ group ended in an upset while the girls’ game went to form during the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tafuna Jets beat Royal Puma in a dramatic 1-0 game to take away the men’s National Cup on Match Day 5 of the FFAS National League last Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium.
It is the second time this season the cup has changed hands, with Royal Puma...
Lautoka, FIJI — For the first time in 11 years, American Samoa’s Women’s National Soccer Team will take to the field in an official FIFA/OFC tournament.
On Aug. 24 at Churchill Park in Lautoka, Fiji, they will face off against the Solomon Islands in the OFC Nation’s Cup qualifying stage tournament...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS) Women's National Soccer Team is scheduled to depart this morning to compete in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women’s Championship in Fiji next week, the parents of several local players who were dropped...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 800 children ages 4-15 participated in the opening day of the 2018 FFAS Summer Youth League at Pago Park Soccer Stadium on Tuesday, July 31.
“It is wonderful to see our field full of children for our annual Summer Youth League,” said FFAS President Faiivae...
Veitongo, TONGA — American Samoa beat the Cook Islands 3-1 on the final Match Day of the OFC U-16 Championship Qualifier thanks to a pair of PKs, and a great finishing goal by the youngest player on the field.
Xavior Leatualevao, only 14 years old, came on in the 81st minute for Peter Lauvao,...
American Samoa’s starting 11 for the game against Samoa on Match Day 2 of the OFC U-16 Championship Qualifier at Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Veitongo, Tonga on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. American Samoa lost to Samoa 10-3. Gabriel Taumua scored two goals for American Samoa, and Peter Lauvao scored the...

![Ama Faleao (left) of Ilaoa & To’omata in action against Saono Enesi of Pago Youth during the women’s 2018 FFAS National League championship game on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. Ilaoa & To’omata won 1-0. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] Ama Faleao (left) of Ilaoa & To’omata in action against Saono Enesi of Pago Youth](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5632_ama_saono_action.jpg?itok=nHCbSKcH)
![Gabriel Taumua of Pago Youth A heads the ball forward as a Taputimu Youth opponent looks on during the men’s 2018 National League semifinal game on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] Gabriel Taumua of Pago Youth A](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pago_action_5598.jpg?itok=Z1GAR-jp)
![Olivia Vaiomounga of Pago Youth, left, defends against Taputimu Youth’s Salevu Filiva’a during their women’s 2018 FFAS National League semifinal on Dec. 1 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] Olivia Vaiomounga of Pago Youth](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/olivia_salevu_5559.jpg?itok=JBhVBi1B)
![Stand-out Marist St. Francis soccer player Tenille Leota was named MVP for her division. [photo: FFAS] Tenille Leota](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tenille_leota_5410.jpg?itok=3CPEwfCT)
![Jaiyah Saelua makes a perfectly timed tackle against a PanSa opponent during a Match Day 5 game of the men’s 2018 FFAS National League on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] Jaiyah Saelua](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/jaiyah_action_4344.jpg?itok=0AKfU4UL)
![The American Samoa Women’s National Soccer Team at Pago Park Soccer Stadium’s headquarters in Pago Pago on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. On Thursday, Aug. 16 2018, they departed with management for Fiji via Samoa to compete at the OFC Nation’s Cup Qualifiers in Lautoka, Fiji. Of the 18 players comprising the ASWNS Team, 10 are from the U.S., while eight live in the territory. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] The American Samoa Women’s National Soccer Team](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/american_samoa_wnt_3910_copy.jpg?itok=ogvav8FB)

![A Tafuna Jets player (left) and Ilaoa & To’omata opponent in action during a game of the Girls 13-15 division of the 2018 FFAS Summer Youth League on Tuesday, July 31 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] A Tafuna Jets player (left) and Ilaoa & To’omata opponent in action](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ilaoa_jets_g13-15_3104.jpg?itok=Y9g7iTwA)
![Gabriel Taumua, right, battles a Cook Islands’ opponent for the ball during their Match Day 3 game of the OFC U-16 Championship Qualifier on Friday, July 20, 2018 at Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Veitongo, Tonga. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio] American Samoa’s captain Gabriel Taumua](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gabriel_action_2693.jpg?itok=Gh4l8MFp)
