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ukhotstove · 06-20-2009, 09:24 AM

A is for American Samoa.

American Samoa are ranked 202 in the FIFA Rankings, one good thing about being ranked 202 is there's only one way to go and that's up. American Samoa have one other distinction other than being ranked lowest (equal) in the FIFA rankings and that is they suffered the highest defeat in international competative football with a 31-0 loss against Australia in the 2002 qualifying World Cup campaign were they lost all four games with a combined 57 against 0 for.

Things did look up for them in the 2006 campaign as Natia Natia scored the first goal in World Cup competition. The goal came against Vanuatu in a 9-1 defeat but although they lost all four games the goal difference was a bit better as they only conceded 34 but scored that all important goal, they again lost all four games in this years qualifying but Ramin Ott became their joint top scorer in World Cup history when he scored against the Soloman Islands in a 12-1 defeat but again their defence was the problem conceding 38.

So if you want a challenge in FM then why not try American Samoa, in fact why not write to their FA and you may even have a chance of managing the real thing, you couldn't do any worse.

06-20-2009, 09:24 AM	#165 (permalink)
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 5,550 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 226 Thanked 209x in 155 posts	A - Z an alternative look at the beautiful game. A is for American Samoa. American Samoa are ranked 202 in the FIFA Rankings, one good thing about being ranked 202 is there's only one way to go and that's up. American Samoa have one other distinction other than being ranked lowest (equal) in the FIFA rankings and that is they suffered the highest defeat in international competative football with a 31-0 loss against Australia in the 2002 qualifying World Cup campaign were they lost all four games with a combined 57 against 0 for. Things did look up for them in the 2006 campaign as Natia Natia scored the first goal in World Cup competition. The goal came against Vanuatu in a 9-1 defeat but although they lost all four games the goal difference was a bit better as they only conceded 34 but scored that all important goal, they again lost all four games in this years qualifying but Ramin Ott became their joint top scorer in World Cup history when he scored against the Soloman Islands in a 12-1 defeat but again their defence was the problem conceding 38. So if you want a challenge in FM then why not try American Samoa, in fact why not write to their FA and you may even have a chance of managing the real thing, you couldn't do any worse.