Association Football
The American Samoa national soccer team is ranked near the bottom of the FIFA rankings. It also has the distinction of suffering the worst loss in international football history. They lost to Australia 31-0 in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match on April 11, 2001. They won their first international match 2-1 against Tonga on November 24, 2011.
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