ps re samoa

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In May 2004, Ian took on possibly the worse job in international management when he took over managing the World up campaign of American Samoa, which FIFA ranks as 203rd among the world's 204 national A selections. The Samoans' last tilt at the World Cup saw them enter the Guinness Book of Records when they lost 31-0 to Australia. Approached by the American Samoa FA, Crook accepted an assignment the Mission Impossible bunch probably wouldn't consider, even
with bargepole in hand. He said he did so through his sense of adventure and desire to maintain a record of never having been unemployed during 24 years in professional football. It will be a tough challenge as American Samoa comprises six specks in the Pacific Ocean inhabited by merely 60,000 people. Its greatest claim to fame is as the site of the world's largest tuna cannery. Organised soccer only started in 1981 and is still played almost exclusively by college students. American Samoa has played 21 senior international matches, mainly against fellow Pacific islands minnows, and has lost them all.

Posted By: iwan not worthy, Sep 25, 19:03:33