Talk a bit about gratitude this Thanksgiving.
American Samoa football team, ranked last in the FIFA rankings, made history this weekwhen it won its first international competition.
This is the reason for the team to celebrate 16 years never taste victory.
The team played 30 times since 1994, lost all 30 years of age.
A maximum loss set a record in international jerseys usa football history, 30-1 defeating it in Australiain 2001.
But everything changed 2 - 1 victory over Tonga on Tuesday in the qualifying heats of the2014 World Cup match tickets.
"I hope we can improve our standing in the FIFA rankings and into the hundreds," coachThomas. Rongen said the country's football federation. "We are in 204 years, this moment of triumph would help."
Rongen, it may be the U.S. Under-20 team coach, was hired just three weeks ago.
He was not sure he even football federation where protection under the United States in the South Pacific, but he was close to doing the work.
"I live in Florida and own property in the Bahamas, so I am kind of an island people," he said. "I looked at the map and said to my wife:" Hey, this is an island. Do you want to do? "She said," Let's go. So we are down. "
Football is not a big draw on the island of about 55,000. , Rongen said, is a labor of lovesports lineup.
"They will not get any here, some take the time to leave their jobs, are losing money, and as such," he said.Green Bay Packers Jerseys
He added: "This is amateur football at its best at the highest level of competition can be very cynical, but this is only about 23 people sacrifice."
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