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Part 10 - the 2032 World Cup!It's that time again - World Cup qualifying! This is our 3rd attempt at making it through the 1st qualifying round and, after missing out on the top spot by just a point 4 years ago, I went into this competition hopeful that t...
Chapter 9 - The 2031 Pacific games!Several in-game years have passed and, despite my old and frail laptop hating me as I simulate through the 10th year of our journey, I felt ready for our newest challenge - the Pacific Games. The squadBefore w...
Thank you very much! It makes the crushing defeats slightly better knowing there are people enjoying watching me lose!!
Chapter 8 - Road to the World Cup?It was time. The competition that every kid dreams about playing in… The World Cup! For us, the competition started in 2028, in the first qualifying round, where we would come up against Tonga, The Cook Islands and...
Chapter 7 - A new era?Following our disastrous showing in the Oceanic Nations Cup, we had a 3-year wait before our next set of competitive games. 2025 friendlies2026 friendliesA promising 2025 campaign was undermined by a disastrous 2026 season, wher...
Chapter 6 - rock bottomRemember in my previous post when I spoke at length about the optimism I had going into this tournament? Rock bottom of the group and our World Cup dream in shatters. This was the first time I had really gotten frustrated with...
Chapter 5 - An unexpected turn!I don’t quite know how to tell you guys this but … WE’VE ACTUALLY WON SOME GAMES! CAN YOU ADAM AND EVE BELIEVE IT?? Now don’t get me wrong, I know these are only friendly matches but, after three years of defeat af...
Chapter 4 - The Pacific gamesAs we progressed through 2023, a new competition arose on the horizon! The Pacific Games, pitting all of Oceania against each other in a quest to see what the greatest regional power is. Ahead of the draw, I was hopeful that w...
Chapter 3 - A turning point?Following our showing at the Oceanic Nations Cup, I immediately set about organising some friendlies in an attempt to perfect our new system and bring some much-needed confidence into the national team. Friendly results -...
Chapter 2 - The Oceanic Nations Cup Our Oceanic Nations cup group would see us face Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Tongo, a tough group given that, with the exception of Tongo, featured teams dramatically higher in the world rankin...
Chapter 1 - The Beginnings There are few results in football that are so incredible that they have an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to it but, for the American Samoan National Team, this is an accolade that they would achieve in 2001 as they lost 3...
Just a below average FM player attempting to bring some glory to the American Samoan National Team!