American Samoa Flag Football: don't just witness history, be a part of it
Don't just witness history.Be a part of it.
American Samoa Flag Football. Fifth in the world on debut, and chasing a place at the 2028 Olympics.
Düsseldorf put us on the map. LA28 is the goal.
Team American Samoa arrived in Düsseldorf ranked 33rd in the world, the lowest ranked side in the field, playing its first World Championship. It beat the United States, won Group A and finished fifth of 16 nations. People who had never heard of us started asking who we were.
That was the start, not the summit. Flag football debuts at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, and a team from a territory of 45,000 people does not get there on one good tournament. It takes coaching, travel, kit and time, and it takes people around the world deciding this team is worth backing.
- 11
United States - 335
American Samoa - 1211
Israel - 812
Australia
World rankings as published by the International Federation of American Football before the tournament, against each team's final placing in Düsseldorf. American Samoa entered the rankings for the first time in November 2025.
Every result from DüsseldorfThe words printed on the team jersey
- Fa'asāmoaOur heritage
- Laumei le AtuaGod is with us
- One teamOne island
- Play with heartRepresent with pride
Fifty-five square miles,one national team
American Samoa sends more players per capita into American football than anywhere else on earth. Flag is where the next generation starts, and where the territory now has a national side ranked among the world's best.
The program is run by the American Samoa National Football Federation.
The squad
Players
- Taulia Tagovailoa
- Batchlor Johnson
- Jahcour Pearson
- Bralond Brown
- Vai Peko
- Tai Tiedmann
- John Hardy-Tulia
- London Iakopo
- Robert Regpala
- Adam Wright
- Alijah Holder
- Antonio Hill
Coaching staff
- Sterling Carvalho
- Stewart Carvalho
Düsseldorf, as it happened.
The team's own film from the World Championship. Two and a half minutes, with sound.
