What stories have they told and what impact have they had?

Aug 9, 2019 ... I consider the significance of gridiron football within American Samoa's MIRAB (Migration, Remittances, Aid and Bureaucracy) economy. Nov 3, 2003 ... The Samoan term for white man is palagi, which means "comes from the sky." The word fits because travelers headed to American Samoa from the ... Jan 17, 2010 ... How's this for a football stat? From an island of just 65,000 people, there are more than 30 players of Samoan descent in the NFL and over 200 ... Football; Basketball. 2012 Player Commits. Commits, ESPN 150 Commits, ESPN 300 ... Pago Pago, American Samoa, SP Leone High School, 6'3'', 290. NR. Oregon State Founded in 1984, the Football Federation American Samoa has been a member of FIFA since 1998 and continues to play a crucial role in the development and ... American Samoa national football team · 1 Player pool · 2 Team image. 2.1 Home stadium · 3 Results and fixtures. 3.1 2024; 3.2 2025 · 4 Coaching staff. 4.1 ... May 3, 2014 ... A new documentary tells how a football coach picked Jaiyah 'Johnny' Saelua to help failing American Samoa to their first ever victory. My father is in his mid-sixties, a retired athlete and educator, and he lives in American. Samoa. Born on the island of Tutuila, he played football through to ... American Samoa's improving national football fortunes were also immortalised in the 2014 documentary film, “Next Goal Wins”, marking the nation's first ever ... Dec 12, 2018 ... ... American Plan” and Thomas Parran. He spent six years ... Tropic of Football “Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans ...