A Sea Of Red

I just thought this was an interesting nugget since USA soccer sucks right now.

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dir ... sow-wp6950

"It took 17 years and 30 straight defeats -- including a world record 31-0 loss to Australia -- but American Samoa finally got to experience the joy of victory in a FIFA-sanctioned match this week with their 2-1 win over Tonga to start their Oceania World Cup qualifying campaign.

Tied for 204th (out of 204) in the FIFA world rankings, the U.S. protectorate with a population of 55,000 has been outscored 229-12 in international play since joining FIFA in 1994. The team never scored a goal in World Cup qualifying. So the win over 202nd ranked Tonga gives them an overwhelming combination of firsts."

Those two countries are rivals in many respects. Very cool indeed.

I love me some South Pacific. can't wait to get back this coming spring.

I hope to get out there someday myself. But I have much of my life ahead of me, I hope.

I haven't been to either of those islands yet. One of my good friends was a missionary kid on Tonga back in the day. But I love the other Oceania archipelagos like PNG, Fiji and the Solomons.