# Talk:Australia 31–0 American Samoa

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62.136.98.16 22:48, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be merged into either:

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
A football records/statistics article
Or at least be renamed to Australia v American Samoa or similar?
-- Chuq (talk) 03:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree, that is, with a rename, not merge. There is a single source in Google News that uses the term "Australia 31–0 American Samoa", and it is Vietnamese language. All of the Google hits using that term appear to be derived from this article. As far as I know, placing the result between the names of the participants is not a common way to reference a football match. I think something like "2001 Australia vs. American Samoa World Cup qualification match" or "2001 Australia vs. American Samoa football match" or something of that sort would be more appropriate. Strikehold (talk) 08:59, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
I definitely would agree with a rename. Consider 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game, another sports game notable for its final score. The score is not present in the title. I also think the way the score is presented is a possible source of confusion. It may be standard usage in some areas, but I think "Australia 31, American Samoa 0" is something a lot of our readers would be more familiar with. A move to a title that omits the score avoids any problem there. Nosleep break my slumber 19:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

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The article looks very nice. However, some minor problems need to be fixed before I can pass this.—Chris! ct 22:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The lead is a bit short. I understand that this is a short article, but I believe it is possible to expand it
Expanded lead to sensible level and reworded 03md 23:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't like the opening sentence very much. It sounds better imo if written like this: "On XX XX, XXXX, Australia defeated American Samoa 31–0 ..."
Reworded 03md 23:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
And per WP:BOLDTITLE, descriptive title does not need to be bolded
Removed bolding 03md 23:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Show FIFA's full name in its first use (show this in English, not French)
Done 03md 23:25, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
I have decided to get in on this nomination and have answered all your points. Can I additionally be credited alongside the original author if this is passed? 03md 23:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I pass this article. As for the credit, I don't really mind doing that, but it all depends on the original author.—Chris! ct 05:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

"Therefore, they were forced to draft in their youth players, including three 15-year-old players, to put together a makeshift team with an average age of 18" - looking at the WP articles on the Samoan players, all their birthdates are in 1981 or earlier, meaning that none were under 19 and therefore flatly contradicting the above claim.  So are the DOBs on their articles wrong, or is this article wrong in making the above claim.....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:04, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Their DOBs on their articles are wrong. I went into FIFA Player Statistics and corrected their DOBs. The previous DOBs were based from national-football-teams.com, which I don't think qualifies as a reliable source. However, there are still slight inaccuracies in the statement above. There were only one 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds in the squad. Everyone else were 18 or above. The average age was also 19.9 which is higher than the statement above. However the statement is cited by two reliable news articles [9] and [10]. — MT (talk) 06:27, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
FourFourTwo also back this up: "American Samoa would travel to Australia with two 15-year-olds in their 16-man party, which had an average age of 18. Some, admits Salapu, had never played a full 90-minute match in their lives." I've added this reference to the article alongside the Telegraph reference. Thegeordieman (talk) 09:30, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

What about that game ? Can it be considered as the largest victory in an international football match even though it was an Under-23 age category game and Micronesia is neither part of OFC nor FIFA? Schnapper (talk) 05:54, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

It would most likely not be counted as a full international match because of the age limit and the fact that Micronesia is not a FIFA or OFC member. Hack (talk) 01:12, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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