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Mario Johnson's first match as American Samoa manager finished in a 0-0 draw. The match was played against Afghanistan chances were far and few between the teams with Afghanistan shading the possession and the shots.

The match began and Afghanistan were in complete control with 4 shots coming in the first 10 minutes of the game. Most of the Afghanistan shots go miles wide or miles over the bar. Just before half time it was American Samoa who almost found the break, but the shot just went round the post. The half time whistle went and Afghanistan were in complete control. In the second half, it was a midfield battle with Afghanistan getting a few more shots in. It was near the end of match that American Samoa almost scored with their shots getting tipped over the bar and just going over the bar or past the post. The final whistle went with the American Samoa crowd cheering it was a good result for American Samoa in a match that they expected to lose. How Mario Johnson will react to this result we do not know.

Although they were favourites for the match, American Samoa still gave there all and won the match 4-2 against Tuvalu. This result gave Mario Johnson's first win as American Samoa manager and gave the The American Samoa FA some idea why he is the manager.

American Samoa started the match brightly with a couple of shots in the first 10 minutes. However on the 15 minute mark, Jeff Lewis found the break through with a cracking shot from 35 yards. 10 minutes later it was team mate Kurt Hopkinson who got the second and surley put the game safe. Just 6 minutes later Tuvalu kept fighting and fighting until Rob Parsons finally got the goal that got Tuvalu back in the match. For the rest of the first half it was American Samoa who were fighting for a goal to make the game safe, but the sides went into the break with the score 2-1 to American Samoa. In the second half, American Samoa were looking tired but determined to not concede a goal and to make the game safe. With 11 mnutes left on the clock, Rhys Cannon made the game safe with a fine finished to make the game 3-1. It was only 3 minutes later that Kurt Hopkinson got his second goal of the game to make it 4-1 to American Samoa. In the dying minutes of the game, Joe Nicholson got a goal for Tuvalu to make the game 4-2. When the final whistle went Mario Johnson jumped in the air and cheered in delight that his hard working team had won the game.