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Full name | Kiwi Soccers Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2010 | ||
Stadium | PCC Track & Field Stadium | ||
Capacity | 4,000 | ||
League | ASFA Soccer League | ||
2012 | 8th – relegation play-off (season ongoing) | ||
Kiwi Soccers is an American Samoan football club, currently playing in the ASFA Soccer League Division 1, the top level of football in American Samoa. [1]
The club first competed in the ASFA Soccer League in 2010, finishing third in Pool A and qualifying for the knockout rounds. In the preliminary round they beat Ilaoa and Toomata 1–0 before losing 0–3 to Fagasa Youth in the quarter final. [2]
The club finished fourth in pool A in the 2011 season and did not progress to the knockout rounds. [3]
The club finished bottom of Division 1 in the 2012 season and will have to play a relegation play-off to avoid demotion to division 2. [1]
The club also run a women's team. [4]
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