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| Full name | Vaiala Tonga Soccer Club |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Stadium | Pago Park Soccer Stadium |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| League | FFAS Senior League |
| 2023 | 5th |
Vaiala Tonga SC is an American Samoan association football club currently competing in the FFAS Senior League, the nation's top-division football league. The club also fields youth and futsal sides. [1] [2]
Vaiala Tonga represents a small community of Tongans living in Pavaʻiaʻi. The club was admitted as a member of the Football Federation American Samoa at the federation's 2011 annual meeting. [3] The club immediately began playing in the FFAS Senior League for the 2011 season. In the team's first-ever match in the league, it earned a surprise 2–1 victory over Ilaoa and To'omata SC. [4]
Vaiala Tonga won its first league championship in 2021. [5] The club was American Samoa's entrant in the Qualifying Stage of the 2024 OFC Champions League. The team lost its opening match 0–13 against Veitongo FC of Tonga. [6] The next match resulted in a 0–14 defeat to Tupapa Maraerenga F.C. of the Cook Islands in a match that saw four Vaiala Tongan players sent off with red cards. [7] The team closed its qualifying campaign with a 0–14 defeat to Samoa's Vaivase-Tai FC. [8]
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2024 | OFC Champions League | Qualifying Stage |  Veitongo | 0–13 | ||
 Tupapa Maraerenga | 0–14 | |||||
 Vaivase-Tai | 0–14 | |||||
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