Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya yi gasa a Wasannin Kudancin Pacific na 1987
da kuma gasar cin kofin Polynesia ta 1994, ASFA ta zama cikakkun membobin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Oceania (OFC) da Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) wanda ya basu damar fafatawa a wasannin neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a karon farko. Samoa ta Amurka ta yi rajista ta farko da FIFA ta amince da ita a lokacin gasar cin kofin Polynesia ta 1998 a Rarotonga, Cook Islands lokacin da suka yi rashin nasara 3 <unk> 0 zuwa Tonga a ranar 2 ga Satumba.