Gabriel Taumua

Gabriel Taumua (born 13 April 2002) is an American Samoan association footballer who plays for Pago Youth FC of the FFAS Senior League.

As a child he featured as a ballboy in the documentary Next Goal Wins which followed the American Samoa national team during its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

[17][18] American Samoa defeated the Cook Islands in its final match with Taumua scoring his team's opening goal.

[19] In 2017 he was part of the squad which competed in the 2017 OFC Youth Futsal Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand.

This was the inaugural edition of the tournament and the first time that American Samoa competed in any international futsal competition.

His defensive qualities were crucial in maintaining a scoreless draw in the first half of the team's opening match against Samoa.

[25] He started and played the full ninety minutes of the team's opening match against the Solomon Islands.