APIA, Samoa >> Samoa and American Samoa retained unbeaten records after two matches at the Oceania World Cup stage one qualifying tournament on Friday as both followed first round wins with second round draws.

American Samoa drew 1-1 with the Cook Islands after an own goal cost it its second win of the tournament at Sepp Blatter Field in the Samoan capital, while Samoa conceded a late equalizer to draw 1-1 with Tonga.

American Samoa’s 2-1 win over Tonga on Tuesday was its first-ever international victory and it went close to achieving its second when it led the Cook Islands 1-0 after a 24th-minute goal to striker Shalom Luani.

But the unlucky Tala Luvu headed Paavo Mustonen’s free kick into his own net in the 62nd minute to leave American Samoa with a draw, but still unbeaten at the round-robin tournament.

Shaun Easthope gave Samoa a 1-0 lead with a goal from the penalty spot in the 44th minute, but Lokoua Taufahema headed home the equalizer for Tonga eight minutes from fulltime.

Only one of the four teams contesting the first round will progress to the next stage in Oceania qualifying, which involves seven other teams — including 2010 World Cup qualifier New Zealand — playing a tournament at Fiji next June which doubles as the 2012 Oceana Football Confederation Nations Cup.

The top-four teams from the Nations Cup will advance to the third and final round of Oceania qualifying for Brazil 2014.