 Thompson akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wekunze kuAustralia musi wa 28 Kukadzi 2001 mumutambo wehushamwari neColombia. Akabva apinda mumutambo nemudzidzisi Frank Farina mumutambo we2002 FIFA World Cup qualification matches yakatambwa muna April 2001. Musi wa 9 Kubvumbi 2001, akauya semutambi uye akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga chenyika yose mumutambo wekutanga weAustralia neTonga, iyo Australia yakakunda nyore nyore 220, ichiputsa rekodhi yenyika yekukunda kukuru mumutambo wepasi rose. Mazuva maviri gare gare, mumutambo neAmerican Samoa, Thompson akatumidzwa zita rekutanga nevanorwisa nguva dzose vakazorora kana kuti vakasiyiwa kubva muchikwata. Australia yakapfuurira kuputsa chinyorwa chayo nokukunda 310, naThompson achihwina zvibodzwa gumi nezvitatu, achiputsa rekodhi repasi rose rezvinangwa zvakawanikwa mumutambo wepasi rose. American Samoa, yaive nenyaya dzekuti vatambi vakodzere, yakaisa timu ine vatambi vechidiki uye yakanga isingaenderane neAustralia, kunyangwe hazvo Australia pachayo yaishaya vatambi vakati wandei. 