USA lost to Japan at u20 tackle football championships
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Strange outcomes can happen in international competition, though looks like US team didn’t bring their best. Don’t think FBS coaches and NIL pay bosses want their players participating.
Japan is competitive at rugby, defeating South Africa, winner of last two rugby world cups, and Ireland, ranked #2 in world. Maybe Japan converted young rugby players to American football.
This week, Afghanistan made the final four of the cricket world cup defeating Australia. The Taliban unbanned the sport for males in the country.
Japan is competitive at rugby, defeating South Africa, winner of last two rugby world cups, and Ireland, ranked #2 in world. Maybe Japan converted young rugby players to American football.
This week, Afghanistan made the final four of the cricket world cup defeating Australia. The Taliban unbanned the sport for males in the country.
That US team looked like kids who graduated HS but couldn't make the cut at the D3 level. The coaching for the US team was questionable. The kids looked like they had no clue about football.
The USA team looks like it was put together earlier in the week. Also, I'd like to know how many of these kids run a sub 5.0 / 40, even the RB looks slow.
Ash would still be here if he spent more time recruiting Japan rather than Sweden
oof our lines look terrible in that.
Love the discipline of the Japanese team. They do not stop until the whistle is blown. The US team looks sloppy, slow, and undisciplined. I know our best is not playing, but the fact that we can not put together a better team says a lot.
Love the discipline of the Japanese team. They do not stop until the whistle is blown. The US team looks sloppy, slow, and undisciplined. I know our best is not playing, but the fact that we can not put together a better team says a lot.
Could also be a case of Japanese boys becoming men sooner than American boys do. That is, more mature at an earlier age while Americans have more growing to do.
Watched the highlights.. that was a beat-down!
Watched the highlights.. that was a beat-down!
This is U-20, not U-16. And do you see that one US lineman who has rolls of fat? And he can be timed by sundial. The Japanese team is disciplined and aggressive. Better competition could have been provided by sending a team from the Bergen County Catholics.
What are the rules for this code of football? The announcer talks about an onside punt, which exists in Canadian football, not American football. Yet the field is lined for the American game.
I can see the 7x7 format gaining traction. Recently Rugby 7s and 3x3 basketball have been added to the Olympics. Why not 7x7 football.
I can see the 7x7 format gaining traction. Recently Rugby 7s and 3x3 basketball have been added to the Olympics. Why not 7x7 football.
you are probably not wrong. What decent football player at age 19 is playing on this team? Basically anyone who wasn't good enough to make a college team. We have about 80,000 playing in some level of college football, so we took our 80,001-80,070th best players.
The US team featured multiple players with power conference offers, including a 4-star Notre Dame commit Davion Dixon and a 3-star from New Jersey who has visited Rutgers.
Why aren't US college football stars willing to represent their country in international competition?
A rising HS JUNIOR (somewhere between 16 and 18) who's a 3 star? Sounds like an under 20 national team member to me [/sarcasm]
Show the list of schools and players. Guaranteed most are not D1 …Not only that but how long was this was USA team together ?
The roster is here. The team was together a few days.
usafootball.com
USA Football Announces Roster for U20 U.S. Tackle National Team Traveling To Ifaf World Junior Championship | USA Football
Football's Governing Body
Also, I'm thinking they don't want to dominate other countries too bad. I guess they are seeing the international success of the NBA and want to gain global exposure for football. The Japanese coaches seemed pretty good, someone over there knows a little bit about football. Maybe in 20 years, NFL draft will have a more international flavor...
Quick look at the roster. Only six OL, four DL. Plus on the few plays shown in highlights, player technique looked horrible. This is not a representative team.
