@@duncanluciak5516 We saw what IMG did to 21 year olds facing Bishop Sycamore Academy. Imagine what they would do to Team Japan. I wouldn’t be surprised if IMG scored 100 points. 😂
Who TF is play calling?! It's like when your mom makes you let your little brother play Madden with you and he plays a 4 quarter game running Sweep RT and Punt Block.
Punt block man used to be a great nano blitz against CPU in Madden. You just gotta sub out your safety’s for CBs and sometimes your LBs too in that formation
@@crazyluigi6664YES, There needs to be more anime about foreign cultures and real world stuff, everything is just monsters and other stupid fantasy stuff these days
I don’t watch anime/manga much if at all (do we consider boondocks or avatar the last airbender as such) but I’d definitely watch one about American style football and maybe even rugby
Oh man, thanks for reminding me of my youth. I was a DE for the Japan U19 team back in 2004 when it was known as The NFL Global Junior Championship (GJC). I graduated high school at the time in Houston and was pretty much done with my high school football career until I got a message from my HS football coach. Since Houston was hosting the Super Bowl in 2004, Mike Johnston, Head Coach of the state champs Katy HS was the GJC Team USA Head Coach in 2004. He called up my coach since he knew that I was Japanese who played DE and team Japan was in dire need of additional members since some of them couldn't make the trip last minute. So here I am, quickly put to the fire and learning as much as I can with the new to me team a few days before the tournament started. I remember our first game, losing to Canada 10-2 with me and my partner DT getting credit for the safety score. Followed by a loss to Mexico and a win again Russia, who was a first time participant, and getting destroyed by the USA 35-0 in the first round of round robin play. We made it to the 3rd place game by beating Russia for the second time but lost the 3rd place game to Mexico 34-0. All in all, it was soo much fun. I remember meeting Elvin Bethea (HoF DE from the Houston Oilers) as he was the honorary chairman for the GJC that year after the Canada game congratulating me on the safety score as we were both DEs. Got to meet a few Texans players since we were using some of their facilities including Jabar Gaffney and a very young Andre Johnson.
@@packers12to80 I remember there were 4 of us D-line guys on the roster so we rotated out on 3rd down in pairs so me and "partner" Defensive Tackle were in that safety scoring play. Normally you switch defensive 'packages' based on the situation, however since they wanted to have simple directions, "partner" was easier to pronounce/understand for the Japanese guys than "send in the nickel package", etc.
I mean Japan is a client state and the US did help rebuild it so if Japan fails the Us fails. Secondly, it's in the interest of the states to encourage and support IFAF, it means more people watching, meaning more people are playing, meaning theirs more foreign-born competition, meaning theirs more people being forged into heroes, meaning they will create hero kids we can fight for fun, there's not point having a war with yourself it gets boring, it also means new good geneseed that can immigrate here too add to the pile so we can create a group of diverse people created from the best geneseed from the globe as fast as possible to surpass current human limits and conquer the stars.
Idc if its supposed to be low level US players, go out and PLAY instead of sleepwalking through this match. USA deserves this embarrassment for the level of effort here
@@troybaxter Well it doesn't help either that we sent 2 star, d2 and d3 players, while other countries send their best highschool players. I'm not trying to cope, I'm just saying that we weren't exactly playing with the best people we could've played with. To make sure this doesn't happen again, we should send the 49ers
When you have two sets of non-elite athletes, one group of them are dedicated, work hard and give their all during the game. The other group go through the motions, look like they don't care, and don't even look prepared to play. The results shouldn't be a surprise.
I expect nothing less from Japan. America really needs to get out of their ego. You want to be the best? Then show the world and dominate. Losses like this are a byproduct of ego and individualism instead of teamwork and tenacity.
@@troybaxterthey’re also the by product of garbage tier talent. IMG academy would have mopped the floor, an elite D1 football team would laughing by how lopsided the halftime score would have been.
To be clear, this is officially the IFAF U-20 Men’s World Championship tournament (the game we see here was a semifinal). The rules for U.S. squad selection are highly restrictive, in order to make the competition . . . actually competitive. (And even at that, some squads, like Brazil and Panama, end up utterly outclassed anyway.) Basically, if you fielded a true U.S. U-20 all-star team, with top underclassmen from D-I colleges, they’d absolutely kill everyone else. And that would do nothing for the growth of the game internationally, which is what the IFAF (and any truly thinking fan of the game) wants. Yeah, there was poor play by the American side, but it looks mostly like the squad have not been practicing together long, nor working long with their coaches. There’s also the context that in international football, while the very best American players are just leaps and bounds beyond the talent in other nations, there are a few countries where American football is taken seriously, and played with some creditable competence: most notably Canada, of course, but also Mexico, Japan, and Germany. In the IFAF Senior Men’s World Championships, while even the sharply age-limited (and non-professional) U.S. squads reliably beat those nations decisively, one can say they at least belong on the same field as the American team. So, the U.S.’s getting beaten by the Japan side here is not a shock. I’m not getting worked up over it, and if it encourages a bit more international interest in the sport, all well and good.
you should definitely look up how they recruit for the team *Step 1: DIGITAL COMBINE - Submit your information, measurables and highlight to the GMTM Digital Combine.* Step 2: INVITE & COMMIT - USA Football personnel will invite athletes to the team, covering: benefits, expectations and team logistics like athlete membership and participant fees. *Step 3: VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENT - Athletes get virtual and on-demand access to X's & O's, Technical Training, Mental Performance, Strength & Conditioning, Nutrition & Hydration, and more.* Step 4: TRAINING CAMP - The U.S. National Team arrives in Edmonton, Canada to prepare for competition from June 14-19. Step 5: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - The U.S. National Team steps onto the gridiron to compete against Canada, Japan, Austria, Australia, Panama and Brazil. Our mission is Gold.
I 100% agree. It’s kind of cool seeing other countries be competitive against even our D3 guys. Americans have been playing their whole lives, along with football being a major part of our culture. Imagine the talent we would see in the NFL if it truly went global.
@@Chunkyb514 We are for Punters and some Kickoff kickers because of new rules in NFL we see Australian Rules Players from Australia and some Rugby players from top 13-man Rugby areas in World and are seeing a few big guys from Non USA Samoa who first played in NCAA or Canada Universities as a walk on originally.
Keep in mind that U20 (under 20 YO) is what we'd call in most American competitions 19U (19 YO and under), since you're 19 until your 20th birthday. American football's popularity in a nation depends largely on rugby's *not* being very popular there. Japan's exceptional, since Rugby Union is a fairly big deal there, but of the countries mentioned, rugby's not that big a deal in either Mexico or Germany.
Before anyone overreacts, please hear me out. 1st, my background - I am an American who has lived in Japan for nearly 40 years. I know Japanese culture, language and thinking VERY well. I have been going to watch the Japanese semi-pro X League football games for 15 seasons now. They got good players who play in the CFL, but they are not main players in the CFL, but rather 3rd string and or practice squad members. 2nd - This is an Under 20 international tournament, not a top level tournament. 3rd - This Japanese team consists of a mixture of Japanese kids who have lived most of their lives in the USA, and, American kids who have a Japanese ethnic background, and, are mixed race kids with dual Japanese and American citizenship. Only some on this Japanese team have true blue Japanese citizenship as in Japanese guys born and raised in Japan only. 4th - This so-called American team consists of guys who at best may play at the NCAA division 3 level, but I suspect some or most of them are at the junior college tech level, or, are guys who played high school ball and this is their last rodeo. Seriously, but look at how out of shape some of those guys are and their lack of athleticism. Plus the coaching on the U.S. side is miserable. 5th - In saying all that, the Japanese are getting better at football, period. There is no doubt about it. I suspect it won't be too long to where we will see a Japanese guy from Japan who will play in the NFL. It may or may not happen in my lifetime, but it is coming. I guarantee. it. 6th - The Japanese never give up. Never. One should never under any circumstances underestimate the Japanese, ever. The Japanese could be getting blown out in any kind of sporting event but you would never know it because they never give up until the very end of the game, ever. What that means is that we are witnessing live from year to year, decade to decade how the Japanese have been getting better and better at football. Decades ago it was just a dream of the Japanese to have a Japanese citizen to play in the NFL and now it is becoming a reality. Again, it will happen, but it is just a matter of time. 6th - If the U. S. had put a respectable team out there on the field, we would see different results. But the fact of the matter is that the U.S. is hodge podge at best and the Japanese team looked really good at this Under 20 level. They looked sharp, practiced, serious, and ready to play. The U.S. looked abysmal. Yet, in saying that despite the U.S. being a ragtag team, they still scored 20 on a better Japanese team. 6th - So what does that mean? It means, as I said before, that that Japanese have CERTAINLY improved at playing football over the years, but I can guarantee that if the U.S. had put a well organized, well-coached USA team out there that the U.S team would win handily. There is not question about it. But, it is what it is and the Japanese are taking this tournament (as all tournaments of any sport ) seriously and the U.S. is not. Japan deserved this win and the U.S. had better re-think their approach to any internamtional tournament that we play in. ( I am sick and tired of the U.S. putting out an inferior product when it comes to football, baseball to give the opposing teams a leg up. It is frankly nauseating. )
I was getting ready to laugh at the uselessness of this tournament until you told me my Canadian team slaughtered their opponent... now this tournament is my world! 😂
Can you also analyze US losing to Austria for the bronze ? This was a great video. It's about time the US starts taking the international game seriously
Well you gotta gave my former student #4 Team Captain Toby Linscott credit for his receiving skills a 65 yd and a TD even though he is actual and All Star quarterback for his University. Team Japan was well coached and i pray will take the Gold Sunday against Canada. Gambatte Nihon!!!
Relax, this is just the universe setting things straight and even after USA beat Pakistan in Cricket. To be totally honest, that was huge, more so than 1980 Lake Placid.
The US team only met for the first time six days before the tournament. That is not enough time to get a team together with kids from completely different systems and it showed.
Seriously? And they tried to use the fly sweep??! The fly offense can be devastating when they have the timing for it down, but it's a really poor choice when you have only 6 days.
@@goodmaro I saw retired nfl players saying they would've coached or helped out. The coach is a random high school coach. They also said they could've just sent IMG Academy.
It was mentioned in the comments that Japan’s athletes may not be the “best” but will work extremely hard and give their absolutely best effort in games. We saw the results of that effort. Good job Japan.
If I've learned anything from watching Japanese national teams (mainly volleyball, baseball, basketball) every aspects of their training and strategy is down to a science.
Not a bad idea- sumo's have excellent balance and quick feet. They are taught how to control their center of gravity and use an opponents momentum against them. There was an offensive lineman for New England in the 90's that was a solid guard, named Eugene Chung that credited sumo training in helping him be a better lineman. He was born in the US, but had family that introduced him to it at a young age. That helped him get a scholarship to play at Virginia Tech and then played in the NFL for 5 years. Sports Illustrated did a story on him a long time ago.
Well, especially for a sport like this, a lot of the U20 athletes are focused on being healthy for the big college games rather than a somewhat niche tournament. If you're a freshman or sophomore on mostly any FBS team, International play isn't really worth the risk and reward. Potentially playing in Alabama vs Clemson is much more important with much more notoriety than any IFAF game. There's also the aspect of coaches probably not wanting their players to participate in an even they know isn't taken seriously and to potentially compromise their players with undesirable injuries, missing time at camp or in the film room, and having to coordinate with the IFAF administrators and coaches.
Sorry brothers are better they will see no play Japan GTFOH bring that ass to the real players not a bunch of bums. They get no accolades for beating some scrubs. If they beat the Ravens then I’m impressed. The U.S has no choice but to send low level players. No top players would waist there time playing these scrubs.😂😂😂
Lot of people say it would be determental to the global game if qe took serious players, opposite is true imo. Yes an U20 packed with guys from Alabama or Michigan would destroy everyone but more people would be interested in these tournaments, just have to look at basketball and baseball when they started allowing NBA and MLB players into the Olympics and WBC led to a spike in interest globally.
Honestly, I'm just surprised there's enough from outside the United States to put this whole thing together. Of all the major sports the US is into, football is one of those things I don't see get a lot of traction outside the United States. NFL tried with NFL Europe. Japan? It's Baseball for them and that sport has longer roots in that country. It was introduced in the mid-late 1800s. US lost, that's just how it goes. But for the sport of football, seeing interest from other countries is good.
I am also disappointed in the U.S performance but I do hope more countries choose American football over soccer. (I never got the hype of soccer as an Hispanic) 😬😬😬
There are some legit athletes at the lower levels of college ball (I know this because I’ve been involved in California JuCo ball for 7 years now). From what I’ve seen and heard, this performance comes down to a few factors; 1) Coaching and Play calling, which is apparent in the video. 2) American Football culture. There are a lot of coaches (specifically in college) who don’t want their recruits playing in All-Star games anymore because of the risk of injury. So even though there is a lot of talent at the lower levels, most of them are going to turn down offers to play in these tournaments because of outside influences. 3) Japan is really freaking good at American Football, which is a fact people just don’t understand. For reference, they’ve been playing it almost as long as they’ve been playing baseball and they’ve beaten more than a few times at that other “All American” sport. They also have a pro league that’s been around since the 70s.
Bro I’m just imagining Mahomes to Jefferson as the score at the end of the first quarter is 526-3 (cause of a lucky field goal) to some poor African team 😂😂😂😂😂
@Sid-gu5qk a lot kids are doing official visits right now, AAU track & other things are going on right now. Most Americans didn't know this was even a thing til last week. Plus most high rated kids don't wanna risk injury in a meaningless game nobody's gonna watch.
The moment when the Score says usa wins 7-0 reminds me of that moment in the FIFA world cup when usa beats england 1-0, the english thinks that's impossible and believe they sent the wrong result and it actually ended in a 10-1 victory for them
Watch us put out a top team next time lol. Even then, a lot of international teams play together way longer and have better chemistry. But it will be interesting to see what happens if the USA puts its real top U21 team in next time.
Why is anyone surprised that America lost? All the top players this age are either gearing up for their senior year in high school, or are already at a D1 school. They aren't going to play a much lesser talented team in Japan. The only people we could send over are D3 kids and maybe a few D1 walk-ons at best.
All I can say about USA getting BTFO'd by Japan in American Football is... "Oh you're the red, white and blue, oh the funny things you do! America, America, this is you!"
Wether it's Baseball, Basketball or now Football, somehow it's a repeating pattern: US sends the 2nd/3rd Squad, gets mauled goes "If we had send our best we woulda won easily"...mby at some point just take those competitions serious 😇
@@dannydonnelly8198 I have no doubts about that since football is alot more of a fringe sport outside of the US than Baseball or Basketball. But still pointless for the US to get annoyed about it after the fact. Can't disrespect your opponents and then wonder why things go south.
See that's the thing, we were heavily restricted on who we could bring. Only D3 and high-school grads could play, along with coaches that havent coached above D3. This was the best team we could have made
They embarrassed no one. These are guys who can't even make it in division 2 college football. If they played a team of our best players, most of them would be in a coma.
Hmmm did we sacrifice these guys in order to justify selecting a Dream Team 2.0 next time??? Are they worrying about the pushback they would receive from absolutely obliterating these teams with an actual talented roster??? I’m no conspiracy theorist but I have to find some way to rationalize a complete beat down from a country that not only beat us in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, but now has beat us in “American” football. I wonder what’s next, a cheeseburger competition? Geeeeezus!
Half of the Americans Play football for the love of the game and what if has to offer The other has just wants to wear the uniform…. Smh this is that group
That's gonna be loaded with recently retired players, I can't see any NFL teams allowing their players to participate in it tbh. Expect guys like Russell Wilson and maybe Tyreek Hill if he's really retiring after his contract is up
@@TheBigCberry Considering that he would be 34, Reek would either be retired or extremely washed by then. I wouldn't be surprised if Russ or maybe Kirk goes as the QB
American football, as they call it in Japan, is a university club sport. It is a bit like Fight Club - no joke. They take it seriously. Companies even have teams that play in private leagues.
Thanks... now I am unreasonably angry about the US performance in a tournament that i didnt know existed 8 minutes ago...
😂😂
If the US hadn't lost, no one who isn't directly involved in this tournament would have known about it.
@@HDreamer Just like Vietnam... son of a
Because you watch too much wnba
@@smurfie8412 What does lesbo porn have to do with this football tournament?
Just send IMG Academy next year.
Fr that not super high level but that’s not what ever this one is
@@WhatsUp-fe8jchuh?!
Or even Bishop Sycamore?
Facts
@@duncanluciak5516 We saw what IMG did to 21 year olds facing Bishop Sycamore Academy. Imagine what they would do to Team Japan. I wouldn’t be surprised if IMG scored 100 points. 😂
Calling a QB sneak on the first play of the game should be an internationally recognized war crime
Actually it's code for we surrender. We will not try to win.
Yeah like wtf?
....wow Japan. First in 41, they pull off Pearl Harbor, then they drop 41 on us.
@@Tommy9834 It rhymes, it's like poetry
So, in a few years they'll be a response?
So we’re gonna beat them 220-0?
@@yetekt6953 You can try.
Who TF is play calling?! It's like when your mom makes you let your little brother play Madden with you and he plays a 4 quarter game running Sweep RT and Punt Block.
I think they had like 5 plays on their play sheet lol
Punt block man used to be a great nano blitz against CPU in Madden. You just gotta sub out your safety’s for CBs and sometimes your LBs too in that formation
You should have seen Austrias play calling against Canada on 3rd and 4th and long with the game on the line. Adam Gase must have been their coach.
Must've been Brandon Staley.... only he can be so bad
US head coach was Urban Meyer with Matt Patricia calling the defense and Matt Canada calling the offense. I recognized those jet sweeps!
Are the coaches under 20 also??
Prob
😂😂
I can to ask for the coaches name, but I don't want that new curse word
Under 20 months maybe
If you had told me last year that we'd win at cricket and lose at football in international competition I'd have called you insane.
Congratulations to Japan. I hope this gets more of their kids playing the game.
agreed!
Also someone creates an anime/manga that inspires more Japanese people to play the sport.
@@crazyluigi6664YES, There needs to be more anime about foreign cultures and real world stuff, everything is just monsters and other stupid fantasy stuff these days
@@crazyluigi6664there already is actually, Eyeshield 21 it got me into football as a kid lol
I don’t watch anime/manga much if at all (do we consider boondocks or avatar the last airbender as such) but I’d definitely watch one about American style football and maybe even rugby
The Japanese team finished the job that Eyeshield 21 was incapable of, beating USA.
I understood that reference.
I understood that reference
My glorious king Sena Kobayakawa
Eyeshield 21 really influenced Japanese generations to play football.
Sennnnaaaa Kobayakowaaaaaa
Oh man, thanks for reminding me of my youth. I was a DE for the Japan U19 team back in 2004 when it was known as The NFL Global Junior Championship (GJC). I graduated high school at the time in Houston and was pretty much done with my high school football career until I got a message from my HS football coach. Since Houston was hosting the Super Bowl in 2004, Mike Johnston, Head Coach of the state champs Katy HS was the GJC Team USA Head Coach in 2004. He called up my coach since he knew that I was Japanese who played DE and team Japan was in dire need of additional members since some of them couldn't make the trip last minute. So here I am, quickly put to the fire and learning as much as I can with the new to me team a few days before the tournament started.
I remember our first game, losing to Canada 10-2 with me and my partner DT getting credit for the safety score. Followed by a loss to Mexico and a win again Russia, who was a first time participant, and getting destroyed by the USA 35-0 in the first round of round robin play. We made it to the 3rd place game by beating Russia for the second time but lost the 3rd place game to Mexico 34-0.
All in all, it was soo much fun. I remember meeting Elvin Bethea (HoF DE from the Houston Oilers) as he was the honorary chairman for the GJC that year after the Canada game congratulating me on the safety score as we were both DEs. Got to meet a few Texans players since we were using some of their facilities including Jabar Gaffney and a very young Andre Johnson.
Are the japanese O line all sumo wrestlers?
Ur partner? U playing for the wrong side son?
that all sounds like a blast, the magic of saying yes, imagine turning down those memories, thanks for sharing dude 🤘🏾
Super cool story
@@packers12to80 I remember there were 4 of us D-line guys on the roster so we rotated out on 3rd down in pairs so me and "partner" Defensive Tackle were in that safety scoring play. Normally you switch defensive 'packages' based on the situation, however since they wanted to have simple directions, "partner" was easier to pronounce/understand for the Japanese guys than "send in the nickel package", etc.
We don't have to send out best, but we should have at least sent our good enough, and we clearly didn't - including the coaching staff.
Absolutely
That US coaching sucks. Also, the guys in blue look soooo sloooow. And poor reads everywhere.
Oh, and huge hubris.
The "Why you dont let white DBs on the field." LMAO I laughed so hard!
just showed how poorly the team was selected. They selected there buddies.
Wasn’t cuz they were white it’s cuz they were D3 guys lol
My high school would obliterate this team, how tf did they get chosen for the Olympics? wtf
Yeah that was the reason they lost
@@ricknelms you truly think it’s because they had white DBs lol
As a Japanese, I was surprised that these IFAF games was even recognized by an Americans.
I mean Japan is a client state and the US did help rebuild it so if Japan fails the Us fails.
Secondly, it's in the interest of the states to encourage and support IFAF, it means more people watching, meaning more people are playing, meaning theirs more foreign-born competition, meaning theirs more people being forged into heroes, meaning they will create hero kids we can fight for fun, there's not point having a war with yourself it gets boring, it also means new good geneseed that can immigrate here too add to the pile so we can create a group of diverse people created from the best geneseed from the globe as fast as possible to surpass current human limits and conquer the stars.
@@DinoDAngelo-q9l its not that deep bruh
I didn't know this existed until Pat McAfee did a video
@@DinoDAngelo-q9l You said a whole bunch of nothing.....
Idc if its supposed to be low level US players, go out and PLAY instead of sleepwalking through this match. USA deserves this embarrassment for the level of effort here
Agreed. We need to get over our ego and start giving a damn. It's not just this game but too many International Games we compete in.
They not even 3 stars😂
@OSU2010 yes. Most 3 stars are Division 1 players. They dont get to send those guys.
They have to send Div 2 or lower players. Mostly unrated guys.
@@troybaxterSend more brothers they’ll get work done.
@@troybaxter Well it doesn't help either that we sent 2 star, d2 and d3 players, while other countries send their best highschool players. I'm not trying to cope, I'm just saying that we weren't exactly playing with the best people we could've played with. To make sure this doesn't happen again, we should send the 49ers
When you have two sets of non-elite athletes, one group of them are dedicated, work hard and give their all during the game. The other group go through the motions, look like they don't care, and don't even look prepared to play. The results shouldn't be a surprise.
I expect nothing less from Japan.
America really needs to get out of their ego. You want to be the best? Then show the world and dominate. Losses like this are a byproduct of ego and individualism instead of teamwork and tenacity.
@@troybaxterthey’re also the by product of garbage tier talent. IMG academy would have mopped the floor, an elite D1 football team would laughing by how lopsided the halftime score would have been.
@@fabiantaveras8458that’s the kind of narcissistic attitude that leads to these kinds of blowouts. You missed the whole point.
Who's the American coach, this was atrocious football by USA. We could hadd a better chance with a 13 yo pop Warner team.
@@colonialstraits1069No, it’s not. Because if they sent actual prospects to play in the IFAF the outcome would be different.
To be clear, this is officially the IFAF U-20 Men’s World Championship tournament (the game we see here was a semifinal). The rules for U.S. squad selection are highly restrictive, in order to make the competition . . . actually competitive. (And even at that, some squads, like Brazil and Panama, end up utterly outclassed anyway.) Basically, if you fielded a true U.S. U-20 all-star team, with top underclassmen from D-I colleges, they’d absolutely kill everyone else. And that would do nothing for the growth of the game internationally, which is what the IFAF (and any truly thinking fan of the game) wants.
Yeah, there was poor play by the American side, but it looks mostly like the squad have not been practicing together long, nor working long with their coaches. There’s also the context that in international football, while the very best American players are just leaps and bounds beyond the talent in other nations, there are a few countries where American football is taken seriously, and played with some creditable competence: most notably Canada, of course, but also Mexico, Japan, and Germany. In the IFAF Senior Men’s World Championships, while even the sharply age-limited (and non-professional) U.S. squads reliably beat those nations decisively, one can say they at least belong on the same field as the American team.
So, the U.S.’s getting beaten by the Japan side here is not a shock. I’m not getting worked up over it, and if it encourages a bit more international interest in the sport, all well and good.
you should definitely look up how they recruit for the team
*Step 1: DIGITAL COMBINE - Submit your information, measurables and highlight to the GMTM Digital Combine.*
Step 2: INVITE & COMMIT - USA Football personnel will invite athletes to the team, covering: benefits, expectations and team logistics like athlete membership and participant fees.
*Step 3: VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENT - Athletes get virtual and on-demand access to X's & O's, Technical Training, Mental Performance, Strength & Conditioning, Nutrition & Hydration, and more.*
Step 4: TRAINING CAMP - The U.S. National Team arrives in Edmonton, Canada to prepare for competition from June 14-19.
Step 5: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - The U.S. National Team steps onto the gridiron to compete against Canada, Japan, Austria, Australia, Panama and Brazil. Our mission is Gold.
I 100% agree. It’s kind of cool seeing other countries be competitive against even our D3 guys. Americans have been playing their whole lives, along with football being a major part of our culture. Imagine the talent we would see in the NFL if it truly went global.
In a sea of dumb, uneducated, ignorant takes, this is the correct one.
@@Chunkyb514 We are for Punters and some Kickoff kickers because of new rules in NFL we see Australian Rules Players from Australia and some Rugby players from top 13-man Rugby areas in World and are seeing a few big guys from Non USA Samoa who first played in NCAA or Canada Universities as a walk on originally.
Keep in mind that U20 (under 20 YO) is what we'd call in most American competitions 19U (19 YO and under), since you're 19 until your 20th birthday.
American football's popularity in a nation depends largely on rugby's *not* being very popular there. Japan's exceptional, since Rugby Union is a fairly big deal there, but of the countries mentioned, rugby's not that big a deal in either Mexico or Germany.
Here's some trivia -- in the first two IFAF Championships (1999 and 2003), Japan beat Mexico in the final game.
The US didn't participate until 2007, to be clear.
Before anyone overreacts, please hear me out. 1st, my background - I am an American who has lived in Japan for nearly 40 years. I know Japanese culture, language and thinking VERY well. I have been going to watch the Japanese semi-pro X League football games for 15 seasons now. They got good players who play in the CFL, but they are not main players in the CFL, but rather 3rd string and or practice squad members. 2nd - This is an Under 20 international tournament, not a top level tournament. 3rd - This Japanese team consists of a mixture of Japanese kids who have lived most of their lives in the USA, and, American kids who have a Japanese ethnic background, and, are mixed race kids with dual Japanese and American citizenship. Only some on this Japanese team have true blue Japanese citizenship as in Japanese guys born and raised in Japan only. 4th - This so-called American team consists of guys who at best may play at the NCAA division 3 level, but I suspect some or most of them are at the junior college tech level, or, are guys who played high school ball and this is their last rodeo. Seriously, but look at how out of shape some of those guys are and their lack of athleticism. Plus the coaching on the U.S. side is miserable. 5th - In saying all that, the Japanese are getting better at football, period. There is no doubt about it. I suspect it won't be too long to where we will see a Japanese guy from Japan who will play in the NFL. It may or may not happen in my lifetime, but it is coming. I guarantee. it. 6th - The Japanese never give up. Never. One should never under any circumstances underestimate the Japanese, ever. The Japanese could be getting blown out in any kind of sporting event but you would never know it because they never give up until the very end of the game, ever. What that means is that we are witnessing live from year to year, decade to decade how the Japanese have been getting better and better at football. Decades ago it was just a dream of the Japanese to have a Japanese citizen to play in the NFL and now it is becoming a reality. Again, it will happen, but it is just a matter of time. 6th - If the U. S. had put a respectable team out there on the field, we would see different results. But the fact of the matter is that the U.S. is hodge podge at best and the Japanese team looked really good at this Under 20 level. They looked sharp, practiced, serious, and ready to play. The U.S. looked abysmal. Yet, in saying that despite the U.S. being a ragtag team, they still scored 20 on a better Japanese team. 6th - So what does that mean? It means, as I said before, that that Japanese have CERTAINLY improved at playing football over the years, but I can guarantee that if the U.S. had put a well organized, well-coached USA team out there that the U.S team would win handily. There is not question about it. But, it is what it is and the Japanese are taking this tournament (as all tournaments of any sport ) seriously and the U.S. is not. Japan deserved this win and the U.S. had better re-think their approach to any internamtional tournament that we play in. ( I am sick and tired of the U.S. putting out an inferior product when it comes to football, baseball to give the opposing teams a leg up. It is frankly nauseating. )
I was getting ready to laugh at the uselessness of this tournament until you told me my Canadian team slaughtered their opponent... now this tournament is my world! 😂
Eyeshield 21 in real life.
Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this.
The versus America arc in that manga/anime is insane, one of the Americans shonen superpowers is literally just being black 🤣🤣🤣
Number 1 for Japan was a dawg
He should get some scholarships if he’s around that age
He could play!!!
Can you also analyze US losing to Austria for the bronze ? This was a great video. It's about time the US starts taking the international game seriously
Well you gotta gave my former student #4 Team Captain Toby Linscott credit for his receiving skills a 65 yd and a TD even though he is actual and All Star quarterback for his University. Team Japan was well coached and i pray will take the Gold Sunday against Canada. Gambatte Nihon!!!
Relax, this is just the universe setting things straight and even after USA beat Pakistan in Cricket. To be totally honest, that was huge, more so than 1980 Lake Placid.
2:03 I wanted to say kamikaze had me rolling
The US team only met for the first time six days before the tournament. That is not enough time to get a team together with kids from completely different systems and it showed.
Seriously? And they tried to use the fly sweep??! The fly offense can be devastating when they have the timing for it down, but it's a really poor choice when you have only 6 days.
This is true and the roster is full of players that are unranked or 1 or 2 Stars
Also, a lot of retired nfl players wouldve done it if they knew about it. The coach is a random high school coach. It doesn't make sense
@@JennaJennaFoFenna Retired from the NFL and still less than 20 years old?
@@goodmaro I saw retired nfl players saying they would've coached or helped out. The coach is a random high school coach. They also said they could've just sent IMG Academy.
First Japan came for baseball, and now they're coming for football.
They aren't messing with the NFL 😂 please don't be that dumb
@@DavidWelsh-se4lo it was a joke.
@asad5986 just gotta let the asians know America gets discredited fast for anything so just being ten toes is all.
Wtf this was held in my town?!? Edmonton, Alberta Canada lol. That's weird.
Yeah, there was basically zero promotion for this.
It was mentioned in the comments that Japan’s athletes may not be the “best” but will work extremely hard and give their absolutely best effort in games. We saw the results of that effort. Good job Japan.
If I've learned anything from watching Japanese national teams (mainly volleyball, baseball, basketball) every aspects of their training and strategy is down to a science.
Baseball sure you’re reaching with basketball and volleyball though
Lets just send Christian McCaffrey and let him cook
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Throw in Myles Garrett, TJ Watt and Mahommes also lol.
this is an Under 20 league though
best we could do is make a team of D1 freshmen and five star recruits
@@PhantasyStarved They would wreck the whole league 😂
@@PhantasyStarvedIf you're a D1 player, will you risk injury though to go this? I mean D1 can make millions in the future.
Americans : we should have sent a better team, then we would have won.
The world : no shit Sherlock, that's how it works. 😂😂
Sumo wrestlers on that line
Not a bad idea- sumo's have excellent balance and quick feet. They are taught how to control their center of gravity and use an opponents momentum against them. There was an offensive lineman for New England in the 90's that was a solid guard, named Eugene Chung that credited sumo training in helping him be a better lineman. He was born in the US, but had family that introduced him to it at a young age. That helped him get a scholarship to play at Virginia Tech and then played in the NFL for 5 years. Sports Illustrated did a story on him a long time ago.
@@rolmodel12. no doubt. Lot of sumo wrestlers could be natural o-linemen.
How are people embarrassed about something no one even knows exists smh
Canada still won the Gold Medal!
When I saw a yt guy playing cornerback I knew we were in for a long day….
first baseball and now football 💀
The left and right tackles are just throwing people around in the air hahahaha
Everyone on the American team should be ban from football for life.
Only a few Brothas on the team so I knew this was not the top dudes.
Why does America never send its best players to compete in international games. It doesn't make any sense someone please explain.
Well, especially for a sport like this, a lot of the U20 athletes are focused on being healthy for the big college games rather than a somewhat niche tournament. If you're a freshman or sophomore on mostly any FBS team, International play isn't really worth the risk and reward. Potentially playing in Alabama vs Clemson is much more important with much more notoriety than any IFAF game. There's also the aspect of coaches probably not wanting their players to participate in an even they know isn't taken seriously and to potentially compromise their players with undesirable injuries, missing time at camp or in the film room, and having to coordinate with the IFAF administrators and coaches.
I hope some of those Japanese kids get a chance to play at the next level.
Sorry brothers are better they will see no play Japan GTFOH bring that ass to the real players not a bunch of bums. They get no accolades for beating some scrubs. If they beat the Ravens then I’m impressed. The U.S has no choice but to send low level players. No top players would waist there time playing these scrubs.😂😂😂
They do have college football in Japan
Brian Ferentz (Iowa's (ex) offensive coordinator) must have been the offensive coordinator.
Right!
@@demetriusevans4139 🙂
Or Matt Canada
@@mrfrostwing You must be a Steelers Fan . Bad news they higher Brian Ferentz. And you thought it could not get worse. Just joking.
@@troyfrei2962 I would actually cry 😭 atleast we have Arthur Smith now
Where was this game televised?
Sounds like the coaching staff needs to be overhauled
Yo Who is #2 on Japan? The man was dicing them up.
I didn’t even know of this particular competition but it means the sport is growing.
Now imagine if America decided to send NFL players to that game, we'd be talking about the U.S embarrassed Japan
I don't think the NFL have any U20 players my boy. The youngest is right now is 20.
@@kidn00b1 I know, but I'm just saying
they did an eyeshield 21
Lot of people say it would be determental to the global game if qe took serious players, opposite is true imo. Yes an U20 packed with guys from Alabama or Michigan would destroy everyone but more people would be interested in these tournaments, just have to look at basketball and baseball when they started allowing NBA and MLB players into the Olympics and WBC led to a spike in interest globally.
Honestly, I'm just surprised there's enough from outside the United States to put this whole thing together. Of all the major sports the US is into, football is one of those things I don't see get a lot of traction outside the United States. NFL tried with NFL Europe.
Japan? It's Baseball for them and that sport has longer roots in that country. It was introduced in the mid-late 1800s.
US lost, that's just how it goes. But for the sport of football, seeing interest from other countries is good.
I am also disappointed in the U.S performance but I do hope more countries choose American football over soccer. (I never got the hype of soccer as an Hispanic) 😬😬😬
There are some legit athletes at the lower levels of college ball (I know this because I’ve been involved in California JuCo ball for 7 years now).
From what I’ve seen and heard, this performance comes down to a few factors;
1) Coaching and Play calling, which is apparent in the video.
2) American Football culture. There are a lot of coaches (specifically in college) who don’t want their recruits playing in All-Star games anymore because of the risk of injury. So even though there is a lot of talent at the lower levels, most of them are going to turn down offers to play in these tournaments because of outside influences.
3) Japan is really freaking good at American Football, which is a fact people just don’t understand. For reference, they’ve been playing it almost as long as they’ve been playing baseball and they’ve beaten more than a few times at that other “All American” sport. They also have a pro league that’s been around since the 70s.
Luke Gatsey must be the head coach for running a play six times in one game😂😂😂
You make a statement about white DBs being bad and the reference you use is a black DB
(#2) come on.
Going into this video, I expected Japan to be strong at speed positions (e.g. WR, CB, FS, RB) but struggle on the line of scrimmage...
Bro I’m just imagining Mahomes to Jefferson as the score at the end of the first quarter is 526-3 (cause of a lucky field goal) to some poor African team 😂😂😂😂😂
Did I just see "0th and 0" on the screen?
America should stick with playing cricket from now on
Naw, it’s Japan’s best against kids who are lucky to walk on at D2 schools.
@@dontaetrowell5011 all I hear are excuses
@jebremocampo9194 not a single 5 star prospect 🤣 on that roster & one 4 star. So basically a 3 star or lower based team....😆🤣
@@dontaetrowell5011well then why cry about it? Send a better team then.
@Sid-gu5qk a lot kids are doing official visits right now, AAU track & other things are going on right now. Most Americans didn't know this was even a thing til last week. Plus most high rated kids don't wanna risk injury in a meaningless game nobody's gonna watch.
If we actually put our top dudes on the field, it’d be like Georgia Tech vs Cumberland
We got Matt Canada calling our plays?
Yoichi Hiruma and Kobayakawa Sena would be proud.
EYE SHEILD 21 🙌🏾
Eye shield 21 is about Japan beating Americas worst team? that’s sad
Eye shield 21 is about Japan beating Americas worst team? that’s sad
I like the American DBs "Miami Miracle" Gronk impression 5:23
The moment when the Score says usa wins 7-0 reminds me of that moment in the FIFA world cup when usa beats england 1-0, the english thinks that's impossible and believe they sent the wrong result and it actually ended in a 10-1 victory for them
I didn't even know this was jumping off until my friend sent me a link
Japan really outthere showing their relentless offensive like its 1941, banzai style.
Watch us put out a top team next time lol. Even then, a lot of international teams play together way longer and have better chemistry. But it will be interesting to see what happens if the USA puts its real top U21 team in next time.
Definitely a Coaching and play calling issue…
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Why is anyone surprised that America lost? All the top players this age are either gearing up for their senior year in high school, or are already at a D1 school. They aren't going to play a much lesser talented team in Japan. The only people we could send over are D3 kids and maybe a few D1 walk-ons at best.
Japan have two of the best athletes in the world in Inoue and Shohei
All I can say about USA getting BTFO'd by Japan in American Football is...
"Oh you're the red, white and blue, oh the funny things you do! America, America, this is you!"
Bob Saget! 😂
"Make them stop, we're already dead"
When you think we just gonna show up and win the game and go home . Just take anybody we got this. And then surprise surprise . I can't believe it.
To be fair they do have literal sumo wrestlers at OL so the lack of penetration is understandable
I absolutely love the thought of Japanese players getting scouted now.
in 1994 our JV football team at UAB lost to the Russian pro exhibition team. Yeah, I embarrassed by that one too.
It's easy. Japan cared. US did not. Japan had capable coaches. US did not. Everything else is just an excuse.
The scoreboard operator was pretty sloppy, too lol
I am throughly impressed with how well the Japanese team was coached and their caliber of athletes. Kudos to them
Eyeshield 21 is real!!!!
Even with better coaching I don't know that you're going to have enough talent to get through this type of tournament
5:55 Wow, number 79's belly! The shirt doesn't even fit!
Tom Brady coming out of retirement for this
Wether it's Baseball, Basketball or now Football, somehow it's a repeating pattern: US sends the 2nd/3rd Squad, gets mauled goes "If we had send our best we woulda won easily"...mby at some point just take those competitions serious 😇
Fairpoint but this is honestly not even in the top 10 squads that could be formed from available players of this age in US.
@@dannydonnelly8198 I have no doubts about that since football is alot more of a fringe sport outside of the US than Baseball or Basketball. But still pointless for the US to get annoyed about it after the fact. Can't disrespect your opponents and then wonder why things go south.
See that's the thing, we were heavily restricted on who we could bring. Only D3 and high-school grads could play, along with coaches that havent coached above D3. This was the best team we could have made
If I’m Japan, I’m seething that we allowed this USA team to score 20 while only scoring 41 on them.
They embarrassed no one. These are guys who can't even make it in division 2 college football. If they played a team of our best players, most of them would be in a coma.
Hmmm did we sacrifice these guys in order to justify selecting a Dream Team 2.0 next time??? Are they worrying about the pushback they would receive from absolutely obliterating these teams with an actual talented roster??? I’m no conspiracy theorist but I have to find some way to rationalize a complete beat down from a country that not only beat us in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, but now has beat us in “American” football. I wonder what’s next, a cheeseburger competition? Geeeeezus!
The coaching was abysmal. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Who is coaching these guys? Are they just running a Madden playbook?
Mike Kelly head coach of Widener University
@@aarond23widener what!?
Half of the Americans Play football for the love of the game and what if has to offer
The other has just wants to wear the uniform…. Smh this is that group
The 2028 Olympic flag football team better be only NFL players - and I mean *ONLY* NFL players!
The obvious flipside is who will or won't volunteer. And out of those who do, how will the general public react when someone is left off.
That's gonna be loaded with recently retired players, I can't see any NFL teams allowing their players to participate in it tbh. Expect guys like Russell Wilson and maybe Tyreek Hill if he's really retiring after his contract is up
@@TheBigCberry Considering that he would be 34, Reek would either be retired or extremely washed by then. I wouldn't be surprised if Russ or maybe Kirk goes as the QB
Did they take down C.J. and Justin Jefferson? I done see Aaron Donald on the field. 😂😂😂
He done over 20 duh
This goes to show, you guys aren't as good as you thought you were
American football, as they call it in Japan, is a university club sport. It is a bit like Fight Club - no joke. They take it seriously. Companies even have teams that play in private leagues.
Ok but now we might get football anime. I see this as a win
Honestly had no idea Japan even had a football team
Canada doesn't send it's best players either. It's annoying to constantly hear this excuse.
You sent who you sent and got demolished. What an embarrassment.
Pearl Harbor reference, really?! WTF that gotta do with football