U.S. Under-17 91s fall to Japan in Toyota

The U.S. Under-17 ’91 Men’s National Team fell to Japan, 3-1, in the opening game of the Toyota International Youth Championship.

TOYOTA, Japan (Aug. 10, 2007) – The U.S. Under-17 ’91 Men’s National Team fell to Japan, 3-1, in the opening game of the Toyota International Youth Championship.

A fourth minute goal from Ryo Nagai gave Japan an early lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. Japan scored again in the 41^st minute when Kazyki Kimura finished a Takashi Usaka free kick to go up 2-0 at halftime. The United States finally got on the board in the 56^th minute when Chad Barson put away a loose ball in the box to pull the Americans within a goal. As the U.S. pressured to get the equalizer, Usami Takashi added an insurance goal on the counter attack in the 69^th minute.

The U.S. takes on Australia on Aug. 11 to determine their placement match, which will be played on Aug. 12.

 

 

U.S. Under-16 Men’s National Team Game Report

Participants: USA U16 MNT vs. Japan U16 MNT
Competition: Toyota International Youth Football Championship
Location: Toyota, Japan
Date: August 10^th, 2007

Scoring Summary:
                        1     2      F
USA                 0     1     1

JAP                  1     2    3

 

JPN      Ryo Nagai                     (Misaki Uemura)            4^th min

JPN      Kazyki Kimura               (Takashi Usaka)             41^st min

USA     Chad Barson                 (Unassisted)                  56^th min

JPN      Usami Takashi               (Ryo Nagai)                   69^th min

 

           

Lineups:
USA:; 18- Earl Edwards, 9-Aubrey Perry, 17-Chad Barson, 2-Nick Millington, 5-Amobi Okugo, 10-Scott Caldwell (7-Pablo Cruz, 50), 13-Eder Arreola, 15-Korey Veeder, 4-Dersu Abolfathi (3-Gale Agbossoumonde, 63), 8-Charles Renken (11-Jose Altamirano, 54), 14-Ryan Finley

 

Subs Not Used: 1-Samir Badr, 12-Parker Walsh, 6-Christian Ramos, 14-Perry Kitchen

 

Head Coach: Brian Maisonneuve

Japan: 18-Jun Kamita, 2-Jyunya Osaki, 3-Daiki Ogawa, 5-Masahiro Teraoka, 6-Tatuya Uchida, 8-Kanta Inoue, 10-Takahiro Ohgihara, 11-Misaki Uemura, 12-Takashi Usami, 14-Ryo Nagai, 16-Kazuki Kimura

 

Subs not used:  1-Masahi Kimura, 4-Takaya Nagai, 7-Kento Sugino, 9-Shohei Moryasu, 13-Shota Wakuda, 15- Hiroki Matsumoto, 17-Kenyu Sugimoto

 

Head Coach:  Yutaka Ikeuchi

Statistical Summary:
                        USA     JPN

Shots                11         14          
Shots on goal    2          6

Saves               3          1
Fouls                14         5
Corner Kicks     6          7
Offside             5          1