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 41st 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 56th 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 69th 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 10th, 2007
Scoring Summary:
1 2 F
USA 0 1 1
JAP 1 2 3
JPN Ryo Nagai (Misaki Uemura) 4th min
JPN Kazyki Kimura (Takashi Usaka) 41st min
USA Chad Barson (Unassisted) 56th min
JPN Usami Takashi (Ryo Nagai) 69th 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
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