United States national American football team

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Association	USA Football
Region	North America
Founded	1984
IFAF Affiliation	2002
Colors	Red, White, and Blue
Head coach	Mel Tjeerdsma (2011) John Mackovic (2007)
General manager	Todd Bell

Medal record
Men’s American football
Competitor for United States
World Championship
Gold	2007 Japan	Team Competition
Gold	2011 Austria	Team Competition

The United States national American football team represents the United States in international American football competitions. It is the country's official senior national men's football team. It is controlled by USA Football and is recognized by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). USA Football is a full member of the International Federation of American Football.

2007 IFAF World Cup

Main article: 2007 IFAF World Cup

The United States competed for the first time in the 2007 IFAF World Cup. The team's first ever game was a 77–0 smashing of South Korea in the first round of the tournament. In the second round the USA defeated Germany 33–7. They played Japan on July 15 for the championship and beat the two-time defending champions in a difficult game after double overtime 23–20, taking the World Cup title with a perfect 3–0 record.

Player eligibility

The national team was selected to encompass a cross-section of amateur football in the United States, and as such USA Football used a strict criteria to select team members. Interestingly, this does not allow the top American football players in the United States to compete as the restrictions include:

• Professionals from any US or Canadian league were ineligible
• Player must have graduated from college—current college players were ineligible
• All levels of NCAA and NAIA athletics were required to be represented, not just DI-A
• Players must be no more than one year removed from college

Team USA Roster for the 2007 IFAF World Cup

The team included players representing all levels of college football, with 13 from Division I-A, 12 from Division I-AA, 10 from Division II, 9 from Division III and 1 former NAIA player.

USA 2007 final roster
Quarterbacks  8 Adam Austin (Arizona) 12 Jeff Ballard (TCU)  3 Rocky Pentello (Capital) Running Backs 28 Doug Blakowski (Hobart)  2 Cody Childs (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) 26 Kyle Kasperbauer (Nebraska-Omaha)  5 Wendell Johnson (Fairmont State) Wide Receivers 81 Greg Aker (Minnesota-Duluth) 88 Bobby Awrey (Saginaw Valley State) 82 Jon Drenckhahn (Williams)  9 Steve Odom (Toledo) Tight Ends 91 D’Monn Baker (California (Pa.)) 35 Brian Thompson (Michigan)		Offensive Linemen 65 Alex Atkins (Tennessee-Martin) G 62 Marcel Burrough (San Jose State) G 72 Rick Drushal (Wooster) T 78 Kris King (Gardner-Webb) C 77 David Livengood (Indiana (Pa.)) G 60 Chris Lundin (Adams State) T 66 Matt Padron (Texas State) T 58 Brad Poston (Coastal Carolina) T Defensive Linemen 11 Dustin Dlouhy (Montana) E 95 Ryan Kleppe (Wisconsin–Whitewater) T 97 Matt Ludeman (Western Michigan) E/T 40 Shawn Moorehead (Iowa State) E 55 Chris Thorner (Syracuse) T 50 Jeremy Van Alstyne (Michigan) E		Linebackers 43 Dan Adams (Holy Cross) 54 Demetrius Eaton (Northwestern) 52 Adam Paulson (Sioux Falls) 37 Ryan Tully (Harvard) 21 Brig Walker (Princeton) Defensive Backs 20 Manauris Arias (Maine) CB 24 Diezeas Calbert (Northwest Missouri State) CB 33 Kenny Chicoine (Cal Poly) S 32 Jason Hoffschneider (North Dakota) FS 25 Josh Kubiak (Mary Hardin-Baylor) FS 14 Rob Rodriguez (Christopher Newport) CB 30 Steve Teeples (Wisconsin–La Crosse) CB  6 Cary Wade (Virginia Tech) FS Special Teams  4 Craig Coffin (Southern Illinois) P/K		Head Coach John Mackovic Assistant Coaches Bob Berezowitz Richard Cundiff George Darlington Adam Dorrel Clayt Birmingham Trainer Yosuke Murashima Equipment Manager Taylor Hanohano Director of Operations Todd Bell Roster accessed 2009-02-23

2011 IFAF World Cup

Main article: 2011 IFAF World Cup

Mel Tjeerdsma of Northwest Missouri State University is the head coach. Larry Kehres is the offensive coordinator. Lou Tepper is the defensive coordinator. Players on the team began being announced on the official Team USA facebook on April 28. On July 8, Team USA played its 1st game, defeating Australia 61–0. After beating Mexico on July 11, the team qualified for its 2nd consecutive World Cup gold medal game. On July 16, USA defeated Canada to claim its 2nd consecutive World Championship.

Game Results

1 2 3 4 Total Australia 0 0 0 0 0 United States 13 21 13 14 61 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 8, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 75°F (24°C), light wind, sunny Game attendance: 6,000 Box score

1 2 3 4 Total United States 7 21 20 0 48 Germany 0 7 0 0 7 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 10, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 79°F (26°C), light wind, cloudy Game attendance: 6,800 Referee: F. Rasmussen Box score

1 2 3 4 Total United States 0 10 0 7 17 Mexico 0 0 7 0 7 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 12, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 82°F (28°C), light wind, sunny Game attendance: 4,800 Referee: F.Rasmussen Box score

Gold Medal Game

1 2 3 4 Total Canada 0 7 0 0 7 United States 7 30 13 0 50 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Date: July 16, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 82°F (28°C), Light wind, Sunny Game attendance: 20,000 Referee: F. Rasmussen Box score

USA National Football Team roster
Quarterbacks  5 Matt Bassuener 11 Micah Brown  7 Cody Hawkins 13 Ben McLaughlin Running Backs 40 Richie Brockel FB/TE 37 Jason Haller 32 Henry Harris  1 Nate Kmic 20 Taylor Malm 25 Da'Shawn Thomas Receivers 81 Alex Anderson  2 Ricardo Lenhart 88 Mike Peterson TE		Offensive Linemen 60 Alex Alvarez OL 78 Darius Henderson OL 54 Brandon Jordan OL 72 Frank Knights OL 65 Josh Koeppel C 70 Luke Summers OL 77 Daniel Warderburg OT 60 Cameron Zipp C Defensive Linemen 91 Charles Bay DE 51 Gerard Bryant DL 99 Daniel Calvin DT 55 Daniel Catalano DT 93 Wacey Coleman DL 92 Johnny Dingle DT 98 Tyler Roach DL 75 Nick Rossi DL/OL		Linebackers 42 Demetrius Eaton 43 Terrence Jackson 56 John Jacobs 23 Osayi Osunde 44 Zach Watkins Defensive Backs 30 Maurice Banks S 10 Myles Burnsides S 29 Diezeas Calbert CB 18 Tommy Connors S 27 Jeff Franklin CB/S 21 Jordan Lake S 12 DeWayne Lewis CB 33 Joe Sturdivant S 24 Daniel Tromello DB 22 Stephan Virgil CB Special Teams 17 Gregg Berkshire K/P		Inactive List Roster updated 2011-07-08

External links

• Team USA Official Website
• Team USA and International American Football Blog
• IFAF World Cup Blog
• IFAF Rankings Blog