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Association USA Football
USA Football
USA Football is the national governing body of American football at the youth and amateur levels. An independent non-profit based in Indianapolis, USA Football, which hosts more than 100 training events annually, offers education programs for coaches and game officials as well as skill development...

Region North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

Founded 1984
IFAF Affiliation 2002
Colors Red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...

, White
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...

, and Blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...

Head coach Mel Tjeerdsma
Mel Tjeerdsma
Mel Tjeerdsma is a retired American football coach. He served as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 to 1993 and at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri from 1994 until his retirement after the 2010 season. In his 27 years as a head coach, Tjeerdsma...

 (2011)
John Mackovic
John Mackovic
John Mackovic is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of United States national American football team, which was formed to compete in the American Football World Cup...

 (2007)
General manager Todd Bell

The United States national American football team represents the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in international American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 competitions. It is the country's official senior national men's football team. It is controlled by USA Football
USA Football
USA Football is the national governing body of American football at the youth and amateur levels. An independent non-profit based in Indianapolis, USA Football, which hosts more than 100 training events annually, offers education programs for coaches and game officials as well as skill development...

 and is recognized by the International Federation of American Football
International Federation of American Football
International Federation of American Football is the international governing body of American football associations. Its headquarters are in La Courneuve, France, and its current president is Tommy Wiking...

 (IFAF). USA Football is a full member of the International Federation of American Football
International Federation of American Football
International Federation of American Football is the international governing body of American football associations. Its headquarters are in La Courneuve, France, and its current president is Tommy Wiking...

.

2007 IFAF World Cup

The United States competed for the first time in the 2007 IFAF World Cup
2007 IFAF World Cup
The 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament...

. 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
USA Football
USA Football is the national governing body of American football at the youth and amateur levels. An independent non-profit based in Indianapolis, USA Football, which hosts more than 100 training events annually, offers education programs for coaches and game officials as well as skill development...

 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
    National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
    The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

     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
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

, with 13 from Division I-A, 12 from Division I-AA, 10 from Division II, 9 from Division III and 1 former NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 player.
USA 2007 final roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Adam Austin (Arizona
    University of Arizona
    The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

    )
  • 12 Jeff Ballard (TCU
    Texas Christian University
    Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...

    )
  •  3 Rocky Pentello (Capital
    Capital University
    Capital University is a private liberal arts university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Bexley, Ohio, founded in 1830. In addition to its rigorous liberal arts program, the university also offers a reputable adult degree program in Columbus, Ohio. It is one of the oldest...

    )


Running Backs
  • 28 Doug Blakowski (Hobart
    Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. In athletics, however, the two schools compete with separate teams, known as the Hobart Statesmen and the...

    )
  •  2 Cody Childs (Wisconsin–Stevens Point
    University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
    The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a public university located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin...

    )
  • 26 Kyle Kasperbauer (Nebraska-Omaha)
  •  5 Wendell Johnson (Fairmont State
    Fairmont State University
    Fairmont State University is a public university located in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA. Enrollment of the university is about 7,700 and offers masters degrees in business, education, teaching, criminal justice and nursing in addition to 90 baccalaureate and 50 associate degrees...

    )


Wide Receivers
  • 81 Greg Aker (Minnesota-Duluth)
  • 88 Bobby Awrey (Saginaw Valley State
    Saginaw Valley State University
    Saginaw Valley State University, commonly known as SVSU, is a state university in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in the middle of Michigan's lower peninsula in the Saginaw Valley region. The university is located in Kochville Township, Saginaw County...

    )
  • 82 Jon Drenckhahn (Williams
    Williams College
    Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...

    )
  •  9 Steve Odom (Toledo
    University of Toledo
    The University of Toledo is a public university in Toledo, Ohio, United States. The Carnegie Foundation classified the university as "Doctoral/Research Extensive."-National recognition:...

    )


Tight Ends
  • 91 D’Monn Baker (California (Pa.)
    California University of Pennsylvania
    California University of Pennsylvania is a public university located in California, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded in 1852, it is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Cal U's enrollment is approximately 9,400.The main campus consists of about 38 buildings situated on 92 acres...

    )
  • 35 Brian Thompson (Michigan
    University of Michigan
    The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

    )
Offensive Linemen
  • 65 Alex Atkins (Tennessee-Martin
    University of Tennessee at Martin
    The University of Tennessee at Martin is a campus in the University of Tennessee system. Other campuses include the flagship campus in Knoxville, the Chattanooga campus, the Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, and the Space Institute in Tullahoma...

    ) G
  • 62 Marcel Burrough (San Jose State
    San José State University
    San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...

    ) G
  • 72 Rick Drushal (Wooster
    The College of Wooster
    The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its Independent study program. It has roughly 2,000 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation...

    ) T
  • 78 Kris King (Gardner-Webb
    Gardner-Webb University
    Gardner–Webb University is a private university located west of Charlotte in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA. The school has a total of 14 academic departments offering 45 major fields of study. Among the most popular of the school's 39 undergraduate majors are those in business , education ,...

    ) C
  • 77 David Livengood (Indiana (Pa.)
    Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...

    ) G
  • 60 Chris Lundin (Adams State
    Adams State College
    Adams State College is a small state-supported liberal arts college in Alamosa, Colorado, U.S., in the San Luis Valley.-History:Adams State was founded in 1921 as a teacher's college but now offers a variety of programs including masters degrees in many fields...

    ) T
  • 66 Matt Padron (Texas State) T
  • 58 Brad Poston (Coastal Carolina
    Coastal Carolina University
    Coastal Carolina University is an independent, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, USA, located eight miles west of Myrtle Beach. Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The University enrolls approximately 8,300 students on its campus...

    ) T


  • Defensive Linemen
    • 11 Dustin Dlouhy (Montana) E
    • 95 Ryan Kleppe (Wisconsin–Whitewater) T
    • 97 Matt Ludeman (Western Michigan
      Western Michigan University
      Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....

      ) E/T
    • 40 Shawn Moorehead (Iowa State
      Iowa State University
      Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...

      ) E
    • 55 Chris Thorner (Syracuse
      Syracuse University
      Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

      ) T
    • 50 Jeremy Van Alstyne (Michigan
      University of Michigan
      The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

      ) E
    Linebackers
  • 43 Dan Adams (Holy Cross
    College of the Holy Cross
    The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA...

    )
  • 54 Demetrius Eaton (Northwestern
    Northwestern University
    Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

    )
  • 52 Adam Paulson (Sioux Falls
    University of Sioux Falls
    The University of Sioux Falls is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It is also commonly called USF.-History:...

    )
  • 37 Ryan Tully (Harvard
    Harvard University
    Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

    )
  • 21 Brig Walker (Princeton
    Princeton University
    Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

    )


  • Defensive Backs
    • 20 Manauris Arias (Maine
      University of Maine
      The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...

      ) CB
    • 24 Diezeas Calbert (Northwest Missouri State
      Northwest Missouri State University
      Northwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum....

      ) CB
    • 33 Kenny Chicoine (Cal Poly
      California Polytechnic State University
      California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....

      ) S
    • 32 Jason Hoffschneider (North Dakota
      University of North Dakota
      The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...

      ) FS
    • 25 Josh Kubiak (Mary Hardin-Baylor
      University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
      The University of Mary Hardin–Baylor, generally referred to as UMHB, is a Christian co-educational liberal arts institution of higher learning located in Belton, Texas, United States. Founded by the Republic of Texas in 1845 as "Baylor Female College," it has grown to approximately 2,700 students...

      ) FS
    • 14 Rob Rodriguez (Christopher Newport
      Christopher Newport University
      Christopher Newport University, or CNU, is a public liberal arts university located in Newport News, Virginia, United States. CNU is the youngest comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia...

      ) CB
    • 30 Steve Teeples (Wisconsin–La Crosse) CB
    •  6 Cary Wade (Virginia Tech
      Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
      Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech , is a public land-grant university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia with other research and educational centers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and internationally.Founded in...

      ) FS


    Special Teams
    •  4 Craig Coffin (Southern Illinois
      Southern Illinois University
      Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...

      ) P/K
    Head Coach
  • John Mackovic
    John Mackovic
    John Mackovic is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of United States national American football team, which was formed to compete in the American Football World Cup...



  • Assistant Coaches
    • Bob Berezowitz
    • Richard Cundiff
    • George Darlington
    • Adam Dorrel
      Adam Dorrel
      Adam Dorrel is current head coach of the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team in Maryville, MissouriDorrel is the only Maryville native to coach the team. He graduated from Maryville High School where he was a two-time all conference and all district lineman...

    • Clayt Birmingham


    Trainer
    • Yosuke Murashima


    Equipment Manager
    • Taylor Hanohano


    Director of Operations
    • Todd Bell


    Roster accessed 2009-02-23

    2011 IFAF World Cup

    Mel Tjeerdsma
    Mel Tjeerdsma
    Mel Tjeerdsma is a retired American football coach. He served as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas from 1984 to 1993 and at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri from 1994 until his retirement after the 2010 season. In his 27 years as a head coach, Tjeerdsma...

     of Northwest Missouri State University
    Northwest Missouri State University
    Northwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum....

     is the head coach. Larry Kehres
    Larry Kehres
    Larry Kehres is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Mount Union, formerly known as Mount Union College, in Alliance, Ohio, a position he has held since the 1986 season...

     is the offensive coordinator. Lou Tepper
    Lou Tepper
    Lou Tepper is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a position he has held since the 2006 season. Previously, tepper served as the head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Edinboro University of...

     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

    Gold Medal Game

    External links

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