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Team USA Wins 2007 World Cup!

TEAM USA WINS 2007 WORLD CUP!!

The US National Team of Power Soccer has won the first ever World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. They beat the favored France team in sudden death penalty kicks. Check out this website for box scores. Stay tuned for more details, updates, and media!

Highlights from Head Coach Chris Finn

The USA National Power Soccer team is the WORLD CHAMPION of power soccer!  After being tied 1-1 through overtime, we beat France in a sudden death penalty kick shoot out 6-5 on October 13!  JC Russo blocked the sixth penalty kick taken by France to seal the victory. Thank you to everyone who assisted us on our journey, visualizing and realizing our dream of winning the World Cup.  We appreciate the support from around the country, and recognize that we were representing and playing for you as well as ourselves.

There were many notable team successes in addition to winning the World Cup. 

  • Finished first in round-robin play.
  • Scored 28 goals versus 2 against in the tournament (not including penalty kicks).
  • Shutout every team in the tournament except for France.
  • Everyone on the team scored at least one goal including our goalie JC (during penalty kicks).
  • Scoring our first goal of the tournament in 21 seconds against England.
  • Jerry Book had 4 goals in one game.
  • Danny Gorman had 3 goals in one game.
  • Michael Archer and Jessica Lehman both had 6 goals in the tournament - the second-highest total by an individual player in the tournament.
  • Michael Archer had 6 assists - the most by any player in the tournament.

Watch the 2007 World Cup in Tokyo, Japan - Online!

Video of the USA Team's World Cup games and behind the scene footage is available online for on-demand viewing via xAble.com.

Also...

Be sure to check out the
Official World Cup Website!

Check out the story about Team USA by Heather Appel http://http://asap.ap.org/video/1824058.s

Watch the offical FIPFA World Cup Highlights Video
http://fipfa.org/spip.php?article63





WORLD CUP 2007 GAME RESULTS


Tuesday, October 9

Japan vs. Belgium (3 - 0)

France vs. Portugal (10 - 0)

England vs. USA (0 - 3)  VIEW BOXSCORE

Japan vs. Denmark (4 - 0)


Wednesday, October 10

France vs. Belgium (3-0)

England vs. Denmark (1-1)

USA vs. Portugal (8-0)

Japan vs. England (4-0)

France vs. Denmark (9-0)

USA vs. Belgium (4-0)

Denmark vs. Portugal (3-0)

France vs. England (1-1)

Japan vs. USA (0-2)


Friday, October 12

Japan vs. Portugal (7-0)

England vs. Belgium (1-1)

France vs. USA (1-1)

Denmark vs. Belgium (0-4)

England vs. Portugal (7-0)

France vs. Japan (4-0)

USA vs. Denmark (6-0)

Belgium vs. Portugal (11-0)


Saturday, October 13

Semi-Final 1: USA vs.Belgium (3-0)

Semi-Final 2: France vs. Japan (0-0) (1-0 in Overtime)

3rd Place Game: Japan vs. Belgium (1-1) (4-5 Triple Overtime (PKs))

1st Place Game: USA vs. France (1-1) (6-5 Triple Overtime (PKs)))

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Team Selections
Chris Finn - 6/13/2007
For the World Cup, each team may select only eight players. On June 13, the eight players on Team USA and the four alternates were announced.
 

Meet Your TEAM USA Players

MICHAEL

Greenwood, Indiana

Age: 17

Years playing: 3

JESSICA

Emeryville, California

Age: 30


Years playing: 2

OMAR

Hollister, California

Age: 22

Years playing: 9

JERRY

San Jose, California

Age: 18

Years playing: 10

ELIO

Tampa, Florida

Age: 27

Years playing: 2

JC

Carmel, Indiana

Age: 17


Years playing: 4

DANNY

Safety Harbor, Florida

Age: 16

Years playing: 2

JAIRO

Hollister, California

Age: 18

Years playing: 9

NATALIE

Carmel, Indiana

Age: 18

Years playing: 4

EDDIE

Mesa, Arizona

Age: 27

Years playing: 4
 

DAKOTAH

Kennesaw, Georgia

Age: 22


Years playing: 4