Top football players from across the country are fired up after receiving their invitations to play for the U.S. National Team when it competes in July's International Federation of American Football U-19 World Championship in Mexico City.
Teams from the United States, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, Japan and Australia will play July 14 and 18 at Estadio Roberto Tapatio Mendez and University Olympic Stadium, with two rounds of games to decide who'll compete in the July 22 gold medal contest.
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Here's a look at some of the invited player reactions on Twitter:
I always have dreamt of playing football overseas.. Well my dream is coming true.. I am Proud to announce that I will be Representing USA in Mexico City this Summer !! #TeamUSA 🇺🇸 #EarnYourStars pic.twitter.com/m80lQKPKhy
— Immanuel Hickman (@ImmanuelHickman) May 31, 2018
Honored to be selected as one of 45 players chosen to represent my country on the US national Team this summer🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wzJMJ9EuhN
— Vinny LoSauro (@VinnyL010) May 30, 2018
Blessed to be able to rep my country !! 🇺🇸 @CoachAI #U-19 #TeamUsa 🔴🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/NXWG3F4xra
— Treshaun Ward (@9mxvi_) May 29, 2018
Proud to officially announce that I’ll be competing in Mexico City This Summer !! #TeamUSA 🇺🇸 #EarnYourStars pic.twitter.com/EHpepthYzy
— 🌟#44 Rick D'Abreu🌟 (@rickdabreu44) May 30, 2018
Honored to be selected as one of 45 players chosen to represent my country on the US national Team this summer🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9ma40NEkZm
— Landon Moody (@lmoody99) May 27, 2018
Blessed to be selected to play on the 2018 U.S. World Championship Football Team thank you @CoachAI & @CoachMPatterson for this tremendous opportunity to represent USA 🇺🇸 #USAFootball #EarnYourStars pic.twitter.com/c82GDP6mzp
— marques white (@marques_white1) May 26, 2018
Thankful to have earned a spot as one of the 45 players chosen to represent the United States in the 2018 World Games @CoachAI @USAFBOps @ClintBfree @BHTigers12 @OLM_Football @JoeCheshire @CoachJeffVoris @ButlerUFootball @butleru2022 pic.twitter.com/PftuQlSPc8
— Cameron Browning 3️⃣7️⃣ (@CB37_) May 25, 2018
Extremely Blessed to be selected to play for the United States on the world championship team ! @CoachAI pic.twitter.com/uTwfGapkMd
— Joshua Youngblood (@YB060) May 24, 2018
Excited to be representing the U.S. national team in the 2018 world championship tournament in July! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5cZdmjG3Zk
— colin gourley (@coling99) May 21, 2018
Thrilled to announce that I have been invited to the USA Football U19 World Championship Team! Thank you @CoachAl pic.twitter.com/rEux3so22O
— William Pritchard (@william_63_) May 21, 2018
Extremely honored, I am committed to play on the U-19 US National Team in Mexico City 🇺🇸 #TeamUSA #EarnYourStars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 pic.twitter.com/77DKAC0iuh
— Ali Jennings (@RJXIII) May 20, 2018
Blessed 🙏🏾 USA TEAM 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/NEutFtbJoy
— JojoHawkins🏝 (@jojohawkins26) May 24, 2018
Blessed to announce that I’ll be playing O-Line for the US World Championship Team in Mexico City #USAFootball 🏈🇺🇸⭐️ pic.twitter.com/MviVMCFKFw
— Dugan Kelly (@DuganKelly55) May 19, 2018
EXTREMELY HONORED to announce that i am COMMITTED to play for Team 🇺🇸USA U-19 World Team in Mexico City🇲🇽 #Outta252 📌#EarnYourStars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #TrulyBlessed 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/aopwCIF6bw
— Shyheim Battle (@ShyOutta252) May 18, 2018
USA 🇺🇸 #Merica https://t.co/z314Rmy3rC
— $ Alek Jacobs $ (@AlekJacobs) May 15, 2018
Honored to be selected to represent the USA in Mexico City this summer!! #TEAMUSA🇺🇸 #EARNYOURSTARS pic.twitter.com/5aURzEOgpe
— Dorian Davis (@Dodavis28) May 31, 2018
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