When USA Football’s U-20 national team lost to Japan 41-20 at the IFAF World Championships, American football fans throughout were in disbelief. Even yet, a lot of spectators were unaware that the USA had a team competing in this competition! Everyone was stunned by the unexpected defeat when a tweet from the official U.S. National Football Team account started a chain reaction of emotions.
NFL supporters were quick to jump on the bandwagon and launch a flurry of mocking remarks directed at the U20 competitors who made mistakes in a sport that is as American as apple pie. Some couldn’t help but make fun of the Dallas Cowboys, saying things like:
“Who let the Dallas Cowboys play against Japan?” and “USA must have fielded a team full of future Dallas Cowboys.”
Final: USA 20, JPN 41
— U.S. National Football Team (@USNFT) June 26, 2024
Fans react to USA getting thrashed by Japan
Some fans adopted a more dramatic stance, calling it “one of the most embarrassing moments in this country’s history” and putting forward the suggestion that “take everyone’s citizenship for this, like my god.” The best college football players may have been absent due to NIL deals or held back by cautious schools concerned about injuries, according to a more reasonable fan theory. These were the reactions :
Who let the Dallas Cowboys play against Japan 💀
— 🂱 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪 🂱 (@MoneylineMik3y) June 27, 2024
USA must have been fielded by a team full of future Dallas Cowboys
— captain rebel (@pnwsean) June 26, 2024
One of the most embarrassing moments in the history of this country
— Aadan (@JMurrayWrld) June 27, 2024
Was Dak the starting QB? 😂
— BeardedBlevins (@BeardedBlevins) June 27, 2024
Take everyones citizenship for this like my god
— Chaser (@Chaser3712) June 26, 2024
😂😂😂😂 losing in football to Japan is crazy
— 🐻🇳🇬🇨🇩 (@TheIgboBear) June 27, 2024
My guess: The 🇺🇸 U20 team couldn’t get quality college players to play, because they make too much in NiL deals at their schools to risk injury, the transfer portal’s already closed, plus tourney not shown on TV.
— Corey Clayton (@CoreyClayton) June 27, 2024
Many fans of USA Football felt that the loss was just unacceptable. The general consensus was that even good high school teams should be able to outplay any international team given the level of football played in the United States. To avoid embarrassing themselves in the future, one ardent supporter even urged high school students to come forward and join the team.
