U.S. UNDER-19 NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER ANNOUNCED FOR INTERNATIONAL BOWL X AT AT&T STADIUM
INDIANAPOLIS – Forty-two (42) high school student-athletes spanning 15 states have been selected for the 2019 U.S. Under-19 National Team, USA Football announced today. The U.S. U-19 National Team will compete against Team Tamaulipas (Mexican State) on Friday, Jan. 18 at AT&T Stadium as part of International Bowl X. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. CT.
Recognized as American Football’s largest annual global competition, International Bowl X features 16 high school-aged teams spanning five countries on two continents. U.S. National and Select Teams will compete against teams representing Canada, Mexico and Panama. As a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the sport’s national governing body, USA Football manages U.S. National Teams for international competition.
ERIC KASPEROWICZ, head coach of Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, Pa., will lead the U.S. U-19 National Team. In his sixth season as head coach of the Rams, Kasperowicz’s teams have a 57-14 (.803) record and earned the school’s first PIAA state title in 2017. Kasperowicz was Pine-Richland’s offensive coordinator for three years prior to becoming head coach in 2013. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, perennial power Pittsburgh North Hills High School. Kasperowicz served as a North Hills assistant for 12 seasons where he played quarterback and earned 1993 Parade All-American honors and played in the prestigious Big 33 All-Star Game. He went on to play at the University of Pittsburgh on a football scholarship as quarterback and linebacker for the Panthers.
U.S. National Team alumni include DT MALCOM BROWN (New England Patriots/University of Texas), LB SHAQUEM GRIFFIN (Seattle Seahawks/University of Central Florida), QB DWAYNE HASKINS (Ohio State University), RB TODD GURLEY (Los Angeles Rams/Georgia University), DB TYRANN MATHIEU (Houston Texans/LSU), RB JONATHAN TAYLOR (University of Wisconsin) and DE STEPHON TUITT (Pittsburgh Steelers/University of Notre Dame).
All International Bowl games will be played at AT&T Stadium and streamed live on ESPN3. The link to stream Friday’s U.S. U-19 National Team game can be accessed here.
International Bowl game tickets and details are available at www.internationalbowl.com.
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