Football followers weren’t happy Wednesday night time after Japan defeated the United States by 21 factors within the semifinals of the IFAF U20 World Junior Championship in Canada.
The stunning upset drew a fierce response from American soccer followers on social media that had a number of of them questioning what occurred.
Japan defeated the U.S. 41-20 to advance to the gold medal sport. (Hirobumi Kamimura)
Japan opened the primary half with 27 factors and managed to restrict the U.S. to only seven factors within the second quarter. The second half noticed the U.S. put one other 13 factors on the scoreboard, however Japan’s offense responded with 20 to win the sport 41-20.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
“The starting of the sport was good for us, however then, after that, the vitality of the U.S. crew gave them an opportunity to combat again, however we had been capable of reply each time they scored,” head coach Makato Ohashi stated, by way of the IFAF website.
The victory gave Japan its first crack at a gold medal.
“I’ve bought to present Japan numerous credit score as a result of they gained each side of the road of scrimmage,” U.S. head coach Mike Kelly stated, in line with the web site. “Their line of defense was higher than our offensive line, and their offensive line was higher than our line of defense. And that’s what it got here right down to.
The U.S. will play Austria Sunday for the bronze medal. (Hirobumi Kamimura)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL REALIGNMENT SPARKS WORRIES OVER CARBON EMISSIONS: STUDY
“I’ve numerous respect for Japan and the kind of program that they put collectively. They’ve been working towards for months, and we have now about 5 practices, in order that’s not an excuse. Japan was a greater crew than us interiorly immediately, and that was the distinction within the sport.”
But that clarification didn’t appear to resonate with followers on social media.
“How does the United States FOOTBALL TEAM lose to Japan… particularly BY 21 POINTS,” one consumer wrote on X. “I’ve by no means seen a single sport of this in my life, however fireplace everyone, minimize everyone, and repair the roster. We ought to win each sport by 100.”
Another particular person wrote, “How TF does this occur??”
Japan scored 21 unanswered factors within the first quarter. (Hirobumi Kamimura)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Japan superior to Sunday’s gold medal sport, the place they may face Canada. The U.S. will play Austria for the bronze.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle publication.
