-U.S. BEACH SOCCER MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM MATCH REPORT-
Match: United States Beach Soccer Men’s National Team vs. Japan
Date: August 19, 2021
Competition: 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Group A
Venue: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium; Moscow, Russia
Attendance: 1500
Kickoff: 9:30 a.m. ET (4:30 p.m. local time)
Weather: 75 degrees; clear
Scoring Summary: 1 2 3 F
USA 1 0 2 3
JPN 1 1 2 4
USA – Gabriel Silveira (Chris Toth) 9’14” (1st Period)
JPN – Masanori Okuyama 8’08” (1st)
JPN – Ozu Moreira 1’07” (2nd)
JPN – Takaaki Oba (PK) 8’39” (3rd)
USA – Alessandro Canale 7’10” (3rd)
USA – Nicolas Perea (Canale) 7’10” (3rd)
JPN – Shusei Yamauchi 5’55” (3rd)
Lineups:
USA: 1-Chris Toth, 5-Nicolas Perea, 6-Jason Santos, 7-Nick Perera (Captain), 9-Alessandro Canale
Substitutes: 12-Estaban Sapetnitzky, 3-David Mondragon, 4-Tanner Akol, 8-Lucas Roque, 10-Gabriel Silveira, 13-Fredo Dilbert, 14-Conner Rezende
Alternates: 11-Xavier Snaer-Williams, 14-Conner Rezende
Head coach: Francis Farberoff
JPN: 1-Yusuke Kawai, 6-Takuya Akaguma, 7-Takaaki Oba, 8-Naoya Matsuo, 10-Ozu Moreira (Captain)
Substitutes: 12-Ginzo Tomoya, 3-Ryota Tsuboya, 4-Ryunosuke Miyama, 5-Shotaro, Haraguchi, 9-Shusei Yamauchi, 11-Masanori Okuyama, 14-Takumi Uesato
Alternates: 2-Takumi Saito, 13-Yu Shirota
Head coach: Teruki Tabata
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Alessandro Canale (caution) 6’ (1st Period)
Officials:
Referee: Aurelien Planchais-Godefroy (TAH)
Second Referee: Ingilab Mommadov (AZE)
3rd Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (POL)
Timekeeper: Sofien Benchabane (FRA)
