U.S. Under-19 National Team leaves for Kuwait and the IFAF World Championship
Forty-four (44) U.S. high school and college football players are traveling to Kuwait as part of the 2014 U.S. Under-19 National Team, assembled by USA Football.
The U.S. team is led by Aaron Brady, head coach at Malvern (Pa.) Preparatory School. Brady spent the last four seasons as the head coach at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., going 29-16. A former All-Big East linebacker and safety at Rutgers University, Brady has coached at Duke University and Georgetown University as well as at high schools in Florida, Maryland and New Jersey. He was the U.S. Under-19 National Team head coach in 2013, leading Team USA to a 42-10 win in the International Bowl. He also served as a U.S. Under-15 and Under-18 National Team head coach and has traveled to Sweden to teach the sport in conjunction with that country’s football federation.
Also on the roster is Malvern Prep’s Hayden Mahoney. He’s a 6-foot-5, 270-pound offensive lineman who recently committed to the University of Miami.
The team will compete in the 2014 International Federation of American Football Under-19 World Championship, an eight-nation tournament July 7-16 in Kuwait City. IFAF is composed of 64 nations spanning six continents that possess a national federation dedicated solely to American football.USA Football is the United States’ delegate to IFAF and the national governing body of the sport in the United States.
The U.S. Under-19 National Team will compete in a field against national teams from Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Kuwait and Mexico.
The United States won the inaugural IFAF Under-19 World Championship in 2009 in Canton, Ohio. Canada claimed the 2012 gold medal in Austin, Texas.
Courtesy of USAFootball.com
