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The 2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season included both the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The season began badly. In the first tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai, 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year Perry Baker suffered a concussion, and the United States team limped to a last place finish. The U.S. improved from that point on, reaching the semifinals of the Australia Sevens. The team then won the 2018 USA Sevens, the first time the U.S. won their home tournament, boosted in large part by Perry Baker, who led all scorers with 8 tries. Baker, along with forwards Ben Pinkelman and Danny Barrett all made the tournament Dream Team. Overall the team displayed inconsistent performances, reaching the Cup semifinals three times, but also failing to qualify for the cup quarterfinals three times. Despite the inconsistent play, the U.S. finished sixth overall.

2017–18 World Sevens Series

Player statistics

The following table shows the leading players for the U.S. after the 2017–18 Sevens Series season. Among all World Series, players, Isles ranked first in tries scored with 49, and Baker ranked fifth with 37. Ben Pinkelman ranked fourth in tackles with 124 and fourth in matches played with 58.

Source: World Rugby website.

2018 USA Sevens

The United States won the tournament by beating Argentina 28–0 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won its home tournament. USA's Perry Baker led the tournament with 8 tries and 11 breaks. Baker, Pinkelman, and Barrett were all named to the seven-man tournament Dream Team.

• Substitutes: Carlin Isles, Malon Aljiboori
• Unavailable due to injury: Madison Hughes, Stephen Tomasin, Maka Unufe

With the U.S. finishing out the game with a lineup that included Isles (wing), Baker (center), Williams (fly-half) and Aljiboori (forward), it is believed that this is the first time the U.S. has fielded a team where the majority of players are African-American.

2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	22 July 2018 – 11:56 – AT&T Park
	Scotland	0
					22 July 2018 – 17:02 – AT&T Park
	United States	28
					United States	7
	22 July 2018 – 12:18 – AT&T Park
					Argentina	33
	Argentina	26
	France	15
					7th Place
					22 July 2018 – 16:40 – AT&T Park
					Scotland	29 (a.e.t)
					France	24

Round of 16

20 July 2018	(5) United States	35–0	Wales (12)	AT&T Park
21:37				Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Quarterfinals

21 July 2018	(5) United States	19–24	England (4)	AT&T Park
16:38				Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

5th place semi-finals

22 July 2018	(5) United States	0–28	Scotland (8)	AT&T Park
11:56				Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

5th place final

22 July 2018	(5) United States	7–33	Argentina (7)	AT&T Park
17:02				Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Head coach: Mike Friday

See also

• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

References

1. "Las Vegas Sevens: 'Gladiator' USA team win on home soil", CNN, March 5, 2018.
2. "Perry Baker took USA to sevens gold in Vegas – now the hard work begins", Guardian, March 5, 2018.
3. "Las Vegas Sevens: 'Gladiator' USA team win on home soil", CNN, March 5, 2018.
4. "Perry Baker took USA to sevens gold in Vegas – now the hard work begins", Guardian, March 5, 2018.
5. "Las Vegas Sevens: 'Gladiator' USA team win on home soil", CNN, George Ramsey, March 5, 2018.
6. "Benchmark Breach of Color Barrier for Eagles?", Rugby Mag, Pat Clifton, March 27, 2018.
7. "USA Men's Squad Named for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". USA Rugby. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

• United States national rugby sevens team
• 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2018 in American rugby union
• 2017 in American rugby union