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United States

Nickname(s)	Revolution
Head coach	Kyle Strenski
Rankings
Current	6th (as of October 2022)
First international
1999 49th Parallel Cup United States vs. Canada 10.15 (75) def. 8.7 (55)
International Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	3rd (2005)

The United States national Australian rules football team, nicknamed the Revolution, represents the United States of America in the sport of Australian rules football. The Revolution are named after the American Revolution (an event which gave the country separation from the British Empire) and wear the colors of the American flag.

The team plays in international tournaments, including the Australian Football International Cup, as well as exhibition matches against other countries. The US national team has participated in every International Cup since its inception in 2002. The team's best result has been third behind New Zealand and Papua New Guinea at the 2005 Australian Football International Cup.

Revolution players are selected from United States-born players from USAFL clubs across the country.

History

The first American representative team was assembled from grammar schools and took part in three reciprocal tours of Australia with international matches played at junior level between 1909 and 1919, the game in the US at the time was known as Fieldball and it competed against Australia in 1911 in front of a crowd of more than 5,000 in San Francisco. In addition to the matches against Australia, the team also competed against Canada in 1911 and 1915. It was disbanded in the 1920s and it would be another three quarters of a century before a team was again assembled to compete at international level.

Australian football legend Paul Roos coached the national side's inaugural game in 1999 at Chicago (Naperville, 8/1/99) to victory over Canada USA 10:15(75) CAN 8:12(60) before returning to Australia be appointed as coach of the Australian Football League side the Sydney Swans.

Gary Hill of the Milwaukee Bombers succeeded Roos, coaching the Revolution from 2000 to 2001.

Under 2006 head coach Tom Ellis, the Revolution lost in a lopsided score to the ex-patriate team (the All-comers) in a January 2006 match played as a curtain raiser to the AFL exhibition match held at UCLA.

On November 2, 2006, it was announced that Australian Trevor Lovitt would be the new Revolution head coach. Lovitt had served as an assistant coach (1998-2001) with the Noble Park Football Club (a premier division Eastern Football League club), winning the premiership twice, and twice finishing runner-up. In 2002 and 2003, Trevor served as the head coach of Mulgrave Football Club’s (division 2 Eastern Football League) senior team which finished 3rd in 2002 and 2nd in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he was an assistant with Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He also served as a recruiting officer for Port Adelaide Football Club in 2004 and 2005.

Prior to the 2008 Australian Football International Cup, Trevor Lovitt stepped down as coach. New York Magpies coach Robert Oliver was appointed coach of the Revolution and guided the team to Melbourne. Matt Bishop became head coach in 2009. Tom Ellis returned as head coach in May 2015.

International competition

International Cup

49th Parallel Cup

49th Parallel Cup
Year	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
1999	USA	10.15 (75)	Canada	8.7 (55)
2000	Canada	2.4 (16)	USA	4.17 (41)
2003	USA	9.12 (66)	Canada	9.10 (64)
2004	Canada	7.9 (51)	USA	9.9 (63)
2007	Canada	6.9 (45)	USA	4.8 (32)
2009	USA	12.11 (83)	Canada	5.3 (33)
2010	Canada	5.2 (32)	USA	9.12 (66)
2012	USA	7.12 (54)	Canada	5.1 (31)
2013	Canada	5.6 (36)	USA	10.7 (67)
2015	USA	6.9 (45)	Canada	3.11 (29)

International Cup Squads

2017 IC Squad

2017 IC Squad
#	Name	Date of Birth	Height	Weight	Club
1	Max DEPINA	(1993-04-17)17 April 1993	183 cm	75 kg	Seattle Grizzlies
2	Ryan McGETTIGAN	(1984-06-23)23 June 1984	180 cm	82 kg	Philadelphia Hawks
3	Caleb DOUGHERTY	(1988-09-27)27 September 1988	183 cm	76 kg	Kansas City Power
4	Ben CARPENTER-NWANYANWU	(1991-10-02)2 October 1991	183 cm	90 kg	Austin Crows
5	Daniel LIVY	(1993-02-20)20 February 1993	188 cm	90 kg	Golden Gate Roos
6	Ben JUDGE	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984	178 cm	82 kg	Des Moines Roosters
7	Dustin JONES	(1979-01-04)4 January 1979	173 cm	77 kg	Tampa Bay Starfish
8	Bobby SEARS	(1985-07-22)22 July 1985	190 cm	99 kg	Houston Lonestars
10	John FREEMAN	(1987-02-26)26 February 1987	175 cm	75 kg	Nashville Kangaroos
11	Brent FISCHER	(1988-04-21)21 April 1988	183 cm	77 kg	Minnesota Freeze
12	David FRANKO	(1984-08-13)13 August 1984	183 cm	78 kg	Golden Gate Roos
13	Saleh TYEBJEE	(1985-04-22)22 April 1985	190 cm	82 kg	Sacramento Suns
14	David RESTREPO	(1989-12-05)5 December 1989	178 cm	75 kg	Melbourne University
15	Kyle JOHNSON, Captain	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987	185 cm	84 kg	Golden Gate Roos
16	Jeff KRAEMER	(1990-04-15)15 April 1990	193 cm	88 kg	Chicago Swans
17	Jay LEVESQUE	(1981-05-07)7 May 1981	178 cm	75 kg	Baltimore Washington Eagles
18	Bryan DRAGUS	(1985-10-06)6 October 1985	198 cm	102 kg	Golden Gate Roos
21	Will GLEASON	(1996-05-11)11 May 1996	175 cm	73 kg	Minnesota Freeze
22	Michael LINEHAN	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989	173 cm	72 kg	Austin Crows
23	Clyde SIMPSON	(1986-12-29)29 December 1986	180 cm	88 kg	Columbus Jackaroos
24	Jason WILHELM	(1987-03-30)30 March 1987	198 cm	100 kg	Arizona Hawks
27	Ryan GARTHRIGHT	(1986-12-05)5 December 1986	192 cm	91 kg	Denver Bulldogs
28	Erik HANSON	(1978-09-26)26 September 1978	183 cm	88 kg	North Carolina Tigers
32	Murphy MICHAEL	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983	178 cm	88 kg	New York Magpies
33	Tim LINDFELT	(1980-12-10)10 December 1980	196 cm	100 kg	Golden Gate Roos
34	Hamilton MAY	(1989-03-30)30 March 1989	180 cm	75 kg	Des Moines Roosters
42	Mark McCLURE	(1987-06-23)23 June 1987	203 cm	102 kg	Columbus Jackaroos
54	David GRZESIAK	(1988-07-28)28 July 1988	193 cm	92 kg	Dallas Magpies
55	Donald LEE	(1986-07-17)17 July 1986	198 cm	106 kg	Los Angeles Dragons
70	Buddy SPOHN	(1988-05-11)11 May 1988	193 cm	90 kg	Black Rock Football Club

2014 IC Squad

2014 IC Squad
#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Height	Weight	Club
1	Daniel DAHLQUIST	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 30)	188 cm	75 kg	Golden Gate Roos
2	Ryan McGETTIGAN	(1984-06-23) 23 June 1984 (age 40)	180 cm	82 kg	Philadelphia Hawks
3	Kevin STANLEY	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 42)	183 cm	73 kg	Seattle Grizzlies
4	Andy VANICA	(1978-03-04) 4 March 1978 (age 46)	173 cm	73 kg	Denver Bulldogs
5	Christian MERRITT	(1984-12-05) 5 December 1984 (age 40)	180 cm	79 kg	Austin Crows
6	Brent FISCHER	(1988-04-21) 21 April 1988 (age 36)	183 cm	77 kg	Minnesota Freeze
7	Robert SEARS	(1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 39)	191 cm	95 kg	Golden Gate Roos
8	Dan SARBACKER	(1979-06-16) 16 June 1979 (age 45)	178 cm	72 kg	Chicago Swans
9	Jay LEVESQUE	(1981-05-07) 7 May 1981 (age 43)	178 cm	79 kg	Baltimore DC Eagles
10	Mel CHEN	(1981-12-31) 31 December 1981 (age 42)	175 cm	79 kg	Sacramento Suns
11	Daniel LEHANE	(1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 31)	188 cm	81 kg	New York Magpies
12	Brent MERGEN	(1986-05-14) 14 May 1986 (age 38)	188 cm	86 kg	Minnesota Freeze
13	Saleh TYEBJEE	(1985-04-22) 22 April 1985 (age 39)	188 cm	79 kg	Sacramento Suns
14	Jeffrey TALMADGE	(1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 36)	172 cm	70 kg	Austin Crows
15	Kyle JOHNSON	(1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 37)	185 cm	81 kg	Golden Gate Roos
16	Andrew WERNER	(1986-02-28) 28 February 1986 (age 38)	188 cm	87 kg	Minnesota Freeze
17	Eric FLOYD	(1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 (age 36)	183 cm	83 kg	Louisville Kings
18	Bryan DRAGUS	(1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 39)	198 cm	100 kg	Golden Gate Roos
19	Alex WALLACH	(1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 35)	183 cm	88 kg	Chicago Swans
20	Aaron CRUMPACKER	(1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 40)	178 cm	77 kg	Sacramento Suns
21	Luke NEMETH	(1977-11-14) 14 November 1977 (age 47)	185 cm	87 kg	Nashville Kangaroos
22	Zach WEAVER	(1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 (age 38)	188 cm	84 kg	Minnesota Freeze
23	Chet RIDENOUR	(1981-12-22) 22 December 1981 (age 42)	196 cm	81 kg	Columbus Jackaroos
24	Ben CARPENTER-NWANYANWU	(1991-02-10) 10 February 1991 (age 33)	183 cm	93 kg	Austin Crows
25	Jason WILHELM	(1987-03-30) 30 March 1987 (age 37)	201 cm	100 kg	Chicago Swans
42	Mark McCLURE	(1987-06-24) 24 June 1987 (age 37)	203 cm	100 kg	Columbus Jackaroos
44	Stephen FASHANT	(1987-07-12) 12 July 1987 (age 37)	183 cm	85 kg	Minnesota Freeze
83	Ryan KASTL	(1983-12-29) 29 December 1983 (age 40)	185 cm	84 kg	Seattle Grizzlies

2011 IC Squad

2008 IC Squad

2005 IC Squad

The Revolution's best and fairest player at the 2005 International Cup was Donnie Lucero, and he was named to the 2005 International Cup All Stars Team.

Development Team

The USA Revolution established a Development Team in 2012 (formally the U23 National Team), to develop players trying to work their way to the national team. This squad gives coaches opportunities to evaluate potential players for the next Australian Football International Cup. The Development Team competes against Canada's Development squad in an under-card showdown the night before the 49th Parallel Cup. The United States won the 2015 match, 9.9 (63) to 2.3 (15).

See also

• United States Australian Football League
• USA Freedom (women's)
• Australian Football International Cup
• 49th Parallel Cup
• Australian rules football in the United States

References

1. "World Footy News World Rankings post 2022 European Championships - World Footy News".
2. "Men's World Rankings Matches - World Footy News".
3. "International Cup team summaries - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
4. Neumann, Thomas (October 18, 2016). "North American clubs put their best footy forward". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2017. The best American finish was third in 2005
5. "What's the Score? Australian rules football: Australian Football League" (PDF). Australian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved November 29, 2017. Australian Football International Cup, involving 10 countries (New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, United States, Ireland, Samoa, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, Japan and Spain) with teams composed entirely of nationals
6. ^ Ryan, Conor (August 7, 2017). "Montrose's stars and stripes". Herald Sun. Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader. Retrieved November 29, 2017. All of the Revolution's players hail from USAFL clubs
7. "USAFL selects new National Team coach". United States Australian Football League. April 8, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
8. Barrish, Brian (May 21, 2015). "Denver's Ellis Takes the Reigns of USA Revolution". United States Australian Football League. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
9. ^ Pountney, Tom (August 10, 2017). "'Grit, one-percenters, pride' is USA credo - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
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11. Official Website of the Australian Football League > News Article > Revolution IC 2008 squad named
12. Rees, Tuifa'asisina Peter. "2005 INTERNATIONAL CUP RESULTS - Samoan Australian Rules Football Association - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
13. Barrish, Brian (August 2015). "USAFL.com". USAFL.

External links

• USA Revolution News
• Video of Aussie Rules from YouTube

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