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unusual facts about Team USA



2004 TNA America's X Cup Tournament

America's X Cup Tournament consisted of four Teams: Team USA (representing the National Wrestling Alliance/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling), Team Canada, Team Mexico (representing Asistencia Asesoría y Administración), and Team Britain.

2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament

The tournament officially began on the June 19 edition of iMPACT!, with the first match of Round One, Team TNA's The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) versus Team International's Tyson Dux and Daivari.

Also announced was the teams in the tournament: The returning Team TNA (The renamed Team USA), the returning Team Mexico, the returning Team Japan, and the debuting Team International (to take the place of Team Canada and Team Britain).

Al Iafrate

Iafrate played for Team USA in the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Carolina–Duke rivalry

UNC was led by future Team USA legends Kristine Lilly and Mia Hamm.

Chong Tae-Hyon

As the only amateur player on the 24-man roster, Chong started two critical games against Team USA, facing Roy Oswalt as a starter in both of the games.

Gordon Hayward

In the offseason, Hayward was selected to Team USA for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

Hirooki Goto

He debuted in TNA on April 23, 2006 at Lockdown, where he teamed with Black Tiger IV and Minoru against Team USA members Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Alex Shelley.

Jim McCafferty

Then in 1948, McCafferty was invited to coach Team USA at the Central American Olympic Games in Panama, and he led the U.S. to a gold medal.

Kiss cam

The kiss cam became widely known outside the US and Canada on July 16, 2012, when US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were 'caught' twice by the kiss cam during an international basketball match between Team USA and Brazil at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. The president kissed his wife on the second occasion.

Monique Lamoureux-Kolls

She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics as was her twin sister Jocelyne, where they captured a silver medal with Team USA.

Stars at the Sun

The coach for Team USA is Connecticut Huskies women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma.

TJ Galiardi

Galiardi, a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, chose to represent Team USA and initially attended USA Hockey's 2007 evaluation camp in Lake Placid, New York but was unable to gain selection to the 2007 World Junior Championships.

Walt Kyle

Kyle was an assistant coach, under Ron Wilson, for Team USA at the 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships held in Bolzano, Italy.

WNBA All-Decade Team

Nine of the first team selections won Olympic gold medals with Team USA, and eight won league championships, including three—Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Sheryl Swoopes, and Tina Thompson—who won four consecutive titles with the Houston Comets.


see also

2007 Weber Cup


Team USA captain Tim Mack, together with Tommy Jones, put the Americans in front overall for the first time, with a 226-207 win over Team Europe's captain Tomas Leandersson and Mika Koivuniemi.

Andy LaRoche

LaRoche played for Team USA during the off-season in the 2007 Baseball World Cup.

Ashley Berggren

In the national championship versus the Dallas Diamonds (of which several Dallas players were her teammates with Team USA), Berggren would catch a 20-yard touchdown pass from Sami Grisafe to give the Force a 26-0 advantage at halftime.

Bill Ranford

Ranford acted in the 2004 movie Miracle, performing the on-ice scenes as the goaltender for Team USA, Jim Craig, while Eddie Cahill performed the off-ice scenes.

Brian Bixler

Brian Bixler was named as one of the 24 players that would be part of Team USA in the IBAF 2007 Baseball World Cup.

Christian Edstrom

2006 marked Edstrom's first year with Subaru, and his first full year with driver Travis Pastrana, with the introduction of the new Subaru Rally Team USA.

Daniel Boulud

In 2008 Paul Bocuse asked Boulud to establish a structure for the selection of the Bocuse d'Or Team USA, who along with Thomas Keller and Jérôme Bocuse form the Board of Directors of the Bocuse d'Or USA Foundation.

Davey Johnson

Johnson served as bench coach for Team USA during the 2006 World Baseball Classic, managed Team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and managed Team USA in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

DeWayne Lewis

He helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2011 IFAF World Championship in Austria and was selected as an All-World defensive back and received the award as the Best Defensive Back at the World Championship.

Facundo Campazzo

Argentina's national team claimed that Team USA player Chris Paul had previously punched Campazzo during the same Olympic tournament.

Gary Dell'Abate

More recently, Freestyle wrestler Jake Herbert yelled "Baba Booey" as the camera panned over Team USA during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Henry Boucha

He participated in the 1971 Ice Hockey World Championships in Bern, Switzerland where he scored seven goals in ten games for Team USA.

Jacques Lamoureux

His twin sisters Jocelyne and Monique, born 1989, both won silver medals with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and are currently both forwards with the woman's NCAA team at the University of North Dakota.

Jason Trusnik

Additionally, he played in the Texas vs. The Nation Game for 'The Nation' team and was named a co-captain for Team USA in the Aztec Bowl.

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

His sisters Jocelyne and Monique, both born 1989 (twins), both won silver medals with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and are currently both forwards with the women's NCAA team at the University of North Dakota.

Jennifer Wester

With partner and husband Daniil Barantsev, she is the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion and 2008 World Championship first alternates for Team USA.

Jerry Tabb

He was also the first baseman for Team USA at the 1971 Pan American Games.

Jessica Schultz

For the 2006 U.S. World Team Trials in March, Schultz was named skip, or captain, of Team USA (the team's regular skip, Cassie Johnson, did not play in the tournament), and the team finished fourth under her direction.

Larry James

The head manager for Team USA at the 2003 World Outdoor Championships, James was chair of USATF's budget committee and had recently retired after 28 years as the Dean of Athletics and Recreational Programs and Services at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Larry Pleau

Pleau was one of the top American hockey players in the late 1960s and early 1970s, playing for Team USA at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble as well as the 1969 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament in Stockholm.

Lee Shone

In 2007 Shone was managed by ex cruiserweight boxing champion Glenn McCrory and was coached by the Cuban olympic boxing coaches training with Team USA from The Contender Challenge UK vs. USA series for preparation for K-1 oceania 155 lbs tournament.

Minnesota Fighting Saints

Among the players the Saints selected in the inaugural WHA draft in 1972 was a defenseman who had played for Team USA at the 1956 Winter Olympics, Wendell Anderson.

Natalie Dell

She attended Boston University for graduate school and trained at the Riverside Boat Club from 2007-2010 until she was named as a Team USA member in September 2010.

North Attleborough High School

Colin Grafton (2010) Team USA figure skater, 2012 National Bronze Medalist, 2012 Junior World Member 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

Oregon City High School

Shannon O'Keefe (né Rondeau), professional bowler - Team USA Bowling

Reggie Smith

Smith also served as hitting coach for Team USA during the 2006 World Baseball Classic, and served as hitting coach for the Bronze medal winning USA Baseball Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Remsen, New York

Erin Hamlin-- Represented Team USA in women's singles luge at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.

Rhonda Rajsich

Rajsich's first appearance with Team USA was at the 2002 Pan American Championships (then Tournament of the Americas), where she was bronze medalist after losing in the semi-finals to Josée Grand'Maître of Canada.

Rich Franklin

The winner would gain the opportunity to coach Team USA on Season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter.

Rob Muzzio

Robert ("Rob") Muzzio (born 25 June 1964, in Würzburg, West Germany to American parents) is a retired male decathlete from the United States, who represented Team USA at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Robert Mushtare

Glenn Allison, who bowled an uncertified 900 series in 1982, is skeptical of Robert's achievements, as is pro bowler and Team USA coach Tim Mack.

Roy, Utah

Bill Schuffenhauer, 3x Olympian and Silver Medalist in Bobsleigh with Team USA.

Todd Birr

However, in the playoffs Birr lost 7-2 to Canada in the 1-2 page playoff game, and then lost in the semi-final to Germany's Andy Kapp rink by a score of 6-4 earning Todd and the rest of team USA a bronze medal.

USA Baseball

In the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, baseball was a demonstration sport, but Team USA captured a silver and gold respectively.

Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball

Jeff Turner- won the gold medal in men's basketball as a member of Team USA at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.