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The '''USA Falcons''' or the '''USA A national team''', formerly known as the '''USA Selects''', is the second national rugby team for the United States, usually used for uncapped matches and domestic club sides. The primary national team is known as the USA Eagles or the United States national rugby union team.
==History== The USA A side lost 21–83 to England during their 2001 North America tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=England too good for second-string |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/1385830.stm |website=BBC Sport |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> The USA A side lost 8–24 to Scotland in 2002 in Portland, Oregon in front of 1,100 fans.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scotland survives USA 'A' challenge |url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15362198/scotland-survives-usa-challenge |website=espnscrum |access-date=25 October 2024}}</ref> The USA Selects participated in the Americas Rugby Championship, a tournament originally featuring the "A" sides for Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Uruguay. The ARC is an annual tournament (except for Rugby World Cup years) that replaced the North America 4 competition. The USA Selects' best results in the ARC were their second-place finishes in 2013 and 2014.<ref>[http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/eagles-select-xvs-defeat-canada-30-10-at-americas-rugby-championship "Eagles Select XVs defeat Canada 30-10 at Americas Rugby Championship"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110128/http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/eagles-select-xvs-defeat-canada-30-10-at-americas-rugby-championship |date=2014-10-06 }}, USA Rugby, October 15, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014.</ref> In April and May 2015, the Select side were used for the United States 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in South America, as part of the Eagles 2015 Rugby World Cup preparations.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/roster-announced-for-selects-tour-to-south-america|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414161514/http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/roster-announced-for-selects-tour-to-south-america|url-status=dead|title=Roster announced for Selects' tour to South America|archivedate=April 14, 2015}}</ref> The Selects went 1-2 on their South American Tour defeating Uruguay and losing to the Argentina Jaguars twice.<ref>{{cite web |title=South American Tour ends with gritty loss to Argentina |url=https://eagles.rugby/news/south-american-tour-ends-with-gritty-loss-to-argentina |website=Eagles Rugby |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>
==Results== The following table shows the results of the USA Selects during annual competitions. In 2016 The Americas Pacific Challenge replaced the ARC as the developmental tournament for the USA Selects.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! Competition !! Results !! Finish !! Top Try <br> Scorer !! Top Points <br> Scorer |- | 2001 England tour of North America || 0–1 || {{n/a}} ||align=left| Jone Naqica / Jovesa Naivalu (1) ||align=left| Link Wilfley (11) |- | 2002 Scotland tour of North America || 0–1 || {{n/a}} ||align=left| Aaron Satchwell (1) ||align=left| Aaron Satchwell (5) |- | 2009 ARC || 0–2 || 4th ||align=left| Kevin Swiryn (3) ||align=left| Kevin Swiryn (15) |- | 2010 ARC || 1–2 || 3rd ||align=left| Samu Manoa (2) ||align=left| Nese Malifa (13) |- | 2012 ARC || 0–3 || 4th ||align=left| Eric Duechle (1) ||align=left| Zack Pangelinan (6) |- | 2013 ARC || 2–1 || 2nd ||align=left| D. Barrett / T. Maupin (2) ||align=left| Joe Cowley (24) |- | 2014 ARC || 2–1 || 2nd ||align=left| Tim Stanfill (4) ||align=left| T. Stanfill (20) |- | 2015 USA Selects tour of South America || 1–2 || {{n/a}} ||align=left| John Quill (2) ||align=left| AJ MacGinty (32) |- | 2016 APC || 1–2 || 5th ||align=left| Martin Iosefo ||align=left| Ben Cima (33) |- | 2017 APC || 2–1 || 2nd ||align=left| Hanco Germishuys (4) ||align=left| JP Eloff (17) |- | 2018 APC || 0–3 || 6th ||align=left| Ryan Matyas (3) ||align=left| Dylan Audsley (28) |- | 2021 APC || 0–2 || 5th ||align=left| Barlow / Breytenbach / <br> Sharpe / Wilson (1) ||align=left| Patrick Madden (12) |- | 2022 Toyota Challenge || 0–2 || {{n/a}} ||align=left| Fa’anana-Schultz / Dyer / <br> Lopeti / Mattina / Mooneyham (1) ||align=left| Luke Carty (10) |}
==Overall Record== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! style="width:180px;"| Opponent ! style="width:50px;"| Played ! style="width:50px;"| Won ! style="width:50px;"| Drawn ! style="width:50px;"| Lost ! style="width:50px;"| Win % ! style="width:50px;"| For ! style="width:50px;"| Aga ! style="width:50px;"| Diff |- | {{ruA|ARG}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 15 || 55 || −40 |- | {{ruA|ARG|name=Argentina Jaguars}} || 7 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0.00% || 79 || 291 || −212 |- | {{ru|Brazil}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 20 || 33 || –13 |- | {{ruA|Chile}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 14 || 29 || –15 |- | {{ruA|CAN}} || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 66.66% || 147 || 116 || +31 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} Cheetahs || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 25 || 53 || –28 |- | {{ru|ENG}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 21 || 83 || –62 |- | {{ruA|Fiji}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 12 || 62 || –50 |- | {{flagicon|Ontario}} Ontario Blues || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 24 || 27 || −3 |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} Pumas || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 15 || 33 || −18 |- | {{ruA|SAM}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 26 || 48 || −22 |- | {{ru|SCO}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 8 || 24 || −16 |- | {{ruA|Tonga}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50.00% || 50 || 54 || –4 |- | {{ru|Uruguay}} || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 75.00% || 71 || 42 || +29 |- | {{ruA|Uruguay}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 33.33% || 82 || 116 || –34 |- |- class="sortbottom" ! Total !! 32 !! 9 !! 0 !! 23 !! 28.13% !! 609 !! 1,066 !! −457 |} ''Up to date as of 11 December 2024''
==Roster== USA Selects 27-man roster for the uncapped 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge in October 2018.<ref name="auto"/>
{{nat rs start}} {{nat rs player|pos=HK|name=Pat O'Toole|age={{Birth date and age|1995|1|5}}|caps=0|club=San Diego Legion|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=HK|name=Kapeli Pifeleti|age={{Birth date and age|1999|9|1}}|caps=0|club=Saracens|clubnat=ENG}} {{nat rs player|pos=HK|name=Alex Maughan|age={{Birth date and age|1994|10|29}}|caps=1|club=Life University|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=PR|name=John Hayden|age={{Birth date and age|1991|12|28}}|caps=0|club=Seattle Seawolves|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=PR|name=Cam Falcon|age={{Birth date and age|1993|8|18}}|caps=0|club=New Orleans Gold|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=PR|name=Angus MacLellan|age={{Birth date and age|1992|8|24}}|caps=5|club=Utah Warriors|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=PR|name=Kelepi Fifita|age={{Birth date and age|1995|8|23}}|caps=0|club=Glendale Raptors|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=PR|name=Chance Wenglewski|age={{Birth date and age|1997|9|4}}|caps=0|club=Lindenwood University|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=Nate Brakeley|age={{Birth date and age|1989|8|31}}|caps=15|club=Rugby United New York|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=Matt Jensen|age={{Birth date and age|1992|4|21}}|caps=7|club=Utah Warriors|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=Taylor Krumrei|age={{Birth date and age|1992|7|2}}|caps=0|club=Seattle Seawolves|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=FL|name=Hanco Germishuys|age={{Birth date and age|1996|8|24}}|caps=8|club=Austin Elite|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=FL|name=Vili Toluta’u|age={{Birth date and age|1994|1|24}}|caps=1|club=Seattle Seawolves|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=FL|name=Psalm Wooching|age={{Birth date and age|1994|1|16}}|caps=3|club=Seattle Saracens|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=N8|name=Brendan Daly|age={{Birth date and age|1990|12|20}}||caps=2|club=SFGG|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=N8|name=Robles Thomas|age={{Birth date and age|1994|10|27}}|caps=0|club=University of California|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=SH|name=Nick Boyer|age={{Birth date and age|1993|7|17}}|caps=0|club=San Diego Legion|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=SH|name=Holden Yungert|age={{Birth date and age|1993|7|17}}|caps=0|club=New Orleans|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=SH|name=Devereaux Ferris|age={{Birth date and age|1994|10|24}}|caps=0|club=Life West|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=FH|name=JP Eloff|age={{Birth date and age|1991|5|28}}|caps=9|club=New Orleans|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=FH|name=Conor Kearns|age={{Birth date and age|1993|3|12}}|caps=0|club=San Diego Legion|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=CE|name=Dylan Audsley|age={{Birth date and age|1994|1|15}}|caps=6|club=San Diego Legion|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=CE|name=Anthony Salaber|age={{Birth date and age|1994|9|24}}|caps=0|club=San Diego Legion|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=CE|name=Mika Kruse|age={{Birth date and age|1998|6|27}}|caps=0|club=Glendale Raptors|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=CE|name=Zach Young|age={{Birth date and age|1996|2|15}}|caps=0|club=University of Arkansas|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=WG|name=Ryan Matyas|age={{Birth date and age|1990|12|24}}|caps=10|club=San Diego Legion|clubnat=USA|}} {{nat rs player|pos=WG|name=Tim Maupin|age={{Birth date and age|1989|3|23}}|caps=7|club=New Orleans Gold|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs player|pos=FB|name=Mitch Wilson|age={{Birth date and age|1996|4|15}}|caps=0|club=Life University|clubnat=USA}} {{nat rs end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website}}
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