Played with a U.S. youth squad in 2005: USA: 18-Jonathan Harris*; 21-Mizuki Hamada*, 16-Azeez Atanda*, 15-Luis Ramero Flores*, 2-Brandon Lee (5-Ian Kalis, 41); 20-Jorge Rodriguez*, 22-Demitri Abraham*, 19-Roberto Farfan*; 17-Yannick Salmon*, 12-Abe Villon*, 9-Sheanon Williams (10-Ellis McLoughlin, 41). http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_279556.html Now listed as a member of the Urawa Red Diamonds: http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/english/team.html He's a 1990.
http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp/tools_en/cgi-bin/view_news.cgi?action=view&nid=1565 Looks like he got stolen.
Hey if we can get Mikkel Diskerud, than we can this guy. Red Diamonds is really good team and you can never have too many quality CBs. Anyone else know if he's played recently with Japan? Do we really want to lose another guy from Jersey.
Neither. It is scientific fact that the peoples (and athletes) of some nations are on average shorter than peoples of other nations.
Useful post. If you've got something substantial to say, say it, instead of adding to the noise at BS... too much of that already. Anyways, anyone know much about this guy?
That fact says almost nothing about the height distribution of the population nor whether there are enough 6-footers within the population to field professional soccer teams.
If you want to continue to debate this point, please PM me. I regret ever posting it in this thread, thus drawing attention away from Mr. Hamada.
Sorry. Must. Do. It. Average height of JNT defenders: 70.21 inches (7 players from the 23 selected to face Australia in WCQ) Average height of USMNT defenders: 71.44 inches (8 players from the roster selected to compete in the Gold Cup) The median height is 70 for JNT, 71.25 for USMNT. Our tallest player is taller than the tallest Japanese player by 3 inches. Our shortest player is shorter than the shortest Japanese player by 1 inch.
OT: Mizuki Hamada in Japan Way OT, but Joisey's recent corruption arrests provide further confirmation of the Garden State's global qualifications. NJ would fit right in with emerging markets and other corrupt nations. As for Hamada, it's not too big a surprise for him to play in the J League. Especially if the US$ tanks over the next few years, it might not be too much of a shock for more Japanese Americans to follow Hamada (not that the Yen's exactly a strong currency) or for more Americans to move abroad to countries with potentially stronger currencies.
Not to mention the fact that Japan has a much better developmental system than the USA and that the leagues are about the same strength.
Re: OT: Mizuki Hamada in Japan How many Japanese Americans are there that are going to draw attention from J League teams? You can probably count the number on one hand at this point.
Re: OT: Mizuki Hamada in Japan Does that mean Hamada is going to partner Tulio in the Urawa defense or are they competing for it?
Re: OT: Mizuki Hamada in Japan Hamada made his first appearance of the season against Omiya Ardija yesterday. Urawa Red Diamonds are in 7th after 25 of 34 matches.
He's only played in 1 friendly all season, though he did put in a full 90 for the Japan U-23s: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/mizuki-hamada/leistungsdaten/spieler_118012.html