USA’s Orton Fofana about to take a hard foul in the closing minutes. (Check video 8 of 8 at around the 6 minute mark to see how cooler heads prevailed.)

Alberta Team Handball has posted video of the USA – Canada, Men’s Under 20 group play match that was played in Mexico this past November.   Canada won that contest 37-30 and later beat the Americans 40-38 in the Bronze Medal match.

It doesn’t take long to see how pivotal the back court tandem of Fofana, Binderis and Galindo were to the U.S. performance.  These players definitely have a future with the U.S. national team.

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Player #, Name, Club/country of residence, goals scored
#1, Chris Hesser, Dynamo HC, Goalie
#2, Stefan Paunovic, Denmark, 0 goals
#3, Tylert Shukert, Minnesota HC, 0 goals
#5, Domenic Lapore, Salt Lake City, 0 goals
#6, Jerome Nohr, Germany, 0 goals
#7, Ian Pinson, LA THC, 1 goal
#8, Orton Fofana, France, 10 goals
#11, Alex Binderis, Sweden, 4 goals
#15, Javier Galindo, Spain, 9 goals
#16, David Brown, West Point, Goalie
#17, Andrew Donlin, Air Force, 2 goals
#24, Connor Holt, West Point, 2 goals
#25, Ryan Petersen, Cary HC, 0 goals

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