High School All-Americans coach Salty Thompson has named 29 players that he will take with him on a four match tour of Argentina. One of the most notable names of the team is recently graduated Titi Lamositele from the Chuckanut Bay Club in Bellingham, Washington, the same city that produced Shawn Pittman and Nick Wallace. In addition to spending time with the All-Americans earlier in the year Lamositele spent some time in Eagles camp and has been rumored to be close to signing a professional deal overseas.
Other notable names on the roster include Michael Reid and Ben Cima, who formed the halfback pairing on last year's tour of Argentina. Cima, a star at Gonzaga in Washington, D.C., should be well familiar with the Argentinian game having spent a large part of his youth in the country. As U.S.A. Rugby notes in their press release, Reid spent some time with Taranaki in New Zealand. Overall there are 13 seniors, 12 juniors, and four sophomores on the roster.
The team will play the Cordoba academy on July 18th and 21st and then will take on the Argentina U-18 team on July 24th and 27th.
Take the jump to see the roster.
Christian Adams (Pride/Washington, D.C.), Justin Allen (Portadown/Letterkenny, Ireland), Jesus Arias (United/Orem, Utah), Niall Barry (Reeds Weybridge/Cobham, Surrey), Steven Branham (Fallbrook/Fallbrook, California), Ben Cima (Gonzaga/Bethesda, Maryland), Anthony Fotu (Hayward/San Leandro, California), Hanco Germishuys (Warriors/Omaha, Nebraska), Seth Halliman (Colorado Springs/Colorado Springs, Colorado), Viliami Helu (Danville Oaks/San Ramon, California), Reed Heynen (Belmont Shore/Long Beach, California), Michael Kellett (St. Louis Bombers/St. Charles, Missouri), David Kucharski (Muskego Rugby Club/Muskego, Wisconsin), Titi Lamositele (Chuckanut Bay/Bellingham, Washington), Valdemar Lee-Le (Dixon/Dixon, California), Siaosi Mahoni (Razorbacks/East Palo Alto, California), John Marti (Belmont Shore/Long Beach, California), Aaron Matthew (Back Bay Sharks/Irvine, California), Malcolm May (Ignatius/Chicago, Illinois), Andrew Naylor (Prince William/Haymarket, Virginia), Suwaiter Pock Jr. (Hilo Reign/Hilo, Hawaii), Michael Reid (Taranaki Academy/New Plymouth, New Zealand), Jimmy Ronan (Gonzaga/Kensington, Maryland), Gabriel Ruffin (Herriman/Riverton, Utah), Joeli Tikoisuva (Islanders/Sacramento, California), David Todd (Union Rugby Club/Tulsa, Oklahoma), Zach Webber (United/Orem, Utah), Calvin Whiting (United/Highland, Utah), James Wolfer (Xavier/Rockaway Park, New York)