The USA Military team is set for its second match of its UK tour with the naming of the 23-man squad.
Three players who have had a massive effect on the team will not be able to play as the touring squad is 26, and Head Coach Allen Clarke had a conversation with each of them about why they couldn't go. Those players, both Clarke and captain Collin Grosse said, were as much a force for winning the upcoming game as anyone.
The USA Military is coming off a 41-33 loss to the British Army Masters, a game they felt they could have, and possible should have won. Mistakes in exiting their third of the field was probably the chief reason they lost, and that, along with a few other fixes, has been the focus of training of late.
However, the Americans will also unleash a few more wrinkles in their attack and in their tactics.
