The Boys HS All Americans has lost 26-5 to Portugal in the European U18 Championships.

The HSAA team will now play for 5th in the consolation brackt. The American team looks like a group that had just come together, which is indeed the case, and especially their passing and alignments in the backline were disjointed, resulting in a lot of dropped balls, and passes to no one.

Portugal gave the HSAA team fits in the breakdown, pouncing on the ball quickly and stealing plenty of possession. Whether they were making a full release on the ballcarrier, or staying solid on their feet, was debatable, but certainly they were quick and aggressive. 

Portugal took an early 6-0 on two penalty kicks. The USA team scored on a weakside scrum move after a long run and a penalty. But the team's goalkicking let them down as they missed the conversion and two penaly attempts during the game. In th second half, the HSAA team didn't really get close to the tryline in part because they couldn't keep possession. Turnovers led to three second-half tries, with a penalty or two for good measure. The second of those tries was a dropped ball that was kicked ahead and gathered for a try - a microcosm of how th HSAA team's day went.

Boys High School All-Americans | v. Portugal 
1. Thomas Waghorne 
2. Gabriel Mahuinga 
3. David Ainuu 
4. Blake Richards-Smith 
5. Asa Carter 
6. Matthew Meehan 
7. Garrett Kay 
8. Bailey Wilson (C) 
9. Conor McManus 
10. Justin Petersen 
11. Mateo Gadsden 
12. Quinn Perry 
13. Jack Wendling 
14. Ryan James 
15. Eric Naposki-Abdalah

Boys High School All-Americans | Reserves 
16. Jack Manzo 
17. Xavier Doering 
18. Maximillian Walding 
19. Alexander Rayton 
20. Christopher Noggle 
21. Ethan McVeigh 
22. Daniel Crowley 
23. Michael Jennings 
24. Jake Burns 
25. Christian Newby 
26. Kyle van Tonder