On the 12th, the Japanese national team, which will be participating in the World Cup North and Central American tri-nation soccer tournament, flew from their base camp in Nashville, Tennessee, to Dallas, where they will play their first match in the first round. One night after captain MF Wataru Endo (33) from Liverpool left due to injury, FW Machino, who was called up in his place, also joined the team. Under the new captain, DF Itakura, a player meeting was held in preparation for the first league match against the Netherlands on the 14th (15th Japan time) to unify the players. The world ranking is...