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The J.League Returns
On Saturday evening the J.League resumed its 2020 season, with a host of exciting, if still slightly disorganized contests. The new paradigm -- with games played before empty stadiums -- may take time to get used to. But it is nice to have football back, at long last.
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The J.League is Back! ... uh ... well, Kinda.
The J.League 2020 season kicked off just over four months ago, yet there is still only one match in the books for J1 and J2 teams, and J3 teams have yet to begin 2020 play. The J1 will not resume until next weekend, but J2 and J3 teams got back under way on Saturday and Sunday.
Costa Rican youngster Antonio Aguilar dreams of playing in Japan. Here is his story.
JSoccer interviewed a player who saw his opportunity to play in Japan cut short by the Covid-19 situation.
Another Season Dawns
Are you ready? The J.League 2020 season kicked off this weekend, and JSoccer has a full roundup of the results.
Stand-ins Stumped by Saudis
The Young Samurai Blue started the year 2020 with an abject performance and a loss against Saudi Arabia. So should we be worried?
Olympians Starting to Look Like ... Olympians
Japan's Olympic Team made their Prime Time debut on Saturday, in chilly Nagasaki. The Young Samurai set the pitch alight, and gave fans a pleasant winter dream for the coming New Year.
Hong Kong Kablooie
The Samurai Blue continued their experiments at the East Asian Cup, trotting out a host of debutants for the match against Hong Kong. The final result flatters them slightly, but the prospective Tokyo Olympians coasted to victory on a hat trick by Samurai Blue newcomer Koki Ogawa.
The New Era Has ... Arrived?
The East Asian Cup opened on Tuesday evening, with a host of fresh new faces for the Samurai Blue faithful to run the rule over. The best new debutante of all was not a player, although most J.League fans have come to know it very well over the past decade.
Another Sluggish Step for Samurai Blue
Japan's 2022 World Cup qualification match on Thursday evening was another chance for the Samurai Blue to try out new players, tactics and formations against a small but feisty opponent. Instead, we got pretty much the same old, same old. Fortunately, next week's clash with Venezuela and the mid-December East Asian Cup should give us a chance to look at some new faces.
There are two Japan national team squads in the coming weeks as they play a World Cup Qualifier - the 1st XI, and then a Kirin Cup friendly - a chance to give some lesser-experienced players a chance to shine.