2014–15 United States national rugby sevens team season

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The United States national rugby sevens team had its best season to date in the Sevens World Series during the 2014–15 season under head coach Mike Friday. The U.S. finished sixth in the series.

The team capped off the season by going 6–0 to win the 2015 London Sevens, the first time the U.S. has won a World Series tournament.^[1]

2014–15 World Series edit

Leg	Date	Finish	Record (W-L-D)	Leading Try Scorer	Leading Points Scorer	Dream Team selection
Australia	October 2014	9th	4 – 2	Zack Test (7)	Zack Test (35)	Zack Test
Dubai	December 2014	11th-T	2 – 3	Carlin Isles (5)	Carlin Isles (25)	—
South Africa	December 2014	5th	4 – 2	Carlin Isles (6)	Madison Hughes (41)	—
New Zealand	February 2015	7th-T	2 – 3	Perry Baker (4)	Madison Hughes (32)	Maka Unufe
United States	February 2015	4th	3 – 2 – 1	(Multiple) (3)	Madison Hughes (27)	Test, Barrett, Hughes
Hong Kong	March 2015	6th	3 – 2 – 1	Zack Test (6)	Madison Hughes (45)	Zack Test
Japan	April 2015	9th	4 – 2	Carlin Isles (7)	Carlin Isles (35)	Carlin Isles
Scotland	May 2015	4th	3 – 3	Maka Unufe (4)	Madison Hughes (26)	Maka Unufe
England	May 2015	1st	6 – 0	Madison Hughes (7)	Madison Hughes (65)	Barrett, Hughes
		6th	Carlin Isles	Madison Hughes		Zack Test (3)

2015 London Sevens edit

The U.S. won the 2015 London Sevens, their first ever tournament win in the World Series. The U.S. defeated Australia 45–22 in the final, with Danny Barrett and Maka Unufe each scoring two tries. Danny Barrett and Madison Hughes were named to the tournament's seven-man Dream Team. Hughes scored seven tries throughout the tournament, tied for first in tries scored. Perry Baker scores six tries, tied for fourth overall.

2015 London Sevens final – U.S. starting lineup
Player	Position
Danny Barrett	Forward
Andrew Durutalo	Forward
Matai Leuta	Forward
Folau Niua	Scrum-half
Madison Hughes	Fly-half
Maka Unufe	Center
Perry Baker	Wing

2014–15 leading scorers edit

Tries

Points

Madison Hughes (296)
Carlin Isles (160)
Perry Baker (140)
Zack Test (115)
Maka Unufe (110)

Updated: May 17, 2015

Olympic qualifying edit

US Olympic Qualifying
Olympics	Qualifying Date	Qualifying Venue	USA Record	Position
2016	June 2015	Raleigh, U.S.	5–0	1st

Rugby returned to the Summer Olympics at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the United States attempted to defend its title. The U.S. defeated Canada 21–5 in the final of the 2015 NACRA Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.^[2]

Pool A edit

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
United States	3	3	0	144	5	+139	9
Mexico	3	2	1	57	55	+2	6
Jamaica	3	1	2	38	90	–52	3
Barbados	3	0	3	26	115	–89	0

13 June 2015
15:44

United States	54–0	Barbados

WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary

13 June 2015
18:06

United States	50–0	Mexico

WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary

14 June 2015
9:00

United States	40–5	Jamaica

WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary

Semifinals edit

Semi-finals		Final

14 June 2015 - 11:45 - WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary

United States	60
		14 June 2015 - 17:34 - WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary
Cayman Islands	0
		United States	21
14 June 2015 - 12:07 - WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary
		Canada	5
Canada	34

Mexico	0

2015 Pan Am Games edit

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	126	7	+119	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Uruguay	3	2	1	54	69	−15	7
Chile	3	1	2	62	46	+16	5
Mexico	3	0	3	0	120	−120	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 July 2015
11:11

United States	26–7	Chile
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
16:05

United States	46–0	Mexico
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
19:11

United States	52–0	Uruguay
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Medal round

Semifinals		Final

July 12 — Toronto

United States	19
		July 12 — Toronto
Canada	26
		Argentina	19
July 12 — Toronto
		Canada	22
Argentina	43

Uruguay	7
		Third place

		July 12 — Toronto

		United States	40

		Uruguay	12