Hideki Kuriyama, the Samurai Japan skipper, is a fan of Nootbaar’s speed ... “They loved Lars like he was a mascot for the Japanese national team,” Kumiko said. At the end of the tour ...

Most Japanese couldn't recognize Lars Nootbaar ... He’s playing with Japan because of his mother’s roots, the first non-Japan-born player chosen for the national team by ancestry.

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