Soccer: 15-year-old Kubo named to Japan's U-20 World Cup squad

Fifteen-year-old former Barcelona prodigy Takefusa Kubo was among 21 named to the Japan squad Tuesday for the upcoming Under-20 World Cup in South Korea.Kubo, dubbed the "Japanese Messi," signed with FC Tokyo's youth team in May 2015 after four years with Barcelona, returning to Japan when the Catalan club were penalized by soccer's world governing body FIFA for violating international transfer regulations."I never dreamed of getting in here (U-20) when I was playing qualifiers for the U-17 World Cup last year," said Kubo, who has been training with Tokyo's senior side. "I'm smaller in size…READ FULL ARTICLE