On Saturday, Jan. 30, USA Football and the Broward County Red Cross are joining forces during the Team USA vs. The World game to provide help to the people of Haiti.

Admission to the game remains free, but people coming to the game are encouraged to donate $1 upon entry. Volunteers from the Red Cross will be collecting the money.*

Entry to the game and the AFC/NFC practice immediately before will be through gates A and B, located on the south side of the Lockhart Stadium.

*If you’re watching the game on NFL Network, you can still help through the official website at RedCross.org.

NFL Commissioner and USA Football Board Member Roger Goodell will perform the ceremonial coin toss for the Team USA vs. The World Game on Saturday, Jan 30th at Lockhart Stadium.

Full details can be found in the press release on USA Football’s website.

USA Football Chairman Carl Peterson will be a radio guest in New Orleans tomorrow at 4:35p CT (5:35p ET) on WWL 870’s “SportsTalk with Bobby and Deke” … co-hosts are former Saints QB Bobby Hebert and local sports personality Deke Bellavia.

They’ll talk Saints-Cardinals, general NFL, and USA Football.  They’ll also likely discuss USA Football’s “Team USA vs. The World” Game.  CB Tyrann Mathieu of New Orleans (St. Augustine H.S.) will be playing for Team USA against the World Select Team.  Tyrann has verbally committed to play for LSU next fall.

For some sky-box clips of Tyrann in action, you can visit this YouTube page.

Click “Listen Live” on WWL.com for the Peterson conversation.

Since the January 6th roster announcement, there has been plenty of media coverage for the January 30th game.

Domestic media coverage includes some of the country’s largest newspapers and sports news outlets, including The Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Newark Star-Ledger, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and ESPN.com, and others.

The game has garnered attention from media outlets in nine countries.  Foreign language publications have been translated into English for your convenience.

Please report any broken links in the comments or to the Team USA Twitter account, @teamusafootball.

[Full list of coverage after the jump.]

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From IFAF:

PARIS, FRANCE – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 – World team head coach Jan Jenmert and his coaching staff has selected 43 players from eight countries and four continents to face USA Football’s junior national team at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, January 30.

The game will match an eventual 45-man World team composed of the best players aged 19 and under selected from International Federation of American Football (IFAF) member countries against 45 of the top high school seniors from the United States.

The World team roster is comprised of players representing American Samoa (2), Australia (1), Canada (31), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (3), Mexico (1) and Sweden (3), who were selected from a provisional list of 100 players nominated by IFAF federations.  They will practice nine times while in Fort Lauderdale from January 24-29.

NFL Network will provide live coverage of the game, which is designated an official Pro Bowl Week event by the NFL, at 12 noon ET on January 30.  The game will follow AFC and NFC Pro Bowl practices, which conclude earlier that day, and admission to both events is free.

Read the full press release here.

From USA Football:

USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels, today announced its 2010 Junior National Team which will compete in USA Football’s “Team USA vs. The World” game in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 30 at 12 noon ET.  The game matches USA Football’s 2010 Junior National Team – 45 of the country’s top high school seniors – against a “World” team composed of 45 of the best players aged 19 and under from outside the United States spanning eight countries on four continents.

USA Football’s 2010 Junior National Team roster presently stands at 34 athletes. USA Football’s roster consists entirely of high school seniors, 28 of whom have verbally committed to college football programs across eight athletic conferences. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has the most Team USA verbal commitments at present with seven, followed by the Pac-10 with five and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with four.

Full Release