While most Americans’ footballing attentions are focused on Friday’s pivotal World Cup match between the USA and Slovenia, another U.S. national football team of sorts will be playing for some minor hardware on Saturday at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ.

USA Rugby is playing in the Plate Final, i.e. the third place match, of the 2010 Churchill Cup, an invitational rugby union tournament involving the USA, Canada, England’s 2nd team (known as England Saxons) and three invitational teams. The Eagles lost to the Saxons but managed to beat Russia, 39-22. Highlights from that match are in that video above. (Thanks to Simon for letting me know about it.)

All three finals will take place at Red Bull Arena on Saturday, with the USA v. France A game kicking off at 5:30. You can find more info about it here. It’s not that often that you get to see competitive international rugby union on U.S. soil, so if you’re in the neighborhood, you might want to give it a look.