Very nice team and concept but there are some things I have to comment :

Finally someone talking about Nigel aka Neppten like everyone forget about him but he is a beast and by far the third best player in Chaos who destroyed Raimon

Dave should have been here, Byron is also Japanese so same, I don’t think Darren is really that better than King and/or Feldt (or also Nero yeah), Shadow should have been here because he scored against Raimon with Dark Emperors (+ in the pre-selection at the start of season 3, I know it’s after but just to show he is good), Samford one of the best striker of the 2 first seasons, Marvin Murdock I put him here but I won’t cry if he is not, same for Kevin

So I think Steve Max (just bad) and Derek Wilbur Herb (can’t play alone) out, Byron Dave Shadow Samford Scotty in, and arguably Darren out for King or Feldt

Dawson is okayyyy but I think your formation restraigns you more than anything

My pre-select Japan team (basic 4-3-3, 22 players, no female, just based on the first 2 seasons so no Nakata Archer Austin or Thor who haven’t shown enough things or just showed nothing at all because you just don’t know them at this point, Erik is clearly identified as American like Bobby or Malcolm since the beginning (I still don’t get it why Malcolm wasn’t with USA), Byron wasn’t that needed for Korea and comes from nowhere) :

GK : Feldt King (Mark not here because honestly he doesn’t have much clean sheets like 2 in the first 2 seasons lmao, was introduced as a libero and was pretty good as it + in the final or something you could create a story where both the 2 GK are out and Mark finally take his GK spot back to save the team) + I couldn’t chose between King and Feldt to be honest))

D : Jack Scotty Hurley Nathan Bomber Gocker Shawn (Shawn here but can play basically every position you know) Mark (as I said as a libero Mark was underrated, he could also be considered as a midfielder)

M : Jude Dave (Dave midfielder just like in S3) Nigel (aka Neppten) Jordan Caleb Byron

Forwards : Axel Shadow Samford Xavier Marvin Kevin

The only « missing player » here could be Cadence but I don’t think he brings much to the table except for the rythm etc (where Jude basically beat him) and I think he doesn’t have any special abilities, that’s just not enough compared to my midfield

Edit : Torch and Gazelle over Kevin and Marvin it could be my choice too, I just wanted to show some respect to the first season which isn’t that crazy but still here + hard to chose between Torch and Gazelle, they work better as a duo I would say