sentences:  Still only a teenager, Young was invited to play for the Israeli National Soccer Team at age 17.As a left winger, Young was a mainstay on the National Team for twelve years and became the first Captain of the Israeli national team from Haifa.As Captain of the Israeli National Soccer Team during its Golden Age, Young paced the Israeli team to its best ever finish in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City (where he was the flag bearer for Israel) and led Israel to qualify for the FIFA World Cup (held in Mexico City in 1970).