USA Men’s Water Polo Takes Silver at FINA World League Super Final

GENOVA, Italy, June 22. THE USA Men's Senior National Team's bid for a Gold Medal at the FINA World League Super Final was halted after a 7-3 loss to Serbia on Sunday. Despite the loss this is still the best ever finish for Team USA at this event and is the last major tournament prior to the start of the 2008 Olympic Games in August.

The game started off evenly for each squad as after the first quarter it was tied at 1-1. In the second Serbia started to inch ahead claiming a one goal lead as their defense kept Team USA scoreless. Coming out of the halftime holding a 2-1 lead the Serbians tacked on two more goals. This was countered by two goals from Team USA and the contest remained tight headed to the fourth as Serbia led by just a score at 4-3.

In the fourth is where the game was decided as Serbia was able to post three goals while shutting out Team USA to come away with the 7-3 victory and overall championship of the tournament. Team USA struggled mightily in the man-up game going 1-9 on the day. Tony Azevedo led the Team USA offense with two goals and Merrill Moses was solid in net putting aside nine shots.

"I am very proud of the way the guys played and work today all week. We are showing much better consistency overall. We have definitely closed the gap, and we will continue to build from here," said Team USA Head Coach Terry Schroeder.

Special thanks to USA Water Polo for contributing this report.

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