Serbia Hands Team USA Men’s Water Polo First Loss Of FINA World League Super Final, 10-7

PODGORICA, Montenegro, June 19. THE USA Men's Senior National Team suffered their first setback of the 2009 FINA World League Super Final as they fell to Serbia 10-7. With the loss Team USA is now set up for a match tomorrow with Australia to advance to medal contention.

In this game it was close early on as Serbia led by just a goal after the first at 3-2. In the second they distanced themselves a little further going up 7-4. In the second half the teams were able to match goals but with Serbia already holding a three goal advantage it did not bode well for the United States. It was 8-5 after the third quarter and then in the fourth Serbia tacked on two more goals to move on to the 10-7 victory.

Tony Azevedo led USA scorers with three goals. Jeff Powers added two tallies and Ryan Bailey and Jesse Smith scored a goal apiece. Merrill Moses went the whole way in net stopping eight shots. Team USA struggled on player advantages going 4/11 including two penalty shots.

"It was a pretty disappointing game. We played poorly on defense and did not execute our six on five and five on six," said USA Head Coach Terry Schroeder.

Scoring:

SRB: 10 (3, 4, 1, 2)
USA: 7 (2, 2, 1, 2) T. Azevedo 3, J. Powers 2, R. Bailey 1, J. Smith 1

Saves – USA – M. Moses 8

6×5 and Penalties – USA 4/11

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