1999 Pan Am Games Men's Water Polo: USA Defeats Cuba, 6-424 July 1999Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - Team USA's aggressive defense stymied Cuba on Saturday, leading to a 6-4 victory in preliminary play at the 1999 Pan American Games. Strong pressure on the outside gave Cuba limited chances early as the United States built a 3-0 lead in the first peri...
Long Beach Shore Ousts Olympic Club in Senior Nationals Final22 July 2000Championship Game: Olympic Club..........7 Long Beach Shore......8 Sunday’s championship game between the Olympic Club and Long Beach Shore Aquatics was nothing less than entertaining. Big shots, big saves, and big defense highlighted Long Beach’s 8-7 win over the Olympic Club. Long Beach, guided by...
Read moreMen's Water Polo: Dan Proving He Can Hackett27 September 2000By Eric Velazquez U.S. goalkeeper Dan Hackett shook off four games of subpar goal play on Wednesday night against Greece, making a slew of amazing stops and finishing with 10 in three quarters played. His Hellenic opponents met came up empty shot after shot last night, with Hackett getting to balls ...
U.S. Water Polo Team Defeats Romania, 7-427 August 2000NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. August 28. Team USA defeated Romania in pre-Olympic competition, 7-4, on Sunday before a crowd of 366 at Newport Harbor High School. The U.S. scoring started out, appropriately enough, with a goal by Chris Humbert from two-meters early in the first quarter of play. A stop by Da...
Men's Water Polo: U.S. Gallops into Quarterfinals with 9-3 Win Over Greece26 September 2000By Eric Velazquez Sydney, Australia—It wasn’t difficult gauging the USA men’s water polo tactics in its final semifinal match with Greece on Wednesday night (Sept. 27). While Greece may have been the only winless team left in the bracket, the U.S. was looking to ride some momentum into the quarterfi...
1999 Pan Am Games Men's Water Polo: USA Defeats Brazil, 7-3, Advances to Gold Medal Game28 July 1999Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Winnipeg, Canada - The physical play of Brazil kept the United States scorers silent, but Team USA picked up the slack on the perimeter, blowing by Brazil 7-3 to advance to the gold-medal game at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Team USA defeated Brazil ...
Read moreWater Polo: UPS Cup Day 1 Results & Highlights27 June 20002000 UPS International Cup June 27-July 2, 2000 u.s. water polo national aquatic center los alamitos, ca Croatia 1-1-1-4--7 Team UPS 1-1-1-0--3 Yugoslavia 5-4-3-2--14 Italy 1-2-1-4-- 8 USA 0-3-1-3--7 Australia 2-2-3-0--7 Game 1: Scoring: Croatia: Dogas 2, Stritof 2, Sanc 1, Kobescak 1, Oreb 1 Team U...
Water Polo: USA Falls to Italy, 11-10 In French Open23 April 2000Nice, France - Italy defeated the USA, 11-10 in an exciting, closely contested water polo game to win the 2000 French Open title in Nice, France. Two-time Olympic medalist Silipo started the scoring for Italy, but the USA came back in the first period on goals by Wolf Wigo (NY, NY), Chris Humbert (L...
Men's Water Polo: U.S. Stutters Against Hungary26 September 2000By Eric Velazquez Sydney, Australia—From the early going of today’s game against gold medal favorite Hungary, it looked as if the men’s U.S. water polo team had worked the kinks out of the system. A 12-8 win against the Netherlands had clearly propelled Team USA into a rhythm for this morning’s 9 a....
Men's Water Polo: USA Beats Australia, 12-630 April 2000Dubrovnik, Croatia - Under the rules of the tournament, the USA need to win by six goals over Australia to have a chance of winning the Croatian Cup tournament. The team did what they needed to do with a 12-6 win over Australia. But the outcome wasn't entirely in their hands. They also needed It...