U.S. Men’s Water Polo Names 20-Man Roster for Australia Series
The United States Men’s Water Polo team named a 20-man roster for the upcoming two-game series with Australia.
The group includes 14 of the 15 players who went to the World Championships in the summer of 2025, everyone but Connor Ohl. All of the mainstays of the program are included, among them Max Irving, Hannes Daube, Ryder Dodd and Chase Dodd and goalie Adrian Weinberg.
Among the new faces called in by coach Dejan Udovicic are UCLA’s Bode Brinkema and Peter Castilllo and Stanford’s Dash McFarland and Max Zelikov. The latter is a native of Florida who comes from South Florida WPC.
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High schooler Jett Taylor, a San Diego native who is a junior at Cathedral Catholic High, is also in the team. He scored a goal for the senior team in June.
Australia also named a veteran squad for the two games, one that includes 12 holdovers from Worlds.
The U.S. plays Australia on Jan. 10 at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine and Jan. 11 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California.
U.S. Men’s Water Polo Roster
- Bode Brinkema (San Juan Capistrano, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)
- Dominic Brown (Concord, CA/California/LA Athletic Club)
- Peter Castillo (Costa Mesa, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)
- Hannes Daube (Long Beach, CA/USC/Apollon Smyrnis/NYAC)
- Chase Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/LA Athletic Club)
- Ryder Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/LA Athletic Club)
- Jake Ehrhardt (Camarillo, CA/USC/LA Athletic Club)
- Bernardo Herzer (Los Angeles, CA/USC/LA Athletic Club)
- Max Irving (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Pro Recco/NYAC)
- Jack Larsen (Orinda, CA/UCLA/Sabadell)
- Ben Liechty (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)
- Dash McFarland (Berkeley, CA/Stanford/LA Athletic Club)
- Charlie Mills (Tiburon, CA/USC/San Francisco WPC)
- Ryan Ohl (Greenwich, CT/Stanford/Greenwich Aquatics)
- Nicolas Saveljic (Kotor, Montenegro/UCLA/TeliMar/NYAC)
- Jett Taylor (San Diego, CA/Cathedral Catholic High School/Del Mar WPC)
- Marko Vavic (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/USC/NYAC)
- Adrian Weinberg (Los Angeles, CA/California/Panathinaikos/LA Athletic Club)
- Dylan Woodhead (San Anselmo, CA/Stanford/SHAQ)
- Max Zelikov (Boca Raton, FL/Stanford/South Florida WPC)
Australia Men’s Roster
- Laurence Barker
- Marcus Berehulak
- Matthew Byrnes
- Tristan Glanznig
- Andrej Grgurevic
- Zac Izzard
- Sam Keightley
- Luka Krstic
- Drew McJannett
- Jacob Mercep
- Sam Nangle
- Charlie Negus
- Luke Pavillard
- Nic Porter
- Tim Putt
- Loui Schuler
- Matt Wilson