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The same 13 athletes that represented Team USA in Toronto will compete in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Team captain\u00a0<strong>Tony Azevedo\u00a0<\/strong>(Long Beach, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC) joins Olympic veterans\u00a0<strong>Jesse Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(Coronado, CA\/Pepperdine\/NYAC),\u00a0<strong>Merrill Moses<\/strong>\u00a0(Palos Verdes, CA\/California\/NYAC), and\u00a0<strong>John Mann<\/strong>\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA\/California\/NYAC) on the roster that will begin play <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818739\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Monday<\/span><\/span> against the host, Russia. Team USA will also take on Greece and Italy to round out pool play. See below for the rest of the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Sports will be televising all the action from Kazan. For more information on their broadcast schedule,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/genrel\/072015aad.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>2015 FINA World Championship Men&#8217;s Schedule<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818740\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 27<\/span><\/span> vs Russia <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818741\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8:50am pt<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818742\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 29<\/span><\/span> vs Greece (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818743\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7\/28 &#8211; 11:30pm pt<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818744\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 31<\/span><\/span> vs Italy <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818745\"><span class=\"aQJ\">11:30am pt<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818746\"><span class=\"aQJ\">August 2<\/span><\/span> TBD (Qualification)<br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818747\"><span class=\"aQJ\">August 4<\/span><\/span> TBD (Quarterfinals)<br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818748\"><span class=\"aQJ\">August 6<\/span><\/span> TBD (Semifinals)<br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1541818749\"><span class=\"aQJ\">August 8<\/span><\/span> TBD (Finals)<\/p>\n<h3>2015 FINA World Championship Men&#8217;s Water Polo Roster<\/h3>\n<p>GK &#8211;\u00a0Merrill Moses\u00a0(Palos Verdes, CA\/Pepperdine\/NYAC)<br \/>\nGK &#8211;\u00a0McQuin Baron\u00a0(North Tustin, CA\/USC\/United)<br \/>\nC &#8211;\u00a0John Mann\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA\/California\/NYAC)<br \/>\nC &#8211;\u00a0Alex Obert\u00a0(Loomis, CA\/Pacific\/Sac Polo)<br \/>\nD &#8211;\u00a0Jesse Smith\u00a0(Coronado, CA\/Pepperdine\/NYAC)<br \/>\nD &#8211;\u00a0Jackson Kimbell\u00a0(Long Beach, CA\/Stanford\/Newport)<br \/>\nD &#8211;\u00a0Alex Roelse\u00a0(Maarssen, Netherlands\/UCLA\/Bruin)<br \/>\nA &#8211;\u00a0Josh Samuels\u00a0(Villa Park, CA\/UCLA\/NYAC)<br \/>\nA &#8211;\u00a0Alex Bowen\u00a0(Santee, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC)<br \/>\nA &#8211;\u00a0Luca Cupido\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA\/California\/Newport)<br \/>\nA &#8211;\u00a0Tony Azevedo\u00a0(Long Beach, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC)<br \/>\nA &#8211;\u00a0Bret Bonanni\u00a0(Huntington Beach, CA\/Stanford\/Stanford)<br \/>\nA &#8211;\u00a0Nikola Vavic\u00a0(Palos Verdes, CA\/USC\/Trojan)<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach:\u00a0<strong>Dejan Udovicic<\/strong><br \/>\nAsst. Coaches:\u00a0<strong>Jack Kocur<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Alex Rodriguez<\/strong><br \/>\nTeam Leader:\u00a0<strong>Rick McKee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at <\/i><a href=\"mailto:newsmaster@swimmingworld.com\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>newsmaster@swimmingworld.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Men&#8217;s National Team Head Coach\u00a0Dejan Udovicic\u00a0has announced the roster for the upcoming 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. 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