{"id":1828,"date":"2000-09-24T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2000\/09\/mens-water-polo-yugoslavia-dunks-usa\/"},"modified":"2014-07-24T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T00:29:25","slug":"mens-water-polo-yugoslavia-dunks-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mens-water-polo-yugoslavia-dunks-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Water Polo: Yugoslavia Dunks USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Velazquez<\/p>\n<p>Medal Contender Yugoslavia Handles U.S, 8-5<\/p>\n<p>Sydney, Australia\u2014A day after losing their tournament opener with Croatia yesterday, Team USA and head coach John Vargas had decided it was time to get back to basics. The U.S., considered to be one of the better swimming and counterattacking teams in the tournament, did just that on Sunday (Sept. 24), sticking marvelously to the game plan against Yugoslavia.<br \/>\nHowever, the heavily favored Yugoslavians were too much too handle, winning, 8-5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played better today than we did yesterday, without a doubt,\u201d said Vargas. \u201cIf we play with that kind of fight tomorrow, we\u2019ll win.\u201d Vargas also realizes that having taken on Croatia and Yugoslavia so early in<br \/>\nthe tournament, the U.S. has a bit of an advantage heading through the rest of the bracket in preliminaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying tough teams like Croatia and Yugoslavia helps us,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re both really good teams, and it gives us an edge heading into the rest of our games. I just think we need to keep bringing our aggressiveness<br \/>\nand our fight, and we\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. was playing Yugoslavia for the first time since the UPS International Cup in Los Alamitos, Calif. 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