ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 14. THE USA Water Polo Men's National Team lost their final match of group play at the FINA World League Super Final, dropping a 7-5 decision to Italy. John Mann (Newport Beach, CA\/California\/NYAC) scored two goals in the loss while Merrill Moses (Palos Verdes, CA\/Pepperdine\/NYAC) added 10 saves. Team USA will meet with Spain tomorrow in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Team USA opened up a lead early, taking a 3-2 lead after the first period. The following three quarters saw each team exchanging offensive outbursts. In the second period it was Italy outscoring Team USA 3-0 to take a 5-3 at halftime. The United States battled back in the third to tie the game at 5-5. In the fourth Italy surged back ahead posting two unanswered goals to take the match 7-5. Team USA went 2\/8 on power plays and 0\/1 on penalties while Italy was 1\/8 on power plays and did not attempt any penalties.<\/p>\n
“We can't give up soft goals. We gave up two one on nobodies. We are working too hard on defense to do that,” said USA Head Coach Terry Schroeder. <\/p>\n
(2-3, 3-0, 0-2, 2-0)
\nReferees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
\nFINA Delegate: Gyorgy Martin
\nTeams:
\nITALY: Stefano Tempesti — Amaurys Perez, Valerio Rizzo 1, Pietro Figlioli 1, Alex Giorgetti 2, Maurizio Felugo, Niccolo Figari, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti 2, Deni Fiorentini 1, Daniel Premus, Arnaldo Deserti, Tamas Marcz. Head coach: Alessandro Campagna.
\nUSA: Merrill Moses — Peter Varellas, Peter Hudnut, Jeff Powers 1, Adam Wright, Shea Buckner, Layne Beaubien 1, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey 1, Tim Hutten, Jesse Smith, JW Krumpholz, John Mann 2. Head coach: Terry Schroeder.<\/p>\n
Extramen
\nItaly: 1 for 8
\nUSA: 2 for 8<\/p>\n
Saves – USA – M. Moses 10<\/p>\n
Penalties
\nItaly: none
\nUSA: 0 for 1<\/p>\n
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