{"id":348522,"date":"2019-01-23T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T02:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=348522"},"modified":"2019-01-23T19:49:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T02:49:50","slug":"usa-mens-water-polo-wins-second-straight-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-mens-water-polo-wins-second-straight-in-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Men&#8217;s Water Polo Wins Second Straight In Sao Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USA Men&#8217;s National Team picked up their second straight win at the FINA World Championship Qualification Tournament, defeating Brazil 15-4 earlier today. For the second straight day\u00a0<strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/roster.aspx?rp_id=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener smarttag\" rev=\"8\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/roster.aspx?rp_id%3D8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548382561230000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGE2BU56LymosfJ2Yvvwm9UISwfXA\">Johnny Hooper<\/a><\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0(Los Angeles, CA\/California\/LA Premier) scored five goals to help pace the offense with\u00a0<strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/roster.aspx?rp_id=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener smarttag\" rev=\"7\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/roster.aspx?rp_id%3D7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548382561230000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzgZmGgm_OjYNhQXa7ic80VQ5pBA\">Drew Holland<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0<\/strong>(Orinda, CA\/Stanford\/Olympic Club) and\u00a0<strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/roster.aspx?rp_id=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener smarttag\" rev=\"17\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/roster.aspx?rp_id%3D17&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548382561230000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsNaVDI_i1L9K4ldaA6ANTzTfYew\">Alex Wolf<\/a><\/dfn><\/strong>\u00a0(Huntington Beach, CA\/UCLA\/Bruin) combining for 10 saves in net on defense. Team USA returns to action tomorrow when they meet Canada at 2:15pm et\/11:15am pt. Live streaming of the tournament is set to begin tomorrow and can be accessed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tvcbda.tvnsports.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/tvcbda.tvnsports.com.br\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548382561230000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEys6EajVw_cSMfPS1YGPoT4y7jHg\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the second straight Team USA made an impact early opening up a 3-0 lead after the first quarter and going ahead 7-1 at halftime. Brazil got things going in the third quarter adding three goals but Team USA countered with five more of their own for a 12-4 lead. The United States closed things out in strong fashion with three unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to take the match 15-4.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA went 7\/15 on power plays with Brazil going 3\/9 on the advantage. A day after the United States and Argentina combined for seven penalties, not a single penalty was called in this match.\u00a0The top two teams in this event will qualify for the FINA World Championship this summer in South Korea.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/news\/2019\/1\/7\/mens-senior-national-team-usa-mens-national-team-announces-roster-for-fina-world-championship-qualifier.aspx?path=mwpolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/news\/2019\/1\/7\/mens-senior-national-team-usa-mens-national-team-announces-roster-for-fina-world-championship-qualifier.aspx?path%3Dmwpolo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548382561230000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF00Kb_X52y7e0FZ4y2RcQON1ZkBA\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to see the full Team USA roster competing this week in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><em>Scoring<\/em><br \/>\nUSA 15 (3, 4, 5, 3) J. Hooper 5, A. Bowen 3, M. Irving 2, L. Cupido 2, B. Hallock 2, M. 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