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LIMA, PERU. The ultimate water polo opportunity\u2014an Olympic berth\u2014is now within grasp for four men\u2019s teams at the 2019 Pan American Games. The question now is: who will seize the moment, win gold and qualify for the 2020 Games in Tokyo?<\/p>\n

\"pan_american_logo.svg\"With quarterfinal wins Thursday, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the United States emerged from the uneven play that has characterized almost a full week of competition at the Villa Maria del Triunfo Aquatics Complex. All except the Canadians\u2014who experienced a brief scare in their match against Mexico before rallying for a 13-11 win\u2014advanced comfortably to matches Friday.<\/p>\n

Brazil beat Puerto Rico handily by a score of 13-4 and will meet Canada in one semifinal. Argentina was comfortably ahead all game before winning 9-7 over Cuba, while the USA cruised to a 24-2 win over host Peru. This sets up a second semifinal between Argentina and the U.S.<\/p>\n

All the contenders have flaws<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In comments following his team\u2019s lopsided win against Puerto Ricans, where Gustavo Guimaraes<\/strong> scored four times and Gustavo Coutinho<\/strong> collected three, Brazil Head Coach Ricardo Azevedo<\/strong> put it bluntly: no one is a favorite here in Lima.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 50-50 with anybody here,\u201d he said. \u201cYou saw the Canadian vs. U.S. game; it was one 6 on 5 away from being 12-12.\u201d<\/p>\n

[USA Men Go Up Big Against Canada, Hold on for Win at Day Two of Pan American Water Polo Action<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Azevedo’s squad is young and inexperienced\u2014as he pointed out, the Brazil team has six players under the age of 22, with five of them competing in a major international competition for the first time\u2014and at times has struggled to score. The Brazilians have relied on Guimaraes (14 goals), a veteran of the 2016 Rio Olympics, for almost a third of their 51 goals scored thus far. Azevedo spoke of defense as being the difference maker for his team\u2014they\u2019ve allowed a tournament-low 18 goals against in four games.<\/p>\n

According to their coach, the decisive factor for the Brazilians is 41-year-old goalie Slobodan Soro<\/strong>. A veteran of three Olympics\u2014two with Serbia and one with Brazil, the cagey goalie may be the difference if Azevedo\u2019s team is to take gold at the Pan Ams for the first time since 1963.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoro is an equalizer,\u201d Azevedo said of his goalie. \u201cHe’s not going to let you score the easy goals, You’re going to have to beat him.<\/p>\n

[USA Men\u2019s Water Polo At 2019 Pan American Games: Look Out for Brazil<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

“That’s not easy to do when a player has the experience and background that he has.”<\/p>\n

Then, appraising his team\u2019s chances the rest of the way, the veteran of three national team programs added: \u201cThe bottom line is we have to execute our game plan, just like Canada, just like the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Lima,

Mark D’Souza (#11) kick-started the winning rally against Mexico. Photo Courtesy: Paul Vallejos \/Lima 2019<\/p><\/div>\n

Canada does not have as strong a goalie manning their cage, and it showed in a barn-burner of a contest against the Mexicans. Head Coach Omar Montiel Gutierrez<\/strong> saw his team twice sprint out to two-goal leads on the strength of outside shots by captain Oliver Alvarez Basillo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After being down 9-8 midway through the third period, Mark D’Souza<\/strong> kick-started the rally with a blast past Mexican goalie Orlando Ortega Guadarrama<\/strong>. After Sinai Gonzalez Lara<\/strong> tied it for Mexico with a skip shot that eluded Canada\u2019s Milan Radenovic<\/strong>, Porzio\u2019s team reeled off three straight scores by Gaelan Patterson,<\/strong> Nicolas Constantin-Bicari<\/strong> and Matthew Thomas Halajian<\/strong> to keep alive hopes of a first Canadian Olympic berth since 2008.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss, the Mexican coach was pleased with his team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the potential of this group\u2014ending this game with Canada for me is a great victory,\u201d Gutierrez, who has only been leading the team the past six months, said. \u201cThe way we played today\u2014the commitment with defense\u2014everybody was focused 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadian Head Coach Giuseppe<\/span> Porzio<\/strong> could only breathe a sigh of relief and focus on his team\u2019s positives.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me it was important in this kind of game\u2014a playoff game\u2014first to win,\u201d he said. \u201cSecond was the team grew up in the game. We gave up eight goals in the first [half] and only three in the second.\u201d<\/p>\n

Argentina vs. US: experience against youth<\/h3>\n

Argentina won 9-7 over Cuba to return to the Pan American semifinals for the second straight time, and will face the Americans. Three players\u2014Ivan Martin Carabantes<\/strong> (9), Carlos Exequiel Camnasio<\/strong> (8) and German Ignacio Yanez<\/strong> (8)\u2014have accounted for 60% of the squad\u2019s 41 goals. Yanez (39) and Carabantes (33) and Ramiro Andres Veich<\/strong> (31), the three most experienced players on Head Coach Daniel Alberto Poggi\u2019s<\/strong> squad, each logged almost 30 minutes in the Cuba match\u2014indicating there\u2019s not much depth to the Argentine squad.<\/p>\n

\"Lima,

The Americans hope to come out of the shadows. Photo Courtesy: Paul Vallejos \/ Lima 2019<\/p><\/div>\n

The Americans appear to be the strongest side here in Lima, and they\u2019ve faced the stiffest challenge so far, winning 13-11 over Canada in group play. They boast four scorers in double digits\u2014Hannes Daube<\/strong> (12 goals), Johnny Hooper<\/strong> (12), Ben Hallock<\/strong> (11) and Alex Bowen<\/strong> (10)\u2014but they too are inexperienced. Only four of their players\u2014Bowen, Luca Cupido<\/strong>, captain Jesse Smith<\/strong> and Alex Obert<\/strong>\u2014have competed in Pan Ams before.<\/p>\n

How his young team responds to pressure may prove to be decisive for Head Coach Dejan Udovicic\u2019s<\/strong> team, a concern which he referenced after his team\u2019s win over Peru.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are dealing with this day-to-day and it\u2019s naturally gonna come with playing more games,\u201d Udovicic, who has taken three teams to the Olympics, said. \u201cEach athlete has to deal with this as an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he’s confident that his team, whose average age without the 36-year-old Smith is 24, is on the right track.<\/p>\n

\"Lima,

The USA’s Alex Bowen (white cap) against Puerto Rico’s Jose Loubriel Cuyar. Photo Courtesy: Paul Vallejos \/ Lima 2019<\/p><\/div>\n

Providing a thoughtful context to the experience here was Bowen, with Smith the most well-traveled player on the American side. With professional stints in Romania, Italy and Croatia, Bowen is just 26 but appears wise beyond his years.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of it is being adaptable,\u201d he said about the pressures of tournament play. \u201cThe situation changes so frequently just within the day\u2026. being able to relax, understand that we’re going to have our hour in the pool, our times to get ready, allow us to focus on what we need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowen then acknowledged that being the favorite is not always the best position to be in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easier in some respects to be the underdog fighting up against everybody\u2014sometimes it’s harder to be the top team and put everybody in their place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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