{"id":407502,"date":"2019-12-18T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=407502"},"modified":"2019-12-24T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:15:08","slug":"usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRINCETON, NJ. After having not lost in 624 days \u2014 a span of 64 matches \u2014 the U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Water Polo team twice stared down defeat before rallying to beat the Netherlands 23-22 via penalty shots on Day Two of the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup. It was such a crazy game \u2014 one day<\/a> after the American women had stuffed Russia 9-5 in a defensive slog \u2014 that U.S. Head Coach Adam Krikorian<\/strong> could only shake his head in disbelief after his team gave up more goals in a game than they had at any time during their run of success.<\/p>\n

\"usawp\"“I hope the fans enjoyed today because that was exciting for [them],” Krikorian said after the match. “I don’t know if it’s exciting for the coaches… [it’s] not for my liking. Too much scoring.”<\/p>\n

He added: “For someone who is more defensive minded, that was a tough game to watch.”<\/p>\n

The U.S. win in dramatic fashion capped an evening of exciting action at Princeton\u2019s De Nunzio Pool. In the earlier game, Italy came from behind to tie Russia late before capturing an 18-16 win, also on penalty shots. It made for a fantastic second day of action in The Garden State, as five of the top women\u2019s teams in the world \u2014Canada had the day off \u2014compete this week to advance to the finals on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s matches: Canada vs. Italy and Russia vs. Netherlands; both can be streamed via Facebook here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

All offense as defense takes the night off<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As Krikorian phrased it, the USA vs, Holland match was a tale of two sides; phenomenal offense and awful defense. For the visitors, Maud Megens<\/strong> found the back of the net six times, including two successful penalty shots, while teammates Kitty Lynn Joustra<\/strong> and Bente Rogge<\/strong> had four scores each. Sabrina Van der Sloot<\/strong>, the brilliant Dutch attacker, had three scores, but\u00a0 her miss in the shootout allowed the U.S. to escape with the win.<\/p>\n

The Americans, with ten players scoring, were more balanced in their attack, as Alys Williams<\/strong> and Stephania Haralabidis <\/strong>both registered hat-tricks. Not including the shootout, there were 11 lead changes, and the score was tied ten times, including 18-all at the end of regulation.<\/p>\n

\"van-der-sloot-jul19\"

Holland’s Sabrina van der Sloot. Photo Courtesy: FINA<\/p><\/div>\n

Midway through the second period, the U.S. took a 7-4 lead on a goal by Haralabidis, which was their biggest of the game. When Joustra, Maud Koopman<\/strong> and Van der Sloot scored in succession to close out the third period, the Netherlands had a 17-15 lead and the U.S. streak was very much in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

[Want to See the World\u2019s Greatest Water Polo Players? They\u2019re in New Jersey This Week<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

But you don\u2019t win so many times in a row \u2014 or enjoy the success the Americans have, including back-to-back Olympic gold medals \u2014 without being able to dig down deep and rally. Which is what they did. With five minutes left, Rachel Fattal<\/strong> converted a beautiful pass from Maggie Steffens<\/strong> to make it a one goal game. A minute later Steffens got her team even with a great finish off a helper from Kiley Neushul<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Dutch again took the lead, as Rogge scored with three minutes to go, but a steal by Aria Fischer<\/strong> with a minute and half remaining led to a goal by Haralabidis, knotting the score at 18. Both teams had chances to win it in regulation, but neither could take advantage, including a last second scoring attempt in front of the U.S. goal by Brigitte<\/strong> Sleeking<\/strong> that was broken up by Team USA’s Maddie Musselman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Johnson stands tall in goal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Johnson came on in relief at intermission after Amanda Longan<\/strong> gave up 10 goals in half, but the American\u2019s all-world goalie couldn’t stem the offensive tide. It wasn\u2019t until the shoot-out that her brilliance shown through, as she turned aside three Dutch attempts, none larger than when Van der Sloot was aiming for the win. Johnson stopped her and then \u2014 following a successful conversion by Kaleigh Gilchrist<\/strong> \u2014 ended the match with a stop on Rogge, giving her team yet another victory.<\/p>\n

\"johnson-great-lima-aug19\"

USA’s Ashleigh Johnson. Photo Courtesy: Mariana Bazo<\/p><\/div>\n

For an American squad hat always strives for perfection, there are important lessons to be learned from this match \u2014 examples that will be applied in pursuit of a third-straight Olympic Gold next summer in Tokyo. That they rallied from a two-goal deficit in the fourth period \u2014 the first time within memory that they\u2019ve trailed so late in a game \u2014 and that goalie Johnson and her veteran teammates will come up big when called upon.<\/p>\n

What may be most unsettling to American opponents is, after escaping with a sloppy though entertaining win, the Americans will double down on their work ethic \u2014 so they\u2019ll be even better next time.<\/p>\n

“It’s my job to make sure that we stay as focused as possible,” Krikorian said about the constant pressure to succeed his players are faced with. “That game is going to give us a lot of info \u2014 a lot of video to go back to and keep us humble, hungry and allow us to stay focused.”<\/p>\n

Imagine that; after being perfect for more than 20 months \u2014 and winning every major (and minor) tournament that the water polo world has to offer \u2014 Team USA will look to get even better.<\/p>\n

If Krikorian and his players have their way, this streak of success will likely never end. One game at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRINCETON, NJ. After having not lost in 624 days \u2014 a span of 64 matches \u2014 the U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Water Polo team twice stared down defeat before rallying to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4875,"featured_media":407565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[120137,3384,61254,54089,50841,66515,120101,70795,37597,39213,66701,37598,39337,65600,60870,60192,124,3025,32490,62628,61197,3613],"class_list":["post-407502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-water-polo","tag-2019-usa-water-polo-holiday-cup","tag-adam-krikorian","tag-alys-williams","tag-amanda-longan","tag-aria-fischer","tag-bente-rogge","tag-brigitte-sleeking","tag-de-nunzio-pool","tag-kaleigh-gilchrist","tag-kiley-neushul","tag-kitty-lynn-joustra","tag-maddie-musselman","tag-maggie-steffens","tag-maud-koopman","tag-maud-megens","tag-michael-randazzo","tag-netherlands","tag-princeton","tag-rachel-fattal","tag-sabrina-van-der-sloot","tag-stephania-haralabidis","tag-usa-water-polo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nUSA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65 - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In one of the craziest games in recent memory, the U.S. women's team stared down defeat to beat Holland 23-22 in the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup, their 26th straight win.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In one of the craziest games in recent memory, the U.S. women's team stared down defeat to beat Holland 23-22 in the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup, their 26th straight win.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-18T14:30:36+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-24T12:15:08+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2200\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1290\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Randazzo\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Randazzo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Randazzo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb\"},\"headline\":\"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-18T14:30:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-24T12:15:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\"},\"wordCount\":960,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"2019 USA Water Polo Holiday Cup\",\"Adam Krikorian\",\"Alys Williams\",\"Amanda Longan\",\"Aria Fischer\",\"Bente Rogge\",\"Brigitte Sleeking\",\"De Nunzio Pool\",\"Kaleigh Gilchrist\",\"Kiley Neushul\",\"Kitty Lynn Joustra\",\"Maddie Musselman\",\"Maggie Steffens\",\"Maud Koopman\",\"Maud Megens\",\"Michael Randazzo\",\"Netherlands\",\"Princeton\",\"Rachel Fattal\",\"Sabrina van der SLOOT\",\"Stephania Haralabidis\",\"USA Water Polo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Water Polo\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\",\"name\":\"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65 - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-18T14:30:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-24T12:15:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"In one of the craziest games in recent memory, the U.S. women's team stared down defeat to beat Holland 23-22 in the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup, their 26th straight win.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg\",\"width\":2200,\"height\":1290,\"caption\":\"USA's Melissa Seidemann defending Holland's Ilse Koolhaus in a 2019 game; Photo Courtesy: USA Water Polo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb\",\"name\":\"Michael Randazzo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Michael Randazzo\"},\"description\":\"Michael Randazzo is a freelance contributor at Swimming World focusing on water polo. He covers polo all over the United States for SW and other publications, including the Collegiate Water Polo Association, Skip Shot, The New York Times, Total Water Polo, Water Polo Planet and others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children and roots for St. Francis Brooklyn polo.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/michael-randazzo\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65 - Swimming World","description":"In one of the craziest games in recent memory, the U.S. women's team stared down defeat to beat Holland 23-22 in the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup, their 26th straight win.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65","og_description":"In one of the craziest games in recent memory, the U.S. women's team stared down defeat to beat Holland 23-22 in the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup, their 26th straight win.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2019-12-18T14:30:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-12-24T12:15:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2200,"height":1290,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Randazzo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Randazzo","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Randazzo","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb"},"headline":"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65","datePublished":"2019-12-18T14:30:36+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-24T12:15:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/"},"wordCount":960,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg","keywords":["2019 USA Water Polo Holiday Cup","Adam Krikorian","Alys Williams","Amanda Longan","Aria Fischer","Bente Rogge","Brigitte Sleeking","De Nunzio Pool","Kaleigh Gilchrist","Kiley Neushul","Kitty Lynn Joustra","Maddie Musselman","Maggie Steffens","Maud Koopman","Maud Megens","Michael Randazzo","Netherlands","Princeton","Rachel Fattal","Sabrina van der SLOOT","Stephania Haralabidis","USA Water Polo"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Water Polo"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/","name":"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65 - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-12-18T14:30:36+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-24T12:15:08+00:00","description":"In one of the craziest games in recent memory, the U.S. women's team stared down defeat to beat Holland 23-22 in the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup, their 26th straight win.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg","width":2200,"height":1290,"caption":"USA's Melissa Seidemann defending Holland's Ilse Koolhaus in a 2019 game; Photo Courtesy: USA Water Polo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-water-polo-holiday-cup-us-women-escape-with-win-on-penalties-in-sudden-death-streak-now-at-65\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"USA Water Polo Holiday Cup: US Women Escape with Win On Penalties in Sudden Death; Streak Now at 65"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/fb1d58ba008040c3ad837f46defed7bb","name":"Michael Randazzo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f34baabfc0ac0cea197ffefec898a876?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Michael Randazzo"},"description":"Michael Randazzo is a freelance contributor at Swimming World focusing on water polo. He covers polo all over the United States for SW and other publications, including the Collegiate Water Polo Association, Skip Shot, The New York Times, Total Water Polo, Water Polo Planet and others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children and roots for St. Francis Brooklyn polo.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/michael-randazzo\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"USA's Melissa Seidemann defending Holland's Ilse Koolhaus. Photo Courtesy: USA Water Polo","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/seidemann-holiday-usawp-dec19.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1I0C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}