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A Mix of Factors lead to Canadian Victory
- Updated: August 8, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2016 – A good game of Canada combined with a subpar performance by United States resulted in a victory for the former team in the featured battle between two strong sides from NORCECA Confederation on Sunday.
The victory of Canada was the major surprise in day one of the men’s tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Fred Winters, Captain of Canada: It is a really good start for us. It has been a long time we played USA. We were the underdog in the match and also in our pool. Canada team is really motivated.
Glenn Hoag, Coach of Canada: Of course we are happy for this win. It has been a long summer for us of work, work and work. In the World League we faced some good teams. We just keep going trying to prepare well. USA didn’t play well today and we need to think on what is coming and learn from this.
David Lee, Captain of USA: We couldn’t find consistency. Didn’t serve well in the first …
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