M. Senior National Team. USA Men Close Out Competition At 2016 Olympic Games With 10-7 Win Over Italy

Aug. 14, 2016

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – August 14 – With their standing in group play already confirmed and no chance to advance to the quarterfinals the U.S. Olympic Men’s Water Polo Team played Italy with nothing more than pride on the line. They turned in an inspired effort defeating Italy 10-7 in their final match at the 2016 Olympic Games. A balanced scoring attack paced Team USA as four different players scored two goals each with Merrill Moses (Palos Verdes, CA/Pepperdine/NYAC) and McQuin Baron (North Tustin, CA/USC/Regency) splitting time in net to post 10 saves. Veteran Team USA trio Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC), Jesse Smith (Coronado, CA/Pepperdine/NYAC) and Moses were subbed out with nine seconds left to a warm applause in their likely final appearance for the United States in their storied careers. Learn more about USA Water Polo at the 2016 Olympic Games by clicking here. Italy started off strong in the first quarter going up 2-0 on goals from Francesco di Fulvio and Pietro Figlioli with 4:29 to play. Azevedo got the United States on the board on the next possession and Josh Samuels (Villa Park, CA/UCLA/NYAC) tied the match with 1:31 to play in the quarter. The Italians closed strong adding two more goals in the final 56 seconds to lead 4-2 after the opening period.Team USA started to chip away at the deficit in the second quarter on a Bret Bonanni (Huntington Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC) goal with 6:13 to play. Luca Cupido …

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