Huntington Beach, CA - August 27 - On the heels of the tremendous success of the Men's and Women's Olympic Water Polo Teams and their Silver Medal finishes at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China the Olympic All-Star Teams were announced.
On the men's side goalkeeper Merrill Moses (Palos Verdes, CA) and driver Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, CA) were named to the team while for the women defender Jessica Steffens (Danville, CA) was tabbed to the squad as well. The rest of the Men's All Star Team was selected as follows:, goalkeeper; Alessandro Calcaterra (ITA), centre-forward; Peter Biros (HUN), Mladjan Janovic (MNE), Daniel Varga (HUN) and Felipe Perrone (ESP). The Women's All Star Team was rounded out with Patricia Horvath (HUN), centre forward Elisa Casanova (ITA), field players Danielle de Bruijn (NED), Ao Gao (CHN), Bronwen Knox (AUS), and Agnes Valkai (HUN).
In addition usawaterpolo.org is happy to offer the chance to send your congratulations to each team for a job well done in 2008. Please follow the link here to post your comments. Comments will be posted shortly to the USA Water Polo website.
