Sao Paulo, Brazil – January 23 – The USA Men's National Team picked up their second straight win at the FINA World Championship Qualification Tournament, defeating Brazil 15-4 earlier today. For the second straight day
Johnny Hooper (Los Angeles, CA/California/LA Premier) scored five goals to help pace the offense with
Drew Holland (Orinda, CA/Stanford/Olympic Club) and
Alex Wolf (Huntington Beach, CA/UCLA/Bruin) combining for 10 saves in net on defense. Team USA returns to action tomorrow when they meet Canada at 2:15pm et/11:15am pt. Live streaming of the tournament is set to begin tomorrow and can be accessed by
clicking here.
Once again Team USA made an impact early opening up a 3-0 lead after the first quarter and going ahead 7-1 at halftime. Brazil got things going in the third quarter adding three goals but Team USA countered with five more of their own for a 12-4 lead. The United States closed things out in strong fashion with three unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to take the match 15-4.
Team USA went 7/15 on power plays with Brazil going 3/9 on the advantage. A day after the United States and Argentina combined for seven penalties, not a single penalty was called in this match. The top two teams in this event will qualify for the FINA World Championship this summer in South Korea.
Click here to see the full Team USA roster competing this week in Brazil.
Scoring
USA 15 (3, 4, 5, 3) J. Hooper 5, A. Bowen 3, M. Irving 2, L. Cupido 2, B. Hallock 2, M. Vavic 1
BRA 4 (0, 1, 3, 0)
Saves – USA – A. Wolf 6, D. Holland 4
6x5 – USA – 7/15 – BRA – 3/9
Penalties – USA – 0/0 – BRA – 0/0
