USA Men Move Past Brazil 14-9 For Second Straight Win In Lima

Lima, Peru - March 8 - The USA Men's National Team picked up their second straight win at the FINA Intercontinental Cup with a 14-9 victory over Brazil. Sawyer Rhodes, Chase Dodd and Ben Stevenson all scored three goals each to pace the offense with Drew Holland piling up 13 saves in net. A full match replay is available below. Team USA is back in action tomorrow against Colombia at 4pm et/1pm pt with live streaming available by clicking here.

Team USA took the edge 4-2 after the first quarter and then surged ahead in the second quarter with five unanswered goals for a 9-2 lead at halftime. Brazil battled back in the third quarter adding three goals to trail 12-5 going to the fourth. They stepped their game up in the final period outscoring Team USA 4-2 but it wasn't enough to alter the outcome as Team USA took the win by five. The United States went 7/12 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties while Brazil went 4/10 on power plays with no penalties attempted. 

Scoring
USA 14 (4, 5, 3, 2) S. Rhodes 3, C. Dodd 3, B. Stevenson 3, T. Gruwell 1, Q. Woodhead 1, D. Woodhead 1, J. Ehrhardt 1, T. Abramson 1
BRA 9 (2, 0, 3, 4) R. Vergara Real 3, G. Freitas 3, R. Aghula de Freitas 1, B. Maizza 1, G. Coutinho 1
Saves - USA - D. Holland 13 - BRA - G. Barella 2, M. Junqueira 2
6x5 - USA - 7/12 - BRA - 4/10
Penalties - USA - 0/1 - BRA - 0/0