USA Youth Men Bounce Back With 26-4 Win Over Kazakhstan; Will Meet Canada For 9th Place

Belgrade, Serbia - August 17 - The USA Men's Youth National Team got back in the win column at the FINA Youth World Championship with a convincing 26-4 win over Kazakhstan. Every field player found the back of the cage, led by five goals from Jacob Tsotadze. Bernardo Herzer and Riley Clansen teamed up for 10 saves in net. Team USA closes out play in Belgrade tomorrow when they meet Canada in the 9th place match at 7:30am et/4:30am pt. Live streaming is available via FINA by clicking here. Live stats are available by clicking here. 

Team USA took control of the match immediately, opening with a six goal burst, including two from Ryder Dodd for a 6-0 lead after one. Kazakhstan broke through in the second quarter but the United States countered with seven more goals, capped by one of four goals on the day from Gage Verdegaal, for a 13-2 lead at intermission. Seven more goals arrived in the third quarter including two apiece from Tsotadze and Verdegaal to put the match away at 20-3 headed to the fourth. In the final period Team USA added six more goals as they cruised to the 26-4 victory.

Team USA went 9/12 on power plays and 4/4 on penalties while Kazakhstan went 0/1 on power plays and 0/0 on penalties. 

Scoring - Stats
USA 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) J. Tsotadze 5, G. Verdegaal 4, P. Castillo 3, R. Dodd 3, B. Liechty 3, C. Loth 2, D. Mnatsakanian 2, W. Schneider 1, C. Arakelian 1, E. Ausmus 1, J. Burghardt 1
KAZ 4 (0, 2, 1, 1) A. Yeremin 1, U. Kalybek 1, E. Vilin 1, Y. Beloussov 1 
Saves - USA - B. Herzer 6, R. Clansen 4 - KAZ - D. Matolinets 5, A. Baizhumanov 2
6x5 - USA - 9/12 - KAZ 0/1
Penalties - USA - 4/4 - KAZ - 0/0