Santiago, Chile - November 3 - The USA Men's National Team is now one step away from qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games, following a 22-7 win over Argentina in the semifinal round of the Pan American Games.
Max Irving led the offense with six goals while
Drew Holland and
Adrian Weinberg added eight saves. Team USA now prepares to meet Brazil in the gold medal final at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt on Saturday. Live streaming is expected to be available, but not guaranteed, by
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It was a 2-1 game early in the first quarter before the United States turned things up going on a 4-0 run behind goals from
Alex Bowen,
Ryder Dodd,
Johnny Hooper and
Hannes Daube. In the second quarter Team USA tacked on four more unanswered goals to secure a 10-1 edge at halftime.
Luca Cupido got the scoring started in the third quarter but Argentina's offense made their biggest push, connected for four goals in the period. Team USA responded with five more goals after the Cupido offering and built a 16-5 lead going to the fourth quarter. Team USA put the game away in the final period as Irving tacked on two more goals en route to the 22-7 victory.
Team USA went 5/7 on power plays and 3/4 on penalties while Argentina was 3/11 on power plays and 0/0 on penalties.
Scoring -
Scoresheet
USA 22 (6, 4, 6, 6) M. Irving 6, A. Bowen 4, H. Daube 3, R. Dodd 3, J. Hooper 2, B. Hallock 2, D. Woodhead 1, L. Cupido 1
ARG 7 (1, 0, 4, 2) T. Galimberti 2, R. Veich 1, T. Echenique 1, C. Camnasio 1, E. Corsi 1, G. Poggi 1
Saves - USA - D. Holland 5, A. Weinberg 3 - ARG - D. Malnero 4, O. Salas 1
6x5 - USA - 5/7 ARG - 3/11
Penalties - USA - 3/4 - ARG - 0/0
