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USA vs. Croatia Post-mortem

It was demoralizing nearly from the start and by the time the Croatians had scored five goals without answer there were no more references to historic wins over Hungary and...

USA v. Hungary

An improbable, inspirational, and nearly magical tournament is over. The US was overmatched and overwhelmed despite remaining within four goals of the winner of three consecutive Olympic gold medals. Karma,...

Serbia v. Montenegro

Serbia wins the bronze over Montenegro, 6-4. I didn’t follow the game completely, only learning late that Sefik and Sapic weren’t going to play. I did catch a glance at...
USA v. Serbia

USA v. Serbia

[Terry Schroeder] recalled how in 1988 Russia “threw” a match to face the United States in the semifinals, rather than Yugoslavia. The ploy motivated the Americans to knock out Russia....

USA v. Germany

A historic win for the Yanks, not so much for the quality of the win over Germany (a team with glaring weaknesses, not including its superb goalkeeping) but for the...

USA v. Croatia

A remarkable turnaround from the last performance against Serbia. The US beats Croatia 7-5 based on yet more excellent defense and goaltending. Croatia did not shoot particularly well when they...

Hungary v. Greece

What happened to Greece? Their defense is just awful, and the Hungarians could have won that game short-handed. But the highlight of that game was one of the most amazing...

Notes for Wolf Wigo (and others)

Watching the Serbia-Croatia game it dawned on me that water polo needs its own John Madden. Wolf, you can be that guy, 90 pounds lighter and unafraid of jet air...

Croatia v. Serbia

What to make of the Serbian meltdown versus Croatia? They appear to be a team that needs everything to be going their way in order for their immense talent to...