Team USA wins Game 1...

Game vs Kazahkstan
Nice job team USA....We beat Kazahkstan 19-6.
We started very slow and were down 0-3...We kept our composure and ended the quarter down 3-4. We picked it up a notch in the second quarter and did not look back.. The stands were empty but we did have about 10 USA fans in the crowd....
Now we rest and start focusing on Russia....
stats to come....
Scoring:

USA (3, 6, 6, 4) K. Craig 4, M. van Norman 3, B. Hayes 3, B. Villa 2, L. Wenger 2, K. Rulon 2, T. Gandy 1, A. Gregorka 1, J. Steffens 1
KAZ (4, 1, 0, 1) N. Kutuzova 1, N. Rybachek 1, A. Zubkova 1, Y. Gariyeva 1, M. Gritisenko 1, A. Rozhentseva 1

Saves - USA - B. Armstrong 6, J. Komer 2 - KAZ - G. Rytova 8

Penalties - USA 2-2 - KAZ - 0/0

6x5 - USA - 3/9 KAZ - 2/10

Roma 09

Hello everyone..Its been almost a year since I have posted anything about team USA...We are currently in Rome getting ready to compete at the 13th World Aquatic Championships. We have our first game on Sunday vs Kazahstan @ 12pm...
I will try and be good about blogging about our team...We have a new coaching staff and we are ready for our new adventure...Follow our journey, it will be fun....Go tEam USA

TEAM USA GOES TO CHI TOWN TO VISIT OPRAH

ON THE DOUBLE DECKER BUS ON MICHIGAN AVE--GETTING READY TO GO TO MILLENNIUM PARK TO SEE OPRAH

POSING WITH THE LOPEZ--TAEKWONDO MEDALIST....HUNG OUT WITH THEM AT A UNITED MEET AND GREET..GREAT FAMILY!!

TEAM USA

SILVER MEDALIST!!!!!
We came away with a silver medal after going down to the netherlands 4-0 in first three minutes of game..we fought back but the netherlands beat us 9-8..our hats off to them..
I just wanted to thank all of you who have posted, sent emails and watched us live from your computers..we have never felt as much love and support as we have this time around..You have truly made Beijing and the memories of Beijing a little sweeter with your warm thoughts..Thank you.....GO USA!!!!
WE ENDED WITH 110 MEDALS THE MOST BY ANY COUNTRY...WE ARE THE BEST!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you Patty!!!

We beat the Australia 9-8, today in our semifinal game..what a game it was..I cant really remember much but what I do remember is going up by 3 to end the 3th quarter and after we missed a 5meter we fell a part for a little bit and gave up our 3 goal lead..But then we cracked down on defense and made some 5on6 saves and scored a crucial 6on5 with a minute left in the game..then we did what we do best and played some great defense the last possesion to the game...We will face the Netherlands on thursday..the beat Hungary 8-7...cant wait...

Scoring:USA: 9 (2,2,4,1) B. Villa 3, B. Hayes 2, K. Craig 1, A. Gregorka 1, J. Steffens 1, N. Golda 1AUS: 8 (2,2,1,3) K. Gynther 3, R. Rippon 2, G. Beadsworth 1, B. Knox 1, M. Santoromito 1
Saves - USA - B. Armstrong 8 AUS - A. McCormack 156x5 - USA 4/7 - AUS 2/8

TEAM USA

USA VS Russia

We beat the Russians 12-7...
After day 2 of competition we found out that the Russians were eliminated from advancing with their loss to China and our tie with Italy..We didnt know what Russian team we would find on Day 3 of competition..What we did know is that regardless of how the Russians were going to treat their game, we needed to come out and make a statement..We needed to win to still give us a shot at advancing first in our bracket..However, with the tie we also needed to wait and see the end result of the Italy/China game..I tip my hat off to the Chinese they are playing really well and taking advantage of every opportunity they get..They lost to the Italian 10-9...which helped us win our bracket..We needed China to win, tie or not lose by more than one goal and not have a higer score than our game...to determine the tie breaker between Italy and US...I guess you could say luck was in our favor and all those things happened last night..So now we wait and train to play against the winner of the quarterfinal between Australia/china...

Scorers:
USA: 12 (5,3,2,2) N. Golda 3, B. Villa 2, A. Gregorka 2, B. Hayes 1, P. Cardenas 1, J. Steffens 1, E. Windes 1, M. van Norman 1RUS: 7 (0,2,4,1) O. Turova 2, S. Konukh 2, E. Prokofyeva 1, E. Pantyulina 1, E. Soboleva 1Saves - USA - B. Armstrong 10, J. Hipp 1 - RUS - V. Vorontsova 16x5 - USA - 4/6 (2/2 penalties) RUS - 2/6