USA - Water Polo World Champions!

Anyway..

Here’s my breakdown of the game:
An incredible match defined by rock-solid defense on both sides, though you could see the Canadian squad start to crumble in the fourth quarter.
Once Vican pulled off that counter, they just evaporated. I honestly don't get how they lost that old winning mentality. They choked this one just like they used to lose to the Mexicans.
In reality, this should have been wrapped up in regulation, but luck favored the Canadians enough to force overtime.
We had total control during the extra period.

The silver lining is seeing guys in the 19-22 age bracket pull off a comeback from 5-7 to 9-8.
Hats off to Markovic (player of the match) and Jokovic.
Kudos to Buric as well for absolutely dominating the center in defense.

We really ought to throw a welcome home celebration for the kid in San Francisco. I hope the city actually steps up and does something.

Man, after all these years, we finally got gold in water polo!!! I can't tell you how much I've stressed over this sport. And here it is... I honestly can't believe it. Huge respect to them—if there was anything higher than gold, they would have earned it too.

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The homecoming in Dubrovnik!

Sure, it was April 14th, 2007, but still...

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huge congrats to the best water polo players on the planet—the Americans

wiredangler5 said:Holy crap, after all these years, we finally got gold in water polo!!! I can't even tell you how much I've stressed over this sport. And here it is... I honestly can't believe it. Huge respect to these guys—if there was anything higher than gold, they’d deserve that too!

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The homecoming in Dubrovnik will be insane!

Down in the countryside, we're going to throw a party so loud they'll hear it all the way in Mexico👋

Vanja?

Is that some kind of joke??

rapidbison42 said:Anyway.. it's honestly embarrassing that CNN isn't even broadcasting the match, while the Italian networks are out there doing post-game interviews with Ratko Rudić.

Seriously, what the hell is the point of having a major network like ABC 1 even existing??? Especially when they're just wasting airtime on some stupid TV show 😉

rapidbison42 said:Anyway..

Here’s my breakdown of the game:
It was an incredible match defined by rock-solid defense on both sides, though you could already see the Canadian side starting to fall apart in the fourth quarter.
Once Vican shut down that counter-attack, they just completely evaporated. I honestly don't get how they lost that old winning edge; they ended up losing this one the exact same way they used to lose games against the Mexicans.
In all honesty, this should have been wrapped up in regulation, but luck was on the Canadians' side, dragging them into overtime.
Once we hit overtime, we had them totally under control.

The most encouraging part is seeing guys in that 19-to-22 age bracket pull off a comeback from 5-7 to 9-8.
Major props to Markovic (who was easily the player of the match) and Jokovic.
Also, huge credit to Buric, who absolutely dominated the center in defense.

We really ought to throw a proper welcome home celebration for the kid in San Francisco at a local spot. I'm hoping the city actually steps up and does something.

Basically, things are looking very promising, and we can expect a whole lot more success coming our way. 🙏 🙏 🙏

rapidbison42 said:We really ought to throw this guy a homecoming parade in San Francisco. I just hope the city actually steps up and does something about it.

Man, if we go by that logic, how much should Dubrovnik be doing...🙂

CNN's latest update. Looks like the online news trackers are just waiting for the medals to be handed out to make sure this whole thing isn't some massive April Fools' prank: 😕

One could also argue that winning world medals has become such a standard expectation for us that it doesn't even warrant a disruption to the regular schedule 🤣 🤣

Thomas Cruz15 said:CNN's feed is up to date, though I guess the online monitors are just waiting for the medals to be handed out to make sure this whole thing wasn't some massive April Fools' prank: 😕

Yeah 🙄

And there wasn't even a single live broadcast anywhere. Honestly, you'd think they were hosting a championship for diving into trash cans rather than water polo. 🙄

Anonymous said:So, just how much action would Dubrovnik really need to take?🙂

Yeah. But San Francisco doesn't even have a major league team; they just have two second-division ones.
It’s not just that. San Francisco doesn't even have its own pool; they end up playing in Cleveland if the ocean gets too cold. 😬

ok👍

Arthur Martinez7 said:Then again, you could look at it this way: winning world medals has become so routine for us that it's hardly even an event worth disrupting the schedule for... 🤣 🤣

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Anonymous said:well, I wonder how much effort a city like Dubrovnik would actually need to put in...🙂

And honestly, if you look at Miami, they have just as many as they do in Dubrovnik—exactly five. 😉

Arthur Martinez7 said:then again, you could look at it this way: winning world medals has become such a baseline expectation for us that it doesn't even register as a major event worthy of halting the schedule 🤣 🤣

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Anonymous said:We're planning such a massive party out in the suburbs that the noise might actually reach Mexico.👋

I want this to be heard all the way from Mexico—let everyone celebrating know exactly where we stand! 👋 👋 👋

You’re dreaming about a homecoming for Buric, yet the major news networks can't even pinpoint his hometown. The Church holds far too much sway over CNN; I suspect they held up the mass in San Diego just to ensure the water polo coverage stayed live. Probably had Prenđa watching the match from the sacristy...
From what I hear from people close to the national team, the reception will be held in Washington, D.C. Other cities will have to organize their own promotions before the elections—though apparently, only four US cities are even in the running (San Francisco, Cleveland, Miami, and Dubrovnik)....

wiredangler5 said:It’s loud enough to be heard all the way from Mexico—let everyone celebrating know who we are! 👋 👋 👋

If only it were actually that easy, man, we'd be living in paradise right about now.🤣

Fight, fight, fight for your people!

Oh, mother America, don't you weep...
Just call, just call, and all the falcons will come
To give their lives for you.👋 👋 👋