By Ivan Ivovic’s tenure as head coach of the MIT men’s varsity team has ended after one season. The university announced on Tuesday that Ivovic had resigned and would be replaced on an interim basis by David Andriole, founding member of KAOS Water Polo in Los Angeles, Head Coach at West
Individual Accolades in USA Men’s 4th Place FINA Cup Finish
Jesse Smith returned to Team USA’s Senior Men’s squad and earned Defensive Player of the Tournament honors as the young Americans finished fourth at the recently concluded FINA Men’s World Cup Championships in Kazakhstan. Bret Bonanni ended the competition as its top goal scorer. In their last match the American men could not overcome
Non-Californians Rising for US Men’s Youth Team; Women Dominate with CA-Centric Roster
USA Men’s and Women’s Youth teams both pocketed gold medals at the recently completed UANA Junior Pan American Championships in Riverside, California. The women went largely unchallenged defeating silver medalists Brazil by five scores and winning their matches by an average of 15. The men avenged a loss in last
Azevedo’s Olympic Future Heading South?
We’re very pleased to share our first piece written for new partner, and spanking new online sports publication, Bad Man Bureau. Revisit them and Total Waterpolo for bi-monthly articles. Clint Dempsey patrolling the World Cup pitch in an Irish national team kit? Kobe Bryant leading the fast break for Team
Tony Azevedo’s Future & USA Waterpolo
Originally posted at BadmenBlog. Clint Dempsey patrolling the World Cup pitch in an Irish national team kit? Kobe Bryant leading the fast break for Team Italia? Impossible! Well, at least astronomically unlikely. Not so much for Tony Azevedo, widely considered the best American water polo player ever. The only four-time
Udovicic Praises US Team’s “Potential,” New Officiating Methods, After Loss to Hungary
USA Men’s National Team Coach Dejan Udovicic says his team can be competitive with “everyone” in 18 months to two years. That in a Hungarian TV interview after his young team fell to their top-ranked hosts 12-6 on Wednesday. Alex Bowen scored twice in the loss in which 16-yr-old Connecticut
Udovivic Makes His Mark on Young, Diverse Senior Team Roster
Senior Men’s National Team Head Coach Dejan Udovicic made good on a few of his key initiatives in naming the roster for the Volvo Cup in Hungary next month. The squad is likely the youngest and most geographically diverse Senior team ever with athletes from Ohio, Florida, and Connecticut, whence
2013: The Year in Review
In many ways a transitionary year, 2013 presented some surprises to US water polo fans. Much in the interscholastic game remained the same or at least returned to the status quo, but not without some genuine and welcome turbulence along the way. And though the highest echelons of US water
Udovicic: Pro Polo Returning to US, Plans for Coaching Association, and more
Menlo Park, CA – In country only since May, US Men’s National Team Coach Dejan Udovicic has already begun to make his mark on the program, but not without first being a keen observer and listener, according to two people familiar with his efforts. The coach weathered the chill on
