USA Men’s World Cup 2026

Roster:

Adrian Weinberg (Los Angeles, CA/California/Panathinaikos/LA Athletic Club)
Jack Larsen (Orinda, CA/UCLA/Sabadell)
Marko Vavic (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/USC/San Giljan ASC/NYAC)
Nicolas Saveljic (Kotor, Montenegro/UCLA/TeliMar/The Olympic Club)
Hannes Daube (Long Beach, CA/USC/Apollon Smyrnis/NYAC)
Peter Castillo (Costa Mesa, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)
Ben Liechty (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)
Luke Nelson (Old Greenwich, CT/USC/Greenwich Aquatics)
Jett Taylor (San Diego, CA/Cathedral Catholic High School/Del Mar WPC)
Chase Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/LA Athletic Club)
Ryder Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/LA Athletic Club)
Max Irving (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Pro Recco/NYAC)
Charlie Mills (Tiburon, CA/USC/San Francisco Water Polo)
Ryan Ohl (Greenwich, CT/Stanford/Greenwich Aquatics)
Dominic Brown (Concord, CA/California/LA Athletic Club)
Bode Brinkema (San Juan Capistrano, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)

Very difficult tournament with Croatia, Italy, Spain in bracket

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It will be good experience. My expectations are low until Hallock caps up again.

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100%. I’m excited to see Weinberg after 2 years of professional experience. He has been killing it for Panathinaikos!

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We have a high schooler on the team.

Team looks like a UCLA/USC all star team.

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Very young roster, I feel like it is going to be a good learning experience but also a rough few games against Croatia, Italy and Spain

Anyone know if today’s warm up vs Montenegro is being streamed? Don’t see it on World Aquatics.

Here are live results for next week: World Aquatics Waterpolo World Cup 2026

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Montenegro beat USA 15-9 in the exhibition match per their Instagram. Not great sign considering that MNE is not even in Division 1 play.

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Looks like games are steaming paid on recast not familiar with this site , anyone else try it?

Also is it too much to ask to have a link on the USA water polo site to the scores and stream?

Used it in the past and the quality has been really good. The commentary in the past has also been pretty helpful - especially for color on the team’s construction, experience level and tactics etc.

Thank goodness we have this site for links, because the only reason that I’ve heard for not having it (partnerships with other streamers) is not relevant. Moreover, if you’re playing the long game, getting more eyes on these players and teams would pay dividends down the road, no?:thinking:

Nevertheless, we’ve come a long way; at least we get to watch the games live!

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Paid, quality is decent, announcing needs some work :). But should get better as tournament progresses, such good games today stacked up!

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A very physical game. For anyone complaining about one-sided reffing: 4 Hungarian players got rolled. There were 18 exclusions (including 5 penalties) against Hungary, compared to only 9 for the home team.

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I like recast, not expensive the stream is great and never lags but the announcing is hard on the ears. I love the “Player is called for being offsides..” but that is a translation issue, not a lack of knowledge. Only complaint is that it does not allow casting from computer to tv, unless I am doing something wrong.

It does allow casting. I just did it from laptop to TV.

Rough game for the ol red white and blue

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Embarrassing loss, some might say bordering on shocking, but TBH it was to be expected.

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That was one of the worst international performances from the US team in a long time

I knew it was bad when the first 6on5 was 4-5-6-5-6 shot by Irving into the chest

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The game was decided by 6-on-5 and 5-on-6 opportunities. While the number of exclusions was roughly similar for both teams, there was a stark difference in conversion efficiency. Overall a painful game to watch. If anyone is interested in European ‘6-8’ stat: link

It seems like every-time we make a step forward (Olympic Bronze Medal) we take a step back (All key players step aside from National Team). I don’t care if this is a young team or whatever, this is embarrassing and a bad look for USA Water Polo! I love following and supporting our national team but this is just painful to watch.

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We lost by Croatia 16-7 last year too… I would say there is not a whole lot of improvement being shown.

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