A young Argentinean team put up a fight, but could not outlast the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team on Tuesday as Team USA won a five-set battle 19-25, 27-29, 25-20, 25-20, 15-12 at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Exhibition for Volleyball. Read More
When Tom Hoff took over as team captain of the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team in 2005, he quickly found out the title was not honorary. Read More
The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Open Tryouts concluded Sunday morning as 113 athletes finished their fourth training session at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Read More
USA Volleyball announced today its choices for Athletes of the Year, Team of the Year and Coaches of the Year as part of the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) annual awards program Read More
The USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches’ Clinic attracted 190 attendees who learned from some of the most brilliant volleyball minds in the world Jan. 17-20 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Read More
Led by Evan Patak with 11 points and Nate Meerstein with 10, the U.S. Men's National Team defeated Costa Rica 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-17) on Monday in the first match of the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Read More
A young U.S. Men’s National Team will play Canada for the Pan American Cup gold medal on Saturday after defeating the Dominican Republic, 3-1 (25-22, 32-30, 22-25, 25-23) in the semifinals on Friday in Winnipeg, Canada. Read More
The FIVB has announced the pools and schedule of play for indoor men’s and women’s volleyball at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team had an easy time of it on Saturday as it defeated Finland 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-16) in just over an hour in an FIVB World League match played in Espoo, Finland. Read More
The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 3 in the world, plays its first domestic matches of the 2008 World League this Friday and Saturday when it will face No. 4 Bulgaria at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Read More
The U.S. Men's National Team was firing on all cylinders on Friday while Bulgaria never quite got started as the United States defeated Bulgaria 25-23, 25-16, 25-16 on Friday. Read More
The second FIVB World League match between the No. 3 U.S. Men's National Team and No. 4 Bulgaria lived up to its billing as it came down to a fifth set, which Bulgaria won. Read More
USA Volleyball submitted its 19-player preliminary rosters to the FIVB for both indoor teams competing at the 2008 Olympic Games. Only players on the preliminary rosters are eligible for the final 12-player Olympic Games rosters Read More
U.S. Men will try to rebound from its first loss of the tournament this Friday and Saturday when it takes on Finland at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team will spend its July 4th weekend in Madrid for the first of four-straight FIVB World League matches against Spain. Read More
The FIVB, the international governing body for volleyball, announced today the 2008 Olympic Games indoor volleyball match time schedule and venue location for each contest. Read More
A match that looked to be an easy victory for the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team turned out to have some surprise fireworks before the United States could finally claim a 25-23, 25-22, 29-31, 20-25, 18-16 victory. Read More
The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Spain quickly and decisively, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23 in a 2008 FIVB World League match on Sunday in Madrid and gave itself some breathing room in Pool C. Read More
Heading into the second-to-last weekend of pool play in the FIVB World League, the U.S. Men's National Team finds itself right where it wants to be - in charge of its own fate. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Team held off a scrappy team from Spain to win its eighth 2008 FIVB World League pool play match, 25-19, 25-23, 27-25, on Friday before 4,610 fans at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum. Read More
With help from Finland, the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team ensured it will win its pool and advance to the FIVB World League final round. Read More
USA Volleyball has announced the 12 athletes it has nominated to the 2008 U.S. Men’s Olympic Indoor Team that will compete in Beijing, pending confirmation by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Read More
This weekend's FIVB World League matches between Bulgaria and the United States are anything but meaningless. Read More
Quotes from U.S. Men’s National Team Members who have been nominated to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games. Read More
Missing four of its starters, the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team put up a battle before losing to Bulgaria, 2-3 (22-25, 26-24, 16-25, 25-23, 10-15) in an FIVB World League match on Friday in Varna, Bulgaria. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team fought the good fight but again came up short against Bulgaria on Saturday, and lost a two-hour, four-set match (20-25, 25-20, 20-25, 33-35) in an FIVB World League match in Varna, Bulgaria. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team goes into Wednesday’s FIVB World League Final-Round match (9:15 a.m. PDT) against Poland in Rio de Janeiro with more on its mind than money. Read More
The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team could not find an answer for Serbia's Ivan Milijkovic, who had 16 points on 16 kills as Serbia surpassed the U.S. Men, 25-23, 25-19, 25-17. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team held off match-point and pulled out a five-set victory (25-18, 23-25, 27-25, 18-25, 16-14) over Poland in the FIVB World League Final Round on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team assured itself its best FIVB World League finish ever when it swept host Brazil, 25-23, 25-22, 27-25, the No. 1 team in the world, before 11,615 fans on Saturday at Maracanazinho Gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team won its first FIVB World League title on Sunday by taking as 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22) victory over Serbia in the gold medal match before a crowd of 5,700 at Maracanazinho Gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro. Read More
As has become the pattern during the summer of 2008, there wasn’t much time for the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team to reflect on their accomplishment before looking forward to the next challenge. Read More
The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team will play in its seventh-straight Olympic Games when it takes the court in August in Beijing. Much is expected of a U.S. team with a legacy of greatness. Read More
Clay Stanley scores 21 points to lead Americans to third victory, await host China next on Aug. 16 Read More
Team USA takes seven-match win streak and 5-0 record in Olympic Games Pool Play into quarterfinal match versus Serbia on Aug. 20 Read More
Somehow finding a way to win when it counted most, the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Serbia 3-2 (20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12) on Wednesday at Capital Indoor Stadium to advance to the semifinals of the Olympic tournament. Read More
The U.S. Olympic Men’s Indoor Volleyball Team will be heading back to the Olympic Games gold-medal match as it held off second-ranked Russia 25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 22-25, 15-13 Saturday afternoon in a semifinal match. Read More
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Volleyball Team put tragedy aside and embraced triumph as it defeated defending Olympic champion and world No. 1-ranked Brazil, 20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23, and won the Olympic gold medal on Sunday at Capital Gymnasium. Read More
U.S. Olympic Men’s Volleyball Team member Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawai’i) was named the Most Valuable Player of the Olympic tournament on Aug. 25, one day after the U.S. Men defeated Brazil to win the 2008 Olympic gold medal. Read More
A community celebration in Anaheim on Saturday will cap three weeks of celebrations and appearances for the U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team since it won its Olympic gold medal in Beijing on Aug. 24. Read More
USA Volleyball and Connor Sport Court have agreed to renew their partnership for four more years through Dec. 31, 2012. The new contract, which begins on Jan. 1, 2009, continues a relationship which began 20 years ago. Read More
An update on how members of the U.S. Men's National Team are doing in their overseas leagues. Read More
The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce will honor USA Volleyball Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon as its Man of the Year at a luncheon on Wednesday (Nov. 12) at the Disneyland Hotel. Read More
Led by Evan Patak with 11 points and Nate Meerstein with 10, the U.S. Men's National Team defeated Costa Rica 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-17) on Monday in the first match of the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Read More
Update on players for the U.S. Men's National Team who are competing overseas. Read More
Going with tradition, Team USA saved the biggest and best fireworks for
the end of the night, holding on to win a tightly contested match won in
5 sets.
Some highlights…
-At 20-19 in the first set, Phil Eatherton came in for Riley Salmon as a
blocking sub.… Read More
Our hotel in Spain is adequate, but quite dated. It is located next to a big train and metro station. It's kind of an eclectic area with miniature golf and skating rink besides all the typical stores and eateries you would find at a major train station. One other special feature is a… Read More
2008 World League
Madrid, Spain
July 6, 2008
Impressive start (and finish) for USA today. A remarkable trait of this team, which is a testament to the gym culture they have established, and of USA teams historically going back at least to the gold-medal teams of the… Read More
I'm Gabe Gardner, "Goose" to guys on the team, a member of the USA men's indoor volleyball team and proud to be the one chronicling our march towards the Beijing Olympic Games.
My hope is that this blog will give you some real inside information on our team as we move… Read More
We were fortunate enough to have a few days at our home base (Anaheim, CA) after returning from Finland.
Well, I guess this depends on your definition of fortunate. Most of the guys on our team play professionally outside the USA for 6-7 months of the year. That also means live… Read More
We arrived in Green Bay, WI for our 5th and 6th matches of World League. Both matches were against Finland, a team we played previously in Finland a few weeks prior. We certainly entered the weekend looking to continue winning, and giving ourselves a chance to qualify from… Read More
BEIJING (Aug. 21, 2008) – I will need someone to do the research, but I think it is safe to say the USA Volleyball has been the most successful volleyball federation in the world since 1984 when it comes to Olympic medals. It might be close with Brazil.
With… Read More
USA Wins Gold in the 2008 FIVB World League in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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