United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics
№ Name Pos Height Weight Date of birth 2016 club
1 Merrill Moses GK 1.91 m ( 6 ft 3 in ) 93 kg ( 205 lb ) 13 August 1977 New York Athletic Club
2 Thomas Dunstan D 1.92 m ( 6 ft 4 in ) 91 kg ( 201 lb ) 29 September 1997 Regency WP Club
3 Ben Hallock CF 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) 95 kg ( 209 lb ) 22 November 1997 Los Angeles WP Club
4 Alex Obert CB 1.98 m ( 6 ft 6 in ) 102 kg ( 225 lb ) 18 December 1991 New York Athletic Club
5 Alex Roelse CB 2.00 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) 104 kg ( 229 lb ) 10 January 1995 UCLA Bruins
6 Luca Cupido D 1.93 m ( 6 ft 4 in ) 95 kg ( 209 lb ) 9 November 1995 Newport WP Foundation
7 Josh Samuels D 1.93 m ( 6 ft 4 in ) 93 kg ( 205 lb ) 8 July 1991 New York Athletic Club
8 Tony Azevedo ( c ) D 1.85 m ( 6 ft 1 in ) 89 kg ( 196 lb ) 21 November 1981 New York Athletic Club
9 Alex Bowen D 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) 100 kg ( 220 lb ) 14 September 1993 New York Athletic Club
10 Bret Bonanni D 1.93 m ( 6 ft 4 in ) 93 kg ( 205 lb ) 20 January 1994 New York Athletic Club
11 Jesse Smith CB 1.93 m ( 6 ft 4 in ) 109 kg ( 240 lb ) 27 April 1983 New York Athletic Club
12 John Mann CF 1.98 m ( 6 ft 6 in ) 113 kg ( 249 lb ) 27 June 1985 New York Athletic Club
13 McQuin Baron GK 2.03 m ( 6 ft 8 in ) 104 kg ( 229 lb ) 27 October 1995 Regency WP Club
Water polo -- Men 's tournament
Main article : Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men 's tournament U.S. men 's water polo team qualified for the Olympics , after securing a spot in the gold medal match and having attained an automatic berth by virtue of Olympic host nation Brazil 's win in the other semifinal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto , Canada . [ 111 ] Team roster The following is the American roster in the men 's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics . [ 112 ] viewtalk Head coach : Dejan Udovičić
The United States, represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which they boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. For the second consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (264 men and 291 women). The 2016 Olympics were the third most successful for the United States as far as the medal count (121) and the most successful not held in the United States: St. Louis had 239 total medals won in 1904, and Los Angeles had 174 in 1984. These Games also witnessed the thousandth Summer Olympic gold medal for the Americans.