United States defeated Trinidad & Tobago

MEXICALI, Mexico, July 12, 2011.— The United States National team was the last one to play its first match at the Boys’ U19 Pan American Cup. USA defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-13) as Benjamin Patch scored 11 and Aaron Russell 9 for the Americans. Brandon Legall tallied 7 for Trinidad and Tobago. 

“This was a more difficult match than the first one and struggled with our blocking game, we faced a very experienced team”, said Trinidadian captain Ryan Thomas. “We played a very good match and had good chemistry and hope to go further in this tournament and prepare for the World Championship in Argentina”, said American captain Matthew West.

USA faces Mexico, while Trinidad and Tobago has a bye date this Wednesday.

“We are very excited about that match, Mexico has good athletic and strong players like the team captain (Jonathan Ponce) who is a good ball hitter on outside. It will be very exciting”, stated team USA coach Ken Shibuya.