Photo: Reuters
The Croatian national water polo team will face the Unites States in their final exhibition match before the London Olympics kick off in August. The friendly will be played at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena, California (located 10 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles) on Friday, June 1st 2012 with a 6:30PM start.
Team CroatianSports.com will be covering the match and are calling on Southern California Hrvati to attend this rare trip stateside for the Barracudas. Adults tickets for this match are $30 and can be purchased here.
The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center is located at:
360 North Arroyo Blvd.
Pasadena, CA, 91103
If water polo isn’t enough for you, we will be hosting a viewing party for Croatia’s last friendly before Euro 2012 the next day at Alpine Village in Torrance, California, where the Vatreni will face Norway in Oslo.
Croatia edged the USA…
http://boxscorenews.com/croatia-edges-usa-men-at-newport-harbor-high-school-p38246-68.htm
I think the USA Hungary game will be on NBC Sport today for anyone interested in getting up to speed on water polo before the Olympics.
I have a lot of respect for water polo players, hard freaking sport. When every i go to cro, they got nets set up everywhere, of cause i don’t want to play but my dick**** cousin loves watching me suffer in goal. I will only play for 5 minutes max then I give up. I get him back by throwing a football at him full speed trying to see if he can catch, haha
@Armada……agreed. Organized backyard after-school fight club (some call it MMA) has more of a following.
As for Water Polo……one of the toughest sports to play. Most of water polo player are big boys and its very physical.
@ Bog i Hrvati
Water polo is barely a blip on the sporting radar here in North America (where I assume most of the sites posters are from). I’m sure some Hrvati here in NA watch the Barracudas, since they’re one of the better teams in Europe (I’m i’m not mistaken?) but I don’t think there is much interest in water polo on this side of the pond.
wow…only 4 comments here about the water polo article. I guess this still is a football site…
Pranjic is no longer going to china. He will decide his future after the euros
http://www.vecernji.hr/sport/vijesti/pranjic-kina-je-propala-kamo-idem-odlucit-cu-nakon-eura-clanak-413132
CRO-USA May 26, 6:00 p.m.
CRO-Hungary May 28, 5:00 p.m.
Newport Harbor High School
600 Irvine Ave
Newport Beach, Ca 92663
We’re thrilled to host this game. Hope everyone can attend! If you need any additional information or would like to attend the gala dinner with members of both teams, please visit: http://www.gamebeforethegames.com!
There two other games before this against the US and Hungary, I believe its in newport at a high school.
I will do my best to make it.