TEAM COMPOSITION

USA / USA

Team manager	Becker, Andrea
Coach	Speraw, John
Assistant coach	Fuerbringer, Matthew
2nd assistant coach	Wall, Michael
Doctor	Gregory, Andrew
Physiotherapist	Brock, Aaron

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Matthew	Anderson	Anderson	18.04.1987	202	100	360	332	Zenit Kazan
C	2	Sean	Rooney	Rooney	13.11.1982	206	100	354	336	Woori Card Hansae
	4	David	Lee	Lee	08.03.1982	203	105	350	325	Shanghai Volleyball Club
	6	Paul	Lotman	Lotman	03.11.1985	200	102	336	312	Asseco Resovia SA
	7	Kawika	Shoji	K. Shoji	11.11.1987	190	79	331	315	SCC Berlin
	8	William	Priddy	Priddy	01.10.1977	194	89	353	330	USA Men's Volleyball Team
	9	Murphy	Troy	Troy	31.05.1989	202	99	360	350	St. Nazaire V.B. Atlantique
	11	Micah	Christenson	Christenson	08.05.1993	198	88	349	340	Univ. of Southern California
	13	Vaafuti	Tavana	Tavana	25.09.1987	200	110	360	340	Toulouse O.A.C.-T.U.C.
	14	Jeffrey	Menzel	Menzel	31.10.1988	199	92	365	360	L0334 Maaseik
	15	Carson	Clark	Clark	20.01.1989	205	93	365	360	Lucznicka Bydgoszcz SA
	17	Maxwell	Holt	Holt	12.03.1987	205	90	351	333	Dinamo Moscow
	19	Erik	Shoji	E. Shoji	24.08.1989	184	83	330	321	VT Hypo Tirol
	20	David	Smith	Smith	15.05.1985	201	86	348	314	Tours Volleyball

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

USA carry on with their 2013 campaign with coach John Speraw. Although they placed sixth at the 2013 World League Finals, they easily got back on track to win gold at the NORCECA continental finals at Langley, Canada, to earn them the ticket to the World Grand Champions Cup. USA are slowly getting in top form and are hoping to reinstate their reign.

In 2012, USA played their most sound performances of the last four years, winning the NORCECA Olympic Qualification, finishing second at the World League and fifth at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Under Alan Knipe, USA finished 2011 with a record of 26-15. They advanced to the World League Finals and finished seventh. The team ended the quadrennial with a record of 81-35.

USA had its best season ever in 2008 when it won the World League title and the Olympic gold medal. The side opened their campaign by winning the NORCECA Olympic qualification with a 5-0 record, without dropping a set. They beat Serbia to pick up World League gold then followed up with a gold medal win over Brazil at the Beijing Olympics. The USA team had been looking to return to its prominence in the ‘80s and ‘90s when it won two Olympic golds (1984, 1988) and a bronze (1992) as well as the World Cup (1985) and World Championship (1986).

Coach profile

John Speraw, was named the programme’s head coach for the Olympic Games quadrennial culminating in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Speraw joined the USA team staff in 2007 under then head coach Hugh McCutcheon.

In 2008, he travelled with the US team to the Olympic Games in Beijing where they won the gold medal. After that, he worked with USA as needed and also coached a young team that finished fifth at the 2011 Pan American Games.

In 2012, he returned as assistant coach to Alan Knipe and helped the team to take silver in the World League and a fifth place finish in the Olympics.