TEAM COMPOSITION

USA / USA - Team Composition

Team manager	Sato, Gary
Head coach	Knipe, Alan
Assistant coach	Speraw, John
Doctor	Magnes, Scott/Stetson, William
Therapist / trainer	Larsen, Ronald
Journalist

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Matthew	Anderson	Anderson	18.04.1987	202	100	360	332
	2	Sean	Rooney	Rooney	13.11.1982	206	100	354	336
	3	Evan	Patak	Patak	23.06.1984	201	113	363	330
	4	David	Lee	Lee	08.03.1982	203	105	350	325
L	5	Richard	Lambourne	Lambourne	06.05.1975	190	90	324	312
	6	Paul	Lotman	Lotman	03.11.1985	200	102	336	312
C	8	William	Priddy	Priddy	01.10.1977	194	89	353	330
	9	Ryan	Millar	Millar	22.01.1978	204	98	354	326
L	10	Riley	Salmon	Salmon	02.07.1976	198	89	345	331
	12	Russell	Holmes	Holmes	01.07.1982	205	95	352	335
	13	Clayton	Stanley	Stanley	20.01.1978	205	104	357	332
	14	Kevin	Hansen	Hansen	19.03.1982	196	93	349	330
	15	Brian	Thornton	Thornton	22.04.1985	190	88	327	314
	17	Maxwell	Holt	Holt	12.03.1987	205	90	351	333

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Under coach Alan Knipe the US goes into the 2011 World Cup with a 20-10 record this season after finishing second at the NORCECA Continental Championship and the Pan American Cup, third at the London International Invitational and seventh in the FIVB Volleyball World League. The US finished 2010 with a 14-7 record.

Losing key players to injuries and family issues hurt the team, which had one of their best ever seasons in 2008 when they won the FIVB World League and Olympic gold in Beijing. The US had been looking to return to the greatness it experienced in the 1980s and 90s when it won two Olympic gold medals (1984 and 1988) and a bronze (1992), as well as the FIVB World Cup (1985) and FIVB World Championship (1986). A third-place finish in the 2007 FIVB World League and fourth place at the 2007 FIVB World Cup led the team to believe it was on the verge of greater things.

The two-time World Cup medallists opened their 2008 campaign by winning the NORCECA Olympic qualifying tournament without dropping a set. In the final round of the 2008 World League, the US beat Serbia against all odds to take gold. They followed this up with a gold-medal win over Brazil at the Beijing Olympics. Now on the back of a rebuilding phase, one looks to see if the US can repeat 2008 with another well timed run aimed at the Olympic Games.

Coach profile

Having taken a leave of absence from Long Beach State, where he had been coach for nine years, Alan Knipe became USA men’s coach in 2009 and he quickly led them to qualification for the FIVB World Championship, second place at the NORCECA Continental Championship and sixth place in the FIVB World League. This year, Knipe, a former US volleyball international and beach volleyball player, has led the team to the FIVB World League Finals after finishing second in their Intercontinental Round pool, including two victories over world No. 1 Brazil.