With the Argentine season over, eyes turn to the United States whose 22 goal season will get underway in early February with a roster of 11 teams competing for the highest handicapped and most prestigious tournaments of in the country, the triple crown that makes up the Gauntlet of Polo:
CV WHITNEY CUP - February 7-23
USPA GOLD CUP - February 24-March 23
US OPEN - March 24 - April 20
While we see some familiar faces such as Coca Cola Tamera, Pilot, Park Place, Clearwater, The Dutta Corp and La Fe, there are some line up changes as well as some new teams joining the fray. Most notably we see the Cambiasos, usually making up Valiente and La Dolfina teams, joining completely new teams for them (Catamount for Poroto and Tamera for Adolfo).
We will be providing you with deeper team insights into each line up, looking at their past performances and statistics.
The Teams:
BTA (22): Ignacio Viana 7, Kelly Beal 0, Steve Kruger 5, Tomás Panelo 10
Brookshire (22): Camilo Castagnola 10, Toly Ulloa 7, Scott Wood 0, Carlos Saravi 5
Catamount (22): Jesse Bray 7, Poroto Cambiaso 10, Rufino Merlos 5, Scott Devon 0
Clearwater (22): Chip Campbell 1 (USPA Gold Cup and the US Open), Camp Campbell 2(CV Whitney Cup), Gerónimo Obregón 5 (CV Whitney Cup), Joaquín Panelo 6 (USPA Gold Cup and the US Open), Paquito de Narvaez 7, Raúl Colombres 7
Coca Cola (22): Gillian Johnston 0, Julián de Lusarreta 7, Lorenzo Chavanne 6, Polito Pieres 9
Global Port (22): Bartolomé Castagnola Jr. 10, Beltrán Laulhé 6, Lucas Díaz Alberdi 6, Michael Romero 0
La Fe (21): Francisco Elizalde 9, Kristos Magrini 6, Louis Devaleix 1, Robi Bilbao 5
Park Place (22): Andrey Borodin 0, Hilario Ulloa 10, Peke Gonzalez 7, Rufino Laulhé 5
Pilot (22): Cody Ellis 5, Curtis Pilot 0, Facundo Pieres 9, Matías Torres Zavaleta 8
Tamera (22): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Alejandro Poma 1, Diego Cavanagh 7, TBA 4
The Dutta Corp (22): Iñaki Laprida 7, Nicolás Díaz Alberdi 4, Timmy Dutta 4, Tomás García del Río 7