Hello everyone, well I was asked to continue my blogging and give everyone back at home in the USA a view on how life goes when your U.S. Olympic Water Polo athletes go to play professionally in Europe.  Those of you who followed my blog during the Olympics - thank you and I hope you enjoyed watching our team.  Sibenik, Croatia, is where I live and will be playing water polo for the next nine months.  The name of my club team is Sibenik NCP; we are part of the Adriatic League which is considered the strongest water polo league in the world.  The reason most of us decide to play professionally in Europe is because of the game experience we gain over here.

This year I will play around 65 games and will see some of the best shooters in the world shooting on me.  Also it is nice to get paid to play the sport you love.  I am in week 6 of my season; we have won 2 games, lost 2 games and tied one.  We have a game this Wednesday and then another one on Saturday.  We usually don’t have two games in one week, but because of the day of the dead, which is the holiday over here for our Halloween, we had the weekend off.  My team before the season started was considered to be a huge underdog in our league, but with my goalkeeping and leadership I have made teams aware that we are a team to be taken seriously.  Two weeks ago, we qualified for European Champions League, which is a huge accomplishment; this is the first time in my clubs’ history that we have been in the Champions League.  Tony Azevedo is also playing over here in Croatia, he plays for the Jug, they are considered one of the best teams in the world, can’t wait to play against him, haha.  Well I hope you guys enjoy the blogs, I will keep everyone updated.  Talk to you soon.

Merrill Moses