Great game by Iran, much better performance. I was at the game, they announced 6000 attendance,tho there were mostly iranian. i would say 5:1 ratio. there were many empty seats also.
some pointers:
-I met up with our own Bijan at the game, we talked a bit
-after the game i wish TM players would have stayed behind to give out signatures and talk to the fans, they left very quickly to the locker room
-i spoke briefly to the TM sarparast to tell him why they do not have TM merchandize so the fans can buy jerseys, scarves, etc..... they were selling a cheap T-shirt with Iran vs US on it, but i would have like to see TM merchandize being sold. i did not have any volleyball kit so i ended up going with TM football jersey. I saw most fans had TM jersey on.
-in few occasions TM players were arguing with each other on the court about who should have got the ball etc.... it was embarrassing, just stfu and play, one of the coaching staff had to separate Mosavi from anther play i can't remember his name, they were really going at the verbally even during TO
-our coach Kovaj needs to learn how to use his TO, he just does not like to use TO. every time TM had a run, the US coach very cleverly would call TO to stop the run, but in many occasions our coach would not call a TO til we were 4-5 points behind.
-This was USA B team, there were many college kids on the roster, but none the less it was a good confidence booster to beat them in their home. as we will play US next summer again in US in the World League.