USA 🇺🇸 vs. Iran 🇮🇷 - Men's U21 World Championship | Highlights - Volleyball

full of players who've scored 30 or more in this year's championships. And we're off. Opening set, semi-finals. Now a push by Sean Kelly. Kelly gets it back. Blocked again. Excellent defense by Iran to start off the opening set. Trebell Jordan getting the first point for Rosenthal serving. He's got a full front line now for the USA. Geely sets it up. A nice solid one on one block as Cole Hartke is fired up. First monster block of the game coming from the USA. And it's a 5-1 lead. One biggest lead. United States versus Iran. Geely. Beautiful swing by Ali Mumbeni for the first attack point of Iraq in the 2024 ABC Champions League and Under-20 Asian Championship. Rosenthal goes to the back row. Foley. Yes. Sterling Foley had his struggles yesterday against France. He's off to a good start today. Budnia with a serve. Tough chase for Rosenthal. Hartke back row. No good. Iran, that's their first block point today. They're coming off a 17 block point performance versus China. So they're a solid team at the net. The block for Iran. Two-point game. Iran down by as many as four. They've cut the deficit in half. Another block. Gelich Niyazi with back-to-back monster blocks. And it's a one-point game eliciting a wry smile on the face of coach Golamreza Mumbeni Mokadam. Defense. 6'10". Hartke. What a set. As a bullet from Rosenthal and Crist. Crist with his first point of the game. Take another look here. Benny. Iran's top scorer with three points. There's Foley answering with a side out. Foley with three. He's off to a hot start. It looked like the USA had momentum at the start of the set. But Iran started to get it going with their defense. And now the offense following suit. Syed Matin making up for the attack fault prior by bringing the boom. Matin with his first point of the game in this opening set. Sean Kelly serving. Good receive considering the angle. Mumbeni again. This time Mumbeni gets it. Iran back on top by one. Mumbeni with seven. What a good decision for coach Mumbeni Mokadam. Good pass. Rosenthal. They go to the middle. Jordan. That's Doug. Excellent defense. Now a chance to put it away. The drop attempt. Larson pops it up. Foley against two blockers. Nowhere to go. The blocks of Iran. Set number two underway. Sterling Foley with a serve. Geely sets it up. Mumbeni got it. And for the first time in the match Iran is on the board first. Mumbeni. Picked up by Foley in the back row. Hartke with a hit for coverage for Iran. Mumbeni again bounces it off the block and it lands in. So a block point for the Americans. Their first of the second set. That ought to get them going. Overpass and an easy dump for Cole Hartke. The run is complete for the USA. They've scored three in a row and the game is tied at four. Much better receive from Sterling Foley. Sean Kelly. That's done by Tabata Bey. Argan. Nejad fires one in. Another great point for the Iranians. They've scored two in a row. In fact they've scored three in a row. Beg your pardon. Just catching up with us on Volleyball TV. Nejad serving consecutively. A block again on Cole Hartke. Hartke rejected. That is block point number three for Iran. The run continues. USA calling a timeout. Jackson Crist serving. Oh gorgeous hit. Knocking it in. First attack point. Beg your pardon. It's still a three-point lead for Iran. 12-15. Sani with a nice serve. Geely all the way out to Mombeni. Larson chases it down. Kelly got it. Kelly down the line. That ball coming from behind him and still made the problem. Serves for the USA now. Only down by two. Bad pass coming from Matin. A block against Nejad. But the adjustment coming from Gelich Niyazi. Armin Gelich Niyazi never giving up on the play. Now a chance to time for the USA. Mombeni gets the line though. So Africa and Caribbean. Continental Cup. Quick attack from the middle for Taha Beboudia. USA still playing catch up for the last seven minutes of this set number two. Mombeni. That's dug by Larson. Sani. Blocked for Iran. Rosenthal. Top set for Sani. Sani is rejected again. Back to back monster blocks. Good serve. Rosenthal. And Sani finally connecting. Sebastiano Sani. Good pass by Larson. 1-2 for Tread Rosenthal. Changing the pace a little bit in set number two. Geely. And Armin Gelich Niyazi. Right on the face of Hartke. Outstanding serve for Iran. Went American center. Bad pass coming from Sean Kelly. Kelly adjusting. Kelly punching it through the triple block. He will not. 52 excellent sets. Mombeni. Mombeni with 11. That's a super spike says the Coliseum announcer. And I will have to agree. Take a look at this. Just catching the outer part of the line. Served by Syed Martin. The tough chase. Even for the sixth and Cole Hartke. Service ace. The first one. Kelly with a serve. Good pass by Tabata Bey. Combination play. Oh just poetry in motion as Aryan Nejad knocks it in. Seven points now for Aryan Nejad. What a receive from Tabata Bey. Combination play. Rejected. Syed Martin nowhere to go. The USA stepping up on defense at the net. First monster block of the set coming. Chris with a serve. Overpass. Rosenthal to Travell Jordan. Tabata Bey now with a nice dig. Nejad block. Nejad tries again. The up my Jackson Crist. Here's Hartke. Tabata Bey pops it up. Gilly. Now to Mombeni. Got it. Mombeni. Underhand set for Rosenthal. Foley punches it through. Looked like an off system play. Somehow Jordan serving at 7-0. Mombeni again. Mombeni. And a push again. Who else? Ali Mombeni. 15 points. First block point for Iran here in set number three. Short pass. Foley. Got it. Sterling Foley. 19-year-old Rosenthal with a serve. Mombeni. Got it. Mombeni with 17 points. In serving. Iran up by two. Larson with a pass. Hartke with a push. And a hit from the back row by Martin. Jackson Crist taking advantage. Raised to score six points in what could be the final set of the semi-final matchup. Great serve by Kelly. Off the block. Outside. Superb hit coming from Amin. Iran back up by one. Not a safe lead as you may have noticed this entire third set. Hartke. Off the block. Ties the game. Cole. Hartke. Service ace almost. Easy over for Rosenthal. Chance ball for Iran. Mombeni. Got it. Mombeni with 17. And a two-point lead for serving. 18 points for Mombeni. Good pass for the USA. Travelle Jordan. That was dug by Tabata Bey. Najad. Larson picks it up. The save is good for Crist. Mombeni again. Oh Mombeni with 19 points. The marvelous Mr. Mombeni gives Iran a three-point cut. Broken play for the USA. That's a block against Hartke. Hartke with the easy over. Combination play. Iran drills that one in. It is four match points for the defending champions. That was behind Hartke. Hartke with the attack fault. The set was not ideal. And it's the error on the attack that gives Iran the winning point in set number three. And the celebration begins. They're back in the finals for the third time in history and a chance to defend their crown. Iranians sweeping the