USA 🇺🇸 vs. Brazil 🇧🇷 - Highlights | Week 3 | Men's VNL 2026

Let's play ball. Good serve taken well by Anderson. Here's Haynes with the hammer. Here comes Micah Christenson's serve. USA's first serve of the match. Cachapa goes with the setter dump. And there's Brazil's first point of the match. It's going to be a lot. Here's DeFalco. Is that an ace? Oh, yes, it is. Lars Kuraisen, you guys, the starters, it's your game. You own this thing. Oh my goodness, Haynes says thank you, and he pummels it, he dented the floor. Well, Micah Christenson will get a lot of credit for this serve, because that... See if Cachapa targets DeFalco again, does, not a great pass, but it was good enough, it was pretty, and the finish was great by McHenry. That's great. Well, it's a great pass... Flavio, one of the Olympians on the roster for Team Brazil. And how about DeFalco? Oh, this is right in TJ's wheel. Jeff Gendrick, who also played his NCAA volleyball close by at Loyola. Just back and forth in this match so far. Good up for Mikey. Oh, cranks it through the middle. USA's leading scorer has the ball in his hands. Jake Haynes, the delivery, set point, middle attack. Comes up from Mikey, look at that, USA wins set number 20-23, it's the blocking that seals the deal. Here's how it finished, it was a massive serve from Haynes just straight away, and then a great deflection on the first attack, USA resets, Christensen with a simple step over, and then closes down the angle for the biggest block point of this opening set to seal it. Watch him jump back into the angle there with his hands. Left hand into the seam, and that's how it goes down. Here we go, set number two, USA in the red. Brazil in their traditional yellows, some golden golds. Here is Darlan, reaches high, goes off the block, first point Brazil. DeFalco, like he's got it up, took all of his power, recycled by Brazil. It's a standing swing from Adriano. Here comes USA in system, Haynes scores. Fabio, not that kind of server, more of a hybrid, takes it at DeFalco, although takes him out of the play, and then Haynes says, I'll take care of it. Eric McHenry, the former UCLA Bruin, serving it up. It's going to go off the block, Schutzen gives up a point, Haynes, USA chant in the background, Schutzen is covered, here's Darlan from the back row, monster block, Jendrikh And Anderson. Yeah, Pintas should be well-rested. He did not play in that match against France. Look at Alley. We know what he can do. Anderson, cross-court. Mikey. But Darlan's run on real estate. Very durable. Flavio. Look at that. He's created an overpass with his serve. Here's Darlan. That's going to score. Flavio. At the fall. With the delivery down the line with authority. A little more heat that time from Ma'a. Here comes the pipe attack from Artur. He's fired up. All right, Darlan is eventually going to get... Brazil's cut it in half. Oh, this is... Look at that, he fired that way up. It's an overpass. Gonzalves setting. Ryan swinging. Covered by USA. Haynes' block will come off of him. And it's another point for Brazil. Thank you, Bill. Five set points lined up in a row for USA, up from Artur, big, big high pass, Bryan is going to finish the set, DeFalco has shut the door, 20, USA leaves the match, two sets to none. Finish for Team USA, Champlin comes in and puts a lot of pressure on Brazil with the serve, and then McHenry getting over the net, that's three straight block points for Team USA to finish and close out set number two. Here we go, set number three. You heard Karsh Karai talk about the trickiness of Kushava serving, and that is a bit tricky. Here's DeFalco, took something off, and that was just the right amount to take off. Christensen, early moments here of set number three. USA leads the match, and it'll be quick if they keep doing this. The nice dig set from Cachapa. DeFalco dives at it. Christensen's going to set, or at least Anderson's going to set up a big high free ball. Oh. Here comes Artur, couldn't finish. Shh. Anderson, up from Darlan, scrambled by Brazil. Luccarelli, triple block, covered. Darlan, USA point. We're back on live action. We're enjoying that replay so much. Jake Haynes has his number called and he hammers it down. Up from DeFalco, he's going to send it just out of the reach of Douglas Pereza. We know what he can do from the end line. He's got a whole bunch of points for Brazil in that last set. DeFalco off the top of the net. That'll score. Must have touched the block of Brazil. It was a Penn State Nittany Lion. Matt Anderson. Buffalo area, West Seneca, New York. That's off the chest of Artur. Here's Anderson, shut down. What a great serve from Anderson. And the chest dig comes right from the end line. Shoji takes and then screams. And then Haynes scores with a little fanfare. Well, a little fanfare. Super close. The second, it looked like they were running away with it. Brazil made a challenge at the end. Here's Artur on the big swing. DeFalco, up, here's Luccarelli, fakes, Artur, and Christensen, they come again with Artur, double block this time, Christensen, he's lining up as an attacker, didn't get a chance to swing, Artur, Sin, and McHenry shut the door. Mezzanino, their leading ace getter in the VNL, here's Haynes, that's gonna score, off the touch of the block. Pinta, 30 years of age, the veteran of the Brazilian Superliga, serving now at Shoji. Gee. And the middle attack from Jedrick is just too hot to handle. He'll be operating under the back row. Center for USA, Christensen, sends the serve at Adriano. And Darlan has missed it. No! Watching him do that in the Superliga in the last few years, so good. Haynes reaches up high. Onorato digs this. Keshapa sends it all the way for Adriano. Shoji ready for it. Christensen, Anderson, Onorato, Keshapa, Adriano, almost scored off his shoulder. Holder. Anderson, block, out. What a shame for that rally ever to end. All right. Matt Anderson up and fires. Yes! Keshapa sends it back to Darlan. USA a chance to attack for the match, and it's over. Matt Anderson finishes it off. What an impressive win for the team in red. USA takes it. It's three straight sets.