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Newport Beach's US Water Polo Players Back In Pool: How To Watch

Attackers Maddie Musselman Kaleigh Gilchrist join the rest of Team USA vs. Canada in a 3 game series. Here's how to watch the 3 game series.

Maddie Musselman #2 of United States in action during the Women's Water Polo Gold Medal Classification match between the United States and Italy on Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro,
Maddie Musselman #2 of United States in action during the Women's Water Polo Gold Medal Classification match between the United States and Italy on Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

NEWPORT BEACH BEACH, CA —Newport Beach water polo women Kaleigh Gilchrist and Maddie Musselman headed back to the pool in their first competitive game in 453 days. The U.S. women's water polo team as they face Canada in Commerce to begin a three-game series.

Monday night's roster for the 6 p.m. game at the Brenda Villa Aquatic Center includes eight members from the 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning team:

Laguna Beach's Mackenzie Fischer is a defender on the team, while her sister Aria Fischer plays center on the squad. Also returning are attackers Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach), Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Beach), Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach) and Maggie Steffens; defender Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek); and goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson (Miami).

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The U.S. won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and finished first at each of the last three FINA World Championships held every other year.

The U.S. and Canada have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics -- the U.S. by being the 2019 FINA World League champion and Canada as the 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist.

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The teams will also play at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos and 6 p.m. Friday at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta.

In compliance with local health guidelines and venue capacity limitations, they are not selling tickets for these games. The only spectators permitted will be the family and friends of the players.

All three games will be streamed on Joymo.tv

USA vs Canada:

May 17 - Commerce, CA 6pm pt - Watch LIVE - LIVE Stats

May 19 - Los Alamitos, CA 2pm pt - Watch LIVE - LIVE Stats

May 21 - Goleta, CA 6pm pt - Watch LIVE - LIVE stats

The games will last for the U.S. before the 13-player Olympic roster is announced on June 3.

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