PROVO, Utah – AJ Cottle, Trevor Herget and Connor Oldani will represent Team USA at the 2026 Pan American Cup in San Salvador, El Salvador at the Palacio de los Deportes Carlos “El Famoso” Hernández.
The tournament will bring together the United States, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Grenada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago, divided into three pools of three teams each.
The United States has been placed in Pool B, where it will play alongside the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago. Pool A consists of Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, while Pool C will feature El Salvador, Guatemala and Grenada.
The preliminary round will take place from Sept. 22-24. The two best pool winners will advance directly to the semifinals, while the second-place teams and the best third-place team will compete in the quarterfinals on Sept. 25. The semifinals will be played on Sept. 26, followed by the medal matches on Sept. 27.
Team USA starts up play on Sept. 23 against the Dominican Republic at 3 p.m. MST and then will take on Trinidad and Tobago at 5 p.m. MST on Sept. 24.
The matches will be streamed live on the Federación Salvadoreña de Voleibol Facebook page.