Although he was able to recover from the loss and reach the bronze-medal match, Pedro said he wasn't himself.
He threw Michel Almeida of Portugal to earn his way into the bronze-medal match.
The team lost the bronze-medal match against Chile on Friday, but its mere presence in the semifinals was itself a historic achievement for American soccer.
A loss puts him in the bronze-medal match.
At Sydney, Brazil stopped the United States in a bronze-medal match, winning by 25-18, 25-22, 25-21.
In the bronze-medal match, the United States men lost, 9-4, to Norway.
England face Jamaica in the bronze-medal match.
That number does not include the men's gold-medal match or the bronze-medal match, which the United States team won.
Canada failed to win a medal after losing the bronze-medal match to Finland, a game in which many people thought Brodeur should have played.
It sent the Americans into the bronze-medal match against Russia.