March 2, 2008
US LACROSSE NAMES 84 PLAYERS FOR 2010 U.S. MEN'S TEAM TRYOUTS
Courtesy of US Lacrosse
BALTIMORE - US Lacrosse has announced that 84 players have been selected to try out for the 2010 U.S. men's lacrosse team that will compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Manchester, England from July 10-24, 2010. The tryouts will be held from June 7-10, 2009 at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I.
Nearly 200 players submitted applications to be considered for the tryouts and the pool was narrowed to 84 by the U.S. Men's Team Player Selection Committee.
"These are players who have shown that they can compete at the highest level and win championships, and that's what we're trying to do," said Larry Quinn, chair of the player selection committee.
Following the tryout weekend, the group will be trimmed to approximately 40 players that will compete in three training weekends during the fall of 2009. After those three weekends, the roster will be cut to the FIL-mandated size of 23 players.
Included among the tryout selections are 12 players that participated on the 2006 U.S. team that finished as the runner-up to Canada at the world championship. Those players are Ryan Boyle, Kevin Cassese, Christian Cook, John Gagliardi, Chris Garrity, Kyle Harrison, Nicky Polanco, Ryan Powell, Matt Striebel, Kyle Sweeney and Scott Urick.
Boyle, Cassese and Striebel, along with tryout invitee Ryan McClay, were all members of the 2002 U.S. team that won the world title in Australia.
A total of 13 current collegiate players have been invited to the tryouts. Overall, Johns Hopkins is the best-represented university among the selections with 10 current or former players chosen. Virginia had eight players selected and Duke, Maryland and Syracuse had seven each.
From Major League Lacrosse, the Long Island Lizards lead the way with 17 players from their 2009 preseason roster selected. Boston had 14 players selected and Chicago, Denver and Washington each had 11 players selected.
The 2010 world championship will be the first men's championship conducted by the newly-formed FIL, which is a result of the merger of the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations and the International Lacrosse Federation.
The U.S. has won seven of the nine world titles held since 1974, failing to win gold only in 1978 and 2006. The 2010 U.S. team will be coached by Mike Pressler, the head coach at Bryant University.
The complete list of selections follows:
Attack
Name
Pos. Current
Team
College
Matt
Alrich
A Boston
Cannons
Delaware ‘04
Ryan
Boyle
A Boston
Cannons
Princeton ‘04
Kevin
Buchanan
A Chicago
Machine
Ohio State ‘08
Brandon
Corp
A
Colgate
Colgate ‘09
Matt
Danowski
A Long Island
Lizards
Duke ‘08
Dan
Glading
A
Virginia
Virginia ‘09
Tim
Goettelmann
A Long Island
Lizards
Loyola ‘01
Seth
Goldberg
A Long Island
Lizards
Yale ‘05
Kevin
Leveille
A Chicago
Machine
Massachusetts ‘03
Mike
Leveille
A Chicago
Machine
Syracuse ‘08
Sean
Morris
A Boston
Cannons
Massachusetts ‘06
Brendan
Mundorf
A Denver
Outlaws
UMBC ‘06
Ryan
Powell
A Denver
Outlaws
Syracuse ‘00
Jed
Prossner
A Washington
Bayhawks North
Carolina ‘05
Scott
Urick
A Washington
Bayhawks Georgetown
‘00
Joe
Walters
A Toronto
Nationals
Maryland ‘06
Matt
Ward
A Long Island
Lizards
Virginia ‘06
Drew
Westervelt
A Denver
Outlaws
UMBC ‘07
Chazz
Woodson
A Chicago
Machine
Brown ‘05
Will
Yeatman
A
Maryland
Maryland ‘10
Midfield
Name
Pos. Current
Team
College
Matthew
Abbott
M
Syracuse
Syracuse ‘09
Stephen
Berger
M Long Island
Lizards
Washington ‘04
Steven
Brooks
M Chicago
Machine
Syracuse ‘08
Kevin
Cassese
M Washington
Bayhawks Duke
‘03
Jonathan
Christmas
M Boston
Cannons
Virginia ‘05
Dan
Cocchi
M Long Island
Lizards
Towson ‘03
Andy
Corno
M Boston
Cannons
Georgetown ‘05
Ned
Crotty
M
Duke
Duke ‘09
Kyle
Dixon
M Washington
Bayhawks Virginia
‘06
Greg
Downing
M Denver
Outlaws
Fairfield ‘07
Benson
Erwin
M Denver
Outlaws
Johns Hopkins ‘05
Chris
Fiore
M Long Island
Lizards
Massachusetts ‘03
John
Glynn
M
Cornell
Cornell ‘09
Dan
Hardy
M
Syracuse
Syracuse ‘09
Kyle
Harrison
M Denver
Outlaws
Johns Hopkins ‘05
Pat
Heim
M Washington
Bayhawks Penn State
‘07
Anthony
Kelly
M Chicago
Machine
Ohio State ‘03
Terry
Kimener
M Chicago
Machine
UMBC ‘08
Brendan
Loftus
M Toronto
Nationals
Syracuse ‘08
Bill
McGlone
M Chicago
Machine
Maryland ‘06
Jarett
Park
M Washington
Bayhawks Syracuse
‘05
Greg
Peyser
M Long Island
Lizards
Johns Hopkins ‘06
Stephen
Peyser
M Long Island
Lizards
Johns Hopkins ‘08
Matt
Poskay
M Boston
Cannons
Virginia ‘06
Paul
Rabil
M Boston
Cannons
Johns Hopkins ‘08
Chris
Schiller
M
Penn State ‘99
Max
Seibald
M
Cornell
Cornell ‘09
Alex
Smith
M Washington
Bayhawks Delaware
‘07
Matt
Striebel
M Chicago
Machine
Princeton ‘01
Peter
Vlahakis
M Long Island
Lizards
Fairfield ‘04
Matt
Zash
M Long Island
Lizards
Duke ‘06
Thomas
Zummo
M Boston
Cannons
NY Tech ‘05
Defense
Name
Pos. Current
Team
College
Mitch
Belisle
D Boston
Cannons
Cornell ‘07
Matthew
Bocklet
D Denver
Outlaws
Johns Hopkins ‘08
Joe
Cinosky
D Toronto
Nationals
Maryland ‘09
Ken
Clausen
D
Virginia
Virginia ‘10
Christian
Cook
D Washington
Bayhawks Princeton
‘98
DJ
Driscoll
D Chicago
Machine
Notre Dame ‘06
Barney
Ehrmann
D
Georgetown
Georgetown ‘10
Michael
Evans
D Johns
Hopkins
Johns Hopkins ‘09
John
Gagliardi
D Long Island
Lizards
Johns Hopkins ‘97
Brett
Hughes
D Denver
Outlaws
Virginia ‘04
Zach
Jungers
D Denver
Outlaws
Princeton ‘07
Eric
Martin
D Denver
Outlaws
Salisbury ‘04
Ryan
McClay
D Boston
Cannons
Cornell ‘03
Tony
McDevitt
D Long Island
Lizards
Duke ‘07
Stephen
McElduff
D Boston
Cannons
North Carolina ‘06
Parker
Mckee
D
Duke
Duke ‘10
Shawn
Nadelen
D Washington
Bayhawks Johns
Hopkins ‘01
Nick
O'Hara
D Toronto
Nationals
Duke ‘07
Chris
Passavia
D Boston
Cannons
Maryland ‘04
Nicky
Polanco
D Long Island
Lizards
Hofstra ‘02
Jack
Reid
D Boston
Cannons
Massachusetts ‘06
Brian
Spallina
D Long Island
Lizards
Hofstra ‘00
Kyle
Sweeney
D Washington
Bayhawks Georgetown
‘03
Lee
Zink
D Denver
Outlaws
Maryland ‘04
Goalie
Name
Pos. Current
Team
College
Brian
Dougherty
G Long Island
Lizards
Maryland ‘96
Adam
Fullerton
G
Army ‘08
Chris
Garrity
G Washington
Bayhawks Penn State
‘04
Mickey
Jarboe
G
Navy ‘00
Joey
Kemp
G Chicago
Machine
Notre Dame ‘08
Matt
McMonagle
G Long Island
Lizards
Cornell ‘07
Rob
Scherr
G Toronto
Nationals
Johns Hopkins ‘04
Kip
Turner
G Boston
Cannons
Virginia ‘07
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