Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/2/09
US Lacrosse has announced today 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 inManchester, 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 2006U.S. team that finished as the runner-up to Canada at the world championship. Those players are current Philadelphia Wings All-Star defender Kyle Sweeney (Springfield-Delco), Lehigh coach and former Barrage player Kevin Cassese, former Barrage players Ryan Boyle and Matt Striebel as well as Christian Cook, John Gagliardi, Chris Garrity, Kyle Harrison, Nicky Polanco, Ryan Powell, 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 – featuring junior All-American defenderKen Clausen (Hill School) – had eight players selected and Duke, Maryland andSyracuse had seven each.
Other Philly men on the list include attackers Drew Westervelt (Wings), Seth Goldberg (played with Barrage) and Jed Prossner (Barrage); midfielders John Christmas (Lower Merion, on leave from the Wings), Andy Corno (Barrage), Matt Zash (Barrage), Pat Heim (Conestoga, Wings), Bill McGlone (Ridley, Barrage); defenders Tony McDevitt (Penn Charter) and Brian Spallina (Barrage); and goalies Brian Dougherty (Episcopal Academy, Barrage, Haverford College assistant) and Matt McMonagle (Episcopal Academy).
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. Tony Resch, formerly the head coach of the now-defunct Barrage and the assistant coach for scholastic power La Salle College High, is an assistant.
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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