Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 8/24/26
From USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse has selected 24 of the nation’s top young players to represent the United States as the 2026 U.S. Boys’ U17 Youth National Team, completing a months-long evaluation process that included regional ID clinics and a national combine.
Led by co-head coaches Mark Glicini (Mark Glicini Peak Performance) and Tim O’Branski (Maryland) and assistant coach Todd MacFarlane (Boston Cannons), the team features players from the high school classes of 2028 and 2029 who come from 11 different states. They will compete internationally in the Brogden Cup (Sept. 25-27 in Sparks, Md.) and Rivalry Challenge (Oct. 9-11 in Oshawa, Ontario).
Three players return from 2025 U.S. Youth National Teams. Upper Arlington (Ohio) attackman Parker Old is back for a second stint with the U17 squad. Old’s high school teammate, long-stick midfielder Peter Harper, and St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) attackman Jake Neidig have moved forward in the pipeline after playing for the U15 team last year.
The U.S. will put both the field and sixes disciplines to the test Sept. 25-27 at the Brogden Cup, when USA Lacrosse hosts counterparts from Lacrosse Canada and the Haudenosaunee Nationals at its headquarters in Sparks, Md. The event will provide the latest group of National Team Development Program players with their first opportunity to wear the red, white and blue together on an international stage.
2026 U.S. Boys’ U17 Youth National Team
Name Year Club School
Mac Brooker 2028 Mad Dog Episcopal Dallas (Texas)
Michael Burkhart 2028 Stealth LC Brother Rice (Mich.)
Cole Cochran 2028 Clippers St. Mary’s (Md.)
Aidan Dale 2028 Long Island Express St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)
Jakoby Dalton 2028 Stallions East/Silverbacks Catholic Memorial (Mass.)
James Ebeling 2029 Predators Rye (N.Y.)
Kobe Genco 2028 FCA Upstate Eden (N.Y.)
Peter Harper 2029 Resolute Upper Arlington (Ohio)
Patrick Hassett 2028 Team 91 Long Island Huntington (N.Y.)
Carson Hewitt 2028 Clippers Loyola Blakefield (Md.)
Daniel Hong 2028 Team Illinois Portsmouth Abbey (R.I.)
Talon Immel 2028 Sweetlax Upstate Burnt Hills Ballston Lake (N.Y.)
Brayden King 2028 Resolute New Albany (Ohio)
Tyler-Jett Lawrence 2029 Long Island Express St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)
Jude Leahy 2029 Annapolis Hawks St. John’s (D.C.)
Bryce Mazzei 2029 Thunder/Silverbacks St. Paul’s (N.H.)
Jake Neidig 2028 Long Island Express St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)
Parker Old 2028 Resolute Upper Arlington (Ohio)
Sanchez Rucker 2028 Clippers Culver Academy (Ind.)
Patrick Sarnicola 2028 Be the Best Lindenhurst (N.Y.)
Greyson Schmidt 2028 True Lacrosse/Stars & Stripes Emmaus (Pa.)
Cooper Schindler 2028 3d Lacrosse Georgia Milton (Ga.)
Zachary Strohmeier 2028 Brotherly Love Salesianum (Del.)
Maximus Weber 2029 Stars & Stripes/Silverbacks Emmaus (Pa.)
