US LACROSSE TABS 2010 U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TRAINING TEAM

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

US LACROSSE TABS 2010 U.S. MEN'S TRAINING TEAM

Courtesy of US Lacrosse

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- US Lacrosse announced Wednesday the 40 players (listed below) who have qualified for the 2010 U.S. men's national training team following a three-day tryout at Bryant University.

All 40 players, tabbed by a 14-member player selection committee, advance with an opportunity to compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Manchester, England from July 10-24, 2010. Team USA 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 for the 2010 FIL World Championship in Manchester, England.

"I want to commend our selection committee in the professionalism and unbelievable insight. It was a very difficult task to get from 84 to 40. Speaking for the coaching staff, I couldn't be more pleased with the 40 we selected," said Team USA head coach Mike Pressler. "We have a heck of a group with our 40 now, and that's our team going into the fall of '09."

There were 84 invitees at tryouts, down from 120 in years past, who competed in two sessions of two games apiece Monday and Tuesday prior to a final session Wednesday morning.

"Getting it down to 84 made the games more competitive. There were very few games decided by more than a couple of goals," said Larry Quinn, chair of the player selection committee. "The coaching staff has a really tough decision of getting to the final 23, but it helps to see how they play together."

The training team includes eight members of the 2006 U.S. men's team that finished as runner-up to Canada at the world championship: Ryan Boyle, Kevin Cassese, Kyle Harrison, Nicky Polanco, Ryan Powell, Matt Striebel, Kyle Sweeney and Joe Walters.

Boyle, Cassese and Striebel were also members of the gold medal-winning 2002 U.S. men's team.

USA Training Team

Attack

Ryan Boyle - Boston Cannons (Princeton ‘04)
Matt Danowski - Long Island Lizards (Duke ‘08)
Kevin Leveille - Chicago Machine (UMass ‘03)
Mike Leveille - Chicago Machine (Syracuse ‘08)
Brendan Mundorf - Denver Outlaws (UMBC ‘06)
Ryan Powell - Big Foot LC (Syracuse ‘00)
Drew Westervelt - Denver Outlaws (UMBC ‘07)

Attack/Midfield

Kevin Buchanan - Washington Bayhawks (Ohio State ‘08)
Brandon Corp - Boston Cannons (Colgate ‘09)
Ned Crotty - Duke ‘09

Midfield

Matt Abbott - Washington Bayhawks (Syracuse ‘09)
Stephen Berger - Long Island Lizards (Washington ‘04)
Steven Brooks - Chicago Machine (Syracuse ‘08)
Kevin Cassese - Boston Cannons (Duke ‘03)
John Glynn - Chicago Machine (Cornell ‘09)
Kyle Harrison - Denver Outlaws (Johns Hopkins ‘05)
Stephen Peyser - Long Island Lizards (Johns Hopkins ‘08)
Matt Poskay - Boston Cannons (Virginia ‘06)
Paul Rabil - Boston Cannons (Johns Hopkins ‘08)
Max Seibald - Denver Outlaws (Cornell ‘09)
Chris Schiller - Sailin' Shoe LC (Penn State ‘99)
Matt Striebel - Chicago Machine (Princeton ‘01)
Joe Walters - Toronto Nationals (Maryland ‘06)
Matt Zash - Long Island Lizards (Duke ‘06)

Face-Off

Chris Eck - Boston Cannons (Colgate ‘08)
Alex Smith - Washington Bayhawks (Delaware ‘07)

Longstick Midfield

Parker McKee - Duke ‘10
Nick O'Hara - Toronto Nationals (Duke ‘07)
Kyle Sweeney - Boston Cannons (Georgetown ‘03)

Defense

Joe Cinosky - Toronto Nationals (Maryland ‘09)
DJ Driscoll - Chicago Machine (Notre Dame ‘06)
Eric Martin - Denver Outlaws (Salisbury ‘04)
Ryan McClay - Boston Cannons (Cornell ‘03)
Shawn Nadelen - Washington Bayhawks (Johns Hopkins ‘01)
Nicky Polanco - Long Island Lizards (Hofstra ‘02)
Jack Reid - Boston Cannons (Massachusetts ‘06)
Lee Zink - Denver Outlaws (Maryland ‘04)

Goalies

Brian Dougherty - Long Island Lizards (Maryland ‘95)
Adam Fullerton - Denver Outlaws (Army ‘08)
Mickey Jarboe - Quicksilver LC (Navy ‘00)

US Lacrosse also announced the 10 referees and five alternates named to the U.S. delegation to officiate at the 2010 FIL World Championship:

Blue Division

Don Balch (Vero Beach, Fla.)
Spike Decker (Rodman, N.Y.)
Rob Gross (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Jeff Thibodeau (South Hadley, Mass.)

Red/Green Division

Jim Carboneau (Holliston, Mass.)
Skip Cooper (Thompsons Station, Tenn.)
Matt Croteau (Sagamore Beach, Mass.)
Kevin Curley (East Rochester, N.Y.)
Eric Farno (Coventry, Conn.)
Mike Hyland (Huntington, Md.)

Alternates

David Seidman (Maple Glen, Pa.)
Jeff Bruso (Peachtree City, Ga.)
Bill Devine (Norfolk, Va.)
John Walker (Irvine, Calif.)
Paul McInnis (Old Orchard Beach, Maine)