USA Lacrosse 23 Man Roster
Currently the USA training roster is at 40, here is our final 23 who should make the team if they hope to win another title.
Attack
- Ryan Boyle – Boston Cannons (Princeton ’04)
- Drew Westervelt – Denver Outlaws (UMBC ’07)
- Brendan Mundorf – Denver Outlaws (UMBC ’06)
- Matt Danowski – Long Island Lizards (Duke ’08)
- Brandon Corp – Boston Cannons (Colgate ’09)
Midfield
- Paul Rabil – Boston Cannons (Johns Hopkins ’08)
- Joe Walters – Toronto Nationals (Maryland ’06)
- Stephen Peyser – Long Island Lizards (Johns Hopkins ’08)
- Max Seibald – Denver Outlaws (Cornell ’09)
- Chris Eck – Boston Cannons (Colgate ’08)
- Matt Zash – Long Island Lizards (Duke ’06)
- Matt Poskay – Boston Cannons (Virginia ’06)
- John Glynn – Chicago Machine (Cornell ’09)
- Steven Brooks – Chicago Machine (Syracuse ’08)
- Matt Abbott – Washington Bayhawks (Syracuse ’09)
Defense
- Eric Martin – Denver Outlaws (Salisbury ’04)
- Kyle Sweeney – Boston Cannons (Georgetown ’03)
- Joe Cinosky – Toronto Nationals (Maryland ’09)
- Jack Reid – Boston Cannons (Massachusetts ’06)
- Lee Zink – Denver Outlaws (Maryland ’04)
- Parker McKee – Duke ’10
Goalie
- Brian Dougherty – Long Island Lizards (Maryland ’95)
- Adam Fullerton – Denver Outlaws (Army ’08), why Jesse Schwartzman’s name wasn’t called is beyond me
Without Powells
The 2006 team featured every Powell brother known to man. The 2010 will have none. We need to win this title in the worst to restore world order. The committee will not be naming Ryan Powell to the team for the following reasons, first, he didn’t play in the MLL this summer instead he is listed as a member of Big Foot LC. Second, the Powell brothers looked lethargic in the 2006 final against Canada, therefore giving someone a second chance to make the world team after playing on a beer league team makes no sense. Third, and perhaps most glaring, Powell will be 32 by the time this tournament takes place, his time is up. For those of you not in the know, Ryan was the only Powell selected to the 40 man training roster.
Midfield Grit
Canadians are used to getting destroyed in box lacrosse. They aren’t afraid of dishing and receiving contact. This USA midfield is loaded with sand. We need players who care about winning, who care about picking up ground balls, who care about playing defense and getting us up the field quickly. We chose three middies who can face off against Geoff Snider, an unsolvable problem for the 2006 USA team, and only one of whom Eck, is a face off get off guy. Peyser and Glynn are junkyard dogs that can battle Snider but more importantly aren’t afraid of shooting the ball and aren’t defensive liabilities. Speaking of junkyard dogs, add Zash, Seibald, Rabil, and Abbott to the list of more than capable two way middies, but let’s be honest, Rabil’s the best midfielder, perhaps ever and he won’t have to play much defense. Plug in Brooks as a zone buster or on man up and you have an outside shooter to compliment Rabil. In the real world, Harrison is going to make the team and he’ll probably chip in some goals but in my mind he’s not any better than Matt Abbott.
What’s meaner than a junkyard dog? I’ll tell you, Eric Martin
During the 2004 NCAA tournament, a good friend of mine was being covered by Eric Martin. My friend the attackman, an all conference player in his own right was effectively eliminated by the two time D3 defender of the year. At some point late in the fourth quarter, my friend finally found space to take Martin to the cage and mustered off a shot. As the ball transitioned the other way after the save Martin said, “You waited all game to take that @#&%ing shot?”
Add in Joe Cinosky and Jack Reid and you have a ferocious blue collar defense capable of getting under the skin of the Canadians.
Starting Ten
Boyle-Danowski-Westervelt
Rabil-Walters-Seibald
Cinosky-Reid-Martin
Dougherty
Further Americana Thoughts
Audrina Patridge makes me want to go to LA for law school
Notre Dame girls are animals
Madden curse strikes in Pittsburgh, I haven’t played that game since fall 2005
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