Rob Pannell
Kyle Hartzell
John Galloway
GOING ON 30
Thirty players remain in the running to make the U.S. roster and defend its gold medal at the FIL World Championship. Twenty-three of them (plus two alternates) will be chosen in advance of the games (July 10-19) in Denver.
ATTACK Ned Crotty
Marcus Holman Kevin Leveille Brendan Mundorf Rob Pannell Steele Stanwick Garrett Thul
The potential combos are staggering. It’s about mixing and matching players fit for certain roles. Leveille is one of the all-time great finishers in the sport and holds the MLL record for longest goal-scoring streak (59 games). He’s hungry to make this team after being an alternate and rooting for younger brother Mike Leveille in 2010. Thul has emerged as powerful lefty outside threat and 6-foot-4, 242-pound X-factor. Pannell has quarterbacked much of Team USA’s offense and also ran alongside his college rival Stanwick at Champion Challenge. Mundorf has been injured
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but has All-World and MLL MVP credentials. Holman brought instant energy as a swingman. Crotty, who scored the game-tying and winning goals for the U.S. in the 2010 final, can play attack or midfield.
MIDFIELD
Kevin Buchanan David Lawson Matt Mackrides JoJo Marasco Paul Rabil Max Seibald Drew Snider
Rabil and Seibald, U.S. teamers in 2010, headline the group. Marasco, a late invitee the day before summer tryouts, has proved his staying power. Lawson continues to roll off of winning a national title at Duke and fits a role as a midfield finisher while other stars get more attention. Buchanan can do a little bit of everything on offense. Versatility also is the name of the game for Mackrides and Snider.
DEFENSE
Mitch Belisle Jesse Bernhardt Tucker Durkin Michael Evans Joe Fletcher Kyle Hartzell Brian Karalunas Lee Zink
46 LACROSSE MAGAZINE March 2014
After Greg Gurenlian withdrew from
consideration due to injury, the U.S. staff picked Eck to be their man ahead of 33-year-old Anthony Kelly and second-year pro Mike Poppleton. Eck is almost
A Publication of US Lacrosse
Although none of the eight in this group played for the U.S. in 2010, Zink (an alternate), Evans, Durkin and Belisle are proven commodities. Fletcher, the only current collegian still in the tryout process, has stuck around for a reason. Bernhardt, Hartzell and Karalunas have played both long-stick midfield and close in the MLL, with Hartzell perhaps being the biggest threat to spark transition offense.
SHORT-STICK
DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD Matt Abbott Dan Burns Kyle Harrison Jeff Reynolds
Guess the Chesapeake Bayhawks (Abbott, Burns and Reynolds) have a pretty good short-stick defensive midfield group, huh? Harrison, a converted offensive midfielder, is the wild card.
FACEOFF Chris Eck
exactly 50 percent against Canada’s Geoff Snider. In five career pro matchups, the two faceoff men have squared off 162 times. Eck has won 82 to Snider’s 80. Eck, who had knee surgery in 2012, followed with his best year as a pro last summer, winning 59.8 percent of 389 faceoffs.
GOALIE
Drew Adams John Galloway Jesse Schwartzman
“The goalies, it’s like pick one of them,” U.S. coach Richie Meade said. “They’re all great.”
Schwartzman and Adams have won four of the last five MLL Goalie of the Year awards. Galloway, who won 59 games and two NCAA titles at Syracuse, has transitioned seamlessly to the pro and international levels.
— Corey McLaughlin
©JOHN STROHSACKER (RM/RP); ©SCOTT MCCALL (KH/JG)
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