The Great Goalie Battle By Sean Burns For seasoned MLL goalkeepers Drew
Adams, John Galloway and Jesse Schwartzman, it’s been a while since they’ve faced a proper battle for a job.
But since the job in question involves tossing on their country’s jersey and taking the net as the backstop for the U.S. men’s national team in its attempt to capture gold on home soil at the FIL World Championship in Denver, no one shows even a moment’s hesitation at the effort being made to secure it.
“It’s actually been exciting to compete because it’s such a big honor to play on this team,” said Adams, a protégé of sorts of Hall of Fame keeper Brian Dougherty, who was Team USA’s goalie in 2010.
Adams, who, like Dougherty, grew up in the Philadelphia area, has
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14 DREW ADAMS
PRO TEAM: Lizards COLLEGE: Penn State ‘09 HIGH SCHOOL: Springfield (Pa.) HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2, 200 AGE: 27 TWITTER: @Drew_Adams14 DAY JOB: Marketing, Maverik Lacrosse
PRO TEAM: Rattlers COLLEGE: Syracuse ‘11 HIGH SCHOOL: West Genesee (N.Y.)
15 JOHN GALLOWAY
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0, 180 AGE: 25 TWITTER: @JohnGalloway15 DAY JOB: Assistant men’s coach, Providence College
worked the camp circuit with “Doc” and played behind him as a rookie with the then- Long Island Lizards. All three said they admired Dougherty growing up. “It wouldn’t feel right if somebody was just given a spot without having to earn it,” Adams said. “If I’m fortunate enough to make the team, it’ll make me appreciate the experience even more.”
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91 JESSE SCHWARTZMAN
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From the original eight goalies invited to tryouts last summer, four made it to the 52- man roster announced last fall. But unlike the faceoff position, from which coaches selected Chris Eck out of the four who made the first cut, only one goalkeeper, Kip Turner, didn’t make it to the 30- man roster coming out of Champion Challenge. All three that remain bring as good a resume as one can to the table. Schwartzman and Adams have won four of the past five MLL Goalie of the Year awards, and Galloway won two NCAA titles as
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Syracuse’s all-time wins leader. Entering the season, Schwartzman, Adams and Galloway ranked first, third and sixth in MLL history for goals against average, respectively.
“The goalies, it’s like pick one of them,” Team USA head coach Richie Meade said after Champion Challenge in January. “They’re all great. They’re stopping the ball, leading the defense, all those types of things. The one thing that has been very, very consistent is the goalies have been very, very good.” So what will bridge the gap between
very good and great for these three as they strive to lock in a roster spot and starting job between now and the first face off against Canada when the games open on July 10 following the event’s opening ceremony? For starters, all three are thrilled to be getting back to their regular MLL work — not so much for the bumps and bruises that all goalies have to live with, but for the fact that there really isn’t much of anything that mimics live shots like, well, live shots.
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