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United States men's national lacrosse team
Medal record
World Lacrosse Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Toronto
Gold medal – first place 1974 Melbourne
Silver medal – second place 1978 Stockport
Gold medal – first place 1982 Baltimore
Gold medal – first place 1986 Toronto
Gold medal – first place 1990 Perth
Gold medal – first place 1994 Manchester
Gold medal – first place 1998 Baltimore
Gold medal – first place 2002 Perth
Silver medal – second place 2006 London
Gold medal – first place 2010 Manchester

The United States men's national lacrosse team is one of the best national lacrosse teams in the world based on its championships and selection process. The team has won nine of eleven World Lacrosse Championships, including the last championship in 2010. The Canada national team beat the US national team in 1978 and 2006.

The US team usually consists of professional lacrosse players who play in Major League Lacrosse and/or the National Lacrosse League. Many of the team members are also on the boxlacrosse national team.

2014 team

US Lacrosse will currently has a 31-man roster that will decrease to 23 by the start of the world championship on July 10, 2014. [1]

Attackmen

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2014 MLL team Note
Ned Crotty Duke 2010 2010 New York Won NCAA championship in 2010, 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy winner
Marcus Holman UNC 2013 Ohio
Kevin Leveille Massachusetts 2003 Rochester His younger brother Mike Leveille (Syracuse 2008) was on the 2010 team
Brendan Mundorf UMBC 2008 2010 Chesapeake
Rob Pannell Cornell 2013 New York Won Tewaaraton in 2013
Steele Stanwick UVA 2011 Ohio Won Tewaaraton in 2011
Garrett Thul Army 2013 Florida

Midfielders

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2014 MLL team Note
Kevin Buchanan Ohio State '08 Boston
David Lawson Duke '13 Rochester 1st team All-American in 2013
Matt Mackrides Penn State '12 Chesapeake
JoJo Marasco Syracuse '13 New York 1st team All-American in 2013
Paul Rabil Johns Hopkins '08 2010 Boston
Max Seibald Cornell '09 2010 New York Won Tewaaraton in 2009
Drew Snider Maryland '11 Denver

Defensive Midfielders[2]

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2014 MLL team Note
Matt Abbott Syracuse Chesapeake
Dan Burns Maryland Chesapeake
Kyle Harrison Johns Hopkins '05 2006 Ohio Won NCAA championship in 2005, won Tewaaraton in 2005
Jeff Reynolds Maryland Chesapeake

Faceoff

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2014 MLL team Note
Chris Eck Colgate '08 Boston Graduated from Duke MBA in 2014, has job at Google[3], won 60% of faceoffs in 2014 MLL season[4]
Greg Gurenlian New York

Defense

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2014 MLL team Note
Mitch Belisle Cornell '07 Boston 1st team All-American in 2007
Jesse Bernhardt Maryland '13 Chesapeake 1st team All-American in 2013
Tucker Durkin Johns Hopkins '13 Chesapeake 1st team All-American in 2012 and 2013
Michael Evans Johns Hopkins '09 Chesapeake 1st team All-American in 2009
Joe Fletcher Loyola '14 New York 1st team All-American in 2013 and 2014
Kyle Hartzell Salisbury '07 New York
Brian Karalunas Villanova '11 New York 1st team All-American in 2011 at long-stick midfielder, led D-I in caused turnovers for two consecutive years
Lee Zink Maryland '04 Denver 1st team All-American in 2004

Goalkeepers

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2014 MLL team Note
Drew Adams Penn State New York Played behind 2010 goalie Brian Dougherty as a rookie[5]
John Galloway Syracuse 2011 Rochester Won two NCAA titles, Syracuse's all-time wins leader[6]
Jesse Schwartzman Johns Hopkins Denver

2010 team

Attackmen

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2013 MLL team Note
Ryan Boyle Princeton '04 '02, '06 Boston Boston MVP in 2012 season
Ned Crotty Duke '10 Rochester
Mike Leveille Syracuse '08 Rochester Sat out the 2011, 2012 and 2014 MLL seasons due to full-time job at NBC[7]
Brendan Mundorf UMBC '08 Denver
Ryan Powell Syracuse '00 '06 '10 US team captain, runs Rhino Lacrosse in Portland, Oregon
Drew Westervelt USMB '08 Chesapeake In MLL All-Star game in 2014 versus the US national team, on practice roster for 2014 US team

Midfielders

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2013 MLL team Note
Kevin Cassese Duke '03 '02, '06 Lehigh lax coach, assistant coach of '14 US nat'l team
Kyle Dixon UVA '06 Chesapeake
Stephen Peyser Johns Hopkins '08 New York
Paul Rabil Johns Hopkins '08 Boston
Chris Schiller Penn State '99 Charlotte
Max Seibald Cornell '09 New York
Alex Smith Delaware '07 Chesapeake
Matt Striebel Princeton '01 '02, '06 Rochester
Matt Zash Duke '06

Defense

Name College Previous U.S. rosters Note
Joe Cinosky Maryland '09 Assistant lacrosse coach at Mount St. Mary's, volunteer assistant lax coach at Duke in 2013
DJ Driscoll Notre Dame '06
Eric Martin Salisbury '04
Ryan McClay Cornell '03 '02
Shawn Nadelen Johns Hopkins '01 Lax head coach at Towson
Kyle Sweeney (LSM) Georgetown '03 '06 In MLL All-Star game in 2014 versus the US national team, on practice roster for 2014 US team

Goalkeepers

Name College Previous U.S. rosters 2013 MLL team Note
Brian Dougherty Maryland 1996 1998 Head lax coach at Chestnut Hill College
Adam Fullerton Army '08 Denver On 2013 injured reserve

Four-time national team member

Player Position College U.S. rosters
Vinnie Sombrotto Midfield Hofstra 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994

Three-time national team member (alphabetical by last name)

Player Position College U.S. rosters
Ryan Boyle Attack Princeton 2002, 2006, 2010
Jim Burke Defense Cortland 1982, 1986, 1990
Kevin Cassese Midfield Duke 2002, 2006, 2010
Zack Colburn Defense Pennsylvania 1990, 1994, 1998
Jim Darcangelo Midfield Towson 1978, 1982, 1986
Norm Engelke Midfield Cornell 1982, 1986, 1990
Sal LoCascio Goalie Massachusetts 1990, 1994, 1998
Larry Quinn Goalie Johns Hopkins 1986, 1990, 1994
Matt Striebel Midfield Princeton 2002, 2006, 2010

References