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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
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
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