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United States WL membershipPan-American Lacrosse Association Association US Lacrosse Head coach John Danowski Appearances 14 (first in 1967 ) Best result Champions (1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2018, 2023) Website teamusa.uslacrosse.org/us-men
The United States men's national lacrosse team has won eleven of fourteen World Lacrosse Championships , the most recent in 2023. Team USA finished second in the other three field lacrosse tournaments, losing to Canada in 1978, 2006, and 2014.
The team is organized by US Lacrosse , the national governing body. The roster usually consists of lacrosse players who play in the Premier Lacrosse League .
Competition achievements [ edit ]
Olympic Games [ edit ]
Games
Representative
Finish
Ref.
1904 St. Louis
St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
Silver
[1]
World Championships [ edit ]
Team USA vs. MLL All-Stars in 2006.
Year
Location
Result
1967
Toronto , Canada
Gold
1974
Melbourne, Australia
Gold
1978
Stockport, England
Silver
1982
Baltimore, Maryland
Gold
1986
Toronto, Canada
Gold
1990
Perth, Australia
Gold
1994
Manchester, England
Gold
1998
Baltimore, Maryland
Gold
2002
Perth, Australia
Gold
2006
London, Canada
Silver
2010
Manchester, England
Gold
2014
Commerce City, Colorado
Silver
2018
Netanya , Israel
Gold
2023
San Diego, California
Gold
2023 team [ edit ]
US Lacrosse announced their 23 man roster for the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship on December 20, 2022.[2] Captains were announced on June 19, 2023.[3]
2018 team [ edit ]
US Lacrosse announced the final 23-man roster for the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship on January 7, 2018.[4]
2014 team [ edit ]
US Lacrosse finalized its 23-man roster on June 30, 2014, by cutting eight players that were on the roster for the Team USA versus MLL All Star game on June 26, 2014.[5]
Starting attack [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Ned Crotty
Duke 2010
2010
New York
Won NCAA championship in 2010, 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, 1st team All-American in 2009 and 2010
Brendan Mundorf
UMBC 2006
2010
Chesapeake
Played for Australia in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, 2012 MLL MVP
Rob Pannell
Cornell 2013
New York
Won Tewaaraton in 2013, will run attack from behind the cage[6]
Other attackmen [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Marcus Holman
UNC 2013
Ohio
1st team All-American in 2013
Kevin Leveille
Massachusetts 2003
Rochester
His younger brother Mike Leveille (Syracuse 2008) was on the 2010 team, alternate on 2010 team
Garrett Thul
Army 2013
Florida
Starting midfield [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Kevin Buchanan
Ohio State 2008
Boston
Paul Rabil
Johns Hopkins 2008
2010
Boston
Won NCAA championship in 2005 and 2007; 1st team All-American in 2006, 2007 and 2008
Max Seibald
Cornell 2009
2010
New York
Won Tewaaraton in 2009
Other midfielders [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Matt Abbott
Syracuse 2009
Chesapeake
Won two NCAA championship (2008 and 2009), 1st team All-American in 2009, his father and grandfather played lax at Syracuse,[7] assistant coach with his brother Mike at Colgate,[7] second on USA team with four groundballs in win versus MLL All Starts in on June 26, 2014
Dan Burns
Maryland 2011
Chesapeake
Walk-on in college[6]
Kyle Harrison
Johns Hopkins 2005
2006
Ohio
Won NCAA championship in 2005, won Tewaaraton in 2005
David Lawson
Duke 2013
Rochester
Won NCAA championship in 2010 and 2013, 1st team All-American in 2013
Faceoff [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Chris Eck
Colgate '08
Boston
won 60% of faceoffs in 2014 MLL season[8]
Greg Gurenlian
Penn State '06
New York
Starting defense [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Tucker Durkin
Johns Hopkins 2013
Chesapeake
1st team All-American in 2012 and 2013
Michael Evans
Johns Hopkins 2009
Chesapeake
Won NCAA championship in 2007, 1st team All-American in 2009
Lee Zink
Maryland 2004
Denver Outlaws
MLL Defensive Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013,[9] 1st team All-American in 2004, alternate on 2010 team
Other defensemen [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Mitch Belisle (D/LSM/SSDM)
Cornell 2007
Boston
1st team All-American in 2007, plays with both a short- and long-stick in the MLL[6]
Jesse Bernhardt (D/LSM)
Maryland 2013
Chesapeake
1st team All-American in 2013, led USA team with six groundballs versus MLL All Star team on June 26, 2014
Kyle Hartzell (D/LSM)
Salisbury 2007
New York
Goalkeepers [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
2014 MLL team
Note
Drew Adams
Penn State 2009
New York
Played behind 2010 goalie Brian Dougherty as a rookie[10]
Jesse Schwartzman
Johns Hopkins 2007
Denver
Won NCAA championship in 2005 and 2007
2010 team [ edit ]
Attackmen [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
Note
Ryan Boyle
Princeton 2004
2002, 2006
Played in 2014 MLL season with Boston. Withdrew from 2014 USA tryout pool.[11]
Ned Crotty
Duke 2010
Mike Leveille
Syracuse 2008
Sat out the 2011, 2012 and 2014 MLL seasons due to full-time job at NBC[12]
Brendan Mundorf
UMBC 2008
Ryan Powell
Syracuse 2000
2006
2010 US team captain, runs Rhino Lacrosse in Portland, Oregon
Drew Westervelt
USMB 2008
In MLL All-Star game in 2014 versus the US national team, on practice roster for 2014 US team
Midfielders [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
Note
Kevin Cassese
Duke 2003
2002, 2006
Lehigh lax coach, assistant coach of 2014 US nat'l team
Kyle Dixon
Virginia 2006
Stephen Peyser
Johns Hopkins 2008
Paul Rabil
Johns Hopkins 2008
Chris Schiller
Penn State 1999
Max Seibald
Cornell 2009
Alex Smith
Delaware 2007
Matt Striebel
Princeton 2001
2002, 2006
Matt Zash
Duke 2006
Defense [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
Note
Joe Cinosky
Maryland 2009
Assistant lacrosse coach at Mount St. Mary's, volunteer assistant lax coach at Duke in 2013
DJ Driscoll
Notre Dame 2006
Eric Martin
Salisbury 2004
Ryan McClay
Cornell 2003
2002
Shawn Nadelen
Johns Hopkins 2001
Lax head coach at Towson
Kyle Sweeney (LSM)
Georgetown 2003
2006
In MLL All-Star game in 2014 versus the US national team, on practice roster for 2014 US team
Goalkeepers [ edit ]
Name
College
Previous US rosters
Brian Dougherty
Maryland 1996
1998
Adam Fullerton
Army 2008
Four-time national team members [ edit ]
Player
Position
College
US rosters
John DeTommaso
Defense
Johns Hopkins
1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
Vinnie Sombrotto
Midfield
Hofstra
1982, 1986,
Three-time national team members [ edit ]
Players are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Player
Position
College
US rosters
Jesse Bernhardt
Defense
Maryland
2014, 2018, 2023
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
Ned Crotty
Attack
Duke
2010, 2014, 2018
Jim Darcangelo
Midfield
Towson
1978, 1982, 1986
Norm Engelke
Midfield
Cornell
1982, 1986, 1990
Sal LoCascio
Goalie
Massachusetts
1990, 1994, 1998
Rob Pannell
Attack
Cornell
2014, 2018, 2023
Larry Quinn
Goalie
Johns Hopkins
1986, 1990, 1994
Paul Rabil
Midfield
Johns Hopkins
2010, 2014, 2018
Matt Striebel
Midfield
Princeton
2002, 2006, 2010
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]