The second round of the tryout process for the 2020 U.S. Men’s U19 team will be highlighted by a Blue-White exhibition game on the final day of the three-day session which runs from July 12-14.
The Blue-White exhibition will be held on Sunday, July 14 at 10 a.m. on Tierney Field at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md. The exhibition game is the only session of the tryout process that will be open to the public free of charge. All other sessions are for team and staff personnel only.
Lax Sports Network will live stream the Blue-White game with Travis Eldridge providing play-by-play commentary and Matt DaSilva serving as the color commentator.
There are currently 50 players in the player pool for the 2020 U19 team, following an initial round of tryouts in June that brought 104 of the nation’s top young players to US Lacrosse. Following Saturday evening’s tryout sessions, the U19 staff will divide the 50 players into two 25-man rosters for the Blue-White exhibition.
Following the exhibition game, the staff will name approximately 30 players to the training team that will compete in events leading up to next summer’s World Lacrosse championship in Limerick, Ireland (July 9-18, 2020).
The United States is the only nation to have won the World Lacrosse Men’s U19 Championship, having rallied to beat Canada 13-12 in 2016 on Ryan Conrad’s game-winning goal with just eight seconds remaining. That was the eighth straight world championship for the U.S., which also won gold medals in 1988, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2008 and 2012.
The U.S. men’s national team trains and plays using best-in-class products provided by Nike (apparel and footwear), Cascade (helmets), Warrior (equipment), SISU Guard (mouthguards), The Pearl by Guardian (balls) and DJO (sports braces).
In addition to these partners, Greenfields, Krossover, MedStar Sports Medicine and Sports Performance Tracking are officials sponsors of Team USA. Teanm training is also aided by products from Motive Pure, NormaTec Recovery and Athletic Republic.