SPARKS, Md. — US Lacrosse has invited 105 of the nation’s top young men’s lacrosse players to try out for the 2020 U.S. U19 team. The final team selected after the tryout process concludes will compete in the World Lacrosse Men’s U19 Championship from July 9-18, 2020 in Limerick, Ireland.
“We’re grateful that we had such an amazing response from players across all parts of the USA,” said head coach Nick Myers, who led the U.S. to a gold medal in 2016. “With nearly 300 applicants, it was as deep a player pool as Team USA has ever had at the U19 level. We are also thankful for our committee of college coaches, as well as media members, that voted in an effort to narrow our field to the top invitees that will attend our first training camp in June. This is an exciting first step in our process. We are all looking forward to getting on the field and wearing that red, white and blue in June.”
“As we prepare to host the initial tryout session for the 2020 U.S. Men’s U19 team at our training facility, we’re extremely excited to begin the journey in quest of the gold medal in Limerick, Ireland next summer,” said Skip Lichtfuss, director of national teams and high performance for US Lacrosse. “It’s always a challenge to defend your title, but we’re confident that Coach Myers and staff will construct the right cast of characters to get it done.”
The invited players come from high schools in 20 different states and include one current college freshman — Lehigh’s Cole Kirst — 56 high school seniors and 48 high school juniors. Per World Lacrosse age requirements, all players invited to the tryout had to be born between Sept. 1, 2000 (under-19 as of Aug. 31 in the year preceding the championship) and July 8, 2004 (at least 16 on the day prior to the championship beginning).
The opening round of tryouts will be held at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., from June 21-23. Following the first round of tryouts, approximately 50 players will be invited to move to the second round of tryouts, which will also be held at US Lacrosse, from July 12-14.
From there, a 30-man roster will be selected to participate in training weekends in November 2019 and January 2020, after which the final 23-man roster will be selected.
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), STX (equipment), 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 official sponsors of Team USA. Team training is also aided by products from Motive Pure, NormaTec Recovery and Athletic Republic.
2020 U.S. Men's U19 Team Tryout Invitees
| Michael Alexander | D | West Islip (N.Y.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Robert Almand | M | Vandegrift (Texas) | 2019 | Rutgers |
| Collin Almeida | M | Falmouth (Mass.) | 2019 | Penn State |
| Christopher Arceri | FO | Smithtown East (N.Y.) | 2020 | Penn |
| Xavier Arline | A | Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| James Ball | M | Chaminade (N.Y.) | 2020 | Yale |
| Emmett Barger | A | St. Anne's Belfield (Va.) | 2019 | Notre Dame |
| Evan Barr | G | Somerville (N.J.) | 2020 | Duke |
| Dylan Bauer | A | Park City (Utah) | 2020 | Johns Hopkins |
| Canyon Birch | A | Manasquan (N.J.) | 2019 | Penn State |
| Aiden Blake | M | Haddonfield Memorial (N.J.) | 2019 | Cornell |
| Edward Sutton Boland | D | Victor (N.Y.) | 2019 | Penn State |
| Jackson Bonitz | D | McDonogh (Md.) | 2020 | Navy |
| Jack Brennan | A | Irondequoit (N.Y.) | 2019 | Maryland |
| Drew Brennfleck | M | Mountain Lakes (N.J.) | 2019 | Virginia |
| Kenny Brower | D | Massapequa (N.Y.) | 2019 | Duke |
| Graham Bundy Jr. | M | MICS (Mo.) | 2019 | Georgetown |
| BJ Burlace | LSM | St. Mary's (Md.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Connor Calderone | FO | Smithtown West (N.Y.) | 2019 | Maryland |
| Sean Cameron | M | Bishop Guertin (N.H.) | 2020 | Harvard |
| Gregory Campisi | D | St. Anthony's (N.Y.) | 2019 | Harvard |
| Jake Caputo | M | Middle Creek (N.C.) | 2019 | Duke |
| James Cipolla | A | Parkland (Pa.) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Maxwell Cooney | D | Georgetown Prep (Md.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| Mac Costin | M | Haverford School (Pa.) | 2019 | Utah |
| Gabe Craven | G | Hun School (N.J.) | 2020 | Navy |
| Aidan Danenza | M | St. Anthony's (N.Y.) | 2020 | Duke |
| Connor Drake | A | Salisbury School (Conn.) | 2019 | Duke |
| Drew Elder | FO | Lake Norman (N.C.) | 2020 | Ohio State |
| Elijah Ensor | M | Lassiter (Ga.) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Liam Entenmann | G | Chaminade (N.Y.) | 2019 | Notre Dame |
| Gerald Filardi Jr. | D | Half Hollow Hills West (N.Y.) | 2019 | Penn State |
| Cole Finley-Ponds | D | Denver East (Colo.) | 2019 | Johns Hopkins |
| Michael Gianforcaro | G | Culver Military (Ind.) | 2020 | Princeton |
| Gabriel Goforth | M | Bishop Shanhan (Pa.) | 2020 | Maryland |
| Jack Graffagnino | D | Islip (N.Y.) | 2020 | Ohio State |
| Joey Graham | A | Landon (Md.) | 2020 | Harvard |
| Reilly Gray | M | Chaminade (N.Y.) | 2019 | Notre Dame |
| Brendan Grimes | A | Boys' Latin (Md.) | 2020 | Johns Hopkins |
| Patrick Hackler | M | Skaneateles (N.Y.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Colin Hart | D | Garden City (N.Y.) | 2019 | Brown |
| Cameron Henry | D | McCallie (Tenn.) | 2019 | Duke |
| Cole Herbert | M | Calvert Hall (Md.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| Ben Hull | A | Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) | 2020 | Michigan |
| Hunter Jaronski | D | Academy of the New Church (Pa.) | 2019 | Johns Hopkins |
| Gerard Kane | A | Lambert (Ga.) | 2020 | Ohio State |
| Patrick Kavanagh | A | Taft School (Conn.) | 2019 | Notre Dame |
| Daniel Kelly | A | Calvert Hall (Md.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| Griffin King | M | Niskayuna (N.Y.) | 2019 | Brown |
| Cole Kirst | A | Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) | 2018 | Lehigh |
| Christopher Kirst | A | Delbarton (N.J.) | 2020 | |
| Jack Koras | A | Loyola Blakefield (Md.) | 2020 | Maryland |
| Cole Krauss | D | Delbarton (N.J.) | 2020 | Duke |
| Collin Krieg | G | Ward Melville (N.Y.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| Connell Kumar | A | Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) | 2020 | Virginia |
| Kevin Kuttin | A | Chaminade (N.Y.) | 2020 | Yale |
| Nathan Laliberte | FO | Governors Academy | 2020 | Bryant |
| Ethan Larson | D | Ward Melville (N.Y.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| Peter Lehman | A | Council Rock North (Pa.) | 2020 | Lafayette |
| Ryan Levy | A | East Chapel Hill (N.C.) | 2020 | North Carolina |
| Russell Maher | A | Mt. Sinai (N.Y.) | 2020 | Virginia |
| Eric Malever | A | Woodward Academy (Ga.) | 2020 | Maryland |
| Brett Mallee | D | LaSalle College (Pa.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Xander Martin | D | Gilman (Md.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Quentin Matsui | D | Eden Prairie (Minn.) | 2019 | Virginia |
| Patrick McIntosh | A | Salisbury School (Conn.) | 2020 | Virginia |
| Grant Mitchell | M | Calvert Hall (Md.) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Connor Mitchell | M | Calvert Hall (Md.) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Jack Monfort | M | Syosset (N.Y.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Christian Mule' | A | Half Hollow Hills West (N.Y.) | 2019 | Duke |
| Owen Murphy | A | Avon Old Farms (Conn.) | 2019 | Johns Hopkins |
| Jake Naso | FO | St. Anthony's (N.Y.) | 2020 | Virginia |
| Charlie O'Connor | A | Paul VI (Va.) | 2020 | Duke |
| Brennan O'Neill | A | St. Anthony's (N.Y.) | 2020 | Duke |
| Connor O'Reilly | D | St. Anthony's (N.Y.) | 2019 | Georgetown |
| Michael Page | LSM | Manasquan (N.J.) | 2019 | Syracuse |
| Dylan Pallonetti | A | Ward Melville (N.Y.) | 2019 | Maryland |
| Jared Paquette | G | West Islip (N.Y.) | 2019 | Yale |
| Daniel Parker | M | St. Anthony's (N.Y.) | 2019 | Virginia |
| Carter Parlette | M | Ponte Vedra (Fla.) | 2020 | Notre Dame |
| Angelo Petrakis | FO | Massapequa (N.Y.) | 2019 | Cornell |
| Joseph Pezzimenti | A | Victor (N.Y.) | 2020 | Ohio State |
| Carson Raney | D | Episcopal School of Dallas (Texas) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Colin Reilly | M | Avon Old Farms (Conn.) | 2020 | Penn State |
| Logan Santos | M | St. Paul's (Md.) | 2020 | Ohio State |
| Jack Sawyer | M | Calvert Hall (Md.) | 2019 | Maryland |
| Maximus Schalit | D | Ponte Vedra (Fla.) | 2019 | Notre Dame |
| Jack Schirtzer | D | Mt. Sinai (N.Y.) | 2020 | Maryland |
| Ryan Schriber | D | Wilton (Conn.) | 2019 | Michigan |
| JJ Sillstrop | A | La Costa Canyon (Calif.) | 2019 | Denver |
| Alex Slusher | A | Oregon Episcopal School (Ore.) | 2019 | Princeton |
| Jacon Snyder | D | Calvert Hall (Md.) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Jack Spence | M | Springfield (Pa.) | 2019 | Lehigh |
| Alec Stathakis | FO | Culver Military (Ind.) | 2019 | Denver |
| Dane Swanson | M | McDonogh (Md.) | 2020 | Navy |
| Jake Taylor | A | Regis Jesuit (Colo.) | 2019 | Notre Dame |
| Colton Teitelbaum | G | Locust Valley (N.Y.) | 2019 | Loyola |
| Lance Tillman | A | Valor Christian (Colo.) | 2019 | North Carolina |
| Christian Tomei | G | Oxbridge Academy (Fla.) | 2019 | Ohio State |
| Will Tominovich | D | St. Mary's (Md.) | 2020 | Georgetown |
| Benjamin Wayer | LSM | St. Stephen's & St Agnes (Va.) | 2020 | Virginia |
| Charles Weitzel | D | Roxbury Latin (Mass.) | 2020 | Yale |
| Alex Wicks | M | St. Mary's (Md.) | 2020 | Maryland |
| Justin Wietfeldt | FO | New Canaan (Conn.) | 2020 | Michigan |
| Ajax Zappitello | D | Sunset (Ore.) | 2020 | Maryland |