Trevor Baptiste calls him "Danny Lockdown"
Danny Logan has emerged as not just one of the top defensive midfielders in the sport, but one of the best players period. His peers in the PLL ranked him as the 12th overall best player in the league, the only SSDM ranked in the Top 25.
Sniper, winner, clutch.
Connor Kelly has been a winner throughout his lacrosse career. Kelly was a key cog in Maryland's 2017 national championship, the school's first in 42 seasons. Two years later, Kelly helped the Whipsnakes win the inaugural Premier Lacrosse League championships. Selected by the Waterdogs with their first pick in the PLL expansion draft, Kelly helped the Waterdogs win last year's PLL title.
A dominant faceoff force
TD Ierlan is one of the most prolific faceoff specialists the sport has ever seen.
Ierlan holds 10 NCAA records over his career at Albany, Yale and Denver, including every groundball record tracked by the NCAA and faceoff wins in a season (393) and career (1,245).
Playing for the Redwoods in the PLL, Ierlan has won 58.7 of the faceoffs he's taken in the first two seasons (267 of 455) and was a PLL All-Star in 2021.
Champion. Competitor. Versatile. Relentless.
Those are some of the words to describe two-way midfielder Ryan Conrad, who has achieve success at every level of the game, and no matter what sport he is playing.
Conrad made his debut with the national team program helping the U.S. win a gold medal at the 2016 U19 world championship. Conrad scored the game-winning goal to cap a dramatic U.S. team comeback.
A star soccer player in high school in addition to his lacrosse exploits, Conrad closed his college career helping Virginia win a national championship in 2019.
Three-time U.S. team player brings calming influence.
Jesse Bernhardt, playing on his third U.S. team in a world championship event, is one of the leaders of the 2023 U.S. men's team. A collegiate coach at the University of Maryland, Bernhardt has played at the highest levels of the game for the last decade.
An All-American at the University of Maryland, Bernhardt joined Major League Lacrosse in 2013, helping the Bayhawks win two league championships. Since 2020, he has played with Chrome LC in the Premier Lacrosse League.
The quiet closer.
Matt Dunn doesn't need the limelight, but his peers recognize and respect his ability as a dominant shutdown defender. Dunn has excelled in the field game while also expanding his skills in the box game where he has played with the Georgia Swarm and played for the 2019 U.S. box team that won a bronze medal.
After becoming the latest star of Maryland's infinite line of stellar defenseman, Dunn translated his success on professional level immediately. He's twice been named a pro league's top defenseman and has won two Premier Lacrosse League championships.
A rising star
J.T. Giles-Harris has carried over his success at Duke to the professional level for Chrome, earning Premier Lacrosse League Defensive MVP honors in 2022, his first full season in the league.
Giles-Harris came to the PLL fully experienced, making 80 starts in four and a half seasons at Duke while earning All-America honors in three separate seasons. He's was named the nation's outstanding defenseman as a senior.
Now an assistant coach at Hampton University, Giles-Harris is one of the top shutdown defensemen in the sport.
The versatile Liam Byrnes will fill many roles for the U.S. team
Liam Byrnes will play primarily as a longstick midfielder for the U.S. team, but as he has shown throughout his career, he can play anywhere. Byrnes can help on close defense and also has plenty of experience with a shortstick.
A member of the training team in 2018, Byrnes is set to take advantage of the opportunity to play in the world championship.
Mr. Do It All
Zach Goodrich made the U.S. team as a short stick defensive midfielder, but Goodrich has all of the skills and athletic ability to excel on either end of the field.
A three-year captain at Towson, he became his school's first two-time first team All-American and was named the nation's outstanding midfielder as a senior in 2019.
He has played his entire pro career with the Cannons, first in the MLL and now PLL. He was an MLL All-Star in 2019 and then helped the Cannons win the final MLL championship in 2020. He was named a PLL All-Star in 2021.
A hard-nosed warrior
Ryan Terefenko got exposed to the U.S. team system through his college coach, Nick Myers, who served as the coach of the 2016 and 2022 U.S. U19/U21 teams. Now he's ready to suit up for real for the USA. One of the top defensive midfielders in the sport, Terefenko is set to play a critical role for the U.S. team.
Terefenko was Ohio State's first four-time USILA All-American and his success has translated to the pro game. He was rated as the No. 26 player in the league by his peers after the 2022 season and was named to the all-star game.