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US Lacrosse Men's Director Jody Martin
With the continuing maturity of the outdoor and indoor pro leagues and the inclusion of those pros on this year's US team, the level of play and effort was almost surreal. The MLL and NLL need to get just 10% of what these games had. Picture an All-Star game 120 players deep that includes the very best players from across the US laxscape and lasts 24 hours with a few breaks to eat and sleep where every single man on the field wanted to play flawlessly for honor and it meant more to them than anything they could remember or foresee. In our estimataion, this is as close as non-natives can ever get to playing the real "Creator's Game".
E-Lacrosse's Casey Powell made the team
Keep all of these things in mind when a favorite player doesn't make the team and you want to complain. It lessens the achievement of all these guys to complain. Also, we shot only one quarter of the tryout sessions, so you could never make a fair assessment based only on our footage. Representing the United States by making this team is a great accomplishment, BUT the greatest lacrosse in this World games cycle has been played. There's plenty more great lax to come as we get into exhibitions and then the main event next Summer in Ontario, but other than the fanfare, the prize attributed to winning, and the great international community aspects inherent to the event, its all crescendo from here on.
USA Coach John Desko was blown away by the talent
This U.S. Team will not lose a single game outside the US. The only team(s) that could possibly beat them dissipated yesterday as the last tryout scrimmage ended, old and new friends and rivals said their goodbyes and headed up the hill to pack, go home and await the 5:00 announcement of the 2005 US Lacrosse Team. Only the 120 men at this tryout last week can say they were included in the greatest display of talent the lacrosse world ever saw. You'll see what we mean. Just enjoy!
The environment was like a relaxed camp in a pressure cooker
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Video Highlights
Michael Battista
Stephen Berger
Jeff Bigas and Pat McCabe
Kevin Boland
Kevin Boland again!
Kevin Boland to Spencer Steele
Nick Bonacci
Nick Bonacci to Tom Zummo
Sandy Boyce to Scott Urick
Ryan Boyle
Ryan Boyle to Erick Perez
Ryan Boyle to Justin Smith
Paul Cantabene
Paul Cantabene again!
Chris Cara to Spencer Steele
Dan Chemotti
Dan Chemotti
Dan Chemotti again!
Dan Chemotti to Stephen Berger
Andy Corno
Andy Corno
Bill Daye
Bill Daye again!
Ian Dingman
Ian Dingman again!
Adam Doneger
DJ Driscoll
Chris Garrity
Tom Glatzel
Tom Glatzel to Brendan Mundorf
Tim Goettelmann
Tim Goettelmann
Tim Goettelmann to Roy Colsey
Tim Goettelmann to Jed Prossner
Andrew Goldstein
Jamie Hanford
Kyle Harrison
Kyle Harrison again!
AJ Haugen
Greg Havalchak
Greg Havalchak
Greg Havalchak again!
Jay Jalbert
Jay Jalbert to Kevin Boland
Jay Jalbert to Jason Doneger
Tillman Johnson
Tillman Johnson
Tillman Johnson
Tillman Johnson again!
CJ Kemp
CJ Kemp
CJ Kemp
Josh Kenny
Kevin Leveille to Scott Urick
Mike Levin
Mike Levin
Mike Levin again!
Sean Lindsay
Sean Lindsay to Michael Powell
Brock Livingston
Pat McCabe
Billy Looney to John Christmas
Stephen McElduff
Bill McGlone
Bill McGlone to Ryan Powell
Sean Morris to Josh Kenny
Brendan Mundorf to Josh Kenney
Brendan Mundorf to Billy Looney
Dan Paccione
Chris Passavia and Brian Kelly
Erick Perez
Chris Pieczonka
Chris Pieczonka
Chris Pieczonka
Chris Pieczonka again!
Nick polanco
Casey Powell
Casey Powell to Blake Miller
Mike Powell does the air gait!
Mike Powell to Erick Perez
Ryan Powell to Dan Chemotti
Ryan Powell to Scott Urick
Ryan Powell to Joe Walters
Jed Prossner to Chris Fiore
Ryan Radonis and Nick Polanco
Jack Reid
Jack Reid again!
Chris Rotelli
Chris Rotelli to Blake Miller
Matt Russell
Rob Scherr
Doug Shanahan to Dan Chemotti
Doug Shanahan to Michael Springer
Josh Sims to Michael Springer
Josh Sims to Matt Danowski
Justin Smith
Justin Smith to Ryan Boyle to Kevin Boland
Jeff Sonke to Brendan Mundorf
Michael Springer to Ryan Powell to Joe Walters
Spencer Steele
Spencer Steele again!
Matt Striebel to Drew Wendol
Trevor Tierney
Scott Urick
Jim Wagner
Joe Walters
Joe Walters
Drew Wendol
Drew Wendol
Tom Zummo
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Larger Photos
MANY MORE PHOTOS!
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