United States national indoor lacrosse team

The United States national indoor lacrosse team represents the U.S. in box lacrosse at the World Lacrosse Box Championships. Team USA has won the bronze medal in all five WILC tournaments. The team is organized by US Lacrosse, the national governing body. US Indoor Lacrosse was named to form and manage the 2007 and 2011 Teams. The roster usually consists of professional players, some of which play in the National Lacrosse League or Major League Lacrosse.

United States national indoor lacrosse team
AssociationUS Lacrosse
Head coachRegy Thorpe
Websitewww.usalacrosse.com/us-mens-box
Medal record
Box World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Utica
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Ontario
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Halifax
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Prague
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Onondaga Nation
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Langley

Competition achievements

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Box World Championships

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World Lacrosse Box Championships record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses PF PA Coach
  2003 Third place 7 3 0 4 99 91
  2007 Third place 6 4 0 2 82 60
  2011 Third place 6 4 0 2 100 41
  2015 Third place 7 4 0 3 90 70
  2019 Third place 7 4 0 3 91 61
  2024 Runner-up 6 4 0 2 92 56
Total 6/6 39 23 0 16 554 379

2007 FIL

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At the 2007 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, the tournament took place between May 14 and 20 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canada was the defending champion and again beat the Iroquois Nationals in the final, this time 15–14 in overtime. Team USA defeated England 17–10 to won their second bronze medal.

2011 WILC

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Ginny Capicchioni

At the 2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Team USA came very close to reaching the gold medal game. In group play, they were beaten by the Iroquois Nationals only by one goal, 10–11. Their semi-final game was very close too, when they lost to Canada 10–15. In the bronze medal game, Team USA beat the Czech Republic 16–7. Casey Powell was named tournament MVP.

2019 WILC

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The roster for the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was announced on July 25, 2019.[1]

Name Position Team
Gowah Abrams Goalie Philadelphia Wings
Trevor Baptiste Transition Philadelphia Wings
Connor Buczek Transition
Greg Downing Transition New England Blackwolves
Matt Dunn Defense Georgia Swarm
Tim Edwards Transition Colorado Mammoth
Anthony Kelly Transition
Connor Kelly Forward New York Riptide
Jacob Lazore Goalie
Brett Manney Defense New England Blackwolves
David Mather Goalie
Kieran McArdle Forward New York Riptide
Ethan O’Connor Defense Buffalo Bandits
Chris O’Dougherty Defense Vancouver Warriors
Adam Osika Transition
Cody Radziewicz Transition
Matt Rambo Forward Philadelphia Wings
John Ranagan Defense New York Riptide
Joe Resetarits Forward New England Blackwolves
Blaze Riorden Forward Philadelphia Wings
Tom Schreiber Forward Toronto Rock
Taylor Stuart Transition Colorado Mammoth
Gale Thorpe Forward
Joel White Transition

2024 WBLC

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The roster for the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championship was announced on August 14, 2024.[2] Tom Schreiber was forced out of the squad with an injury and was replaced with Eli Gobrecht on August 23.[3]

Player Position College Grad year NLL Team
Gowah Abrams Goalie N/A N/A N/A
Zach Belter Defense St. Bonaventure 2022 Buffalo Bandits
Charlie Bertrand Forward Merrimack/Virginia 2020/21 Las Vegas Desert Dogs
TJ Comizio Defense Villanova 2019 Georgia Swarm
Tim Edwards Defense Canisius 2015 Colorado Mammoth
Eli Gobrecht Defense Ithaca 2016 San Diego Seals
Jack Hannah Forward Denver 2022 Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Drew Hutchison Goalie RIT 2022 Halifax Thunderbirds
CJ Kirst Forward Cornell 2025 N/A
Connor Kirst Transition Villanova/Rutgers 2020/21 Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Danny Logan Defense Denver 2021 San Diego Seals
Joe Nardella Transition Rutgers 2015 Albany FireWolves
Ethan O'Connor Defense Hobart 2013 Rochester Knighthawks
Mac O'Keefe Forward Penn State 2021 San Diego Seals
Joe Resetarits Forward Albany 2012 Philadelphia Wings
Blaze Riorden Forward Albany 2016 Philadelphia Wings
Brandon Robinson Forward Laurier 2022 Buffalo Bandits
Dylan Robinson Transition N/A N/A Buffalo Bandits
Joey Spallina Forward Syracuse 2026 N/A
Dalton Sulver Defense High Point 2021 Buffalo Bandits
Ryan Terefenko Transition Ohio State 2021 Halifax Thunderbirds
John Wagner Defense Marquette 2019 Albany FireWolves
Joel White Defense Syracuse 2011 N/A

References

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  1. ^ "US Lacrosse Names Roster for World Indoor Lacrosse Championship" (Press release). US Lacrosse. July 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "USA Lacrosse Names Final Men's Box Roster for World Championship". USA Lacrosse. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. ^ Logue, Brian (August 23, 2024). "Eli Gobrecht Added to U.S. Men's Box Lacrosse Roster".
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