The brackets for the 2018 Lacrosse All Stars North American Invitational (LASNAI) were released over the weekend, and the two U.S. teams competing in the event as part of the tryout process for the 2019 U.S. Indoor Team learned their first round opponents.

The LASNAI event will be held Sept. 27-29 at Onondaga Nation Fieldhouse and Onondaga Nation Arena, and will feature 34 teams competing. The USA Blue team will play the Czech Development team in its opening round game and the USA White team will play the Akwesasne Aces in its opener.

U.S. team head coach Regy Thorpe announced 46 players that were invited to the event and he will break that group into two teams for the competition, which will highlight Team USA’s training weekend.

The U.S. has another training camp scheduled for October as its gets set to name the final roster for the FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, which will be held in Langley, British Columbia from Sept. 19-28, 2019.

The United States has medaled at each of the previous four FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championships, earning bronze in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015.

The U.S. men’s national indoor team trains and plays using best-in class products provide by Nike (apparel and footwear), Cascade (helmets), Warrior (equipment) and SISU Guard (mouthguards). In addition to these partners, Chipotle Mexican Grill, MedStar Sports Medicine, Greenfields and Nationwide are official sponsors of the national team. Team training is also aided by products from DJO Global, Motive Pure, NormaTec Recovery and Athletic Republic.

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