USA Select Teams Claim Fifth Straight Brogden Cup Title

SPARKS, Md. — The USA Select U16 and U18 boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams capped off a perfect 2024 Brogden Cup with four more wins Sunday to claim the trophy for the fifth straight year.

The four teams combined to go a perfect 16-0 over the weekend, during which USA Lacrosse hosted 24 games and several additional exhibitions featuring top high school and youth athletes from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Ontario and Japan.

The Brogden Cup uses a Ryder Cup-style points system to determine a single winner encompassing all four divisions. USA Lacrosse has taken home the hardware every year since instituting the National Team Development Program in 2019 and hosting the event at its headquarters in Sparks, Md.

USA Select teams improved to 70-2 all-time in the competition.

Once again Sunday, it was the Haudenosaunee’s U16 boys who came closest to upsetting a USA Select team, as the U.S. needed a pair of fourth-quarter goals to eke out a 4-2 victory.

Haudenosaunee goalie and team MVP Ryder Johnson proved difficult to beat throughout the tournament but especially Sunday. He had four saves against USA after making six saves in a 4-4 tie with Team Ontario earlier in the day.

Each team named MVPs as part of closing ceremonies. For the Brogden Cup-winning USA Select teams:

• Midfielder Ava Findora scored six goals in four games and twice led the U16 girls’ team in draw controls.
• Attacker McKenzey Craig finished the weekend with six goals and four assists for the U18 girls’ team.
• Goalies Jett Take and Will Kovacs shared co-MVP honors for the U16 boys’ team, backstopping a stifling defense that allowed just nine goals combined in four games (2.25 goals against average).
• Faceoff specialist Caleb Caldwell was a workhorse for the U18 boys’ team, finishing 50-for-58 (86 percent) and scoring a pair of goals.

RESULTS

U16 Girls 
USA 9, ONT 1

U18 Girls 
USA 16, HAU 1 
HAU 14, ONT 3

U16 Boys 
USA 4, HAU 2 
HAU 4, ONT 4

U18 Boys 
USA 11, HAU 2

STANDINGS

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

U16 Girls 
HAU: Carrera Frazer Ortegel 
ONT: Marika Noon 
USA: Ava Findora

U18 Girls 
HAU: Kimora Swamp 
ONT: Kady Shewswell 
USA: McKenzey Craig

U16 Boys 
HAU: Ryder Johnson 
ONT: Taylor Harding 
USA: Jett Take/Will Kovacs

U18 Boys 
HAU: Whales Racette 
ONT: Liam Luzza 
USA: Caleb Caldwell

Boxscores

U16 Girls

United States 9, Ontario 1

ONT 1-0-0-0 — 1 
USA 2-4-2-1 — 9

Goals: ONT – Rudge; USA – Powell, A. Findora, Rath, B. Findora, Rothfuss, DeWald, Buffardi, Rassas, Reese

Assists: USA – Bacigalupo, Waters, Fossati

Draw Controls: ONT 3 (Kicknosway 2); USA 10 (Newman 3)  

Caused Turnovers: ONT 2; USA 7 (Johnson 2)

Ground Balls: ONT 4; USA 8 (Waters 2)

Saves: ONT 8 (Curran 5); USA 3 (Cacioppo 2)

U18 Girls

United States 16, Haudenosaunee 1

HAU 0-0-1-0 — 1 
USA 4-5-3-4 — 16

Goals: HAU – Tarbell; USA – Schiavo 4, Allen 2, Johnson, Brown, Smith, Prosper, Chirieleison, Winkler, McCullough, Midura, Stoltz, Robbins

Assists: USA – Allen 3, Egan, Whitaker, Prosper, Chirieleison, Peek

Draw Controls: HAU 3 (Tarbell 2); USA 15 (Stoltz 3)

Caused Turnovers: HAU 2; USA 2

Ground Balls: HAU 7 (Pollack 2); USA 21 (Stoltz 4)

Saves: HAU 5 (Swamp 5); USA 2 (Egbert 2)

Haudenosaunee 14, Ontario 3

HAU 3-4-4-3 — 14 
ONT 1-0-1-1 — 3

Goals: HAU – Tarbell 3, (#28) 2, (#32) 2, Pollack 2, Maracle, Kane, Jimerson, G. Williams, Thompson; ONT – Boylan, Albanese, #5

Assists: HAU – Tarbell 2, Jimerson; ONT – #5

Draw Controls: HAU 15 (Pollack 4); ONT 3 (Shelswell 2)

Caused Turnovers: HAU 3

Ground Balls: HAU 15 (Printup 3, Kane 3); ONT 5 (Shelswell 2)

Saves: HAU 2 (Swamp 2); ONT 9 (Swistun 5)

U16 Boys

United States 4, Haudenosaunee 2

HAU 0-0-2-0 — 2 
USA 1-0-1-2 — 4

Goals: HAU – Jones, Cambrelen; USA – C. James 2, Freeman, Kennedy

Assists: USA – Caldroney

Faceoffs: HAU 5 (Cambrelen 4); USA 4 (Yeung 2)

Caused Turnovers: HAU 4, USA 2

Ground Balls: HAU 13 (Cambrelen 4), USA 6 (Yeung 2)

Saves: HAU 4 (Johnson 4)

Haudenosaunee 4, Ontario 4

HAU 0-2-2-0 — 4 
ONT 2-0-2-0 — 4

Goals: HAU – Thompson 2, Jones, Cogan; ONT – O’Halloran, Fletcher, Harding, Turner

Assists: ONT – Addison 2, Salter

Faceoffs: HAU 6 (B. Jones 5); ONT 6 (Carlson 6)

Caused Turnovers: HAU 4 (McNaughton 3); ONT 1 (Turner)

Ground Balls: HAU 18 (McNaughton 3, D. Jones 3); ONT 17 (Wilkes 3, Cleland 3)

Saves: HAU 6 (Johnson 6); ONT 6 (Huddleston 4)

U18 Boys

United States 11, Haudenosaunee 2

HAU 0-1-1-0 — 2 
USA 1-4-3-3 — 11

Goals: HAU – Quiver, Sunday; USA – Cusimano 2, Buonomo 2, Grassi, Taylor, Caldwell, Roth, Mizro, Ponchock, Lowe

Assists: USA – Buonomo

Faceoffs: USA 15 (Caldwell 15)

Caused Turnovers: HAU 1 (Quiver); USA 5 (Goldberg 2)

Ground Balls: HAU 7 (Quiver 3); USA 23 (Caldwell 10)

Saves: HAU 3 (Delmormier 3); USA 2 (Mauldin 2)