Attack
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Ryan Brown |
Charlotte |
Johns Hopkins '16 |
Ned Crotty |
Rochester |
Duke '10 |
Matt Danowski |
Chesapeake |
Duke '07 |
Marcus Holman |
Ohio |
North Carolina '13 |
Matt Kavanagh |
Denver |
Notre Dame '16 |
Will Manny |
New York |
UMass '13 |
Dylan Molloy |
Florida |
Brown '16 |
Rob Pannell |
New York |
Cornell '13 |
Ben Reeves |
N/A |
Yale '18 |
Jordan Wolf |
Rochester |
Duke '14 |
Midfield
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Matt Abbott |
Chesapeake |
Syracuse '09 |
Connor Buczek |
Florida |
Cornell '15 |
Mike Chanenchuk |
Charlotte |
Maryland '14 |
Jake Froccaro |
Chesapeake |
Villanova '17 |
John Haus |
Charlotte |
Maryland '13 |
Myles Jones |
Chesapeake |
Duke '16 |
Connor Kelly |
N/A |
Maryland '18 |
JoJo Marasco |
New York |
Syracuse '13 |
Paul Rabil |
New York |
Johns Hopkins '08 |
Tom Schreiber |
Ohio |
Princeton '14 |
Drew Snider |
Denver |
Maryland '12 |
Joe Walters |
New York |
Maryland '06 |
Faceoff
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Trevor Baptiste |
N/A |
Denver '18 |
Brendan Fowler |
Charlotte |
Duke '14 |
Greg Gurenlian |
New York |
Penn State '06 |
Tom Kelly |
Denver |
Virginia |
Joe Nardella |
Boston |
Rutgers '15 |
Short-Stick Defensive Midfield
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Jake Bernhardt |
Ohio |
Maryland '13 |
Steve DeNapoli |
New York |
Hofstra '11 |
Will Haus |
Charlotte |
Duke '15 |
Jacob Richard |
New York |
Marquette '16 |
Kevin Unterstein |
New York |
Hofstra '08 |
Long-Stick Midfield
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Liam Byrnes |
Florida |
Marquette '16 |
CJ Costabile |
Chesapeake |
Duke '12 |
Michael Ehrhardt |
Charlotte |
Maryland '14 |
Kyle Hartzell |
New York |
Salisbury '08 |
Scott Ratliff |
Atlanta |
Loyola '13 |
Joel White |
Rochester |
Syracuse '11 |
Defense
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Jesse Bernhardt |
Chesapeake |
Maryland '13 |
Tucker Durkin |
Florida |
Johns Hopkins '13 |
Michael Evans |
Chesapeake |
Johns Hopkins '09 |
Joe Fletcher |
New York |
Loyola '14 |
BJ Grill |
Denver |
Marquette '16 |
Mike Manley |
Rochester |
Duke '12 |
Tim Muller |
Florida |
Maryland '17 |
Goalie
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Drew Adams |
New York |
Penn State '09 |
John Galloway |
Rochester |
Syracuse '11 |
Jack Kelly |
Denver |
Brown '16 |
Brian Phipps |
Chesapeake |
Maryland '10 |
Now look at the so-called cut list, the 22 players who could comprise one heck of a world championship roster on their own.
Attack
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Mike Bocklet |
Denver |
Fairfield '07 |
Matt Gibson |
New York |
Yale '12 |
Connor Cannizzaro |
Ohio |
Denver '17 |
Kieran McArdle |
Florida |
St. John's '14 |
Joey Sankey |
Charlotte |
North Carolina '17 |
Midfield
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Brent Adams |
Denver |
Fairfield '12 |
Nick Mariano |
Florida |
Syracuse '17 |
Sergio Perkovic |
Boston |
Notre Dame '17 |
Sergio Salcido |
Florida |
Syracuse '17 |
Jeremy Sieverts |
Denver |
Maryland '09 |
Faceoff
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Greg Puskuldjian |
Ohio |
Adelphi '14 |
Short-Stick Defensive Midfield
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Greg Downing |
Denver |
Fairfield '07 |
Defense
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Garrett Epple |
Atlanta |
Notre Dame '17 |
Mitch Belisle |
Boston |
Cornell '07 |
Matt Bocklet |
Denver |
Johns Hopkins '08 |
Larken Kemp |
Florida |
Brown '17 |
Matt Landis |
Boston |
Notre Dame '16 |
Goalie
Name
|
MLL
|
College
|
Tyler Fiorito |
Chesapeake |
Princeton '12 |
Adam Ghitelman |
Atlanta |
Virginia '11 |
Do you see much of a dropoff? Neither did coach John Danowski.
“You can make the argument that there were 20 guys that we didn’t even invite that were capable of making the team,” Danowski said. “We certainly recognize that. They all have talent. You can coach any 23 of them and be really happy at the end of the day. The guys were extraordinary, not just in terms of athleticism and competitiveness and skills, but their character was eye-opening to all of us. These were really good men. That’s the hard part.”
Those that did not advance to the next round of tryouts did not need to look far for consolation. Stevenson coach Paul Cantabene, who missed the cut for the 2006 U.S. team but joined that staff as a volunteer faceoff coach, now is a member of the selection committee. He worked predominantly with the six faceoff men throughout the three-day tryout, but also offered solace to those among the 71 players that would not advance to the next round.
Despite getting cut from the 2006 team, Cantabene told them after Wednesday’s final session, standing on the sideline with his hand over his heart during the national anthem in London, Ontario, was one of the proudest moments of his career.
Two-time U.S. assistant and 2015 U.S. indoor team head coach Tony Resch also mentioned getting cut as a player. Resch played on the 1990 U.S. team, but fell short of the final roster in 1986 and 1994.
Even Danowski could sympathize.
“I applied for this job three times and I got turned down twice,” he said. “I know what it’s like.”