MLL announces roster for game vs. Team USA
For the first time in four years, the Major League Lacrosse All-Stars will face off against Team USA. MLL announced the 30 players who will represent the league on June 28 at 7 p.m. at Harvard Stadium. The last time these teams met, Rob Pannell broke a 9-9 tie with seven seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, leading Team USA to a 10-9 win. Joe Walters (Maryland) led all scorers in the game with three goals for the MLL All-Stars. Walters was selected to his ninth career All-Star Game, the most among current MLL All-Stars. Kyle Harrison (Johns Hopkins) and Brian Karalunas from the Ohio Machine are each playing in their seventh All-Star Game. Both played for Team USA in 2014. The MLL All-Stars roster also includes: attack — Kevin Rice, Blaze; Will Manny, Lizards; Chris Cloutier, Outlaws; Kieran McArdle, Launch; Eric Law, Outlaws; Davey Emala, Machine; Ben Reeves, Rattlers; Justin Guterding, Machine; Will Sands, Boston Cannons; defense — Matt Dunn, Rattlers; Brian Karalunas, Machine; Matt Landis, Lizards; Michael Manley, Rattlers; Brandon Mullins, Cannons; Scott Ratliff, Blaze; Kyle Bernlohr, Machine; goalie — Austin Kaut, Launch; midfield — Matt Abbott, Bayhawks; Connor Buczek, Launch; Mike Chanenchuk, Hounds; Zach Currier, Outlaws; Isaiah Davis-Allen, Bayhawks; Sergio Perkovic, Cannons; Jeremy Sieverts, Outlaws; Austin Sims, Blaze; Joel Tinney, Lizards; faceoff — Stephen Kelly, Bayhawks; Joe Nardella, Blaze. Boys — Salisbury United 03 Gold, Salisbury; 16U Girls — Pipeline Soccer Club Black, LuthervilleTimonium; 16U Boys — Bethesda Soccer Club Green 02, Gaithersburg; 17U Girls — OLNY Freedom Orange, Olney; 17U Boys — Pipeline Soccer Club Red, Lutherville-Timonium; 18U Girls — SAC Premier White, Ellicott City; 18U Boys — SAC Premier White, Ellicott City. The following seven teams will represent Maryland at the Eastern Presidents Cup as wild cards: 12U Boys — Baltimore Celtic South 06, Owings Mills; 14U Girls — Pipeline Soccer Club Black, Lutherville-Timonium; 14U Boys — Pipeline Soccer Club Black, Lutherville-Timonium; 15U Boys — Baltimore Union Elite 03, Perry Hall; 16U Boys — Pipeline Soccer Club Black, Lutherville-Timonium; 18U Girls — SAC Premier Blue, Ellicott City; 18U Boys — Liverpool FCIA, Hagerstown. US Youth Soccer Regional Presidents Cup events will determine the regional qualifiers that will compete in the US Youth National Presidents Cup. For information, go to msysa.org/ tournaments/presidents_cup2018.