“I played with a handful of them three days ago. So do several players who have played with or currently play with Team Canada. With the exception of Brennan O’Neil, who just completed his junior season at Duke, the entire team USA roster competes in the Premier Lacrosse League. There certainly won’t be any secrets when USA and Canada get the tournament rolling Wednesday night.Ĭanada returns 11 members from that 2018 and Canada defeated team USA at the World Games last summer. And right from the start, the benchmark is gonna be set playing against a really good Canada team.” “There’s no other tournament like this, at this level and with these type of athletes,” said Danowski, whose Duke teams have won three national championships. The team that emerges as champion will have endured a grueling schedule that will involve playing seven games in 10 days. We’re super excited for this opportunity.” To be on our home soil is special and I know it resonates with all of us. “We’re absolutely excited to be playing out here in San Diego,” said Ehrhardt. Schreiber scored the gold-medal-winning goal against Canada.īernhardt and Pannell will both be playing in their third world championship after also competing in 2014 when Canada defeated team USA in Denver. The roster includes six other gold medalists from that squad: Bernhardt, Trevor Baptiste, Michael Ehrhardt, Jack Kelly, Rob Pannell and Tom Schreiber.

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