IL Indoor

Max Seibald is one of 18 players that the USIL Team confirmed for the WILC in Prague. (Photo: Graig Abel)

The U.S. Indoor Lacrosse Team has named 18 players to its roster for the 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. Five more players will be selected in February from a player pool for the final team that will travel to Prague, Czech Republic May 21-28.

This may be the Americans’ most experienced team yet thanks to more NCAA players picking up box lacrosse and playing in both summer leagues in Canada and the National Lacrosse League. This roster features the 2010 NLL MVP in Casey Powell, as well as ’10 second-team All-Pro defender John Orsen. Other big names include Drew Westervelt, Brendan Mundorf, Paul Rabil, Max Seibald, Eric Martin, Matt Zash and Chris Schiller, who all have experience with the U.S. Team in field lacrosse.

Scott Ditzell, Orsen, Erik Miller, Schiller and Zash will play in their second-straight World Indoor event, after placing third with Team USA at the 2007 games in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

“The chance to represent the United States at this elite level is the ultimate honor in lacrosse,” USIL President and GM Graham D’Alvia said in a press release. “I am honored and look forward to the opportunity to further develop this team that will represent our great country in this sport, both on and off the turf.”

U.S. Indoor 2011 18-Man Roster

F – Kevin Buchanan - Boston Blazers (Ohio State)
F – Brian Langtry – Colorado Mammoth (Hofstra)
F – Bill McGlone – Philadelphia Wings (Maryland)
F – Brendan Mundorf – Philadelphia Wings (UMBC)
F – Casey Powell – Boston Blazers (Syracuse)
F – Paul Rabil – Washington Stealth (Johns Hopkins)
F – Drew Westervelt – Philadelphia Wings (Maryland)

T – Greg Downing – Boston Blazers (Fairfield)
T – Kyle Hartzell – Washington Stealth (Salisbury)
T – Chris Schiller – Rochester Knighthawks (Penn State)
T – Max Seibald – Philadelphia Wings (Cornell)
T – Matt Zash – Rochester Knighthawks (Duke)

D – Mitch Belisle – Boston Blazers (Cornell)
D – Scott Ditzell – Rochester Knighthawks (Syracuse)
D – Eric Martin – Washington Stealth (Salisbury)
D – John Orsen – Boston Blazers (Hofstra)
D – Jack Reid – Boston Blazers (UMass)

G – Erik Miller – New York Titans* (Salisbury)

U.S. Indoor Reserve List^

F – Sean Morris – Boston Blazers (UMass)
F – Chris Panos – Chicago Shamrox* (Hofstra)

T – Matt Alrich - Orlando Titans* (Delaware)
T – Jon Christmas – Philadelphia Wings (Virginia)
T – Pat Heim – Philadelphia Wings (Penn State)
T – Ryan Hotaling – Boston Blazers (Nazareth)
T – Jarett Park – Colorado Mammoth (Syracuse)
T – Brett Queener – Boston Blazers (Albany)
T – Greg Rogowski – Boston Blazers (Merrimack)

D – Josh Funk – Minnesota Swarm (Ohio State)
D – Anthony Kelly – Rochester Knighthawks* (Ohio State)
D – Brett Manney - Philadelphia Wings (Delaware)
D – Steve Panarelli – Philadelphia Wings (Syracuse)
D – Joe Smith – Buffalo Bandits (Towson)

G – Ginny Capicchioni – New Jersey Storm* (Sacred Heart)
G – Mickey Hover – Philadelphia Wings (Montgomery)

*Last pro team
^Five players will be picked from this list in February to travel to Prague

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