USA Profile: Marcus Holman Position: Attack College: North Carolina MLL Team: Ohio Machine Young, hungry and ready to go. Marcus Holman has proven that he can play with the big boys. He can bring it from the outside while shifting his way through the defense to put in a lay-up goal too. Marcus has vision and speed to add to his arsenal as well. After playing with two of the…
USA Profile: Matt Abbott Position: Midfielder College: Syracuse University Professional: Chesapeake Bayhawks. Syracuse hit a gold mine with their Class of 2009, winning two championships and producing a number of professionals. Not many people would have thought that the last one standing in the professional ranks would have been Matt Abbott. The midfielder out of Nottingham, New York became an entity in college sports that many coaches would do…
USA Profile: Rob Pannell Position: Attack College: Cornell University Professional: New York Lizards One has to wonder a few what ifs in the span of Rob Pannell’s college career. After almost making his way to Quinnipiac, Pannell opted to make a stop at a post-grad program in order to make his way to Ithaca. The Big Red, and college lacrosse itself, certainly benefited from this move in major ways….
USA Profile: Kyle Harrison Position: Midfield College: Johns Hopkins University Professional: LXM Pro Tour From the time Kyle Harrison stepped onto Homewood Field, lacrosse knew there was a star in the making. The early season tilt against Princeton gave lacrosse an early impression of his abilities. The two-sport sensation from the Friends School in Baltimore was now a star on the big stage with the Blue Jays. His goals,…
USA Profile: Joe Fletcher Defender Professional Team: New York Lizards College: Loyola 2014 There’s many things every coach looks for in a player. Physicality, I.Q., vision, foot work, stick skills are just a few. When you hear the names Lee Zink, Tucker Durkin, Michael Evans, Brian Spallina and Nicky Polanco, you think heavy hitters, physical, beasts, animals and more. Names like Kyle Sweeney, Kyle Hartzell, Ryan Flanagan,…
USA Profile: Chris Eck Face-off Midfielder Professional Team: Boston Cannons College: Colgate ’08 Chris Eck might be another product of lacrosse’s focus on the major powers and missing out on the work other conferences are doing in the college ranks. To most fans of the game, Eck has been a name that has flown under the radar. Look at his production in college and it is hard to believe…
USA Profile: John Galloway Position: Goalie College: Syracuse University John Galloway certainly has made a name for himself in lacrosse quickly and in doing so has assured critics that he will be around for awhile. Syracuse certainly has produced a few good ones over the years and Galloway may be at the top of the list. What hasn’t he done for his team since his days in high school…