After “retiring” from Major League Lacrosse after the 2012 season, the Chesapeake Bayhawks went ahead and picked up Casey Powell in the supplemental draft. Besides the Mark Millon pick, this was the other shocking move made by a team during the draft.
Casey was not seen in a Bayhawk uniform until July 18, where he helped his squad down the Boston Cannons in Overtime, including the tying goal and assisted on the game winning goal. He then dressed for his squads Denver game, where he recorded a goal and an assist. Then ended his regular season, gearing up against his former team, the Rochester Rattlers, tallying no points. In the 2013 Playoffs, Powell use chis skills to help his team hoist the Steinfeld Cup for the fifth time, picking up five points in two games, two against Hamilton and 3 versus Charlotte.
Prior to the post-season, Casey was named to the USA Men’s National Team tryout roster. There were 156 applicants, which 98 players were selected, all of which were told to meet at Goucher College in Baltimore this weekend from August 30-September 1. Since the list came out, there have been multiple players that have dropped from the tryout list, most recently including Powell. He was a member of the 1998, the same year he graduated from Syracuse, and 2006 US National team. Team USA won gold in ’98, when the games were held in Baltimore, along with Silver in the ’06 games in London.
Powell isn’t the first player to drop from the list of 98, veteran Ryan Boyle, who was going for his fourth appearance with Team USA, Duke attackman Jordan Wolf, Lizards attackman Matt Gibson and Nationals midfielder David Earl. Casey makes it a total of five players who have bowed out of tryouts with Team USA. The next step after this coming weekend is to get the roster size down to 40 and eventually 25. Those forty men will begin their training for the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse World Championships, in which the US and Head Coach Richie Meade (Furman University) will defend the gold from July 10-19, in Denver, Colorado.
