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FIL U19 Update: USA Going for Gold Saturday Night
7/13/2016 11:45:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Quick Take
COQUITLAM, B.C. —The United States Under 19 Men's Lacrosse National Team continued its dominant play at the 2016 Federation of International Lacrosse Men's U19 World Championship, advancing to the gold medal game with a 23-1 victory over Australia. All five wins by Team USA have been by at least seven goals. Duke sophomore Brad Smith and incoming freshmen Terry Lindsay are both members of the team.
The United States opened the tournament with a convincing 12-5 win over rival Canada. The red, white and blue followed that with a 13-4 triumph over Australia. It finished out its pool play with a 17-3 victory over Iroquois Nationals and a 19-6 win versus England. Smith was a starter in all five games, running on the first midfield line. He has three goals and six assists for the U.S. in the tournament, while Lindsay has four ground balls.
The U19 team is attempting to become the first U.S. team to win a world lacrosse championship since the U.S. women senior team won the World Cup in 2013. The United States will take on rival Canada in the title game Saturday at 7 pm. The game will be streamed live at sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/.
Game 1: United States 12, Canada 5
Against Canada, the U.S. dominated possession early and jumped out to a 3-0 lead. After nearly 17 minutes Canada finally broke through to make it 3-1, but the United States responded with five unanswered for an 8-1 lead. Canada added one more before the half to make it 8-2 after 40 minutes.
Canada controlled the ball for much of the third quarter, but U.S. goaltender Willie Klan came up with four stops in the quarter, allowing the Canadians to score just twice and cut only one goal off the U.S. advantage.
The U.S. led 9-4 going into the final 20 minutes and a Brad Smith rocket early in the fourth quarter regained momentum for the U.S., and they went on to post the 12-5 victory.
Game 2: United States 13, Australia 4
Michael Sowers recorded a first-quarter hat trick and finished with seven points overall to lead the United States past Australia 13-4 in the team's second game of the 2016 Federation of International Lacrosse Men's U19 World Championship.
Alex Roesner opened the scoring for Team USA and then Sowers ripped off three straight goals, two of them extra man, and the U.S. led 4-1 after one quarter. The U.S. held Australia scoreless in the second quarter to move out to a 7-1 halftime lead.
Sowers opened the scoring in the second half and added another third quarter tally as the U.S. moved out to a 10-2 lead after three. In the fourth, Sowers had a goal waved off for a crease violation, but Jared Bernhardt scored twice in the quarter and the U.S. coasted to the victory.
Up Next
The U.S. returns to the field Monday night against the Iroquois Nationals at 10:30 pm (ET). The Iroquois squad, which beat the U.S. in pool play at the 2012 FIL championship, opened this year's tournament with a 22-4 win over England. All games in the FIL U19 World Championship are being streamed live at sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/<http://sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/>
Follow the U.S. men's national team on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine and YouTube at @USLacrosse and using hashtag #USAMLAX.
Game 3: United States 17, Iroquois Nationals 3
Brad Smith had his best outing of the tournament so far, registering three assists in a 17-3 victory over the Iroquois Nationals. With the win, the United States clinched the No. 1 seed and a bye into the semifinal round.
Trailing 3-1 after the first quarter, the U.S. was faced with its toughest test so far in the tournament. Led by outstanding play at the faceoff X, the United States scored 16 straight en route to the 17-3 victory. Austin Henningsen and Christian Feliziani combined to win 20-of-22 faceoffs as the U.S. played make-it-take-it during the 16-goal spurt.
Alex Roesner led all scorers with five tallies, while Mac O'Keefe had four. Simon Mathias had three goals and two assists and Smith rounded out the top scorers with his three helpers. He also had one ground ball in the win.
The U.S. will have its first back-to-back games of the tournament when it plays England on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Eastern) in its final pool play game.
As the No. 1 seed, the U.S. receives a bye through Wednesday's quarterfinals, and will play the first semifinal game on Thursday at 7:30 pm (Eastern). All games in the FIL U19 World Championship are being streamed live at sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/<http://sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/>
Game 4: United States 19, England 6
The United States got three second-quarter goals from Timmy Kelly to break open a 2-2 tie en route to the 19-6 victory over England in the final game of pool play. The U.S. defense held England scoreless for 28:29, including the entire third quarter, as Alex Roesner scored three goals in that period to help the Americans extend to a 16-4 lead.
Smith tallied a goal and an assist in the victory to push his tournament total to seven points through the four games.
Team USA, which clinched a bye into Thursday's semifinals, awaits the winner of a Wednesday quarterfinal that will pit Israel against the loser of tonight's Australia/Iroquois Nationals pool-play game.
The U.S. will play the first semifinal game at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. All games in the FIL U19 World Championship are being streamed live at sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/.
Follow the U.S. men's national team on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine and YouTube at @USLacrosse and using hashtag #USAMLAX.
Semifinal: United States 23, Australia 1
Seven different players scored multiple goals, led by Alex Roesner with five, as the United States dominated Australia 23-1 to advance to the championship game of the 2016 Federation of International Lacrosse Men's U19 World Championship. The U.S., the only nation to have won the championship since the event's inception in 1988, will go for an eighth straight title on Saturday at 7 p.m. (Eastern) against Canada.
Smith netted a goal and an assist in the lopsided win to push his points total to nine in the five outings. Lindsay collected three ground balls in the impressive defensive performance.
Smith and Lindsay will look to become the 18th and 19th Blue Devils to capture gold at the U19 FIL Championships since it started in 1988. In addition, Duke equipment manager Jay Bissette was a member of the staff in 2012 and again this year. He will be looking for his second gold medal experience.
1988 Keith Melchionni
1992 Mark Allen
1992 Joseph Kirmser
1996 Steve Card
1996 Scott Diggs
1996 Tim Knowles
1999 Kevin Cassese
1999 Mike Ferrari
2003 Matt Danowski
2003 Peter Lamade
2003 Glenn Nick
2003 Bret Thompson
2003 Matt Zash
2008 CJ Costabile
2008 Justin Turri
2012 Kyle Keenan
2012 Kyle Turri
The game will be streamed live at sportscanada.tv/2016worldlax/.
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