ASHKELON, ISRAEL — The Israel men’s national team has announced its roster for the New York Showcase weekend, which features games against the MLL Champion New York Lizards and New York Athletic Club.
The team meets their counterparts from NYAC on Saturday night at 7:00 PM at Asphalt Green on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, before taking on Paul Rabil and the Lizards on Sunday at 10:00 AM at US Merchant Marine Academy’s Brooks Stadium in Kings Point, NY.
Israel’s roster for the weekend slate features players from the 2014 FIL World Championship and the upcoming 2016 ELF European Championship teams, as well as other post-collegiate prospects.
| NO | POS | NAME | COLLEGE |
| 1 | G | Sam Grinberg | Bucknell |
| 2 | F | Charlie Ross | Union |
| 3 | D | Maxx Meyer | UPenn |
| 4 | D | Benjamin Smith | Harvard / Johns Hopkins |
| 5 | M | Casey Cittadino | Towson |
| 6 | G | Eric Schneider | Johns Hopkins |
| 7 | D | Andrew Kruter | Lebanon Valley |
| 8 | F | Adam Fishman | Dartmouth |
| 9 | M | Adam Hull | Dartmouth |
| 10 | M | Joey Manna | SUNY Delhi |
| 11 | F | Scott Weiner | SUNY Oneonta |
| 12 | D | Andrew Pollack | Dartmouth |
| 13 | D | David Better | Yale |
| 16 | D | Eric Loreaux | Boston University |
| 18 | M | Seth Mahler | Whittier |
| 22 | F | Matthew Cherry | Dickinson |
| 25 | M | Josh Offit | Duke |
| 26 | M | Cody Levine | Cornell |
| 27 | D | Adam Crystal | Drexel |
| 31 | D | Mark Jutkowitz | Maryland |
| 32 | M | Daniel Leventhal | Tufts |
| 33 | F | Ari Sussman | Dartmouth |
| 36 | G | Michael Horowitz | Muhlenberg |
| 41 | F | Noah Miller | Vermont / McGill |
| 43 | M | Kyle Bergman | Drexel |
| 45 | M | Aaron Mathias | Amherst |
| 56 | D | Harrison Freid | Michigan / St. John’s |
| 81 | D | Adam Sands | Union |
Israel National Team head coach Bill Beroza will be joined on the sidelines by Howard Offit, Pete Ginnegar, Jordan Hirsch, and Adam Culbertson.
The games are part of the Israel Lacrosse New York Showcase, which features Men’s, Women’s, Masters and Youth teams representing Israel against top teams from the United States.
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo / Coyote Magic