U-19 Player Pool Announced

ASHKELON, ISRAEL — Israel has announced its’ 80-man tryout pool list ahead of tryouts for the Israel men’s national team which will compete at the 2016 FIL U-19 World Championship in Vancouver.

Tryouts will be held January 2-4 at New Municipal Stadium in Ashkelon, Israel. The blue-and-white recently announced its’ coaching staff for the World Games, led by Whittier grad Seth Mahler, who has lived in Israel since 2013.

The tryout list is composed of both Israeli players, as well as members of the Jewish diaspora, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).

Forward

Berkowitz, Alon – Haifa, Israel
Bortnick, Gregory – Mission, KS
Canter, Jordan – Wynnewood, PA
Cohen, Mor – Tel Aviv, Israel
Fishman, Benjamin – Chicago, IL
Furmanov, Daniel – Ashkelon, Israel
Garber, Brandon – Marlton, NJ
Haviv, Moshiko – Ashkelon, Israel
Hecht, Samuel – Woodbridge, CT
Horowitz, Zachary – Manhattan Beach, CA
Kean, Joseph – Santa Monica, CA
Krozman, Ori – Rishon LeZion, Israel
Milner, Jacob – Woodbridge, CT
Miron, Ori – Tel Aviv, Israel
Nuland, Jacob – Trumbull, CT
Schulkin, Nicholas – San Rafel, CA
Smirnov, Shimon – Tel Aviv, Israel
Sussingham, Daniel – Lakeland, FL

Midfield

Aboushira, Erez – Ashdod, Israel
Adler, Roy – Tel Aviv, Israel
Almog, Ido – Be’er Sheva, Israel
Arad, Itamar – Ashkelon, Israel
Ashtamkar, Lidor – Ramla, Israel
Banashek, Sage – Boulder, CO
Bar David, Ori – Netanya, Israel
Becho, Alon – Ashdod, Israel
Ben Or, Dor – Netanya, Israel
Bentura, Ron – Netanya, Israel
Bernstein, Joshua – Netanya, Israel
Bishliaga, Sergei – Kiryat Gat, Israel
Bitman, Yanai – Tel Aviv, Israel
Brown-Ortiz, Tyler – Milford, CT
Buniel, Benor – Ashkelon, Israel
Cohen, Naor – Kiryat Gat, Israel
Comarov, Adi – Ashkelon, Israel
Dier, Michael – Kiryat Gat, Israel
Drori, Yotam – Ashkelon, Israel
Gabai, Amit – Kfar Saba, Israel
Glam, Liron – Netanya, Israel
Glass, Sean – Ashdod, Israel
Gvili, Aviv – Ashkelon, Israel
Hashai, Sagi – Netanya, Israel
Hillely, Adam – Ramat Ef’al, Israel
Hirshorn, Noah – Tel Aviv, Israel
Hirshorn, Jonah – Tel Aviv, Israel
Knowles, Ethan – Boca Raton, FL
Koren, Rom – Herzliya, Israel
Kruteck, Ethan – Boulder, CO
Milhailov, Alex – Ashkelon, Israel
Noam, Matan – Ashdod, Israel
Obreja, Daniel – Ashkelon, Israel
Ornstein, Zachary – Howell, NJ
Plantowsky, Jake – Bellaire, TX
Sachs, Corey – Woodbridge, CT
Shelanshi, Daniel – Denver, CO
Soule, Grey – Greenwood Village, CO
Sweety, Amir – Tel Aviv, Israel
Trapani, Justin – Matthews, NC
Yosef, Netzach – Netanya, Israel

Defense

Aboneaaj, Rakan – Nazareth, Israel
Aviv, Moshiko – Ashkelon, Israel
Benishay, Sol – Be’er Sheva, Israel
Bondarenko, Dima – Netanya, Israel
Cohen, Arden – Fargo, ND
Davidi, Evyatar – Netanya, Israel
Dubner, Samuel – New York, NY
Edelson, Hayden – Great Neck, NY
Goodman, David – Great Neck, NY
Jacobs, Julian – Rockville, MD
Knopf, Noah – New York, NY
Rubin, Jared – Carmel, NY
Scharf, Benjamin – Worcester, MA
Simpson, Daniel – Parker, CO
Yahalom, Bar – Netanya, Israel
Zickerman, Jacob – Superior, CO

Goal

Campbell, Evan – Woodbridge, CT
Katzen, Jakob – Wilmington, DE
Metzger, David – Mendham, NJ
Rosenthal, Ryan – Franklin, MI
Yahalom, Yarin – Netanya, Israel

Athletes who are interested in attending the tryout under late registration or as an alternate may contact U-19 Men’s National Team head coach, Seth Mahler, at [email protected].