NEW HAVEN, Conn. – TD Ierlan '20, a three-time All-American at Yale, has been named to the final 23-man roster that will represent the United States in the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship in San Diego. The United States is the reigning world champion and will be the No. 1 seed for the 30-team event which runs June 21 through July 1.
 
The roster was selected following a 50-player training camp in Florida, held in conjunction with the IMLCA Winter Summit, earlier this month. It was the fourth training opportunity head coach John Danowski and his staff have had with the players since June.
 
"The character of these guys was beyond anything I could have imagined," said Danowski, who led the U.S. to the world championship in 2018 in Israel. "The way they tried to do the things we asked them to do, it was incredible. At every event they made it hard for us [to make the final roster decisions]. The meeting we had to make the selections was one of the most stressful things in my coaching career and the face-to-face meeting with the players was incredibly difficult. One of our assistant coaches was still shaking after the meeting. That's how profound the effect they had on us."
 
Ierlan, who plays professionally in the Premier Lacrosse League, was a Tewaaraton Award Finalist and a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year for the Bulldogs. While at Yale, he set the NCAA career ground ball record and the career record for face-off wins.
 
The U.S. has won a record 10 world championships since the first international competition in 1967, but will face numerous challengers, including three-time champion Canada. The U.S. is looking to become the first nation to repeat as champion at this event in more than two decades. The U.S. and Canada have alternated championships since the U.S. won its sixth straight world championship in 2002. Canada won in 2006 and 2014 while the U.S. won in 2010 and 2018.