Haudenosaunee Battles Early But Second Half Surge Leads to 14-3 USA Victory in Pool Play at 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship
SEOGWIPO - The Haudenosaunee Nationals hung tough with the USA for two and a half quarters before falling 14-3 to the defending World Champions at the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship at the Jeju Gongcheonpo Training Center in South Korea. The score was 4-2 at halftime but a 5-1 third quarter run by USA broke the game open. Chase Cogan led the Haudenosaunee offense with a pair of goals and Noah Snyder added a highlight reel goal to round out the scoring. Cooper Anderson, Hunter Thompson, and Daylin John-Hill each added an assist. Ryder Johnson finished with a miraculous 20 saves between the pipes to keep Haudenosaunee in the game for as long as possible.
“We looked really strong in the first half. And then I think there was a little bit of that turnaround from the 4 p.m. game yesterday to the 11 a.m. game today. It kind of hit us a little bit in the third quarter,” said Head Coach Marty Ward after the game. “(We made) mental mistakes. Being a little bit tired. Not communication as a team as much. And that’s what falls apart when you start getting a little gassed. The first thing that goes is your talk. So, for us it’s just continuing to dig in, continuing to believe, continuing to get better. And know that one half of lacrosse doesn’t define this team.”
The game was a stalemate early as both defenses hung tough and made things difficult for the offense. USA finally broke through 13-minutes into the game on a goal by Colin Kurdlya from Owen Duffy. Jack Speidell followed with his first goal of the day on another Duffy assist to make it 2-0 USA with 11-seconds left in the first quarter.
Haudenosaunee responded in the second quarter as Chace Cogan scored his first goal of the game on a feed from Cooper Anderson just over five minutes into the quarter. Two minutes later Speidell scored his second goal of the day on another assist from Duffy to extend the USA lead to 3-1. Less than a minute later Noah Snyder answered with a highlight reel ‘around-the-world’ goal in front of the net to cut the lead to 3-2 with 6:37 remaining in the first half. Timothy Shannehan responded for Team USA on Duffy’f fourth assist of the day to make it 4-2 with just over four minutes to play in the quarter.
The Nationals struck first in the second half as Chace Cogan buried a step down from deep on an assist by Daylin John-Hill to cut the lead to 4-3 just over a minute into the third quarter. The game stayed tight for the next eight minutes, before USA would go on a 5-0 run over the final six minutes of the third quarter. A Haudenosaunee turnover led to a transition goal from Anthony Raio to extend the lead to 5-3 with 5:32 remaining in the third. Haudenosaunee would have trouble clearing the defensive zone that led to a wide open Charlie Packard goal in front of the net to make it 6-3 with 2:51 to play in the third quarter. Just over a minute later Timothy Shannehan scored his second of the game on a bouncer from the top to give USA the 7-3 lead. Another Haudenosaunee turnover led to another Packard goal with 11-seconds remaining as he cut middle and took a feed from Duffy at ‘X’ to make it 8-3. USA would win the ensuing faceoff and sprinted upfield for a Kyle Bergen goal to extend the lead to 9-3 headed to the fourth quarter.
The Nationals would not score again as USA used another 5-0 run to put the game away in the fourth quarter. Jack Speidell finished the quick stick goal on another feed from Duffy to make it 10-3 two minutes into the final frame. Colin Kurdyla scored on a bouncer from the right side on the man advantage to make it 11-3 just 30-seconds later. Timothy Shannehan scored his hat trick on a step down from the left side to make it 12-3 USA with 12:24 remaining in the game. The next seven minutes went scoreless before Rhett Chambers added a step down goal to make it 13-3 with 5:27 to play in the game. Another failed clear by Haudenosaunee led to the fourth goal of the game from Shannehan in transition to make it 14-3 with just under five minutes to play, which would be the final score.
Up Next: Haudenosaunee faces Canada in the final game of Pool A play at 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, August 19 (9 p.m. EST on Monday, August 18)
