Philadelphia United Rugby will host their first representative match on Saturday, February 15 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey against the Old Glory Capital Selects, and the Capital Selects. The matches will be played at South Jersey Rugby Club’s pitch, 490 E. Evesham Rd. Voorhees Township, NJ 08043. Kickoff is at Noon and 2 pm and the post-match social is at Olt’s Tavern in Voorhees.
Squads
Philadelphia United Head Coach Jon Grasso has named his squads after tryouts and practices.
Philadelphia United Rugby: 1 Andrew Kneisly (Brandywine) 2 Gaelen Kelly (St Joseph’s U) 3 Lucas Brickley (Schuylkill River) 4 Randy Helsman (Schuylkill River) 5 Bobby Collins (Schuylkill River) 6 Sean Mahon (Philadelphia-Whitemarsh) 7 Ben Janssen (Schuylkill River) 8 Eric French (Doylestown) 9 Dylan Hamilton (Doylestown) 10 Danny Giannascoli (Loyola U) 11 Jack Ramirez (Schuylkill River) 12 Tom Parry (Wilmington) 13 Bruce Dolan (Doylestown) 14 Cesar DaFonseca (Schuylkill River) 15 Dave Kornock (Doylestown) 16 Tyler Freas (Wiles-Barre Breakers) 17 Chris Wiggins (Wilmington) 18 Tom Saunders (Northeast Irish) 19 Dave Hockenberry (Schuylkill River) 20 Colin Dougherty (Media) 21 Evan Walters (Lehigh Valley) 22 Adam Shapiro (Temple U) 23 Justin Lopez (U Delaware)
Philadelphia United Militia: 1 Ricky Schneider (Schuylkill River) 2 Sergio Acala (Old Gaelic) 3 Matt Hughes (Schuylkill River) 4 John Smallwood (Philadelphia-Whitemarsh) 5 Dave Hockenberry (Schuylkill River) 6 Ryheem Powell (Doylestown) 7Louis Baeza (Schuylkill River) 8 Evan Walters (Lehigh Valley) 9 Adam Shapiro (Temple U) 10 Jonathan Ahern (St Joseph’s U) 11 Mike Hoffman (St Joseph’s U) 12 Dante Jacquet (Delmarva) 13 Keith Jones (Delmarva) 14 Koryan Harris (Old Gaelic) 15 Ty Anderson (Brandywine) 16 Tom Saunders (Northeast Irish) 17 Nathan Myers (Wilkes-Barre Breakers) 18 Jamison Wellman (Media) 19 Jeff Hall (Schuylkill River) 20 Colin Dougherty (Media) 21 Liam Marshall (Jersey Shore) 22 Isaac Frazier (South Jersey) 23 Chris Aembrust (Shippensburg U)
Old Glory Selects: 1 PJ Walter (NOVA) 2 Guy Lopresti (Potomac) 3 Henry Reeves (NOVA) 4 Matt Tyris (Potomac) 5 Mike Medlej (NOVA) 6 Dacoda Worth (NOVA/Old Glory) 7 Corey Daniel (Old Glory) 8 Tom Demetriou (Washington) 9 Sean Hartig (Rocky Gorge, Old Glory) 10 Pat Audino (NOVA) 11 Cuyler McCorkindale (Mount St. Mary’s) 12 Adam Regini (NOVA) 13 Eric Populus (NOVA) 14 Brian Mulloy (NOVA) 15 Blake Carroll (Baltimore-Chesapeake) 16 Danny Breda (Rocky Gorge) 17 Jose Barahona (Rocky Gorge) 18 Sam Morris (Washington Irish) 19 Marc Fils-Aime (Baltimore-Chesapeake) 20 Hannibal Vaivao (Washington Irish) 21 Jacob Estes (NOVA) 22 Tyler Myles (Old Glory) 23 Cameron Windle (Baltimore Chesapeake)
Capital Selects: 1 LeRoi Edwards (Washington Irish) 2 James Park (Rocky Gorge) 3 Cliff Perez (Washington Irish) 4 Mason McIlwee (Rocky Gorge) 5 Bredan Porter (Potomac) 6 Andrew Iscaro (NOVA) 7 Zach Kochin (Pittsburgh) 8 Mike Fletcher (Washington Irish) 9 Byron Batchelor (Baltimore-Chesapeake)10 John Stapleton (Washington Irish) 11 Nick Fields (NOVA) 12 Dominic Tommarello (Potomac) 13 Matt McDaniels (Washington) 14 Tevita Maituvaki (Washington) 15 Eugene Becton (Rocky Gorge)16 Aldo Batubara (Severn River) 17 Christian Rubio (NOVA) 18 19 Gabe Tupper (Baltimore-Chesapeake) 20 Chadd Wheelington (Norfolk) 21 Pierre Somorey (Washington) 22 Eddie Boyer (Severn River) 23 Pat Frick (Baltimore-Chesapeake)
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