The Brogden Cup, featuring some of the future stars of international lacrosse, returns to USA Lacrosse this weekend, featuring the U15, U17 and U19 U.S. Youth National Teams competing against their counterparts from Canada and the Haudenosaunee Nationals.
Who: Canada, Haudenosaunee Nationals, United States
What: Brogden Cup
When: Oct. 23-25, 2026
Where: Tierney Field, USA Lacrosse Headquarters (Sparks, Md.) and St. Paul’s School (Brooklandville, Md.)
Tickets: $5 walk-up each day for games at USA Lacrosse. Free at St. Paul’s.
History
Founded in 1988 to honor former Johns Hopkins goalie Mac Brogden, who represented the United States when lacrosse was a demonstration sport in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the Brogden Cup originally pitted men’s post-collegiate club players from the United States against Canadian players.
Since 2019, the competition has shifted to the youth and high school levels, with the U.S. Youth National Teams and teams from Canada and the Haudenosaunee Nationals.
Format
Friday’s schedule will feature sixes competitions for all of the participating teams at the U15 age grouping, followed by U17 vs U19 sixes games for the U.S. boys’ and girls’ teams.
On Saturday the competition shifts to traditional full-field lacrosse and all age groups will play round-robin games to determine seedings for Sunday’s championship bracket.
The top-seeds following round-robin play will automatically advance to the championship game for each age and gender grouping while the second and third place teams will compete for the opportunity to play in the championship.
Schedule & Rosters
- Event Program (PDF)
Streaming
All games will be streamed on USALacrosseTV.com.
Bonus Lacrosse
In addition to the official Brogden Cup games, the U.S. U15 and U17 boys’ and girls’ teams will compete against local club teams – Clippers Lacrosse Club (Boys’ U15), M&D Black 2030 (Girls’ U15), Annapolis Hawks (Boys’ U17) and IAAM Select (Girls’ U17) – on Saturday afternoon.
The event concludes on Sunday afternoon with the U.S. Girls’ U19 team scrimmaging Mount St. Mary’s. Mount St. Mary’s head coach Lauren Skellchock is the co-head coach of the U.S. U19 team.
Why They’re Here
“It’s a great experience to represent your country and not everyone can say that they did, so I’m really chasing that. I would love to play for that team. It’s a dream I’ve had for a while. That’s definitely the end goal.”
— USA U19 boys' defensemen Leif Anderson, a five-star recruit from Connecticut headed to Notre Dame
“Not a lot of people get to wear USA across their chests, so take these moments and cherish them.”
— USA U19 girls' player Shea Shoulberg, a five-start recruit from New Jersey headed to Notre Dame speaking on the advice her father gives her every time she puts on the jersey.
By the Numbers
10 • Number of gold medalists from the 2026 U.S. Women’s National Team that participated in the National Team Development Program.
6 • Number of one-goal games between the USA and Canadian teams in the oldest age group in the boys’ division since the current Brogden Cup format was instituted in 2019.
10 • Number of girls’ lacrosse players ranked in the Top 30 of the Inside Lacrosse Class of 2028 recruiting rankings that are playing for the U.S. U17 team this weekend, including No. 1 overall player Maddie Moran, a Maryland commit from Maryvale Prep (Md.).
2 • Premier Lacrosse League championships won by Steven Brooks in the last two years (assistant coach with New York Atlas in 2025 and head coach for Carolina Chaos for the PLL Championship Series in 2026). Brooks is the head coach for the boys’ U19 team and has been involved with the National Team Development Program since its inception in 2019.
1 • Combined losses for the high school teams of U.S. U15 girls’ coaches Lisa Lindley and Darcy Messina this season. Lindley’s Darien (Conn.) team went 22-0 and Messina’s St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) team went 18-1. St. Anthony’s only loss came to Darien, a 10-9 double overtime game on April 8.
30 • Years since Dan Denihan represented the USA at the U19 world championships in Tokyo. His son, Danny, is competing for the U.S. U15 boys’ team this weekend.
