National Championship AA Preview: Long Island Express

Follow the NLF on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. This is the Long Island Express 2020 and 2021 preview for the 2019 NLF Club National Championships. We’ll be profiling some of the top players from every 2020 AA and 2021 AA teams who will be in attendance. 

2020
Top Commits

James Ball, faceoff midfield, Chaminade (N.Y.) / Yale
Robbie Booth, defense, Chaminade (N.Y.) / Navy
Russ Maher, attack, Mount Sinai (N.Y.) / Virginia
Michael O’Connell, midfield, Chaminade (N.Y.) / Maryland
Jack Walshe, midfield, St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) / Virginia

Top Uncommitted Players 

Sean Conk, defense, St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) – Conk has great size and takes up a ton of space, and he uses his physical nature to push attackmen around. He’s in line to ascend to a starting spot on a loaded Friars squad next spring.

Conner Garzone, goalie, Chaminade (N.Y.) – A big goalie with a knack for coming up with impressive saves, Garzone will likely slot in as the next Express standout in the Chaminade cage.

Johnnie Rebuth, attack, St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) – A quick, shifty attackman who relies on exceptional change-of-direction ability to get open, Rebuth came into his own late in the season for St. Anthony’s and started the state title game against Chaminade.

2020
Top Uncommitted Players 

Ben Bonafede, midfield, Chaminade (N.Y.) – A midfielder who gets up and down the field with the best of ’em, Bonafede – who made Chaminade’s stacked varsity team as a sophomore – projects as a standout two-way midfielder at the next level.

Chris Kavanagh, attack, Chaminade (N.Y.) – Kavanagh has been having an excellent summer for a great Express team, constantly filling up the back of the net. He’s lethal at finding spots in coverage, and if you let him get his hands free, he’s going to score basically every time.

Will Lynch, midfield, Chaminade (N.Y.) – The type of faceoff midfielder that everyone needs nowadays, Lynch is an excellent midfielder who also happens to be really, really good at facing off. He’s constantly hustling and is a legitimate scoring threat as a dodger in settled situations or in transition.