UPDATE 6-24-22
The announcement regarding what event the US National Team and USNT Developmental Academy will be participating has been postponed to July.
After facing a two-year disruption, the USNT and USNTDA selection cycle is back on track.
Following the recent USQ Cup, USNT Head Coach Michael “Yada” Parada reviewed performances by athletes across USQ and Major League Quidditch with his coaching staff and scouts. The final result is a 26-person standing team that will compete in an event later this summer in the U.S. More info will be announced in early June.
Below is the current standing team roster.
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER
Andrew Axtell │Texas Hill Country Heat
Rachel Ayella-Silver │ The Warriors
Julia Baer │ Bosnyan Bearsharks
Henry Baer-Benson │ Tufts University Tufflepuffs
Justin Cole │ Bosnyan Bearsharks
Taylor Crawford │ The Warriors
Ryan Davis │ Terminus Quidditch Atlanta
John Dorsett│ Texas Hill Country Heat
Kaci Erwin │ Texas Cavalry
Miguel Esparza │ Texas Hill Country Heat
Bailee Fields │ Texas Hill Country Heat
Rachel Heald │ Bosnyan Bearsharks
Tate Kay │ Unaffiliated
Kobe Kendall │ Anteaters Forever
Max Havlin │ Boston Pandas
Jackson Johnson │ Texas Hill Country Heat
Lindsay Marella │ The Warriors
Erin McBride │ Texas Cavalry
Kylie McBride │ Pegasus Quidditch Club
Augustine Monroe │ Texas Cavalry
Darian Murcek-Ellis │ Creighton Quidditch
Ian Scura │ Boston Pandas
Tyler Trudeau │ Bosnyan Bearsharks
Austin Villejo │ Pegasus Quidditch Club
Daniel Williams │ Texas Hill Country Heat
Lulu Xu │ Boston Pandas
Martin Bermudez Jr., Sam Haimowitz and Hallie Pace elected to leave the standing team. The following athletes were released at this time: Jayke Archibald, Teddy Costa and Ryan Nawrocki.
The team will continue to be led by Parada with his assistant coaches Jackson Johnson and Ethan Sturm. The USNT Coordinator is Amanda Dallas.
As for the USNTDA, Head Coach Azeem Hussain consulted with USNT coaches and scouts to determine a 21-person roster for the 2022 class. However, three parties declined their invitations, bringing the total to 18. Below is the current developmental academy roster.
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENTAL ACADEMY
Kasye Bevers │ Texas Quidditch
Leo Fried │Harvard Horntails
Joe Goulet │ Creighton Quidditch
Josh Johnson │ Texas Quidditch
Kai Kendall │ Anteaters Forever
Jessica Lee │ Harvard Horntails
Ellie Lisec │ RPI Quidditch
Allyson Manzella │ Boom Train
Serena Monteiro │ Boston Pandas
Sena Morimoto │ Creighton Quidditch
Kyzer Polzin │ Texas Quidditch
Carlos Prado │ Pegasus Quidditch Club
John Sheridan │ Unaffiliated
Andrew Steinberg │ Brown Club Quidditch
Jay Stewart │ UTSA Club Quidditch
Caroline Tao │ Texas Quidditch
Emma Vasquez │ Boom Train
Jack Wang │ Texas Quidditch
Chaser Tyler Zreet was released from the USNTDA.
The team will continue to be led by Hussain with the addition of Bermudez and Tao as assistant coaches. Dallas is the acting coordinator for the USNTDA.
Come September, the USNTDA athletes that did not play for a collegiate team in the 2021-22 season will either be released from the program or promoted to the USNT. Participation on a college team in the season prior is a requirement of the USNTDA and was temporarily removed due to Covid-19. Players who are undergraduates in college but attend a school that does not have a team will remain an exception to this requirement.
To learn more about the structure of the U.S. National Team and the selection process, head here and keep an eye on the USNT Facebook, USNT Twitter, and the USQ Instagram.
Photo Credit: Miguel Esparza