Philadelphia Waterdogs

The Philadelphia Waterdogs are a professional field lacrosse team based in the Greater Philadelphia area that competes in the Premier Lacrosse League. The Waterdogs were the first PLL expansion team, beginning with the 2020 season. Players were selected through an expansion draft, new entry draft, and the college draft over the first few months of 2020. Andy Copelan was announced as the Club's first head coach on January 2, 2020. Owners of the club include Pardon My Take hosts, Dan "Big Cat" Katz & PFT Commenter. The Waterdogs won their first championship in 2022 against the Chaos. In March 2024 the Waterdogs hired Bill Tierney as Head Coach.

Current coaching staff

Head coach – Bill Tierney
Assistant coach – Dylan Sheridan
Assistant coach – Louie Dedonatis
Roster

*Indicates member of Holdout list
**Indicates player is on PUP list
indicates captain
indicates rookie
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Draft history

2020 Expansion Draft

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2020 Player Pool Acquisitions

On March 21, Waterdogs announced they had signed the following players from the player pool:

Name	Position	College
BJ Grill	Defense	Marquette
Patrick Foley	Defense	Johns Hopkins
Dylan Johnson	Defense	Denver
Tate Boyce	Goalie	Providence
Reed Junkin	Goalie	Penn

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All time Draft Selections

The 2020 player entry draft occurred on March 16 for teams to select players arriving from rival Major League Lacrosse. On March 4, Paul Burmeister and NBCSN hosted an entry draft lottery for selection order. Out of 100 balls to select from, Waterdogs had 40, Chrome had 25, Atlas had 15, Archers had 10, Chaos had 6, Redwoods had 3, and the champion Whipsnakes had 1.
Rob Pannell was announced to be transferring to the PLL on March 9, followed by 15 other players the following day, which comprised the selection pool for the entry draft. A total of 14 players were selected in the entry draft with remaining new players entering the league player pool.

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College	Previous MLL Team
1	1	Zach Currier	Midfield	Princeton	Denver Outlaws
2	8	Ryland Rees	Long Stick Midfield	Stony Brook	Boston Cannons

2020 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	3	Michael Kraus	Attack	Virginia
2	8	Matt DeLuca	Goalie	Delaware

2021 Entry Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College	Previous MLL Team
1	4	Liam Byrnes	Defense	Marquette	Philadelphia Barrage
2	12	Mikie Schlosser	Midfield	Michigan	New York Lizards
3	20	Ben Randall	Defense	Ohio State	Denver Outlaws

2021 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	2	Michael Sowers	Attack	Duke
4	27	Ethan Walker	Attack	Denver

2022 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
2	14	Jack Hannah	Midfield	Denver
3	22	Jake Higgins	Defensive Midfield	Maryland
4	30	Jason Reynolds	Long Stick Midfield	Notre Dame

2023 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	8	Thomas McConvey	Midfield	Virginia
2	16	Alex Mazzone	Defense	Johns Hopkins
3	24	Chris Fake	Defense	Notre Dame
4	32	James Reilly	Faceoff	Georgetown

2024 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	7	Matt Brandau	Attack	Yale
2	15	Kenny Brower	Defense	Duke
3	23	Marcus Hudgins	Defense	Ohio State
4	31	Michael Boehm	Attack	Michigan

2025 College Draft

Rnd.	Pick #	Player	Pos.	College
1	1	CJ Kirst	Attack	Cornell
2	9	Jake Taylor	Attack	Notre Dame
2	15	Dylan Hess	Defensive Midfield	Florida
3	23	Ben Wayer	Long Stick Midfield	Virginia
4	25	Jimmy Freehill	Defense	Denver

Season results

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Foxborough, Massachusetts	June 6, 2021	Cannons	L 7–13
2	Kennesaw, Georgia	June 11, 2021	Chaos	W 14–12
3	Kennesaw, Georgia	June 13, 2021	Chrome	W 14–9
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 26, 2021	Archers	L 8–17
5	Hempstead, New York	July 3, 2021	Redwoods	L 16–19
6	Eagan, Minnesota	July 9, 2021	Cannons	W 19–7
7	Eagan, Minnesota	July 11, 2021	Chrome	W 12–6
8	Colorado Springs, Colorado	July 31, 2021	Whipsnakes	W 11–6
9	Albany, New York	August 14, 2021	Atlas	W 10–9
10	Chester, Pennsylvania	September 5, 2021	Whipsnakes	L 10–14

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Albany, New York	June 5, 2022	Cannons	L 10–16
2	Charlotte, North Carolina	June 11, 2022	Whipsnakes	L 11–12
3	Hempstead, New York	June 17, 2022	Chrome	L 14–17
4	Baltimore, Maryland	June 24, 2022	Chaos	W 18–9
5	Eagan, Minnesota	July 2, 2022	Whipsnakes	W 11–10
6	Fairfield, Connecticut	July 24, 2022	Chrome	W 11–10
7	Frisco, Texas	July 31, 2022	Cannons	W 15–14
8	Denver, Colorado	August 6, 2022	Atlas	W 16–15
9	Herriman, Utah	August 12, 2022	Redwoods	L 12–14
10	Tacoma, Washington	August 20, 2022	Archers	L 12–16
11	Foxborough, Massachusetts	September 3, 2022	Atlas	W 19–14
12	Washington D.C.	September 11, 2022	Whipsnakes	W 11–10
13	Chester, Pennsylvania	September 18, 2022	Chaos	W 11–9

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Albany, New York	June 4	Chaos	W 8–7
2	Charlotte, North Carolina	June 9	Redwoods	L 9–10
3	Columbus, Ohio	June 16	Atlas	W 19–18
4	Eagan, Minnesota	July 8	Chrome	W 10–7
5	Fairfield, Connecticut	July 14	Whipsnakes	W 16–13
6	Frisco, Texas	July 30	Archers	L 18–19
7	Baltimore, Maryland	August 6	Cannons	L 8–12
8	Denver, Colorado	August 12	Atlas	W 14–11
9	Tacoma, Washington	August 19	Chaos	W 13–8
10	Herriman, Utah	August 25	Archers	W 14–13
11	Foxborough, Massachusetts	September 4	Whipsnakes	W 15–12
12	Uniondale, New York	September 10	Cannons	W 17–6
13	Chester, Pennsylvania	September 24	Archers	L 14–15

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Springfield, VA	February 15	Archers	W 21–18
2	Springfield, VA	February 16	Redwoods	W 20–14
3	Springfield, VA	February 17	Cannons	W 22–12
4	Springfield, VA	February 18	Archers	W 27–21
5	Springfield, VA	February 19	Cannons	L 22–23

Game	Location	Date	Opponent	Result
1	Albany, New York	June 1	Archers	L 11–12
2	Villanova, Pennsylvania	June 15	Cannons	L 11–12
3	Villanova, Pennsylvania	June 16	Whipsnakes	L 14–15
4	Eagan, Minnesota	June 29	Chaos	W 10–6
5	Cambridge, Massachusetts	July 6	Cannons	W 14–11
6	Fairfield, Connecticut	July 19	Outlaws	L 13–15
7	San Diego, California	July 28	Atlas	L 11–12
8	Baltimore, Maryland	August 3	Whipsnakes	L 6–12
9	Denver, Colorado	August 9	Redwoods	L 12–13
10	Herriman, Utah	August 17	Atlas	W 13–12