USA Selects head coach Scott Lawrence has named his 27 USA Men's Selects squads for the 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge 15s tournament to take place Oct. 6-14 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Of the 27 athletes selected, 10 return from the 2017 tournament, 11 are capped Men's National Team players, and four are 2018 first-team All-Americans.  

Together, the Selects will face Tonga A, Uruguay XV, and reigning two-time champion Argentina XV as they strive to topple their runner-up finish from the previous year.

Broadcast information for the six-team Americas Pacific Challenge 2018 will be announced closer to date.

"The makeup of this year's touring squad is an exciting evolution leading into a World Cup year," Lawrence explained. "Not only are there a handful of current Eagles that we're looking to build cohesion with, there are also a number of new Major League Rugby and Varsity collegiate athletes that have the film and the metrics to back up their inclusion."

The Men's Selects bring an accomplished group of players to the developmental tournament, allowing emerging talent to learn both from the structure of the competition and their peers. The 2017 tournament itself saw three Selects move on to become capped Men's National Team players.

Among them, are none other than Psalm Wooching and Brendan Daly who will both feature again this October.

Men's Eagle Hanco Germishuys joins the two, as well, having scored an instrumental try in the United States' June upset over then No. 6 Scotland. Germishuys also appeared at last year's APC, having already earned his first cap.

Experience and new flair combine with the addition of three of this year's first-team Men's Collegiate All-Americans (MCAAs), including Alex Maughan, Chance Wenglewski, and Mitch Wilson. Maughan represents both the capped Eagle and All-American sides of the squad.

The Men's Selects will begin training camp for the third annual Americas Pacific Challenge later this month, adapting to the warm climate in Fort Lauderdale as a key part of preparation.

The six-team tournament — which also includes Canada A and Samoa A — will begin on Oct. 6 with the U.S. facing Tonga A at 12:30 PM ET. Uruguay XV and Argentina XV will follow, after which the team with the most points in the first-past-the-post competition will be named champion.

2018 USA Men's Selects Roster

USA Men's Selects Staff

Head Coach | Scott Lawrence

Assistant Coach | David Williams

Assistant Coach | Blake Bradford

Strength & Conditioning Coach | Huw Bevan

Performance Analyst | Jimmy Harrison

Team Doctor | Marc Kowalsky

Head Athletic Trainer | Kevin Ng

Assistant Athletic Trainer | Santiago Aguirre

Team Manager & Operations | Kevin McCorry II

Americas Pacific Challenge 2018 Schedule

Montevideo, Uruguay

vs Tonga A

Sat, Oct. 6 - 12:30 PM ET

vs Uruguay XV

Wed, Oct. 10 - 12:30 PM ET

vs Argentina XV

Sun, Oct. 14 - 12:30 PM ET