USA FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES INITIAL ROSTERS FOR 2024 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S FLAG FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAMS 

INDIANAPOLIS – USA Football, a member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the sport's governing body, has announced the initial rosters for the 2024 U.S. Men’s and Women’s Flag Football National Teams that will compete in the 2024 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football World Championship, in Lahti, Finland in August. 

The 2024 IFAF Flag Football World Championship is the event’s first iteration since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the inclusion of flag football in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The announcement added even more fuel to flag’s already skyrocketing popularity. The sport is played by millions worldwide in more than 100 countries and is putting down roots at the competitive high school and college levels in the U.S.  

This summer’s world championship, which IFAF expects to be its largest to date, will feature the best teams from around the world as determined by the IFAF’s 2023 Continental Championships, which headlined the international governing body’s biggest-ever cycle of global flag football competition. 

In preparation for the summer, USA Football recently conducted U.S. National Team Trials. The nation’s 120 best flag football players – 60 men and 60 women – descended on the United States Performance Center (USPC) in Charlotte, N.C. for several days of testing and field work. The results of Trials trimmed the player pool to the initial roster of 18 athletes for each team.  

USA Football will announce the final 12-athlete rosters for the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Flag National Teams following a U.S. National Team Training Camp in Charlotte from late May into early June. The other athletes will serve as alternates, available to be called up to the 12-athlete roster if needed.  

The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Flag National Teams competed in the 2023 IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship this past summer, winning gold medals in thrilling one-score championship games against Mexico.  

2024 U.S. Men’s Flag National Team Roster 

Name; Position; Residence 

Michael Better; RSH/C; Baltimore, Md. 

Aamir Brown; ATH; Philadelphia, Pa. 

Velton Brown Jr.; WR/DB; Orlando, Fla. 

Isaiah Calhoun; DB/WR; Riverside, Calif. 

Nico Casares; QB; Coconut Grove, Fla. 

Mike Daniels; DB/WR; Miami Fla. 

Laval Davis; WR/RSH; Jacksonville, Fla. 

Darrell “Housh” Doucette; QB/C; New Orleans, La. 

Johnluis "LuLu" Hernandez; DB/C; Miami, Fla. 

Ja’Deion High; WR; Hereford, Texas 

Jamie Kennedy; DB/WR; Pompano Beach, Fla. 

Jesus Lorenzo; RSH/WR; Miami, Fla. 

Bruce Mapp; WR/DB; Philadelphia, Pa. 

Sean Moore; WR/RSH; Miami, Fla. 

Michael Pardue; DB/WR; Clarksville, Tenn. 

David Price; DB/C; Callahan, Fla. 

Laderrick "Pablo" Smith; WR/QB; Pompano Beach, Fla. 

Dana Taylor; DB/ATH; Dallas, Texas 

Head Coach: Jorge Cascudo 

Assistant Coach: Patrick Alley  

2024 U.S. Women’s Flag National Team Roster 

Name; Position; Residence 

Lacey Abell; QB; Sheboygan, Wis. 

Miranda Arellano; DB/C; San Antonio, Texas 

Deliah Autry; WR/DB; Tampa, Fla. 

Laneah Bryan; WR/DB; El Paso, Texas 

Amber Clark; DB/WR; Greenville, N.C. 

Ashley Edwards; WR/DB; San Antonio, Texas 

Kennedy Foster; WR/DB; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 

Madison Fulford; WR/DB; Charlotte, N.C. 

Isabella Geraci; WR/DB; North Ridgeville, Ohio 

Brianna Hernandez-Silva; DB/QB; Las Vegas, Nev. 

Maci Joncich; WR/DB; Henderson, Nev. 

Ashlea Klam; C/DB; Austin, Texas 

Vanita Krouch; QB; Carrollton, Texas 

Leilanni Lopez; C/RSH; San Diego, Calif. 

Megan Majors; DB/WR; Chicago, Ill. 

Addison Orsborn; WR/RSH; Round Rock, Texas 

Jo Overstreet; WR/DB; Lewisville, Texas 

Brenna Ramirez; DB/WR; Gilbert, Ariz.  

Head Coach: Saaid Mortazavi 

Assistant Coach: Mary Kate Bula 

About USA Football: USA Football is the governing body of American football in the United States, the sole US member of the International Federation of American Football, and a recognized sports organization of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Its non-profit mission includes designing and delivering premier educational, development, and competitive programs for American football, including tackle and flag football. USA Football is the only organization that selects and organizes men’s and women’s US National Teams in federation-sanctioned international competition.