fielded. After a fifteen-year career, Sweeney announced his retirement from Major League Lacrosse on August 31, 2017. National League Lacrosse The Philadelphia Wings drafted Sweeney in the eighth round (83rd overall) of the 2003 NLL Entry Draft. He followed the team when it moved to Connecticut, changing its name to the New England Black Wolves. He retired from indoor play in 2015. International career Sweeney played for the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2006 and 2010. In 2010, his team won the World Lacrosse Championship in Manchester. He also played for Team USA in the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. Sweeney has been described as one of the "best defenders in the game, period", by Inside Lacrosse, which placed him no. 24 on their Top 50 list in 2009. Business career Sweeney was the chief operating officer for Maverick Lacrosse, a New York-based lacrosse equipment manufacturer, from 2005 to 2010. He then moved to Performance Sports Group, where he worked as Vice president of operations and product development until 2013, when he became vice president of marketing and business planning. He left in 2016 to become vice president of sports nutrition at Medifast. Sweeney co-founded the Gotham Lacrosse League, an elite men's summer league in New York City, with Billy Pymm in 2007. The league expanded to include an elite women's league in 2013. Statistics Major League Lacrosse (MLL) National League Lacrosse (NLL) NCAA See also Lacrosse in Pennsylvania References External links Hoya website highschool and college background 1981 births Living people American lacrosse players Edmonton Rush players Georgetown Hoyas men's lacrosse players Major League Lacrosse players National Lacrosse League All-Stars Philadelphia Wings players Sportspeople from Delaware County, Pennsylvania People from Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania McDonough School of Business alumni