PLL Week 2 preview: Everything you need to know for Chaos Homecoming

Week 2 of the 2025 Premier Lacrosse League play is upon america -- and it's Chaos Homecoming play successful Charlotte.

Four games are dispersed retired connected Friday and Saturday, with the Chaos taking portion successful 1 crippled each day.

Read connected for details connected each crippled including however to watch, storylines and cardinal stats courtesy of the PLL.

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Denver Outlaws vs. Carolina Chaos

Friday, 6 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Injury report:

Outlaws: Logan Wisnauskas questionable (right hamstring strain), Graham Bundy Jr. questionable (hand)
Chaos: Chris Aslanian IR (torso), Gannon Matthews questionable/physically incapable to execute (left AC joint)

Outlaws

After pursuing a shot career, 2021 Tewaaraton Award victor Jared Bernhardt signed with the Outlaws this week. He graduated arsenic Maryland's all-time grounds holder successful vocation points (290) and goals (202), and joins member Jesse connected the Outlaws; their different member Jake is simply a midfielder for the Whipsnakes.

Bernhardt ('21), Logan Wisnauskas ('22), Brennan O'Neill ('23) and Pat Kavanagh ('24) each won the Tewaaraton Award arsenic the apical subordinate successful the NCAA. Only 1 different squad successful PLL past has dressed 4 Tewaaraton winners, the 2010 Chicago Machine: Doug Shanahan ('01), Chris Rotelli ('03), Mike Leveille ('08) and Ned Crotty ('10).

Chaos

Jack Rowlett was superb successful Week 1, holding the reigning PLL MVP Jeff Teat to 1 extremity connected 48 touches. The lone different clip Teat was held to 1 point: June 17, 2022 against the Whipsnakes.

Jackson Eicher was a Tewaaraton finalist who went undrafted, and the Chaos were blessed to adhd him to the roster. In Week 1, helium finished with a team-leading 5 points, 3 goals, 2 assists, 10 shots and 29 touches.

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Cross Ferrara scores beauteous extremity for Chaos

Cross Ferrara scores beauteous extremity for Chaos.

Philadelphia Waterdogs vs. Maryland Whipsnakes

Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Injury report:

Waterdogs: Charlie Hayes retired (left hamstring strain)
Whipsnakes: Jake Bernhardt questionable (right hip)

Waterdogs

It's the archetypal crippled of the play for the Waterdogs, a squad that missed the postseason wholly for the archetypal clip successful its past successful 2024. The nine appeared successful back-to-back title games successful 2022 and 2023, winning it each successful 2022.

Philadelphia manager Bill Tierney has 2 viable options successful goal, Matt DeLuca and Dillon Ward. Ward backstopped the 2022 title team, but DeLuca had a amended prevention percent past play (56.6% to 51.6%). Obviously, the conflict successful the crease volition beryllium 1 to ticker passim the season.

Whipsnakes

Rob Pannell enters this crippled 5 assists distant (287) from tying Ryan Boyle (292) for the astir all-time successful a career. Is this the play helium catches him?

Veteran Matt Rambo was held scoreless successful Week 1, conscionable the seventh clip successful his vocation that that has happened, and his 12 touches were a vocation low. Can helium get backmost connected way successful Week 2?

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TJ Malone secures Whipsnakes' pb with a chapeau trick

TJ Malone gets his 3rd goal, giving the Whipsnakes a 5-4 edge.

Utah Archers vs. Boston Cannons

Saturday, 1 p.m. ET | ABC/ESPN+

Injury report:

Archers: Matt Moore questionable (left hip), Brett Dobson questionable (left ankle sprain), Grant Ament retired (left hamstring tightness)
Cannons: Owen Grant questionable (left shoulder)

Archers

Will rookie Sam King beryllium capable to capable successful for Grant Ament? The third-rounder had 3 assists successful his debut successful Week 1, and volition beryllium filling large shoes arsenic the All-Pro midfielder Ament is listed arsenic out.

Mac O'Keefe and Matt Moore combined for conscionable 13 touches during Boston's triumph implicit Utah successful the 2025 Championship Series rubric game. Can they find much country successful this contest?

Cannons

No. 4 wide prime Coulter Mackesy is slated to marque his PLL debut, aft mounting a schoolhouse grounds astatine Princeton for astir vocation goals (167).

Veteran Marcus Holman is approaching a large vocation milestone: with six points, he'll scope 500 points for his career.

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Connor Fields scores his 3rd extremity of the game

Connor Fields scores his 3rd extremity of the game.

California Redwoods vs. Carolina Chaos

Saturday, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Injury report:

Redwoods: None to report
Chaos: Chris Aslanian IR (torso), Gannon Matthews questionable/physically incapable to execute (left AC joint)

Redwoods

The Redwoods got possibly the bargain of the 2025 PLL draught by landing Chris Kavanagh astatine No. 10 wide successful the 2nd round. The Notre Dame merchandise lit up the scoreboard successful Week 1, becoming the archetypal rookie to people 4 oregon much goals successful his debut since 2018 (Chris Cloutier). Of note, older member Matt besides pulled disconnected the feat, backmost successful 2016.

Redwoods caput manager Anthony Kelly got his archetypal vocation triumph arsenic a manager successful Week 1. He ranks 2nd all-time successful faceoff wins (1,820).

Chaos

Jarrod Neumann has been effectual successful defending California's Ryder Garnsey, holding him to 1-for-11 shooting arsenic the closest defender.

The Chaos had 2 shots to draught Chris Kavanagh successful aboriginal May, but they traded down retired of No. 5 overall, and past drafted Owen Hiltz astatine No. 8. Will helium marque them pay?

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TD Ierlan scores straight from the faceoff for the California Redwoods

Td Ierlan with a Goal vs. Denver Outlaws