Fans had to wait for one of the World Lacrosse Championship’s most highly-anticipated games until the final day of pool play. That day is here. Undefeated United States faces the Iroquois Nationals at 7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. local time) on ESPNU. The game will prove critical in seeding; there’s still a lot on the line. At 4-0, Team USA would clinch the all-important #1 seed with a win. The…
England and Australia meet on Sunday night in a crucial game that could determine who advances to the Championship Bracket of the World Lacrosse Championship. Australia is 1-1 so far while England is 0-2. Australia’s loss has come to the United States while England has fallen to the Iroquois and Canada. With those three teams separating themselves from the others, this will be the first true test as the teams…
Photo Credit: Di Miller The United States used an 8-0 run to turn a 3-0 deficit into an eventual 10-7 win over Canada to open the FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Thursday evening. That victory could prove large moving forward. Here are six takeaways from the game, including the significance of Team USA’s win to the U.S. – Canada rivalry, Paul Rabil, Rob Pannell and more. 1) The United States…
The World Lacrosse Championships begin tonight as the United States faces Canada at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Fans will not only get to watch the best players compete, but they’ll also witness how the sport of lacrosse is growing. These championships will feature a record 38 nations including Belgium, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and Uganda who will compete for the first time. The differences and…
The United States men’s national team began its final stretch of practices on Sunday leading into the World Lacrosse Championships, which kick off on Thursday. Rather than talking about plays or schemes, the coaches began by touching on pride and what it means to represent not only yourself and US Lacrosse, but most importantly, your country. Pride in one’s country has been abundant with the World Cup and is always…
With the MLL trade deadline approaching this week, I have taken a team-by-team look at player needs heading into the stretch run of the season. What areas might each team need to improve? Due to the nature of the league and its trades, I will not speculate on specific players I expect traded. In Major League Baseball, the likely players on the market are fairly evident. That’s not as true…
Native Americans invented the game of lacrosse, so it’s fitting the Iroquois will have as good a shot as any to become the first nation not named United States or Canada to win the World Lacrosse Championships. Following a 2010 FIL World Lacrosse Championship that wasn’t to be, the Iroquois will be itching to compete for a world championship. In 2010, British officials would not accept the Iroquois’ tribal documents….
Lacrosse players dream of scoring the game-winning goal, winning the crucial fourth-quarter faceoff or making the big save. How many dream of good footwork and good stickwork? How about sprinting back and forth between offense and defense? Those dreams are few and far between, likely even nonexistent for young lacrosse players. In reality, these are some of the key attributes for the game’s most undervalued, yet important positions… short-stick defensive…
With a logjam in the Major League Lacrosse standings, two teams will get some clarity after Saturday night’s game as the 3-5 Ohio Machine travel to New York to face the 4-4 Lizards. New York is tied for third place and would be in the playoffs if it started today, but the Lizards are just one game away from being in seventh place and still have work to do. The…
This time it counts. That’s the slogan Major League Baseball uses to promote its All-Star Game. The league hoped to drum up interest in its midsummer classic by giving the winner home field advantage in the World Series. Major League Lacrosse is taking “this time it counts” in an All-Star Game to a new level. Baseball’s midsummer classic has come under a lot of scrutiny. The game can feel very…