FIL Day Four: Canada and Iroquois Highlight Day

Photo Credit: Ireland Lacrosse

Early Games

10am: Wales vs New Zealand

10:30am: Czech Republic vs Poland

11:30am: Thailand vs Switzerland

11:30am: Scotland vs Latvia

Game to Watch: Wales vs New Zealand and Poland vs Czech Republic are both fantastic games. The Czechs are a scoring machine and they face a 2-0 Polish team while New Zealand and Wales might be the best two teams not in the Blue Division.

Player to Watch: The Czechs scored eighteen goals yesterday and once again three come from Dominek Pesek who might be the best player in the tournament not from North America.

Afternoon Games

12pm: Colombia vs Mexico

12pm: Russia vs Argentina

1pm: Belgium vs Austria

1pm: Germany vs Hong Kong

1:30pm: Israel vs Korea

1:30pm: Finland vs Spain

Game to Watch: Israel is 2-0 after crushing Slovakia and they seem for real, so any game they are in is worth watching right now. Germany and Hong Kong is also interesting after Germany hosted another blowout yesterday and Hong Kong won again.

Player to WatchSimon Giourmetakis scored six for Germany yesterday and he is quickly becoming a star in this tournament.

Evening Games

4pm: Uganda vs France

4pm: Sweden vs Slovakia

4:30pm: Netherlands vs Italy

Game to Watch: Uganda is drawing attention everywhere they go but the Netherlands and Italy is a big one. The Netherlands lost yesterday so they need a win and Italy has begun to turn some heads.

Player to Watch: Kevin Powers scored eight times for Sweden yesterday and they need a win after their shocking loss to Israel. Powers might have a big game again.

Late Games

6pm: Turkey vs Costa Rica

6pm: China vs Norway

7pm: Japan vs United States

7:30pm: Ireland vs Bermuda

10pm: Canada vs Iroquois

10:30pm: England vs Australia

Game to Watch: Canada and Iroquois is the most fascinating game in the entire tournament possibly. The Iroquois have dominated every game so far while Canada got a much needed win last night.

Player to Watch: Jerome Thompson has been the Iroquois best player this tournament, don’t expect anything different against Canada.