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The United States comes into this contest feeling the effects of physical play.  The scoreboard has not reflected as much but the roster definitely has.  With England on its heels in the competition after successive losses, these could end up being a physical affair between the two. Midfield depth might be an issue with Coach Meade, as Kyle Harrison and Dan Burns have both been hit with the injuries.  Harrison…

Photo Credit:  Di Miller Day Four of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships were underway.  The weather from the past two days was yet again going to play a factor in whether or not the afternoon and evening games would be delayed.  Luckily for Team USA and Team Japan, they were able to begin play prior to severe storms yet again affecting the evening games.  Team USA entered the field…

Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo  The Israel men’s national team “conquered the night” on Saturday, as the blue-and-white dominated 17th-ranked Sweden, 17-2, in a game that did not start until 9:33pm at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Friday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Israel (2-0) wraps up group play on Sunday against South Korea (0-2) at 11:30 AM Local / 8:30 PM Israel. The blue-and-white, playing in their first-ever World Championship, can secure a first-place finish in their group, and…

Photo Credit:  Di Miller After severe weather hit the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Friday July 11, and a ninety minute delay, Team Iroquois would finally go up against Team England.  This would be the 11th appearance for England dating back to 1967 with their last appearance in 2010 placing fifth.  Team Iroquois was making their fifth appearance in the championships since 1990 and their first appearance since 2006…

It was yet another stormy day at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships.  The games were stopped for the second time in two days, with the Team USA vs. Team Australia game being delayed twice due to severe weather. As Team USA came on to the field, they were stoked and had the American Flag held high, while their fans were screaming “USA”.  Team Australia entered the field, the excitement…

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…

Photo Credit:  Di Miller It’s Day Three of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, in Commerce City, Colorado.  Team USA who were the World Champions in the 2010 FIL games, will face-off against Team Australia who placed third in 2010.  Both teams were victorious in their opening games, USA defeated Canada 10-7; and Australia took their game against Japan into triple over-time with Australia winning…

Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo Yesterday in the FIL tournament teams made their first marks of the tournament including impressive showings from Israel, Finland and the Iroquois. Netherlands 19 China 4 Scott Janssen led Netherlands with six goals to lead the Dutch past first year China. In their first ever game internationally China only could put up four goals. Tyler Buchan scored four of them. Switzerland 10 Latvia 5 Switzerland opened…

Photo Credit: Di Miller Team Canada (0-1) and Team England (0-1) will search for their first victory at the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships when the two nations meet Saturday, July 12 at 10 p.m ET (8 p.m. MT). Canada previously dropped a tournament opening matchup versus rival Team USA, losing the game 10-7. While there were lingering questions surrounding the Canadian squad entering the tournament, offensive…