Photo Credit: Di Miller We’re at Day Seven of the FIL 2014 World Lacrosse Championships. As of Wednesday July 16, each team in the Blue Division: Team USA; Team Canada; Team Australia; Team Japan; Team Iroquois Nation; and Team England have all gone head-to-head. At this point, Team USA sits atop their division with an impressive 5-0 record, and Team Canada is number two with a record of 4-1. Let’s…
In early afternoon play the Scotland coming off their first loss of the games, faces Japan. Japan coming off of two straight wins over England and New Zealand, just may have the momentum to take the upset win. Showing true grit in an their overtime win over England and their dominating performance against New Zealand team Japan is hitting their stride. Japan started the tournament playing what could be considered…
At 4 pm MDT an undefeated Scotland team takes the field to play the Iroquois Nationals. In what some would consider a mismatch of talent, this game could turn out to be one of the best in the tournament. Scotland is led by some great players known in the lacrosse ranks, Jordan McBride, and Kyle Buchanan. Jimmy McBride adding another threat to the teams somewhat potent offense as well. Scoring…
We opened up day one with Belgium who we ended up beating 12-4. That game was mostly about us building chemistry against another helmet and got us going on the right track. Day two we moved on in the group against Austria who we beat 20-2 in all around great performance by all. Day three was the Red Division championship game against Hong Kong who was 2-0 and we came…
Day 7 of the FIL tournament will prove to be exciting as a competitive match ensues between New Zealand and Japan. Last time around, New Zealand finished 15th and Japan finished 4th. This year, the level of play on both sides of this matchup have dramatically increased since the last time we saw them compete. New Zealand, although not as experienced as Japan and the rest of the blue division…
Photo Credit: Di Miller The most anticipated game of the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship Games took place on Tuesday July 15, when Team USA (4-0) would go head-to-head against Team Iroquois (3-1) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. It was another stormy day in Commerce City, Colorado and the afternoon games were stopped again due to severe weather. The game was delayed by one hour and 45 minutes, but fans from…
The past few days have been jammed packed with lots of lacrosse. Friday was the start of our tournament play as we faced off against the division favorites the Netherlands. We came out strong in the first half, but ended up falling short by the end of the match. Our next two opponents were the Italians and the Norwegians. In both those games we showed flashes of great lacrosse, but…
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo In a stunner earlier this morning, Israel defeated Germany to advanced to the championship round where they will play the fourth seed in the Blue Division. There are several more games today kicking off at 1pm as teams figure out their fate in the brackets. Games to Watch New Zealand vs Scotland- 1pm Switzerland vs Wales- 1pm Belguim vs Uganda- 3pm Finland vs Netherlands- 4pm Czech…
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…
Photo Credit: Di Miller In a battle of the beaten comes one that shall walk away the victor. Japan and England have yet to win a contest in this years tournament and all that is going to change for one squad at the end of 4 quarters. Japan is entering the contest with a slight edge on goals for, but give that away in goals against to team England. Andrew…