The last time I saw Team Israel play was admittedly a poor showing for them. I was granted an opportunity back in mid-spring to see some of the team in a preseason match against the Lizards, who left the game dominating the scoreboard. THE ROSTER A week away from heading into the 2014 FIL Tournament in Denver, Israel has arrived in Colorado and begun roster preparations. The next few days…
Norway is coming off some disappointing finishes in the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 European Championships, finishing 24th at Worlds and 14th at the European Championships. With no World Championship under their belt the Norwegians gain a lot of experience at the international stage that has been hard to come by in the northern European countries like Norway, Sweden and Finland. The Norwegian participated in the Scandinavian Lacrosse Challenge…
As we prepare for the FIL tournament, we will preview three different divisions each day leading up to the games. Today we highlight the Red, Green and Orange Divisions. Red Austria: This is Austria’s second FIL tournament after their national team founded in 2008 for the European championships. They finished 21st last year overall after winning one game in group play (over Argentina) and winning two low bracket games. They were in…
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….
The Canadian Lacrosse Association (CLA) announced today that forward John Grant Jr. will not be playing for Canada in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Lacrosse Championships that begin next week in Denver, Colorado. He will be joining Coach Randy Mearns’ staff on the sidelines to help Canada win its third World Championship and will be replaced on the 23-man roster by Burlington, Ontario native Jordan MacIntosh. Grant, a…
Y Driegiau Coch means “The Red Dragon” in Welsh and the Welsh National team will be channeling that fierceness during their World Championship run come July the 10th. The Welsh are coming off some steady performances at the 2010 and 2012 World and European Championships respectively, placing 11th at the 2010 Worlds and 10th at the 2012 European Championships. Wales has been a consistent team when it comes to final…
We will be taking a look at a different FIL team each day leading up to the tournament in Denver. The men in kilts are looking to improve on their improving run that they have had since the 2006 World Championships, where they took 11th out of 21 teams. Since the 2006 World Championships Scotland has gone up to ninth after the ’08 European Championships, seventh in the ’10 World…
At the conclusion of a tryout process that included 98 players and spanned 11 months, US Lacrosse has named the U.S. Men’s National Team final 23-man roster for the FIL World Championship, presented by Trusted Choice, July 10-19 in Commerce City, Colo. The team was selected from a 31-player roster that attended training camp last week in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and competed in Thursday’s MLL All-Star Game at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass….
Team USA has to cut their roster down to 23 by Monday, and Richie Meade along with his team of coaches have a lot of work to do before they make their decisions. On Thursday night, USA’s roster had one last chance for players to make a case for themselves as they defeated Team MLL 10-9 at Harvard Stadium. USA struggled on many levels, trailing for the majority of the…
It may have been low scoring, but the 2014 MLL All Star game lived up to the hype. Team USA was sloppy for most of the game but they still took home a 10-9 victory over Team MLL thanks to a goal from Rob Pannell with six seconds left in the game. The first quarter ended at 2-2 with Kevin Leveille of the Rochester Rattlers scoring both goals for USA. The…