This afternoon Team U.S.A. rebounded from an opening tournament loss to Iroquois on Friday night, to defeat the Czech Republic 14-7, and even their record at 1-1. The United States came out on a mission. After allowing an opening minute goal to the Czech Republic, Team U.S.A. went on their first six goal run of the game that only took 4:53 of playing time. That was basically all they needed…
The Iroquois National Team opened their quest for the gold in the 2015 FIL World Indoor Championships with a 13-9 victory over Team U.S.A. at the War Memorial. Iroquois was led by Jeff Shattler (3G/4A) and Lyle Thompson (3G/2A). The game started with a number of scoring chances by both teams, but stingy defense prevailed until the 3:15 mark when Johnny Powless (2G/3A) scored the first of his two goals…
Tonight the four year wait is over. Team U.S.A. led by Head Coach Tony Resch, along with Assistant’s Adam Mueller and Chris Schiller look to jump over the next hurdle. In 2003 and 2007 the United States came away with the Bronze medal, This time they want GOLD!!! This time they are a huge underdog, and some have said the offense isn’t their and they will have problems putting the…
The host team Iroquois Nationals will make their tournament debut against an offensively loaded Team USA tonight at 8:30PM at the War Memorial in Syracuse. The Nationals are headlined by the world renowned Thompson Brothers, Lyle, Miles, Jeremey, and Hiana. USA looks to try to open the tournament with a win also, with strong offensive power from the likes of Casey Powell, Garrett Thul, and 2015 MSL MVP Joe Resetarits….
Israel will face Serbia in WILC action to open up their tournaments. This will be Israel’s second world games in men’s lacrosse but its first in the indoor game. Last summer at the field games in Denver, Israel was very good in their first world games placing in the top eight as one of the surprise teams. For Serbia, they will be playing in their first world box games as…
The WILC tournament this week will highlight exceptional indoor lacrosse talent from all over the world. Many of the top professional players are playing for a North American team; USA, Canada, or Iroquois. Many of those players are stars in the NLL or MLL, but the other teams have plenty of professional talent as well. Nick Rose—England Rose is one of the goalies for the Toronto Rock of the National…
Team USA only has one current college star on its roster and that player is Albany goalie Blaze Riorden. Blaze is going into his fourth year as a starting goalie for the Great Danes and the Fairport native has played a huge part in taking his team to the NCAA tournament the past three springs. This past summer was his third as a member of the Junior B Akwesasne Indians…
Today the Deutschland Adler U-19 played our first ever international game. We took on a well run and highly skilled Wilmot Wild of the OJCLL in an exhibition game at the Syl Apps Community Center in Paris, ON (home of the SouthWest Cyclops of CLax). For me it was the first night with the team, some guys arrived as early as Monday, while other arrived yesterday where the team held our first…
The Presidents Cup was a great week filled with some top-notch lacrosse, which took place in St. Catherine’s Ontario. Many teams from all over Canada and one from upstate NY had the same goal in mind to hold the trophy high over their heads Saturday night. The two teams that faced off in the championship were the Capital Region Axemen and the Six Nation Rivermen. Both had never won the…
Yesterday we were live at the Team USA scrimmage as they practiced with their recently cut down roster. After the scrimmage, we caught up with a few players and the team’s general manager to discuss the team’s preparations for the WILC tournament. Casey Powell Jeff Ratcliffe Jimmy Butler Garrett Thul