The New York Lizards are coming into the 2015 season with a lot of hope and potential. The Lizards made a number of moves in the off season to make them better and give them a great chance to dethrone the Denver Outlaws. The Lizards made moves to get Paul Rabil in a trade that sent Max Seibald and Brian Karalunas to the Boston Cannons. The Lizards also traded away…
With the 2015 MLL season starting this weekend, the teams have announced their final 25 man rosters. Unfortunately, 19 of the 25 listed will only be allowed to dress. For the first time since the start of his career in 2011, Adam Ghitelman will not start between the pipes for Charlotte, nor will he dawn a Hounds uniform. Other top players in the league that are unable to put on…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional lacrosse league, announced today that teams have released their active rosters for the 2015 season, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. Teams had until 12:00 p.m. Noon (ET) Monday to submit rosters to the League office. Teams were allowed to host training camps for the 2015 season with a maximum of 40 players in their Pre-season Active Rosters (PSAR). Rosters had to be narrowed…
There are a number of factors that complicate of identifying which players are poised to take the next step at the professional level. Sometimes players make an immediate impact, like Eric Law, Jordan Wolf, or Kieran McArdle, while others put in a ton of work off the field and emerge later down the line. Someone like Jeremy Sieverts comes to mind in this scenario. Sieverts was originally selected 44th overall…
Working in the restaurant business has ups and downs, much like any other job. This past week had more of the latter with one of the other managers covering a shift at another location, last minute schedule changes, cold weather and rain shutting down the deck, and the realization that all of this cut into my usual writing time. After a certain amount of self pity and I hate my…
The one big thing that will help the New York Lizards going into training camp and the start of the season is basically their whole team will be there. Other teams are dealing with the fact that half their team or big stars are playing in the NLL; the Lizards only have newly acquired Cody Jamieson playing. Of course college draft picks will not be in camp but that will…
Now that the dust has settled, the players and the fans finally have a chance to look around and determine what 2015 will mean for the newly established club. In perhaps the biggest offseason in MLS history, the Cannons will be going without the face of the franchise, Paul Rabil, in 2015 in exchange for Max Siebald. Returning to the team is Will Manny and Kevin Buchanan. The two tallied…
As the Denver Outlaws head into training camp in 2015 the question on most fans’ minds is whether the team can sustain the success of recent campaigns. This is the organization that went undefeated in the regular season in 2013 before falling in the semifinals, and that hoisted the Steinfield trophy in 2014. There are two items to keep your eye on as training camp starts: 1. How will the…
In my last column I discussed how the foundation of Major League Lacrosse provided field players with the opportunity to play professionally after graduation. The league is entering its fourteenth season despite naysayers predicting the dissolution every year. Fourteen years may appear to be the miniscule compared to the history of the NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB. The MLL proves that it is the league that just will not fold….
This has been one of the more memorable off seasons in Major League Lacrosse recent history, and that’s thanks to a lot of transactions we have seen occur. As we head towards training camp, here is a reminder on what we have seen happen in the off season. Paul Rabil, Mike Stone, Max Seibald Trade This has been the ultimate blockbuster of all time in MLL. Paul Rabil, arguably the…