MLL Changes Playoff Format

August 30, 2013

Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor lacrosse League, announced key dates for the 2014 season including a change to the playoff format.   New next season will be a change in the playoffs with Championship Weekend moving to a single final game.   “We have decided to change the format next year to reward the fans and the teams with the better record and allow them to host a playoff…

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Shamrocks Dethrone Thunder to win the WLA Championship

August 30, 2013

On Thursday night the Langley Thunder traveled to Victoria to face the Shamrocks in game 6 of the WLA final. Coming into this game Langley trailed 3-2 in the series and needing a win to stave off elimination. While Victoria were looking to close out the series and move onto hosting the Mann Cup against the MSL champs the Six Nations Chiefs. The Shamrocks would waste little time in this…

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Update: US Men’s Team Tryout Pool

August 30, 2013

The tryouts for the USA Men’s National team start today and the 98 player pool selected has already shrunk. Most recently, Casey Powell has withdrawn his name from contention after helping the Chesapeake Bayhawks to their fifth MLL title. Casey isn’t the only veteran player to withdraw his name, Princeton graduate and current Boston Cannon, Ryan Boyle scratched himself, along with Peet Poillon, who is putting all his focus on…

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Six Nations prepare for Mann Cup

August 29, 2013

With the MSL season over the MSL Champions the Six Nations Chiefs await the winner of the WLA final between Langley and Victoria. This will be the first time Six Nations have been in the Mann Cup since 1996. In the MSL final the Chiefs swept the Brooklin Redmen to earn their Mann Cup Birth. When looking at the Chiefs there are a few players the winners of the WLA…

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Top 10 MLL Games of 2013

August 29, 2013

There were a lot of great games in the MLL this season, especially during MLL Championship Weekend. Now that the season has crowned the Chesapeake Bayhawks with their second straight MLL title and fifth in franchise history, let’s take a look back at the Top 10 MLL games of this past season. 1. Denver Outlaws vs Charlotte Hounds 8/24 The first semifinal game of the 2013 MLL Championship Weekend was…

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Does Philly Deserve an MLL Team?

August 29, 2013

This past weekend, Philadelphia hosted the MLL Championships in which the Chesapeake Bayhawks repeated as MLL Champions and won their 5th title.  The site was PPLPark home of the Philadelphia Union soccer team.  On Saturday we saw 4,228 people come to support their teams, and on Sunday we had 3,798 fans for the title game.  From 2004-2008 the Philadelphia Barrage played in the MLL (2001-03 Bridgeport CT).  During there existence…

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