5th-ranked England fought off a dramatic comeback by the Israel men’s national team to protect their spot in the premier “Blue Group” in a promotion/relegation match at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Thursday. Israel will meet Japan in a final placement match on Friday at 11:00 AM. The winner will be ranked 7th in the world, while the loser will be slotted 8th….
Boston Cannons Return to Take on Surging New York Lizards
On Saturday, the Boston Cannons and New York Lizards will return to action for their first game since the MLL took a break for the FIL Championships in Denver, Colorado. The Lizards enter the game on a hot streak having won three straight games and finding themselvs in sole possession of third palce in the standings at 6-4. Meanwhile, the Cannons are an even 5-5 on the season and a…
FIL: Poland Battles Latvia
The 2014 World Lacrosse Championships are winding down, and the brackets are set for many of the teams. Team Poland (Grey Division) 3-3, will take on Team Latvia (White Division) 4-3 on Friday July 18 at 11:30 a.m. on Field 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. The winner comes away in 19th place at the 2014 games. Team Poland (3-3), has a better conference record at…
CLax Names Jim Veltman Commissioner
The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) is pleased to announce that National Lacrosse League Hall of Famer, Jim Veltman has joined the league as Commissioner. Veltman returns to a front office position as CLax enters its fourth season. “I’m excited to take a leadership role with this league. I enjoyed my time coaching Jr. CLax last season while the league restructuring occurred, and feel that the ownership group has made some…
Canada and Rival Iroquois Fight for Championship Appearance
Day Eight of FIL play and the games keep getting more and more interesting. Today, one of the highest anticipated games of the FIL tournament will take place. Canada and The Iroquois Nationals will go head to head for the second time since FIL play began. On Sunday, Canada topped The Iroquois Nationals by one point and the game ended in Canada’s favor with a score of (9-8). The Iroquois…
First Place Rattlers Return to Face Last Place Bayhawks
While the FIL Championships are winding down in Denver, Colorado in the next couple of days, MLL lacrosse returns from its last of three breaks in the season to complete its schedule. In the first game of the break, the first place Rochester Rattlers will face the last place Chesapeake Bayhawks. Both teams will be heavily hit by the FIL Championship games as both squads feature players on the Team…
United States and Australia square off in semifinals Thursday
The United States looks to continue its impressive run in the FIL World Lacrosse Championships when it faces Australia on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET. The U.S. has been dominant, especially over its last three games, outscoring opponents by a combined 59-9 highlighted by its most recent 18-5 win over the high-powered Iroquois Nationals. Australia gave the United States one of its tougher games, falling 16-7 in each team’s second…
FIL: Australia Ends Israel’s Dream Run
Australia’s Tom Vickery made three saves in the final minute to hold off Israel, 9-8, in the quarterfinals of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Wednesday. Advancing to the semis felt promising early on, as the blue-and-white took early 2-0 and 4-1 leads on the third-ranked Australians. However, the Sharks held Israel scoreless for the entire second quarter as they chipped away, trimming the deficit to 4-3 at the half….
FIL: Recapping the Blue Division
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…
FIL: Japan Takes on Scotland
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…