With the attention of the lacrosse world on the World Lacrosse Championships in Denver (rightfully so), it’s easy to forget that Major League Lacrosse returns to action this weekend. Rochester travels to Chesapeake on Thursday night for the first MLL game in 12 days. Two games are set for Saturday while Florida travels to Denver on Sunday. Many wonder why games are scheduled during the world championships. I don’t know…
Scotland Battles Iroquois Led by McBride
At 4 pm MDT an undefeated Scotland team takes the field to play the Iroquois Nationals. In what some would consider a mismatch of talent, this game could turn out to be one of the best in the tournament. Scotland is led by some great players known in the lacrosse ranks, Jordan McBride, and Kyle Buchanan. Jimmy McBride adding another threat to the teams somewhat potent offense as well. Scoring…
Germany Blog: Germans Fall to Israel
We opened up day one with Belgium who we ended up beating 12-4. That game was mostly about us building chemistry against another helmet and got us going on the right track. Day two we moved on in the group against Austria who we beat 20-2 in all around great performance by all. Day three was the Red Division championship game against Hong Kong who was 2-0 and we came…
Japan Takes on Undefeated New Zealand
Day 7 of the FIL tournament will prove to be exciting as a competitive match ensues between New Zealand and Japan. Last time around, New Zealand finished 15th and Japan finished 4th. This year, the level of play on both sides of this matchup have dramatically increased since the last time we saw them compete. New Zealand, although not as experienced as Japan and the rest of the blue division…
USA Dominates Iroquois to Finish Pool Play 5-0
Photo Credit: Di Miller The most anticipated game of the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship Games took place on Tuesday July 15, when Team USA (4-0) would go head-to-head against Team Iroquois (3-1) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. It was another stormy day in Commerce City, Colorado and the afternoon games were stopped again due to severe weather. The game was delayed by one hour and 45 minutes, but fans from…
WLA Players of the Week: Cayle Ratcliff Shines for Timbermen
1st star Coming into this week the struggling Timbermen were 2-1 in their last three games and looking to find some positives on a weak season for them (4-9-1), and last week Cayle Ratcliff did exactly that. Although only potting 1 point (1G) early in the week, he exploded for a 9 point (4G, 5A) effort in Coquitlam and carried the team on his back against a Adanac’s team fighting to stay…
Red Hot Lakers Face Off with Brooklin
If Peterborough wins their remaining four games (likely), and Brooklin loses all five of their remaining games (unlikely), Peterborough would take over top spot in the MSL. While Peterborough is on a hot streak, Brooklin has just been too good this season to expect them to give up the top spot. The two teams meet on Wednesday at Iroquois Park in Whitby, their last meeting of the regular season. Peterborough…
Jon Hayes Ready for New Experience with Florida
Last week the Chesapeake Bayhawks made a splash by acquiring Kevin Crowley. Going to Florida in return were midfielders Steven Brooks, Jon Hayes and David Earl. We caught up with Hayes about him now being a member of the Launch. Q: How do you feel about the trade? A. I am excited about the trade. The Bayhawks got an excellent player in Crowley who will help the in the future….
China Blog: Chinese Get First Win
The past few days have been jammed packed with lots of lacrosse. Friday was the start of our tournament play as we faced off against the division favorites the Netherlands. We came out strong in the first half, but ended up falling short by the end of the match. Our next two opponents were the Italians and the Norwegians. In both those games we showed flashes of great lacrosse, but…
FIL Day Six: Israel Crushes Germany
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo In a stunner earlier this morning, Israel defeated Germany to advanced to the championship round where they will play the fourth seed in the Blue Division. There are several more games today kicking off at 1pm as teams figure out their fate in the brackets. Games to Watch New Zealand vs Scotland- 1pm Switzerland vs Wales- 1pm Belguim vs Uganda- 3pm Finland vs Netherlands- 4pm Czech…