Fans had to wait for one of the World Lacrosse Championship’s most highly-anticipated games until the final day of pool play. That day is here. Undefeated United States faces the Iroquois Nationals at 7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. local time) on ESPNU. The game will prove critical in seeding; there’s still a lot on the line. At 4-0, Team USA would clinch the all-important #1 seed with a win. The…
FIL: England and Japan Need Wins
Photo Credit: Di Miller In a battle of the beaten comes one that shall walk away the victor. Japan and England have yet to win a contest in this years tournament and all that is going to change for one squad at the end of 4 quarters. Japan is entering the contest with a slight edge on goals for, but give that away in goals against to team England. Andrew…
FIL: Israel Defeats Ninth Ranked Ireland
Lee Coppersmith scored five goals to lead the Israel men’s national team past 9th-ranked Ireland, 18-9, at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Monday. Israel (4-0) will meet 6th-ranked Germany (4-0) on Tuesday in the first-ever meeting between the two European squads. Germany dispatched 13th-ranked Czech Republic, 9-5, on Monday to punch their ticket to the second-round of the playoffs. The match is scheduled for 8:00 AM Local / 5:00 PM Israel, and…
FIL: USA Stops England in Their Tracks
Photo Credit: Di Miller Five days into the 2014 World Lacrosse Championships and the games just keep getting better. Team USA, undefeated going into their game tonight against Team England who are having an impossible time getting their first win went head–to-head at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. Today the weather was more cooperative and the severe storms held off so there were no rain-delays. However, about…
FIL: USA Looks to Remain Perfect in Pool Play
The United States comes into this contest feeling the effects of physical play. The scoreboard has not reflected as much but the roster definitely has. With England on its heels in the competition after successive losses, these could end up being a physical affair between the two. Midfield depth might be an issue with Coach Meade, as Kyle Harrison and Dan Burns have both been hit with the injuries. Harrison…
FIL Day Five: Eight Teams Win Divisions
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo The playoffs of the FIL tournament have begun with eight teams taking home division wins while the Blue Division is still active in pool play. Yellow Division Ireland took home the Yellow Division with a win over Bermuda. Brian Gillis scored six goals for the Irish. Meanwhile, France defeated Uganda to take third place in the division. Uganda is paired up today with Korea and Ireland…
FIL: USA Crushes Japan Behind Ned Crotty
Photo Credit: Di Miller Day Four of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships were underway. The weather from the past two days was yet again going to play a factor in whether or not the afternoon and evening games would be delayed. Luckily for Team USA and Team Japan, they were able to begin play prior to severe storms yet again affecting the evening games. Team USA entered the field…
FIL: Scotland Battles with Finland
Photo Credit: LaxWorm An exciting match will kick off Monday morning at 8am MST between Finland and Scotland, the two top teams of the Turquoise and White divisions, respectively. They fought their way to the top of their divisions, and are ready to face off on Field 10, and for everyone who can’t be at the match, it will be broadcast on ESPN3. Last time around, Finland ended the FIL…
Belanger, Cosmo Lead Brampton to Two Weekend Wins
The MSL playoff race heated up this weekend with the resurgence of the Brampton Excelsiors, who picked up wins over both the Brooklin Redmen and Six Nations Chiefs. Prior to this weekend, the Excelsiors sported a record of 2-8, good enough for four points; two of those points came from a forfeited game by Peterborough, and the other two came from a win over Kitchener-Waterloo. The Excelsiors now sit solidly…
Japan Looking to Perform the Impossible Against USA Tonight
Photo Credit: Di Miller JAPAN Unfortunately for Japan, they are a good team that got placed in a powerhouse pool grouping and were handed an uphill battle of a schedule. Japan has gone up against Australia and Iroquois thus far in the past three days, are are held low at two losses. Their first match against Australia seemed very promising as they played well into double overtime and lost by…