Photo Credit: Di Miller The United States used an 8-0 run to turn a 3-0 deficit into an eventual 10-7 win over Canada to open the FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Thursday evening. That victory could prove large moving forward. Here are six takeaways from the game, including the significance of Team USA’s win to the U.S. – Canada rivalry, Paul Rabil, Rob Pannell and more. 1) The United States…
Let the Games Begin: USA Rolls Past Canada
Photo Credit: Di Miller On July 10, 2014, it was opening day for the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. Lacrosse fans from across the world have been waiting for this day since the 2010 when Team USA came away World Champions. This year, there would be a record-breaking 38 teams participating in the games. Opening Ceremonies started with each nation taking…
China Blog: Year One of Chinese Program
Co-writen by Matthew Bailey Hi, I am Tyler Buchan with China lacrosse. Its been a long journey for us, but our team has finally come together in Denver. It took some time to find a efficient way to break the communication barrier, as we all come from different parts of the world. As a majority of the team speaks mainly Mandarin and only a little bit of English, this was…
WLA: Playoff Races Heat Up, Adanacs Need a Win
Victoria Shamrocks @ Burnaby Lakers With both teams coming off wins and the playoff race heating up this game could have huge implications for Dane Stevens and the Burnaby Lakers. With Burnaby only one point out of second place in the WLA they will be coming at a Shamrocks team who is also rolling with players like Corey Small playing consistently solid ball all year and a great supporting cast behind him should make…
FIL Day Two: Iroquois Opens Against England
Day two of the FIL tournament is here with the United States defeating Canada yesterday 10-7. Today the rest of the countries kick off, including the Iroquois. Early Games 10am- Netherlands vs China 10:30am- Latvia vs Switzerland 11am- Italy vs Norway 11am- Bermuda vs France 11am- Wales vs Russia Game to Watch: Netherlands vs China. The Netherlands are a decent team and it should be interesting to see where China is…
Video: Freshest Five of Week Ten
Richard Bos took the time to create this amazing video highlighting the top plays of the week in Major League Lacrosse, sponsored by Odor Gladiator.
MSL: Rock Look for Consistency, Brooklin on a Roll
Oakvllle @ Peterborough – 8:00pm The Rock are coming into Peterborough on a high after their first win of the season on Monday over Brampton, putting them (for now) solidly in 5th place. The 3rd place Lakers will remain in 3rd place (for now) after their forfeiture appeal was denied this week by the OLA. Peterborough is better than a 3rd place team and will defeat the Rock easily. The…
Netherlands Blog: Dutch Team Looks for Better Tournament
My name is Scott Janssen from the Men’s Dutch National Team. I started playing with the program at the 2010 World Championships in Manchester, England. I was also with the team in 2012 for the European Championships in Amsterdam. Prior to that, I played for Canada’s U-19 team in the 2003 World Championships. The Dutch National Team arrived in Boulder, Colorado on June 29th arriving from various parts of the world. …
Germany Blog: Scrimmaging Latvia
The German National team camp started on July 1 at Colorado College where we have had two-a-days since. Being that I had an MLL game July 3 I was not able to make it out to Colorado until July 5. I landed that night where I was informed we scrimmaged BYU and pulled away with a 7-5 victory. My first day of practice on July 6 we had breakfast at…
MLL At the Break: Cannons Have an Opportunity
It has been just over two months since the Major League Lacrosse season began and the Boston Cannons are currently sitting in fourth place behind the Outlaws, Rattlers, and Lizards. Despite being in a position where the postseason is a possibility, the road to the fourth seed has not necessarily been the easiest one. In fact, inconsistency has been the story of Boston’s season. For the Cannons, things started off…