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USA Lacrosse is the national governing body of men and women's lacrosse in the United States. It provides a leadership role in virtually every aspect of the game and has more than 450,000 members throughout the United States, and offers programs and services to inspire participation while protecting the integrity of the sport.
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Prior to Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse, two attempts at establishing a professional league for traditional women's lacrosse were made – the United Women's Lacrosse League (UWXL), and the Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL). [1] The UWXL was established by United Women's Sports in 2016, [2] and played three seasons before quietly ...
The United States men's national lacrosse team has won eleven of fourteen World Lacrosse Championships, the most recent in 2023. Team USA finished second in the other three field lacrosse tournaments, losing to Canada in 1978, 2006, and 2014. The team is organized by US Lacrosse, the national governing body.
The United States men's national junior lacrosse team is the junior national under-20 team for United States. [1] As of 2022, the team has won all nine of the World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championships .
Lacrosse in the US is currently one of the fastest growing sports in America. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] With a faster growth rate than swimming, bowling, water polo, cross country, ice hockey, and soccer, there were 36,000 college lacrosse players in the United States as of 2015.
The United States women's national junior lacrosse team is the women junior national under-20 team for United States. [1] The team has won six times World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship , the most recent in 2024.
The World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship and World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship, formerly Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships (U-19), are held separately for men and women every four years to award world championships for the under-19 age group in men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse. The tournaments are sanctioned by World Lacrosse.