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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.
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.
By 2001, the MLL or Major League Lacrosse had started play to capitalize on the growing demand of lacrosse both in the United States and around the world. Major League Lacrosse is currently a six-team professional league with the bulk of the teams in the Northeastern United States. Many of these players are considered some of the best, if not ...
The two leagues merged in December, 1905, to form the 8-team United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League [1] with Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Penn, Stevens Tech and Swarthmore. [4] The USILL was a closed-membership league, which excluded several lacrosse powers, such as the U.S. Naval Academy.
2024 USA Lacrosse All-Americans. Bronxville goalie Luke Arrighi (22) works the ball out of the crease during their 10-8 win over Stepinac in boys lacrosse action at Bronxville High School on ...
The Women's Lacrosse League (WLL) is a planned professional lacrosse sixes league owned and organized by the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). It is one of two professional lacrosse leagues for women in the United States, alongside Athletes Unlimited's women's lacrosse league. The WLL will commence play in 2025, with four clubs.
The United States men's national junior lacrosse team is the junior national under-20 team for United States. [1] The team has won all nine times World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship , the most recent in 2022.
The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum moved to US Lacrosse's new headquarters in Sparks, Maryland in 2016. [ 2 ] Individuals are nominated in four distinct categories: players, coaches, contributors, or officials.