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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.
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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.
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 ...
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At the 2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Team USA came very close to reaching the gold medal game. In group play, they were beaten by the Iroquois Nationals only by one goal, 10–11. Their semi-final game was very close too, when they lost to Canada 10–15. In the bronze medal game, Team USA beat the Czech Republic 16–7.
The US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates (USLIA) are programs created by US Lacrosse, the national governing body for lacrosse in the United States, to foster intercollegiate teams for both men and women prior to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organizing national championships for men in 1971 and for women in 1982.