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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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The United States women's national indoor lacrosse team represents the U.S. in box lacrosse at the World Lacrosse Box Championships. The team held three player ID camps to begin the player evaluation process and hold a training camp in 2024 championships, for the first international competition.
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 .
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 ...
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.
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.