vive la france

Egalité,  Fraternité and LACROSSE!

Two clubs have been setup in France. Great news! Lille and Paris started their lacrosse program. I’m looking forward to play in France.

Paris Lacrosse

Lille Lacrosse

 

 

the Hague Lacrosse on the frontpage of the NLL

My friends of the Hague Lacrosse (the Knights) can be seen on the frontpage of nll.com

It’s an article about the expansion of NLL games on Eurosport 2.

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Swedish Box Tournament

 

Duke players talk in 60 minutes

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Duke starts practice again

DURHAM, N.C. – They were back at practice, enthusiastically going through lacrosse drills on an overcast Monday morning. It was as if everything was normal again.

But so much has happened in the last five months at Duke. And now, just the mere presence of the players on the field suggested this was anything but routine.

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All World Acadelmy September 23th and 24th in Turku (Finland)

The All-World Lacrosse Academy is bringing the world’s best lacrosse players to Finland for a weekend camp. Learn from an expert staff that has coaching and playing experience at the NCAA, international and professional levels. The All-World Academy will deliver the best combination of teaching and playing experiences in a weekend of training.

Instructors: Chris Sanderson, Brodie Merrill and Geoff Snider
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Barrage rout Outlaws in MLL Championship

August 27, 2006
Adam O’Neill

Philly’s Roy Colsey was named Bud Light MVP after notching 10 points in the MLL Championship. (Dirk Dewachter)

Possession.Any youth or high school coach will preach it to their players as the cornerstone of winning ball games. Today was a prime example of why.

The Philadelphia Barrage won 75 percent of its face-offs in the most dominating performance in MLL Championship history, a 23-12 rout of the top-seeded Denver Outlaws.

“Obviously we are thrilled,” said Philly coach Tony Resch. “We felt like, coming down the stretch, we gained the kind of momentum we needed. Through the playoff game, the semi, and the final, I think we just continued to play solid lacrosse.”

“The face off work from Paul Cantabene … you don’t see guys control like he did and we just felt like if we consistently got possession we could do some things offensively.  And that is exactly what happened.”

The Barrage also got incredible performances turned in by Roy Colsey and Matt Striebel. Striebel finished with four goals, including one two-point goal and four assists for nine points. Colsey ended the day with 10 points (6, 2, 2) and Bud Light MVP honors. All of his goals came by the end of the third quarter.

In the two MLL playoff games, Colsey combined for 15 points. Today, he had several key goals, including two two-pointers in a four-minute span before halftime that helped give the Barrage a seven-goal cushion going into the break. In fact, those two goals were game-deciders, putting Philly ahead by a score of 12- 6 and 14-7.

“Its that veteran leadership … He’s been in big situations like this,” said Resch of Colsey. “I think, especially after last year, he never quite got healthy. He came in in great shape and once his shot starts to go, he gets in a groove, the last four or five games he really started to find it, and just carried that into Friday night (in the semifinal game) and now again Sunday. So he’s just a big game player.”

Barrage players also bought into the team concept. Goalie Brian Dougherty said the team is a tight-knit group of guys, and it shows in how they play. In a league where there is a lot of individual effort, the Barrage played together as a team.

Their run to the Championship rested on stellar defense (Philly has the second-best GAA in the league) and a team concept that enabled the team’s EMO to be the league’s most efficient, their man-down to be the league’s most stifling and to rack up 89 assists on 172 goals for the season.

Today, for example, when Ryan Boyle was attacked by a very aggressive Denver defense (they even used goalie Trevor Tierney as a slide), Striebel and Colsey were able to work from up top for scores. Although held scoreless, Boyle still finished with four assists.

“Roy (Colsey) and [Striebel], they just don’t miss. Ryan (Boyle) knows exactly what to do. Ryan is the smartest player in the game for a reason,” said defenseman Kyle Sweeney. “We had a game plan and we stuck to it. Go with our middies … move it behind, go through Ryan a lot. When the ball moves through Ryan that kid doesn’t lose too many games. Certainly not many championships.”

Other top performers included Philadelphia’s BJ Prager (4 g, 1 a) and Dougherty (19 saves). Three Denver players finished the game with four points, including Brendan Mundorf (3, 1), Brian Langtry (2, 2) and Mike Law (2,2).

Denver, which entered the playoffs as the league’s best two-point shooting team, had no two-point goals to Philly’s three. Jeff Sonke, who leads the league in three-pointers, injured his hamstring in the semifinal game on Friday and did not play Sunday.

Notes: The Barrage’s post-game celebration was rung in by Starship’s “We Built this City” over the loudspeaker. A song that has was named worst single ever by Blender Magazine, “We Built this City” was put on the Barrage’s locker room “pump up” tape at the beginning of the season. Although Brian Dougherty suggested the song as a joke, it was put on the CD and been known as somewhat of an anthem, albeit an odd one, for the team this year. The Barrage requested that if they won the title the song be played … The announced attendance for the game was 5,374 … Philly face-off man Paul Cantabene said he will not return to the MLL next season … Denver Goalie Trevor Tierney had three penalties for a total of three penalty minutes. He was the most penalized player in the championship game.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	F
Philadelphia Barrage	7	7	6	3	23
Denver Outlaws	4	3	3	2	12

 

MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE SEMIFINALS ON BUDLIGHT.COM

August 17, 2006 – ST. LOUIS (Aug. 17, 2006) – Bud Light and Major League Lacrosse will make league history on Aug. 25 with the first-ever live webcast of the New Balance Championship Weekend MLL Semifinals from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The semifinal games featuring the Denver Outlaws vs. the San Francisco Dragons and the Philadelphia Barrage vs. the Boston Cannons will be broadcast in full television quality at www.budlight.com.

“Once again Anheuser Busch proves to be on the cutting edge of sports technology, and we are proud to partner with them in webcasting the 2006 Major League Lacrosse Semifinals for the first time,” said MLL Founder Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global. “I know the production will be first class and I’m thrilled that fans around the world will be able to watch the games via the Web!”
The webcast is being produced by Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Productions group and directed by Chris Lincoln, director for this year’s ESPN-televised MLL Championship Game. Veteran play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati and four-time lacrosse All-American Quint Kessenich will call the action during the webcast, which starts at 9 p.m. EST with the No. 1 seeded Outlaws vs. the Dragons. The Barrage take on the Cannons at approximately 11:45 p.m. EST. ESPN is co-promoting the webcast with a link on www.espn.com. The MLL Championship Game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. EST on Aug. 27, with hosts Beninati and Kessenich.

“Many beer drinkers use the Internet for sports and entertainment. Offering the MLL semifinals as our first live sports webcast on budlight.com is a great way to reach them with fun and exciting programming,” said Tony Ponturo, vice president, global media and sports marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. “We’re continually looking for ways to enhance the consumer sports experience and exploring new technology to meet those needs.”

Bud Productions is the full-service television, radio and Internet broadcast division of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. producing sports and entertainment programming such as St. Louis Cardinals TV and radio, St Louis Blues radio, LPGA Michelob ULTRA Open webcast, St. Louis Rams preseason TV, AGA Showjumping broadcasts, and Budweiser “One Night Stand with Dale Jr.” webcasts.

Major League Lacrosse, a ten-team professional outdoor lacrosse league, was founded in 1999 by fitness entrepreneur Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global L.L.C., and founding partners Dave Morrow, a former champion lacrosse player and now CEO of Warrior Lacrosse, a leading global provider of innovative and high performance lacrosse equipment; Timothy B. Robertson, former CEO of The Family Channel and the current chairman of Bay Shore Enterprises, L.L.C., an investment holding company with activities in international media and Internet technology ventures; and Jim Davis, chairman and CEO of New Balance. The MLL commenced play in June of 2001. The MLL is comprised of two conferences. The Eastern Conference contains the original six teams, Baltimore, Boston, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Rochester. The Western Conference debuted in the 2006 season with MLL expansion franchises Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additional league information can be found at www.majorleaguelacrosse.com.

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.8 percent share of U.S. beer sales. The company brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2006. Anheuser Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is America’s top recycler of aluminum cans. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.

New Balance Championship Weekend
Semifinals – August 25th at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Broadcast Exclusively Through www.budlight.com
Championship Game – August 27th at 2:00 p.m.
Televised Live On ESPN2