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Lacrosse’s return to the Olympics comes in 2028, but the U.S. women’s sixes team will get an early taste of the Olympic flavor when play begins at The World Games in Chengdu, China later this week. The U.S. team roster was selected following a two-day training camp at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., in June and the team just completed a three-day training camp in Los Angeles before flying to China. Ten of the 12 players on the roster also helped the U.S. field team win the Pan-American Women's Lacrosse Championship in Auburndale, Fla., earlier this summer.
The World Games is a multi-sport event for sports and disciplines that are not (or not yet) in the program for the Olympic Games. The World Games was first held in 1982 and this year’s edition will feature 34 sports – ranging from traditional sports like archery and baseball/softball to more obscure sports such as korfball and wushu. The World Games are organized by the International World Games Association, an international body recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
This will be the third time lacrosse has been contested at The World Games. In 2017, the United States women defeated Canada in Wroclaw, Poland, playing 10v10 lacrosse. In 2022, men’s and women’s sixes were both included as championship sports in Birmingham, Alabama with Canada beating the U.S. in both gold medal games using the sixes discipline. Two USA players – Marie McCool (2017) and Ellie Masera (2022) – have participated in previous World Games.
This year’s event will feature eight women’s teams – Australia, Canada, China, Czechia, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan and the United States. The U.S. is in Pool B alongside Australia (the bronze medalist in 2022), Czechia and Ireland.
Pool play takes place beginning on Thursday, August 7 (which will be on Wednesday, August 6 in the U.S. as Chengdu is 12 hours ahead of Eastern time) and runs through August 9. The semifinal and placement games will be held on August 10 and the championship and bronze medal games will be held on August 11.
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The United States team is led by Lindsey Munday, the head coach at the University of Southern California and a two-time gold medal winner (2009, 2013) as a player in the U.S. national team program. Munday earned All-World honors in both World Cups she participated in and she holds the U.S. national team records for assists in a tournament (21) and career (35). The assistant coach is Michelle Tumolo, the head coach at the United States Military Academy. She was a gold medal winner as a player at both the World Cup and The World Games in 2017, and as an assistant coach with the U.S. U20 team in 2024.
It’s a who’s who of some of the sport’s top players, including recent Tewaaraton winners Sam Apuzzo (2018), Chloe Humphrey (2025), Charlotte North (2021 and 2022) and Izzy Scane (2023 and 2024). Apuzzo and Marie McCool, both members of the 2022 U.S. field team that won the field championship, are the captains for The World Games team. The complete roster is available here.
All games will be streamed live on World Lacrosse TV.
Brian Logue has worked at USA Lacrosse since 2000 and is currently the senior director of communications. He saw his first lacrosse game in 1987 - Virginia at Delaware - and fell in love with the sport while working at Washington and Lee University.
