COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – World Lacrosse today announced the 121 officials who will cover three major international events in 2022: the World Lacrosse Women’s Championship in Towson, Maryland; The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama; and the World Lacrosse Men’s U21 Championship in Limerick, Ireland. The diverse officiating roster includes representatives from 17 National Federations.

SPARKS, Md. — The U.S. men’s national team’s quest to retain its World Lacrosse championship next summer in San Diego will formally begin with tryouts at USA Lacrosse headquarters from June 14-16, 2022.

The lacrosse community has a long history of paying it forward and it is in that spirit the USA Lacrosse Foundation Legacy Gala has been created. The Legacy Gala will be held June 9, 2022 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City to celebrate and elevate the impact players, coaches, fans and investors have in shaping the future of the sport while generating important revenue to support key initiatives to fuel the sport’s growth.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In 100 days, the top women’s lacrosse players in the world will commence play at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship as the sport’s pinnacle event returns to the United States for the first time since 2005. Originally scheduled for the summer of 2021, the 11th edition of the championship will feature a record 30 nations competing from June 29 to July 9 at Maryland’s Towson University, where the top-ranked U.S. team will be seeking to defend its title and capture its first world championship on home soil.

SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has named the coaching staffs for the U.S. teams that will compete in The World Games 2022 this summer in Birmingham, Ala. The World Games is an Olympic-style, multisport event that will feature men’s and women’s lacrosse using the new Sixes discipline developed by World Lacrosse.

Tom Hayes, a key figure in the growth of international lacrosse, a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the all-time winningest coach in Rutgers University men’s lacrosse history, passed away on Monday. He was 82 years old. 

SPARKS, Md. — Registration is now open for the men’s and women’s regional tryouts for the USA Lacrosse National Team Development Program (NTDP). The NTDP is a pathway to the U.S. National Team Program designed for high school students. 

Last year, a total of 1,673 student-athletes from 43 states participated in regional tryouts with 88 ultimately being named to USA Select Teams that competed in the Brogden Cup.

SPARKS, Md. — The 2022 USA Lacrosse Youth Nationals is a sell-out with 92 of the nation’s top girls’ club teams coming to DE Turf in Frederica, Del., from July 12-13 in the 13U, 14U and 15U age groupings. The 14U and 15U championship games will be streamed live on Lax Sports Network for the second straight year.

SPARKS, Md. — The 2022 USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament, the nation’s oldest and longest-running women’s lacrosse event, is set for May 28-29 at Cedar Lane Regional Park in Bel Air, Md.  The event was first held in 1933 and has evolved into one of the premier recruiting events for high school girls’ lacrosse players looking to play at the collegiate level.

Players compete for regional all-star teams that are unaffiliated with their high school or club teams in one of the most geographically-diverse and accessible recruiting events in the sport.

SPARKS, Md. — Head coach Jenny Levy and her staff have named the final 18-player roster that will represent the United States in this summer’s World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship. USA Lacrosse will host the world championship from June 29 – July 9, 2022 at Towson (Md.) University.