National Teams
SPARKS, Md. — Grant Ament remembers all too well the sting of getting cut from a U.S. national team.
It happened six years ago, when coach Nick Myers reduced the 2016 U19 team roster from 30 to 25. Ament never forgot that feeling. Not during a college career at Penn State during which he routinely torched Ohio State and not during the USA Men’s Showcase at USA Lacrosse on Friday night.
A dozen games from the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic and the Brogden Cup will be streamed live on USALacrosse.com this weekend. Glenn Clark, Tari Kandemiri and Monika Moore will bring the action live from Tierney Field on the USA Lacrosse campus in Sparks, Md.
Nearly 90 of the top high school players in the country will get a taste of international competition when the Brogden Cup renews this weekend as part of the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic at USA Lacrosse Headquarters.
The USA Select teams, featuring 22 players each at the U16 and U18 age groupings for men’s and women’s lacrosse, will compete alongside teams from the Haudenosaunee Nation and Ontario over three days from Oct. 14-16.
SPARKS, Md. — More than four years after Tom Schreiber’s last-second goal gave the U.S. a thrilling 9-8 win over Canada in the 2018 world championship game in Israel, the U.S. men’s national team is closing in on the finish line for preparations for the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship in San Diego.
SPARKS, Md. — Coming off of a memorable world championship victory this summer in Towson, Md., the U.S. women’s national team begins a new era with the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic on Oct. 14-16 at USA Lacrosse headquarters.
SPARKS, Md. — It will be champs versus champs when the nation’s top men’s and women’s lacrosse players come to USA Lacrosse headquarters for the 2022 Fall Classic from Oct. 14-16. The event features the reigning world champion USA men’s and women’s teams, the reigning NCAA champions Maryland (men) and North Carolina (women) along with the USA Select U16 and U18 teams playing international competition from the Haudenosaunee Nation and Ontario in the Brogden Cup.
Here’s the schedule of ticketed games at Tierney Field for Fall Classic:
SAN DIEGO – Ticket sales have launched for the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship in the city of San Diego. The first world championship in the sport of lacrosse to take place in California, the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship will feature teams from 30 countries and more than 100 games at San Diego State University and University of San Diego from June 21 to July 1, 2023.
C.J. Kirst scored five goals to lead the United States past Canada 12-10 to win the 2022 World Lacrosse Men’s U21 Championship in Limerick, Ireland. It was the ninth consecutive men’s world championship for the U.S. at the junior level.
Unlike the most recent junior world championship, in 2016, when the U.S. trailed Canada by six at the half and by three in the fourth quarter before rallying for a 13-12 victory, the U.S. never trailed in this championship, but it was far from easy.
The United States is one game away from a gold medal. A familiar foe stands in its way.
The U.S. overcame a shaky start and did not allow an even-strength goal, grinding out a 10-2 victory over the Haudenosaunee in the World Lacrosse Men’s U21 Championship semifinals Thursday at the University of Limerick in Ireland.
The U.S. improved to 53-2 all-time in junior (previously U19) championship play and will look to capture its ninth gold medal Saturday. And for the eighth time, its opponent will be Canada, which blasted Australia 19-1 to advance to its sixth straight final.
Fueled by strong outside shooting, the United States scored a tournament-high 21 goals to defeat Puerto Rico 21-3 in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 World Lacrosse Men’s U21 Championship in Limerick, Ireland. The U.S. advances to Thursday’s semifinal round when it will meet the Haudenosaunee in a nationally-televised game on ESPNU at 2 p.m. (Eastern).