Press Release
SPARKS, Md. – In addition to the 12 women’s lacrosse players that will represent the United States in the Atlas Cup this weekend, U.S head coach Lindsey Munday has announced 12 additional players that will be at USA Lacrosse headquarters this week for a sixes training camp.
The Atlas Cup, an eight-team international event featuring the men’s and women’s sixes lacrosse teams from Canada, the Haudenosaunee Nationals, Puerto Rico and the United States, takes place from Sept. 26-28. The training camp runs from Sept. 23-25 in advance of the event.
SPARKS, Md. – The Atlas Cup, an eight-team international event featuring the men’s and women’s sixes lacrosse teams from Canada, the Haudenosaunee Nationals, Puerto Rico and the United States, will be streamed live on the USA Lacrosse YouTube channel with a unique opportunity for viewers to win cash just by watching.
Two National Lacrosse Hall of Fame members and former college teammates — Oren Lyons and Roy Simmons Jr. — were recognized last week as the 2025 recipients of the Alfie Jacques Ambassador Award.
Established in 2023, the Alfie Jacques Ambassador Award was created to keep the legacy of the Onondaga stick maker alive, to promote the game’s sacred Indigenous roots, and to honor members of the larger community who share Alfie’s love of lacrosse and his commitment to its growth.
USA Lacrosse will lead the efforts behind the 5th Annual National Celebrate Lacrosse Week from November 1-9, 2025. As usual, Pick Up & Play clinics designed to introduce new players to the sport will be a big part of the celebration.
These clinics are designed to engage young athletes by:
Giving them a hands-on experience with lacrosse in a fun, low-pressure environment
SPARKS, Md. – The schedule for the Rivalry Challenge, a four-day event coming to the Baltimore area featuring the youth national lacrosse teams from the United States and Canada, has been released. The Rivalry Challenge takes place from Sept. 18-21 at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., and at the St. Paul’s Schools in Brooklandville, Md.
SPARKS, Md. – The Board of Directors at USA Lacrosse has announced that it has signed CEO Marc Riccio to a contract that runs until 2029, which includes the sport’s return to the biggest stage with the LA28 Olympics. Riccio, a former Hofstra lacrosse player and longtime National Football League executive, has served as the CEO of USA Lacrosse since 2021.
SPARKS, Md. — Andy Shay, head coach of the U.S. Men’s Sixes National Team, has announced the 24 players that will be attending a three-day training camp at USA Lacrosse headquarters from Sept. 23-25. The training camp comes ahead of two major sixes international competitions this fall – The Atlas Cup at USA Lacrosse in Sparks, Md. (Sept. 26-28) and World Lacrosse Super Sixes in Oshawa, Ontario (Oct. 10-12).
SPARKS, Md. — All 12 of the players that helped the United States win the women’s lacrosse competition at The World Games in Chengdu, China, will be back in uniform competing at The Atlas Cup at USA Lacrosse headquarters from Sept. 26-28.
The Atlas Cup, featuring the men’s and women’s national sixes teams from Canada, the Haudenosaunee Nationals, Puerto Rico and the United States, will utilize the sixes format of the sport, the discipline for the lacrosse competition at the 2028 LA Olympics.
Canada held off an epic United States comeback attempt to win the World Lacrosse Men’s U20 World Championship on Jeju Island, Korea by a 6-5 score. The victory snapped a string of nine straight World Lacrosse junior championships for the USA that dated to 1988. It was the first time anyone other than the U.S. won the event.
“This group stuck together, they were tightknit, they were gritty and they got the job done,” said Canada head coach Gary Gait. “This is the first championship at the U20/U19 for Canadians and we’re just so proud that we could be the first.”
Once again, the path to gold runs through Canada.
The United States defeated the Haudenosaunee 19-5 in the World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship semifinals Friday on Jeju Island in South Korea, setting up a rematch with archrival Canada in the championship game Sunday.
Canada beat Australia 13-5 in the other semifinal, after which the United States staged another clinical performance.