Team USA didn’t win the 2018 FIL World Championship in July until the very last second, with Tom Schreiber’s goal with one click remaining on the clock taking down Canada, 9-8, in Netanya, Israel. Before playing its very first second in the tournament, however, Team USA started an ugly losing … [Read more...]
FIL World Championship: Regional Flair
The joke on the shuttle buses operating at the 2018 FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Championship in Netanya, Israel, in July was that if you wanted to save time, you didn’t ask the Americans where they were from. You asked them from which part of New England they came from. Yes, the 46 teams convened from … [Read more...]
Without fun and improvement, summer is a waste
For club lacrosse players, there are a lot of highlights that can define "a good summer." There are the wins for their team — and their role in that success — the places they traveled, the experiences they had, the people they met, the friends they made, the coaches they worked with, the college … [Read more...]
Season for the Ages
The "best season ever" is the one when your favorite team wins the crown, with players you love making big, unforgettable contributions. The best season ever is personal to you. So what we just witnessed during the college lacrosse season of 2018 is the "most accomplished season" in the history of … [Read more...]
With bloated lacrosse calendar, less would be more
I love lacrosse — every level, every variety, every version of the game. Yet, I have gotten to where I think there may just be too much of it. I realize how sacrilegious that sounds, particularly from a guy who works in the sport at every level from youth to the pros, but it seems like each portion … [Read more...]
For a rewarding summer, do your homework
The best things in life aren’t always free. My daughter, Whitney, learned that years ago when she won a raffle prize of a scholarship to the lacrosse camp at a prestigious local Division 1 university. It was the summer before her freshman year in high school and Whitney already was a veteran of … [Read more...]