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Team Canada blows out Germany- NLL Insider
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The Iroquois non-participation is a sad day for lacrosse- Inside Lacrosse
Chris Sanderson's path back into lacrosse- Lax United
Showing posts with label Iroquois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iroquois. Show all posts
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
FIL Championships
The Iroquois Nationals learned yesterday they will be able to participate in this year's FIL championships. “It’s one thing to lose a world games medal to another team, it’s quite another to lose it to someone wearing a suit" said Delby Powless.
Meanwhile, Canada beat USA, 10-9. Rhys Duch and John Grant jr scored a hat trick a piece for team Canada. Mike Leveille and Drew Westervelt scored two goals each for the United States and Paul Rabil, Kyle Sweeney, Matt Striebel, Matt Zash, Kevin Cassese and Brendan Mundorf got one each.
The Americans led 3-2 after one quarter.
Canada's turning point was in the second quarter when Alex Smith intercepted a pass and scored. Grant scored a beautiful goal and Duch scored to put Canada up at halftime. USA tied it up at 6 to start the fourth, but Canada all but wrapped it up on Garret Billings goal to make it 8-6.
Canada (2-0) plays Australia (1-1) today at 2:30 pm.
Meanwhile, Canada beat USA, 10-9. Rhys Duch and John Grant jr scored a hat trick a piece for team Canada. Mike Leveille and Drew Westervelt scored two goals each for the United States and Paul Rabil, Kyle Sweeney, Matt Striebel, Matt Zash, Kevin Cassese and Brendan Mundorf got one each.
The Americans led 3-2 after one quarter.
Canada's turning point was in the second quarter when Alex Smith intercepted a pass and scored. Grant scored a beautiful goal and Duch scored to put Canada up at halftime. USA tied it up at 6 to start the fourth, but Canada all but wrapped it up on Garret Billings goal to make it 8-6.
Canada (2-0) plays Australia (1-1) today at 2:30 pm.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Iroquois Situation
I'm sure you are aware of the entire situation with the Iroquois Nationals right now. This site, along with many lacrosse media outlets, have covered it thoroughly. In case you don't know what's happening though, I'll explain.
The Iroquois Nationals represent their own nation in the FIL Championships. They are made up of Canadians and Americans, and live in those countries, but are of Iroquois descent. The Iroquois have used their own passports to travel around the world for some twenty years, but as they began to board for their trip to England, but the USA said they cannot re-enter the country with those passports. Later, USA decided to give the Iroquois clearance with their passports, and they just waited for Canadian and British response. But the British told them to get US or Canadian passports to enter the country. The Iroquois refuse to use any other passports but their own, and were forced to forfeit their game vs England which would have taken place today.
Today, however, the Iroquois were removed from the elite Blue Division and Germany was promoted, making the Germany-England exhibition today a real Blue Division game. The Iroquois were moved to the Plum Division. Stay tuned to the Lacrosse Blog the whole tournament for updates on this situation and the rest of the games.
The Iroquois Nationals represent their own nation in the FIL Championships. They are made up of Canadians and Americans, and live in those countries, but are of Iroquois descent. The Iroquois have used their own passports to travel around the world for some twenty years, but as they began to board for their trip to England, but the USA said they cannot re-enter the country with those passports. Later, USA decided to give the Iroquois clearance with their passports, and they just waited for Canadian and British response. But the British told them to get US or Canadian passports to enter the country. The Iroquois refuse to use any other passports but their own, and were forced to forfeit their game vs England which would have taken place today.
Today, however, the Iroquois were removed from the elite Blue Division and Germany was promoted, making the Germany-England exhibition today a real Blue Division game. The Iroquois were moved to the Plum Division. Stay tuned to the Lacrosse Blog the whole tournament for updates on this situation and the rest of the games.
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