world finals

[Canadian Lax]

right now its 1-0 u.s on a man up advantage. About 12 min left in the first

[Tony]

What a nice btb pass by c.powell

m powell shoots and scores

2-0

[Canadian Lax]

2-1 canada goal by jordon hall


about 7 min left in the first

[Tony]

Hall makes a nice cut to beat jalbert

Jalbert called for slash

2-1 USA

[Canadian Lax]

sanderson just dropped the ball.....3-1 us.

What a dumb move by canada's goalie

[Tony]

Failed Clear by Canada's goalie

R powell picks up loose ball and scores on the empty net

3-1 USA

[Tony]

You can keep going, I'll stop and save the space.

[SeanO39]

How are the faceoffs going?

[Canadian Lax]

canada scores 3-2 us still

[Canadian Lax]

canada isnt doing to bad on the faceoffs we've won a few, but the us has been jumping early on a few so canada has gotten posseion.

[Canadian Lax]

us scores.....goal by urick (sp?) 4-2 us

[Murray#72]

Nice ball movement, US 4-Canada 2

[Canadian Lax]

wow what a nice goal by canada.....4-3 us still

[Canadian Lax]

nice shot by jalbert from the outside he puts the us up 5-3 on a man up advantage

[Murray#72]

Nice outside shot by jalbert, 5-3 US, i got a feeling this is gonna be back and forth with only 2 goals in it throughout

[Canadian Lax]

m. powell trip himself and is hurt hes leaving the field. He got his foot stuck on the ground and went into the crease...looks like his ankle hes not putting much weight on it.

note--its raining heavily so that could of added to his slippage

[Canadian Lax]

nicest of of the game by canada. 5-4 us still. Canada had super sweet passing all the way up the field very quick transition goal by canada

[Canadian Lax]

another goal by Swzywiki (sp?) 5-5 even. Swzyiki just scored the gaol before aswell. He also becomes the leader in the tourny with most goals he has 27 now

[Canadian Lax]

wow i cant keep up. Another goal by Canada they have taken the first lead of the game. Not sure who scored i didnt make it back to the tv in time from my other post. so now it 6-5 Canada

[Murray#72]

yay, STREAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

[laxman37]

Half-time...canada still up, 6-5.
Streaker? I didn't see one!

[Canadian Lax]

2nd is over still 6-5 Canada. I just wanted to add in a little note. Last time Canada won the gold it was raining just as it is now, so maybe the rain is good luck for Canada??? :D

[Murray#72]

lol, recorded game and just rewound it 2 check, some chunky hairy man, lol
he came on just before the cut to the comercials, lol he was wearing an england flag as a cape. ENGLAND PRIDE!!!!

[Eclipse]

The USA defense is not sliding or collapsing well at all. They seem to be playing to much with there sticks not there bodies.

The offense isnt cutting enough either. Canada looks good.

[holyschnikes101]

Canada will win. I will see to it. The CSTV game stuff isn't working for me. It sucks

[Eclipse]

Try using IE instead of Firefox

[Canadian Lax]

third just started....announcer said canada has won 8 out of 12 face offs

[Canadian Lax]

jalbert just scored its 6-6

[holyschnikes101]

Try using IE instead of Firefox
I use IE. I do have firefox though.

[Eclipse]

Sick goal by Jalbert..game tied at 6

[Eclipse]

USA gets EMO off John Grant Junior push

[Canadian Lax]

ground balls canada leades 19 gb's for canada and 11 for the us

[Canadian Lax]

goal by urick just goes in its 7-6 us

[Murray#72]

US 7-6 scott uricks second, good assist by ryan powell

[Canadian Lax]

john grant jr scores its all tied up 7-7....man running from the tv to the comp is tiring me out hahaha

[Murray#72]

lol, now thats a conditioning session

I love my laptop :worship:

[Canadian Lax]

WOW what a rocket by gavin prout from the outside it 8-7 canada

[Canadian Lax]

it 9-7 Canada hall just scored :D


note----only 4 min of play left

[Murray#72]

Ha, m.powell off for a trip, looked like the guy tripped but hey its a powerplay

[Canadian Lax]

goal by the us...its 9-8 Canada still

[Canadian Lax]

end of the third still 9-8 Canada

[Eclipse]

End of 3rd.

We are really blowing on F/O.

Shannahan has gotten about 5 illegal procedures. Why did we not just ask Alex Smith to be a FOGO?

[Canadian Lax]

Canada scores ...goal by swzywiki (sp?) it 10-8 Canada

[Canadian Lax]

another goal by urick to make it 10-9

[Canadian Lax]

goal by gary gait to make it 11-9 Canada

[manup5183]

how much time left?!?!!?

[Murray#72]

11mins of 4th quarter

[Butters14]

Gait goal, 904 left

[Canadian Lax]

gait scores again 12-9 Canada...tehres about 9 min left

[LaxDr]

ya! go gait, zwiky is playing awsome no way he should of been a back up, GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Canadian Lax]

note: Canada has 30 loose balls and the us has 14, and canada has won most of the face offs

[LaxDr]

casey powell gets a close shot americans are getting lots of chances

john grant pretty much just seals the deal

[LoyolaMiddie878]

is it just me or are the places they choose to show a replay really ridiculous.

like this last one just now. the teams are in the middle of a ground-ball scrum at midfield and they show a replay of casey powell's shot. not exactly the best time to show one.

p.s. i am really impressed with Canada right now. if they end up winning this game i think it's well deserved.

[SeanO39]

Is it just me, or is Sanderson playing very stupid and showboaty outside of the cage? Behind the back passes and twirling his stick around like crazy, one resulting in a goal and one which should've been. He's playing well though actually stopping shots.

[Canadian Lax]

the announcer jsut said this might be the first u.s team to loose since 1978 :concerned

[Canadian Lax]

wow john grant jr just scored ...this might be the final nail in the coffin. Theres about 2 min or less to play

[Murray#72]

Grant just put the nail in the coffin, canada got this

[LaxDr]

make that another nail by gait

[Mrmccoolsatool]

the announcer jsut said this might be the first u.s team to loose since 1978 :concerned

heres a fun fact.....

did you know that Bruce Arena, Dc united and Us world cup team coach was on that 1978 team along with Dom Starsia... I did not know that and found that out a couple days ago.

[Canadian Lax]

AHAHAH murray we think alike ...we jsut said the same thing.


Gait just scored ...its his 3rd goal in his final international lacrosse game

[Murray#72]

ouch, gait just put salt in the wound

[Phil247]

OMG Gait is awesome .. they got the title!

[laxpro]

This is dumb, grant scored again

[SeanO39]

:bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling:

This really ruins my day for the next few hours

[Murray#72]

yup, very scary :concerned

Good game, canada deserved that

[CoUgArLAX18]

How is this happening?...Im mad.


Its like the 1980 hockey miricle for lacrosse.

[LaxDr]

gait again nice goal by casey but i think its too late

[Murray#72]

Yup, very scary Canadian :concerned
lol

dam, 15-9, gary gait =

edit- sorry for double poston the first part, didnt think it showed up

[Eclipse]

Im stunned right now. I cant beleive that we are actually going to lose a World Championship.

[Canadian Lax]

CANADA WINS :D.....IM SO HAPPY


now we own both versions of the game

[Mrmccoolsatool]

The hell you do...... Thats only 1, it doesnt match our many....

[Expressgoalie01]

actually 2^^^

[LaxDr]

CANADA WINS :D.....IM SO HAPPY


now we own both versions of the game
i wouldnt say that both teams are pretty equal im pretty sure we dont own field lacrosse and i'll say that and im canadain

but im really happy for gait who has now won everything there is to win in lacrosse

[Eclipse]

Agreed i knew that after this the candians on here would think they own us at field lax now.

Im very happy for canada especially Gary Gait..he deserved it. But this doesnt mean you "own" field lax.

[mmlax123]

geoff snyder (sp?) is the mvp IMO. dang though, congrats to canada.

[LoyolaMiddie878]

congratulations to canada. they played a great game.

[RockfordAttack9]

Great win for Canada, but like Eclipse said, you dont own field lacrosse.

[Canadian Lax]

ok guys im sorry.....lets just say we (Canada)"owns" it for this international game.

Give me some slack im just happy

[LaxDr]

Agreed i knew that after this the candians on here would think they own us at field lax now.

Im very happy for canada especially Gary Gait..he deserved it. But this doesnt mean you "own" field lax.
i think your right i never thought we owned i dont think us played their best game either but i think zwiky played awsome and never should of been a spare and i think he prooved it

[LoyolaMiddie878]

geoff snyder (sp?) is the mvp IMO. dang though, congrats to canada.


although geoff schneider (i think that's how it's spelled) was absolutely amazing at the face, i think the mvp has to be zewiky (sp?). he scored either 5 or 6 goals. he was amazing.

[SeanO39]

Canada deserved it. They outplayed us. That doesn't make the country of Canada ultimately better than lacrosse at USA however. I'm guessing that USA has a whole lot more depth than Canada in field. Just look at some of the players that didn't make it. The look on Kyle Miller's face at the end was priceless. I think I'm over it.

Edit: Oh god. I just realized that with Canada winning, that means a whole new slew of Warrior ads showing how the Canadiens won the title with pimpalicious moves and gear!

[Matz24]

yeaaaaaa canada finally beat U.S. first time in 28 years pretty sweet goal by casey powell though

[Eclipse]

I agree. IMO canada basically wasted the US team. You guys have bragging rights for four years...

Its tough to see this happen. Lax is life..and you like to be able to say we are back to back to back to back to back to back to back world champs. Not any more though.

Congrats Canada.

[zzzXFactor13zzz]

It's Cool... I am happy for the Canadian team. I got to shoot and meet John Grant Jr. during the tourny it was sweet, he's the definition of amazing. but yea, i dont really mind cause my team won the Open division, and we beat the london team for the second time in the semi finals, and i got the game winning goal in that game.... so i dont know about owning the field game

Naw im just kidding, they were a good team, everyone we played was great. Awesome week overall.

[LoyolaMiddie878]

snider wins the mvp. well deserved. he's amazing on the face.

[GriffsDad]

ok guys im sorry.....lets just say we (Canada)"owns" it for this international game.

Give me some slack im just happy

You should be happy. Canada played some of the best team defense I have seen since the Princeton Tigers championship runs and lights out team offense.

All the US guys could do is fire it from outside, and when that didn't work, they were doomed.

I plan on showing that game to every kid I coach and show them what a real team effort looks like.

Awesome, awesome display from the Boys up north.

[CanuckLax]

INTERESTING FACT

John Grant Jr.'s dad was on the other Canadian team to win in 1978

[#15Roadies]

I am so happy and so hoarse! Finally!

Than you NCAA! :thumbsup:

[mmlaxplaya17]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
#%@#^%@#^*&@#$^#$@##%#@!~!#$%%^&*&# :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :chair: :evil:
ever since MP went out the us never regained the lead!!!!!!!!!! :bull:

[holyschnikes101]

Canada will win. I will see to it. The CSTV game stuff isn't working for me. It sucks.
See. I am MAGICAL! YAY. Go Canada! I wish I could have seen it.

[mmlax123]

although geoff schneider (i think that's how it's spelled) was absolutely amazing at the face, i think the mvp has to be zewiky (sp?). he scored either 5 or 6 goals. he was amazing.
i agree zewiky was amazing, but without schneider, canada would not have had as much possession time, and who knows what would have happened. schneider's dominance at the x, allowed canada to push their lead and kept usa from coming back.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

what was the final order of the teams?

[carl-michael]

wooohooo go canada and top marks to the English streaker....

[LaxDr]

john grant did not play well at all but i think snider def deserved the mvp he was key in the face offs

[TRITON]

Awesome game, i got soaked watching it from the stands. I will try and post some pics later from when we went on the field after the game. MP looked like his world had just fell apart. Gait was smiling the whole time. GO CANADA GO ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[mauraderlax]

maybe now NCAA coaches might be making some recruiting trips up the great white north.....see were just not box players
way to go Canada

[RockStar]

The hell you do...... Thats only 1, it doesnt match our many....
:crying:

Thanks for the history lesson, but the last time the US won anything to do with international mens lacrosse is now more than four years ago.

Canada is currently reigning World Indoor champs, reigning Heritage Cup champs, and now reigning World Lacrosse Champs......15-10 WHAT!? 15-10!

Maybe now I won't have to listen to all the nonsense about how Canada's D and goaltending is weak, and how the Powells are invincible, and that my boys are a bunch of crosschecking one-handed goons that lack the "Finesse" :whyme: to play the more elegant field game.

See you in four years :loser:

OK, My rant and gloating is done. It was a tight, tense, action packed three quarters, and a great game until the Canadian attack just willed themselves through the American D in the last quarter. I'm proud of my boys, and they couldn't have beat a more worthy opponent. We're ready to play with the US' best now, so I'm looking forward to something special in the 2010 grudge matches.

[AttackMan17]

Argh.

Canada won it fair and suqare.


But, wait...We'll be back in 4 years...

Anyone record the game on DVD?

I want to see it again..

Ill pay some form of money.

[RockStar]

INTERESTING FACT

John Grant Jr.'s dad was on the other Canadian team to win in 1978
Something about that connection - Lakers won the Mann in 2004, Grant Sr. was a Laker the last time they had won, like 20 years before.

[Formerlaxdemon]

I'm happy for Canada, but I think that over 7,000 people in attendance is a rather sorry turn-out. I shudder to think what will happen with the next Championship. I really think that the best place for the sport to hold its championship is here in the United States where you could easily get ten's of thousands of fans to come watch the games.

[Eclipse]

:crying:

Thanks for the history lesson, but the last time the US won anything to do with international mens lacrosse is now more than four years ago.

Canada is currently reigning World Indoor champs, reigning Heritage Cup champs, and now reigning World Lacrosse Champs......15-10 WHAT!? 15-10!


And last time i checked the majority of the MLL and NCAA is dominated by Americans.

Really do we want to turn this into another USA vs Canada who is better war? I was the first to say congrats to Canada and how happy I was for Gait, but I was also the first to say, this doesnt mean you own field lacrosse.

I will be the first to say Boxla..is all Canada. Hands down...but are you gonna be as bold to say winning your 2 WLC compared to USA's 8+ means you are currently the best field nation..in the world...especially considering 3 days ago the USA did beat Canada...?

Again hands down performance to the Canadians...I think they did a fine job performing on the International level.

[hagrid]

And last time i checked the majority of the MLL and NCAA is dominated by Americans.

Really do we want to turn this into another USA vs Canada who is better war? I was the first to say congrats to Canada and how happy I was for Gait, but I was also the first to say, this doesnt mean you own field lacrosse.

I will be the first to say Boxla..is all Canada. Hands down...but are you gonna be as bold to say winning your 2 WLC compared to USA's 8+ means you are currently the best field nation..in the world...especially considering 3 days ago the USA did beat Canada...?

Again hands down performance to the Canadians...I think they did a fine job performing on the International level.

man, i'm not from the usa OR canada but you sound like a bit of a sore loser right now. canada obviously deserved the title of world championships this year, and really, isn't it good that the usa finally found some competition instead of destrying everybody?

[cannon]

fmrlaxdemon,

i dont think you are so right about that. there were poor crowds in Baltimore in 1998 and poor crowds in Baltimore in 2003 (U19)..and poor crowds at the womens world cup in Annapolis.

[ColtsLax]

fmrlaxdemon,

i dont think you are so right about that. there were poor crowds in Baltimore in 1998 and poor crowds in Baltimore in 2003 (U19)..and poor crowds at the womens world cup in Annapolis.
thats because they dont advertise. Outside of the laxers, no one knows its going on. we need the spread the word of we want to generate interest in the sport, considering this is our world championship.

[GoNorthmen]

Fantastic win by the Red & White!

After that contentious round-robin loss, couldn't ask for a nicer finish - congrats to all of Team Canada on a fantastic effort & championship!!!

What an upset. Like someone said previously, this has echoes of the US miracle on ice.

Snider, Zwicky, Grant, Gait, Sanderson were all great...how come no one has mentioned Merril? He was a monster with the long pole all tournament.

I am so proud of our team! Just goes to show - in sports, nothing is certain, no matter how heavily favoured your opponent is - never give up!

[Formerlaxdemon]

thats because they dont advertise. Outside of the laxers, no one knows its going on. we need the spread the word of we want to generate interest in the sport, considering this is our world championship.


Exactly. I could easily rustle up 200 people to go to a World Championship here in the U.S. I would love to see the talent from across the world.

[RockStar]

And last time i checked the majority of the MLL and NCAA is dominated by Americans......
OK, but, what does that even mean? Those leagues don't have any Canadian centres, and we're not debating player participation numbers. We're debating the world championship tournament.

...but are you gonna be as bold to say winning your 2 WLC compared to USA's 8+ means you are currently the best field nation......

Well, I said "reigning champs", I didn't say "most championships".

Reigning champs means best now, best this year, hell, best for the next four years! That's a stone cold fact and cannot be argued .

Forgive me, I don't want to gloat. I was just truly sick and tired of hearing how the US was unstoppable, how their defense was impenetrable, how the Powells were going to singlehandedly destroy all the competition, etc.

I knew that this was the best Canadian team ever, and that our field lacrosse is not something to be taken lightly anymore. I've said so in several other threads. Now many of my writings have been validated by what happened on the field, so I'm incredibly happy for my boys.

[Lax101]

Forgive me, I don't want to gloat. I was just truly sick and tired of hearing how the US was unstoppable, how their defense was impenetrable, how the Powells were going to singlehandedly destroy all the competition, etc.
Rockstar, you're a smart guy. You should know by now that all of that banter was total bull. Their defense was old and lacked physicality. The Powells were good but really...they're all the same player. They're all quick guys who dance around X and the wings with a decent shot if they choose to use it. Quality attackmen and I'm not sure if there's much better in the states, but not up to Gait's calibre.

There were so many issues with Team USA that it's not a HUGE surprise that Canada beat them. They've been toe to toe with the Canadians for the past several decades in the ILF. This year was fittingly Canada's.

We'll be posting up a LaxNation Nation's View about this huge debacle for the US. However, just because we cite a lot of problems doesn't mean that Canada didn't deserve it.

[cbhslacrossemid]

So yeah, Cantabene sitting on the sidelines.... That didn't make to much sense to me. I absolutly hate John Desko. The Canadians played well but there was some huge coaching errors by Desko. He couldn't swallow his pride enough to put Cantabene on the field or have a pole face against Snider. I'm so mad I could spit.

[Superman]

john grant did not play well at all but i think snider def deserved the mvp he was key in the face offs

i completely agree... but you have to understand. fogos get absolutely no credit at all. or at least in my experience.

[cbhslacrossemid]

i completely agree... but you have to understand. fogos get absolutely no credit at all. or at least in my experience.

Are you insane!? Snider got the most outstanding player of the tournament award!

[RockStar]

Rockstar, you're a smart guy. You should know by now that all of that banter was total bull......

Thanks for that. I knew much of it was bull, but it still bugs you when it's spouted relentlessly.

[RockStar]

Sorry for the double post, but it's a different topic, and it gives a great look at a couple big reasons for today's results

For interest's sake, here's some text from a great post I found on another message board (OLA Fan Forum) that gives an interesting look key reasons why the US missed today. One stands out in particular to me

The US coach might have outsmarted himself with the decision to try and shut down Grant. With this, John Grant completely consumed one US defender's attention which turned the Canadian attack zone into a box game with lots more room and a bigger net. Until today, Gait was mostly invisible. With a little extra room, he was absolutely unstoppable down the stretch.


A historic game against what many of the Americans were prematurely calling the best field lacrosse team ever assembled. Geoff Snider had something to say about that. Snider stellar on draws, Sanderson spectacular in net, and the Americans playing stupid lacrosse gives Canada the 15-10 win.

Stupid lacrosse? Damn right. The Americans forced Canada into a 5 on 5 game in our offensive zone by locking off John Grant Jr. forcing Canada to play 5 on 5 with that much space, to me, is a horrible decision. There were even a handful of times when Canada commited the #1 field lacrosse crime (pick and roll ON BALL) and it worked. Why? 5 on 5. The American defense looked flat footed, and at times cumbersome as they just seemed to go through the motions.

Also, the Americans for the last two world's have been changing goalies at half for EVERY game - championships included. It was obvious this would be a horrible decision today. Garrity is standing in the rain on the sidelines, and they still put him in at half - where he only lasted a quarter and was victimized for one particularly weak goal... a big one too.

Mike and Casey Powell not playing ANY professional lacrosse right now, hurt that team. They were great, yes. However these two should have dominated this tournament. That - they did not do. In fact, some would argue that had it not been a 'Cuse boy on the bench, they would have not getting the PT they did. These Powell thoughts DO NOT apply to Ryan though. R.P. was awesome this tournament. Not points wise, but on the field he was great.

Full marks to Canada.........

[Eclipse]

I completely agree. The Canadian team outplayed...and moreso in my opinion out coached the USA. You are right though...Canada is the current champions and it cannot be argued. Zywicki and Grant are both all world class players.

And to hagrid...maybe you forgot to read half my post that said how happy i was for gait and canada. Beleive me, im not a sore loser. I never said Canada didnt deserve. And last time I checked the good majority of Canada USA games were decided by 2 goals or less, so the US has had competition for quite a while.

[fitzy_nb_11]

And last time i checked the majority of the MLL and NCAA is dominated by Americans.

Really do we want to turn this into another USA vs Canada who is better war? I was the first to say congrats to Canada and how happy I was for Gait, but I was also the first to say, this doesnt mean you own field lacrosse.

I will be the first to say Boxla..is all Canada. Hands down...but are you gonna be as bold to say winning your 2 WLC compared to USA's 8+ means you are currently the best field nation..in the world...especially considering 3 days ago the USA did beat Canada...?

Again hands down performance to the Canadians...I think they did a fine job performing on the International level.
well, uh technically we do own field lacrosse AT THE MOMENT, but that could change next tourny, we won the championship so we are the best in the field lacrosse at the PROFESSIONAL level at the moment

[RockStar]

Another great post from elsewhere (paraphrased):


I guess kids all over the US are going to be trying to learn Mikey Powell's newest move - split dodge straight into faceplant!
OUCH!

Seriously, that turf was pretty wet and slick. The rain was definitely a factor on the overall quality of play - Wet balls and pockets led to lots of bad passes, and even a bad Ryan Powell empty-net goal when Sanderson dropped a wet ball straight out of his goalstick right at the left side of his cage.

[livinglegend]

ya i was extremly impressed with the canadian team everyone was saying there dfence wa gonna be junk but they came to play and limited the americans to outside shots which was really great. Sanderson was a force in net snider DOMINATED the face offs and after that showing i would argue that john grant jr is the best lacrosse player in the world. and i guess to stop the powells you just gota wait for him to trip over his feet and hurt himself... seems simple enough

[Murray#72]

Congratulations to Canada, and hopefully see you all in my hometown Manchester England in 2010 :D where england will take the gold :thumbsup: (lol,jke)

[#15Roadies]

"The Americans forced Canada into a 5 on 5 game in our offensive zone by locking off John Grant Jr. forcing Canada to play 5 on 5 with that much space, to me, is a horrible decision."

I read that too and that was the game right there. It almost worked too - because I thought Jr. was playing a little bit selfishly there in the first half. He had opportunities to dish it off or pull back and he put his head down and... lost the ball. It was only when the American D became unsettled late in the game and forced too much that Jr. became a factor.

I think the poster above said it best too - that brutalizing Canuck D was tough, mobile and dangerous. When you can force turnovers from such highly skilled players as the Americans are to a man, whoa, you have a real D on your hands. Brilliant, unsung battles by, not just Brodie Merrill, but the entire Canuck defensive corps.

It was fun to watch.

[RockStar]

"The Americans forced Canada into a 5 on 5 game in our offensive zone by locking off John Grant Jr. forcing Canada to play 5 on 5 with that much space, to me, is a horrible decision."

I read that too and that was the game right there. It almost worked too - because I thought Jr. was playing a little bit selfishly there in the first half. He had opportunities to dish it off or pull back and he put his head down and... lost the ball............ Brilliant, unsung battles by, not just Brodie Merrill, but the entire Canuck defensive corps.

It was fun to watch.

Yes, I was having trouble watching the first ten minutes, where Grant was trying to do it all, double or triple team be damned. (BTW - If Eddie Comeau was the one that sorted this out, I'm picking Rochester to win NLL next winter).

The defense was something to watch. Energetic, mobile, aggressive, powerful and (most of the time) well organized and smart. Once they quit taking silly penalties, and shut their mouths whenever a call went against them, they shut the door with fairly clean, but hardnosed play. Due to a few dumb, forced shots from outside, or forced passes later in the game, I got the feeling that the American middies were getting sick of the pounding, and really didn't want to try to dodge iso on the Canadian D men. Moss, Phair, Wray, Merrill et. al. represented brutality at it's finest! Kudos to the shortstick D too - guys like Billy D, Andy Turner, Steve Hoar also did a fine job.

[CanuckLax]

I wouldn't be quick to say John Grant didn't play well.... As the tournies leading scorer Gagliardi (sp?) was in his damn pocket all day. I think at half time JGJ went to take a dump... Gagliardi went with him...

[RockStar]

I wouldn't be quick to say John Grant didn't play well.... ...

Grant took one for the team yesterday, and for one of the first times as a lacrosse fan, I'm proud of him.

-He removed the best US defender from the picture and in doing so, created tonnes of space for Zywicki and Gait and for the O-mids to work their magic.

-After the first ten minutes or so, Grant only forced the ball to the net when the lane was there. Otherwise, he took his touches as they came, and really did a great job moving the ball to guys that were better positioned to score.

[#15Roadies]

Jr played a great game, once he clued into the team game. Jr. is one of the world's best, but it still comes back to a team game and he indeed took it for the team. Once he stopped forcing the O opened right up for the other guys.

**Mind you...it could have been a coaching strategy to get him to force so often and early and then draw the US D away.** :idea:

[LoyolaMiddie878]

I'm happy for Canada, but I think that over 7,000 people in attendance is a rather sorry turn-out. I shudder to think what will happen with the next Championship. I really think that the best place for the sport to hold its championship is here in the United States where you could easily get ten's of thousands of fans to come watch the games.


the stadium only held 8,000. so they almost sold out. although i agree that if they held it in the united states there would be far more people in attendence.

if there was 60,000 people at the NCAA championship just imagine how many people would be at the WORLD championship.