Canada to face the USA for Field Lacrosse Supremacy
A closely guarded secret in the sports news and sports on the web has been taking place for the last two weeks in Manchester England. That secret my friends is the World Field Lacrosse Championships.
The final for the Wold bragging rights is set for Saturday and the two perennial powers in the world will be facing each other once again. Those two my friends are the United States and Canada. The other teams in the tournament just don’t stack up to these two in terms of talent. The next best team is Australia,which Canada defeated 15-6 yesterday in one of the semifinals. The US crushed Japan in the other semifinal by a score of 20-5.
Iroquois Nation is usually right up there in a mix for the metals but did not get to participate this year because the English Authorities would not let them into the country without passports. You see the First Nations peoples do not have birth certificates, never mind a passport. It was too bad considering they usually field a very good team.
The US and Canada did meet in the round robin with Canada posting a 10-9 victory. It should make for a great see-saw battle in the championship game. Since the inception in 1967, the event has only seen these two countries as champions. The US holds eight titles, while Canada holds the other two. The most recent of which was in 2006 where Canada held off the US for a 15-10 victory. The game was much closer than the score indicated.
So with the history of the way these teams stack up you can expect a great game with the final outcome decided by two goals or less.
“No Guts No Glory”
Walt Webb
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