Press Release

World Lacrosse announced today that its senior-level Men’s World Championship, originally scheduled for 2022, is being moved back one year to 2023 and will be held in Los Angeles.

Gait Lacrosse has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with US Lacrosse that will make it an official partner/equipment supplier of the U.S. Women’s National Team, an official partner for the US Lacrosse National Convention for the next four years and an official sponsor of the 2021 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship.

Cobie Cree and Yanenowi Logan were elected by the Tewaaraton Foundation as the 2020 recipients of the Tewaaraton Native American Scholarships, presented by US Lacrosse.

US Lacrosse has announced a set of return to play recommendations to assist the lacrosse community in following the appropriate steps to mitigate the risk for all participants in the COVID-19 environment.

US Lacrosse has canceled or postponed its events scheduled for the month of July due to continuing health risks and logistical concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Lacrosse has joined more than 1,500 youth sports organizations supporting the PLAY Sports initiative, which has been formed to ensure that youth and local sports survive and thrive coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Lacrosse Men's U19 World Championship will be held June 17-26, 2021 in Limerick, Ireland and is being rebranded as a U20 event following the postponement of the event from this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following up on an announcement from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) regarding the suspension of printed rule books for the 2021 spring sports season, US Lacrosse is announcing that it also will not publish printed youth rule books for next year.

World Lacrosse, in partnership with Lax Sports Network (LSN) and For The Fans (FTF), is today introducing a new video feature for fans of lacrosse: World Lacrosse Rewind. The U.S. U19 women's team and U.S. men's indoor team, both of whom competed in world championships in 2019, are featured.

US Lacrosse has extended the postponement and/or cancellation of all its events through the month of June due to continuing health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.