U.S. Under 19 Women

The U.S. National Team Program is adding Sports Performance Tracking (SPT) GPS technology to its toolkit to help train the nation’s premier lacrosse players. SPT becomes the official on-field performance tracking device for the U.S. national teams.

The US Lacrosse National Team Development Program (NTDP) is a three-phased process for high school-aged boys’ and girls’ players that leads to USA Select teams. The goal of the NTDP is to provide high-level training for the nation’s top young players that will ultimately expand the talent pool for the U.S. national teams that participate in Federation of International Lacrosse competitions.

The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced the names of 55 individuals that will serve in on- and off-field officiating capacities at the 2019 FIL U19 Women’s World Championship in Peterborough, Ontario. The group includes 17 officials from the United States.

US Lacrosse announced today a strategic partnership with the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) and Women’s Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) to support its newly minted U.S. National Team Development Program (NTDP).

Head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller has trimmed the training roster for the 2019 U.S. U19 women’s national team to 23 players following last weekend’s Spring Premiere in California.

The U.S. women's national team program ventured to California over the weekend for the Spring Premiere at Stanford University and left a lasting impression. The six-team event featured the U.S. women's senior team, the U.S. women's U19 team, international teams from England and Japan, and collegiate teams from Fresno and Stanford.

This weekend, six teams will converge in California for Spring Premiere – the U.S. senior and under-19 women’s teams, England, Japan, Fresno State and Stanford. 

Lax Sports Network (LSN) will produce both games between the U.S. Women’s National Teams and England from the Spring Premiere at Stanford University. The broadcasts are presented by Nike Lacrosse.

Skip Lichtfuss, director of national teams and high performance at US Lacrosse, offers insight into the processes of selecting players, coaches and staff for the U.S. national teams.

The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has named five individuals, including two representatives from the United States, to serve on the Women’s Officiating Leadership Team for the 2019 FIL Women’s U19 World Championship. The event will be held in Peterborough, Canada from Aug. 1-10.