MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE - MLL

Major League Lacrosse - MLL is professional men's field lacrosse. With some of the very best Lacrosse athletes in the world. The MLL plays very exciting and entertaining lacrosse. The game is extremely fast paced with some unique rules like a 2 point shot line and 60 second shot clock. Teams are limited to only 3 long poles on defense which is sad for those of us who love long pole play, but there is no question that it adds to the offensive production. We highly recommend that you attend a game in your area which are played from May through August with playoffs and a championship game held at the end of the season. See SimplyLacrosse.com's special report coverage of the 2007 championship game as the Philadelphia Barrage defeated the LA Riptide in a very entertaining and close game played in Rochester New York in August 2007.

The league was formed in 1999 and played its first regular season game in 2001. It started with 6 teams all in the north east: Boston, Bridgeport, Long Island, Baltimore, New Jersey and Rochester. Bridgeport ultimately moved to Philadelphia in 2004 and Baltimore moved to Washington in 2006.

Also in 2006 the league expanded West adding franchises in LA, San Francisco, Denver, and Chicago. Currently the league is formed into two divisions:

Eastern Conference:

• Boston Cannons
• Long Island Lizards
• New Jersey Pride
• Philadelphia Barrage
• Rochester Rattlers
• Washington Bayhawks

Western Conference:

• Los Angeles Riptide
• San Francisco Dragons
• Denver Outlaws
• Chicago Machine

TV rights are owned by ESPN2 who will televise games through 2015. Their coverage has been very good with many games broadcast in HD.

2008 Television Schedule

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