At 1 p.m. ET this afternoon, Major League Lacrosse will sound the opening whistle for its 20th season of action. Yet, 2020 won’t feel much like any of the 19 campaign to precede it.
Instead of a late-spring to late-summer stretch with one, maybe two, games falling on the weekends, the coronavirus pandemic has forced the league to shift to a quarantine-style eight day event in Annapolis to count as a regular season, playoff and championship all wrapped into one.
Aside from a deal to broadcast the season through
Here’s how to watch, what to watch for, and who is doing it during this year’s Major League Lacrosse Season.
Major Leagues Lacrosse Schedule 2020
Saturday, July 18
1 p.m. – Philadelphia Barrage vs Chesapeake Bayhawks –
4 p.m. – New York Lizards vs Boston Cannons –
7 p.m. – Connecticut Hammerheads vs Denver Outlaws –
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Sunday, July 19
1 p.m. – Chesapeake Bayhawks vs New York Lizards –
4 p.m. – Denver Outlaws vs Philadelphia Barrage –
Monday, July 20
4 p.m. – Philadelphia Barrage vs Connecticut Hammerheads –
7 p.m. – Boston Cannons vs Chesapeake Bayhawks –
Tuesday, July 21
4 p.m. – Philadelphia Barrage vs Boston Cannons –
7 p.m. – Denver Outlaws vs New York Lizards –
Wednesday, July 22
4 p.m. – Connecticut Hammerheads vs New York Lizards –
7 p.m. – Chesapeake Bayhawks vs Denver Outlaws –
Thursday, July 23
4 p.m. – New York Lizards vs Philadelphia Barrage –
7 p.m. – Boston Cannons vs Connecticut Hammerheads –
Thursday, July 24
4 p.m. – Connecticut Hammerheads vs Chesapeake Bayhawks –
7 p.m. – Denver Outlaws vs Boston Cannons –
PLAYOFFS
Saturday, July 25
1 p.m. – Seed 4 vs Seed 1 –
4 p.m. – Seed 3 vs Seed 2 –
Sunday, July 26
2 p.m. – MLL Championships –
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MLL News
LaxAllStars Coverage
- Outlaws Max Adler, Casey Dowd Use Lockdown as Fuel for 2020
- MLL Coaches Quirk, Ford Are Confident Playing with a 25 Man Roster
- Twenty-one Canadians Cross the Border for 2020 MLL Season
- Surge of MLL Rookies Reporting for Duty
- MLL Rosters Don’t Quite Look the Same as End of 2019
- Major League Life – Why I Wrote a Book About Lacrosse
- Annapolis to Host 2020 MLL Season July 18-26
Around the Web
- Meet Isaiah Davis-Allen, Harley-Riding Black Laxer Shattering Stereotypes (Lax Magazine)
- Stoic, Meticulous Mark Evanchick Set to Make His Mark in MLL (Lax Magazine)
- ‘Blue-Collar’ Zach Goodrich Already a Leader in Second MLL Season (Lax Magazine)
- Bryce Wasserman Does it All on the Field and in the Classroom (Pro Lacrosse Talk)
- MLL Roster Breakdown: Part I — Cannons, Bayhawks, Hammerheads (Inside Lacrosse)
- MLL Roster Breakdown: Part II — Outlaws, Lizards, Barrage (Inside Lacrosse)
- Cannon Chemistry: Boston’s New 1-2 Punch (Inside Lacrosse)
- Each MLL Team’s Biggest Key to Hoist The Steinfield Cup (Lacrosse Bucket Blog)
- Cannons’ Nick Marrocco, Sean Quirk Launch Lacrosse Equipment & Apparel Company (Lacrosse Bucket Blog)
MLL Rosters
Status Definitions
Drafted – MLL Only: Senior NCAA Players whose rights are owned by a team.
Player Pool – Players released from a team.
Retired – On to greener pastures.
Excused Inactive – PLL only: players not attending the Championship Series, but the team retains their rights.
Military Inactive – Players in the military, but the team retains their rights.
Protected – Eligible for the active roster, specific contract status is unknown.
Active Roster – For both leagues, this is the indicator that they will be playing this summer. For the PLL, that means the Championship Series in Utah, and for the MLL that’s the tournament in Annapolis.
Unsigned Rookie – Rookies whose rights are owned by a team, but they have not announced a signing.
Disclaimers
Now, it is important to stress that all of this information is reliant only on publicly available information. Even if we get wind of a trade or players being released, it will not find its way here until it is publicly announced. But, the goal at all times is to keep this up to date, ideally within minutes or even seconds of news coming out.
*Tips* Use search to find specific players, teams, schools, etc. Also, apply an “Active Roster” filter to view just players who will be playing this summer.