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The 4th MLA Championship game commenced in Manhattan at Blue Jay Park. The match saw Manhattan take on the Boston Seawolves.

Q1
0-0

Q2
MAN: Goal scored by Attackman Flynn Lamar
MAN: Goal scored by Midfielder Niklas Niek
2-0 (MAN)

Q3
MAN: Goal scored by Attackman Matt Griebel
MAN: Goal scored by Midfielder Mike Smith
MAN: Goal scored by Attackman Flynn Lamar
5-0 (MAN)

Q4
5-0 (MAN)

Well, Boston may have gotten shut out in their first ever championship appearance, however, they held the Manhattan offense to 0 goals in the 1st and 4th quarters. The Boston offense really had no openings for shots the entire game. The Manhattan defense played their heart out the game, hustling on and off the field and killing the Seawolves in transition, as well in ground balls, with Manhattan winning 70% of ground balls.

The Attackman Flynn Lamar was named as the Player of the Game.

The MLA Trophy was indeed leaving the Cardinal Grounds and will now be held at Blue Jay Park in downtown Manhattan. 
 

Last edited by Jayhawk (10/30/2023 8:28 pm)

1973 Offseason Meetings
Manhattan, New York

The 1973 season concluded with Manhattan winning the MLA Championship 5-0 versus the Boston Seawolves. There were no suggested rule changes this season, nothing too new to talk about.

The Omaha Roadrunners will be leaving Roadrunners Field on the campus of Omaha College and will move into their new 10,000 seat venue, Railrunner Stadium. The name pays ohmage to the railroad industry in Omaha, as well as combining the name of the team.

Things were not so smooth sailing for some of the other teams in the league. DC Eagles owner Fulton Salem announced he would retract his team from the league and join a smaller lacrosse circuit on the east coast.

Golden Horseshoe's owner Blaine Thornton said due to his team's lack of success, fans gradually stopped showing up to games. He said the organization was going under and his lease at Brampton Gardens was coming to a close. Blaine's voice was shaky, a tear formed in his eye as he said he would be folding his team. The historic club founded in 1899 would be folding. Thornton said he was talks with groups in Hamilton, Ontario but plans fell through. Blaine thanked everyone for everything and said he was proud to be a founding member of a league he knew would be a blazing success.

Rodney Lane, the Philadelphia Rattlesnakes owner said he would follow DC's move and join a smaller league on the east coast. Rodney said DC and Philadelphia would carry on with the "MLA spirit" and would play with the same heart and energy that the MLA did.

Lastly, similarly to Golden Horseshoe, Stone Mervyn announced St. Louis would be folding. Stone was not emotional at all, frankly, he was glad to fold the team he bought. He realized lacrosse was not for him, after attempts to sell the team and no bites, he realized that folding would be the correct idea.

With the MLA now out four teams in one offseason, the rest of the owners began thinking of how they could resolve this problem. The first was realignment. The owners all mutually agreed to run with a single table with the top four teams making the playoffs. The next question that arose was new teams. Simon said he new an owner in Brooklyn that would be interested in bringing his team in. Over the past two seasons there was interested from owners in Fort Worth, Kansas City and Troy, New York. Cliff mentioned how they could try and reach the west coast with Los Angeles or San Francisco. Manny Palmer wanted a higher Canadian representation and said "What about western Canada?". The rest of the owners looked at him with questioning expressions.... "Maybe...." Simon said.

1974 Midseason
Toronto and Manhattan both started with an electric start with Toronto having the number one spot due to Toronto beating Manhattan by a score of 9-8. Toronto's only loss came from 4-5 loss in Denver with a very rowdy Jackals crowd. Before the midseason point Manhattan gave Cleveland and Omaha both a 12 goal beatdown. Boston sees themselves with a 4-3 record with an opportunity to take the higher up in the standings, Boston's defense keeps them out of games but their young offense is what keeps them in games. Cleveland and Colorado coming in at 3-4 is no surprise, Cleveland has an older team like Toronto, but unlike Toronto, Cleveland cannot win games with their old team. Meanwhile, Colorado has three very young talented Attackmen that need to figure it out. Louisville just cannot find an answer at this point, their poor play on the field is causing their attendance to drop. Louisville could be the next team to drop. Compared to Louisville, Omaha really isn't that bad. Omaha's record doesn't show the fight and grit they put up throughout the first half of the season, they just need another piece to really seal their team. Lastly, Chicago in last place is weird, it shocked the nation. In Chicago's 6-3 win over Boston, star Attackman Chase Wildgoose tore his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the season. This led to four losses out of their last five. Chicago is hoping Attackman Nicolas St Jean can step in and fill Wildgoose's shoes.

Q1
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder Newt Johnny
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Noodin Kenosha
COL: Goal scored by Attackman Max Powers
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder Todd Sweeney
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder Todd Sweeney
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Noodin Kenosha

Q2
COL: Goal scored by Attackman Max Powers
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder Newt Johnny
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder Dave Bazza
COL: Attackman St John Herman
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder by David Rolph

Q3
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Jeremiah Vandersbrook
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Noodin Kenosha
COL: Goal scored by Midfielder Ian Powell
COL: Goal scored by Midfielder Ian Powell
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Cannon Douglas

Q4
TOR: Goal scored by Midfielder Hubert Dirk
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Beckett Kev
TOR: Goal scored by Attackman Jeremiah Vandersbrook

After the game Colorado was left embarrassed after a 10 goal blowout. Colorado's defense was horrendous throughout the entire game and could not piece anything together. On the other side of the field, Toronto was having a field day and wanted to show the rest of the league that they were a legit 1 seed and have a shot at the championship this year. Toronto's Noodin Kenosha managed to get a hat trick, the first time the 26 year old has gotten one.

The Toronto Falcons advance to the MLA Championship and will face off against the Boston Seawolves or Manhattan.