- 2006 MLL season
2006
Major League Lacrosse season was the 6th season of the league. The season began onMay 20 and concluded with the championship game onAugust 27 ,2006 .General Information
The season marked the first expansion teams in the MLL.
Chicago Machine ,Denver Outlaws ,Los Angeles Riptide andSan Francisco Dragons made up the new Western Conference. The original six teams formed the Eastern Conference.New Jersey moved its home games to
Yurcak Field and Rochester moved its home games toPAETEC Park .On April 21, MLL announced a trade involving six teams and 24 players and draft picks. MLL believes it to be the largest trade in sports history.
The June 29 game between Boston at Philadelphia was called with 13:00 remaining in the fourth quarter due to a lightning storm. Boston won the game 16-5.
The Chicago Machine became the first MLL team to go a whole season without a victory after losing in overtime to San Francisco on August 12.
Regular Season
"W = Wins, L = Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, 2ptGF = 2 point Goals For, GA = Goals Against, 2ptGA = 2 point Goals Against"
"New Jersey finished 3rd in the East based on overall conference record (5-5) verses (4-6) for both Long Island and Rochester. Long Island finished 4th based on total points scored margin in games against Rochester (+10)."
All Star Game
*Team USA 18-10 MLL All Stars at
Playoffs
Semi FinalsAugust 25 @
Denver 23-14 San Francisco
Philadelphia 17-12 Boston
Championship August 27@
Philadelphia 23-12 Denver
Bracket
4TeamBracket | RD1= Semifinal
RD2=
group1= Eastern Conference
group2= Western Conference
score-width=
team-width=
RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Philadelphia
RD1-score1=17
RD1-seed2=2
RD1-team2=Boston
RD1-score2=12
RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=Denver
RD1-score3=23
RD1-seed4=4
RD1-team4=San Francisco
RD1-score4=14
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Philadelphia
RD2-score1=23
RD2-seed2=3
RD2-team2=Denver
RD2-score2=12
Awards
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