- 2007 MLL season
2007
Major League Lacrosse season was the 7th season of the league. The season began onMay 12 and concluded with the championship game onAugust 26 ,2007 .General Information
In
November 2006 , the Baltimore Bayhawks relocated toWashington, D.C. and became theWashington Bayhawks . They played 5 of their 6 games atMulti-Sport Field and 1 atGeorge Mason Stadium .New venues in 2007
*The Boston Cannons moved their home games toHarvard Stadium .
*The Chicago Machine moved their home games toToyota Park .
*The Philadelphia Barrage moved their home games toUnited Sports Training Center New rules in 2007:
* Moved the two-point arc back to convert|16|yd|m|0 away from the goal. It had previously been convert|15|yd|m|0 away.
* Created the same stick dimension requirements as NCAA.
* Enforce “pull-strings” as making a stick illegally altered and thus cannot re-enter the game.Chicago won for the first time in franchise history on June 2 defeating Denver. The Machine had lost a league record 13 consecutive games (including all 12 games in
2006 ).The 2007 season was a record breaking season:
* OnJune 16 , the Rochester Rattlers won a 27-26 (in overtime) game over the Denver Outlaws in the highest scoring game in MLL history at INVESCO Field at Mile High. [cite web |url=http://majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=610|title=Rochester Rallies For Overtime Win, 27-26
accessdate=2007-08-20 |last= |first= |date=June 16 ,2007 |format= |work=MajorLeagueLacrosse.com|publisher= |quote= ]* A MLL record crowd of 19,793 [cite web |url=http://majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=668|title=Outlaws Defeat Chicago In Front Of Mll Record Crowd|accessdate=2007-08-20 |last= |first= |date=
July 4 ,2007 |format= |work=MajorLeagueLacrosse.com|publisher= |quote= ] watched theJuly 4 game between Chicago and Denver at INVESCO Field at Mile High. The previous mark was 15,981, set by a Los Angeles at Denver game in 2006.* John Grant, Jr. broke the league's single-season points record with 71 points, [cite web|url=http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/index.html?article_id=775|title=Grant Sets Points Record In Rattlers Win|work=MajorLeagueLacrosse.com|date=
August 11 ,2007 |accessdate=2007-08-17] whileSpencer Ford set the single-season assists record 47.Regular Season
"W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, 2ptGF = 2 point Goals For, GA = Goals Against, 2ptGA = 2 point Goals Against"
"Philadelphia finished first in the East over Rochester based on a better conference record (8-2 vs. 7-3)."
"Boston finished 3rd in the East based on combine record against Long Island and Washington: 3-1 (2-0 against Washington, and 1-1 against Long Island). Long Island finished 4th based on combine record against Boston and Washington: 2-2 (1-1 against Washington 1-1 against Boston) and Washington finished 5th based on combine record against Boston and Long Island: 1-3 (1-1 against Long Island and 0-2 against Boston)."
All Star Game
Eastern Conference All Stars 19-12 Western Conference All Stars
MVP
Playoffs
The 2007 NB Zip
Semi FinalsAugust 25 @
Philadelphia 13-12(OT) Denver
Los Angeles 15-14 Rochester
Championship August 27@
Philadelphia 16-13 Los Angeles
Bracket
4TeamBracket | RD1= Semifinal
RD2=
group1= Eastern Conference
group2= Western Conference
score-width=
team-width=
RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1= Philadelphia
RD1-score1= 13 (OT)
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2= Denver
RD1-score2= 12
RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3= Los Angeles
RD1-score3= 15
RD1-seed4=2
RD1-team4=Rochester
RD1-score4= 14
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1= Philadelphia
RD2-score1= 16
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2= Los Angeles
RD2-score2= 13
MVP:
Awards
References
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