The 2006
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001 Major League Lacrosse season, 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This w ...
season was the sixth season of the league. The season began on May 20 and concluded with the championship game on August 27, 2006.
General information
The season marked the first expansion teams in the MLL.
Chicago Machine,
Denver Outlaws
The Denver Outlaws are a professional field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado, that competes in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). Founded as the Chrome Lacrosse Club, they began play as one of the league's six inaugural teams in the ...
,
Los Angeles Riptide and
San 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
Yurcak Field is a 5,000 seat soccer-specific stadium on the main campus of Rutgers University–New Brunswick in Piscataway Township, New Jersey. Fully acknowledged as "The Soccer Stadium at Yurcak Field", it is named in honor of Ronald N. Yurc ...
and Rochester moved its home games to
PAETEC 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) versus (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
July 6, 2006
*Team USA 18-10 MLL All Stars at
Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the Northeastern United States, on the campus of Boston University (BU) in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. The stadium is owned by BU, and is the home field for some Boston University Terriers athl ...
Boston, Massachusetts
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Kevin Cassese of Team USA MVP
Playoffs
Semi-finals
August 25 @
Home Depot Center,
Carson, California
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Denver 23-14 San Francisco
Philadelphia 17-12 Boston
Championship
August 27 @
Home Depot Center,
Carson, California
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Philadelphia 23-12 Denver
Bracket
Awards
References
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Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001 Major League Lacrosse season, 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This w ...