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Premier Lacrosse League arrives at Audi Field hoping for another hit
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Premier Lacrosse League arrives at Audi Field hoping for another hit
Fans at Homewood Field during the Premier Lacrosse League's stop in Baltimore, part of the league's inaugural season. (Terrance Williams for The Washington Post)
By Jacob Bogage
July 5 at 6:00 AM
BALTIMORE — Foremost on Paul Rabil’s mind after his new professional lacrosse league’s first prime-time game back at his college campus: His team lost, surrendering nine ugly goals in the fourth quarter.
And still, easily a hundred children screamed his name waiting for an autograph. An old coach at Johns Hopkins, where Rabil played college ball, came down to shake hands, praising Rabil’s highlight-worthy fourth-quarter goal — “Just like when I was back here in school,” Rabil said — and his creation.
The Premier Lacrosse League, which Rabil launched with his brother Michael last fall, had sold out Homewood Field, hallowed ground to lacrosse fanatics. The official attendance here for three games on June 22 and 23 was 16,701. It may have been more; when every seat was filled for the prime-time game on Saturday night, ushers let fans stand around the fencing that surrounded the playing surface. More spectators sat on the balcony of the Hopkins lacrosse training facility behind the south goal.
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Nine months after its launch, Rabil’s new league — with teams named “Whipsnakes” and “Atlas,” “Chaos” and “Chrome,” “Archers” and “Redwoods” — may well be lacrosse’s professional future. Games have been broadcast live on NBC and the network’s family of sports properties, to rave reviews from critics. An early June game in New York, broadcast on NBC, averaged 412,000 viewers, making it the most-watched outdoor pro lacrosse game ever, according to the network.
[Two pro lacrosse leagues are fighting for talent, attention — maybe survival]
The league lands at the District’s Audi Field on Saturday and Sunday, the sixth stop on its 14-week cross-country tour. Stakeholders are hoping to draw another large crowd in Rabil’s hometown — he grew up in Montgomery County and attended DeMatha — and another of lacrosse’s historical hotbeds. ... “In the D.C.-Maryland area, there’s a ton of lacrosse: high schools, clubs, youth teams. When we come down here, people are passionate,” said Mike Chanenchuk, a former University of Maryland midfielder now playing for the PLL’s Whipsnakes. “They want to see pro lacrosse.”
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[A decade ago, these girls weren’t allowed to play lacrosse. Now they inspire a reservation.]
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Jacob Bogage writes about sports for The Post, where he has worked since 2015. He previously covered the automotive and manufacturing industries for the Business section. Follow https://twitter.com/jacobbogage
Premier Lacrosse League arrives at Audi Field hoping for another hit
Fans at Homewood Field during the Premier Lacrosse League's stop in Baltimore, part of the league's inaugural season. (Terrance Williams for The Washington Post)
By Jacob Bogage
July 5 at 6:00 AM
BALTIMORE — Foremost on Paul Rabil’s mind after his new professional lacrosse league’s first prime-time game back at his college campus: His team lost, surrendering nine ugly goals in the fourth quarter.
And still, easily a hundred children screamed his name waiting for an autograph. An old coach at Johns Hopkins, where Rabil played college ball, came down to shake hands, praising Rabil’s highlight-worthy fourth-quarter goal — “Just like when I was back here in school,” Rabil said — and his creation.
The Premier Lacrosse League, which Rabil launched with his brother Michael last fall, had sold out Homewood Field, hallowed ground to lacrosse fanatics. The official attendance here for three games on June 22 and 23 was 16,701. It may have been more; when every seat was filled for the prime-time game on Saturday night, ushers let fans stand around the fencing that surrounded the playing surface. More spectators sat on the balcony of the Hopkins lacrosse training facility behind the south goal.
....
Nine months after its launch, Rabil’s new league — with teams named “Whipsnakes” and “Atlas,” “Chaos” and “Chrome,” “Archers” and “Redwoods” — may well be lacrosse’s professional future. Games have been broadcast live on NBC and the network’s family of sports properties, to rave reviews from critics. An early June game in New York, broadcast on NBC, averaged 412,000 viewers, making it the most-watched outdoor pro lacrosse game ever, according to the network.
[Two pro lacrosse leagues are fighting for talent, attention — maybe survival]
The league lands at the District’s Audi Field on Saturday and Sunday, the sixth stop on its 14-week cross-country tour. Stakeholders are hoping to draw another large crowd in Rabil’s hometown — he grew up in Montgomery County and attended DeMatha — and another of lacrosse’s historical hotbeds. ... “In the D.C.-Maryland area, there’s a ton of lacrosse: high schools, clubs, youth teams. When we come down here, people are passionate,” said Mike Chanenchuk, a former University of Maryland midfielder now playing for the PLL’s Whipsnakes. “They want to see pro lacrosse.”
....
[A decade ago, these girls weren’t allowed to play lacrosse. Now they inspire a reservation.]
....
Jacob Bogage writes about sports for The Post, where he has worked since 2015. He previously covered the automotive and manufacturing industries for the Business section. Follow https://twitter.com/jacobbogage
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