The 2007

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. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff f ...

season was the seventh season of the league. The season began on May 12 and concluded with the championship game on August 26, 2007.

General information

In November 2006, the Baltimore Bayhawks relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the

Washington Bayhawks The Chesapeake Bayhawks were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Annapolis, Maryland since 2010. They played in the greater Baltimore metro area beginning with the MLL's inaugural 2001 season, as the Balt ...

. They played 5 of their 6 games at Multi-Sport Field and 1 at

George Mason Stadium George Mason Stadium is a 5,000-seat stadium in Fairfax, Virginia on the campus of George Mason University. It serves as the home to George Mason's soccer and lacrosse teams. The stadium hosted the first home game for the Washington Bayhawks ...

. New venues in 2007 *The Boston Cannons moved their home games to

Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium is a U-shaped college football stadium in the northeast United States, located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The stadium is owned and operated by Harvard University and is home to the Harvard Crimson footba ...

. *The Chicago Machine moved their home games to

Toyota Park SeatGeek Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, about twelve miles southwest of downtown Chicago. It is the home stadium of the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League, Chicago Fire FC II of the MLS Next Pr ...

. *The Philadelphia Barrage moved their home games to

United Sports Training Center United Sports (formerly known as United Sports Training Center) is a multiple-use sports complex located in West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania. The indoor venue consists of one boarded court, two boarded turf fields, and a large field house. In ...

New rules in 2007: * Moved the two-point arc back to away from the goal. It had previously been 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: * On June 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 the teams combined for a total 53 goals. * A MLL record crowd of 19,793 watched the July 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, while

Spencer Ford Spencer Ford (born April 20, 1976) is a professional lacrosse player who played in the Major League Lacrosse for the Baltimore/Washington Bayhawks, Los Angeles Riptide, and the Rochester Rattlers. He then went into coaching and management befor ...

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

July 8 at

in Boston
Eastern Conference All Stars 19–12 Western Conference All Stars

MVP

Matt Poskay Matt Poskay (born January 13, 1984) is an American professional lacrosse player who played with the Boston Cannons and New York Lizards of Major League Lacrosse (MLL). Poskay attended Arthur L. Johnson High School (Clark, New Jersey), where he s ...

(Boston) for the Eastern Conference

Playoffs

The 2007 NB Zip

Championship Weekend took place August 25–26 at

PAETEC Park Rochester Community Sports Complex Stadium, also called the "downtown soccer stadium", is a soccer-specific stadium in Rochester, New York within the Rochester Community Sports Complex. It is home to the Flower City Union of the National Indepe ...

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...

Semi Finals August 25 @

Philadelphia 13–12(OT) Denver
Los Angeles 15–14 Rochester Championship August 27@

Philadelphia 16–13 Los Angeles

Bracket

MVP:

Matt Striebel Matt Striebel (born January 12, 1979) is a former professional lacrosse midfielder who played professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) for the New York Lizards and formerly played professional box lacrosse in the National La ...

(Philadelphia)

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Mll Season 7