The 2006

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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.

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, Los Angeles Riptide and

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made up the new Western Conference. The original six teams formed the Eastern Conference. New Jersey moved its home games to

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and Rochester moved its home games to

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. 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

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Boston, Massachusetts Kevin Cassese of Team USA MVP

Playoffs

Semi Finals August 25 @

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Denver 23-14 San Francisco
Philadelphia 17-12 Boston Championship August 27 @

Philadelphia 23-12 Denver

Bracket

Awards

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