The Washington Wave was an American
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...
team. They were a member of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and the
Major Indoor Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...
from
1987
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to
1989. They were based in
Washington, D.C.
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and played in the
Capital Centre in
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 25,998.
Landover is contained between Sheriff Road and Central Avenue to the so ...
. The team's first coach,
Bud Beardmore
Clayton Albert "Bud" Beardmore (October 26, 1939 – January 20, 2016) was an American lacrosse coach. As head coach at the University of Maryland, Beardmore led the Terrapins to two NCAA tournament championships in 1973 and 1975. He was induct ...
, was the respected former coach who won two national titles with the
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...
. Also playing for this early NLL team were well-known players
Brad Kotz
Bradley 'Brad' A. Kotz was a four-time All-American NCAA lacrosse player at Syracuse University from 1982 to 1985.
Syracuse Orange
The Orange won an NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1983 and made two additional appearances in the NCAA fin ...
and
Frank Urso
Frank Urso (born 1954) is a former American lacrosse player and current high school lacrosse coach, best known for his collegiate career at the University of Maryland from 1973 to 1976. During those four years, Maryland won two national champion ...
.
All time record
Playoff results
References
Sports in Washington, D.C.
Defunct National Lacrosse League teams
Lacrosse clubs established in 1987
Sports clubs disestablished in 1989
Major Indoor Lacrosse League teams
Lacrosse teams in Maryland
1987 establishments in Maryland
1989 disestablishments in Maryland
Landover, Maryland
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