Major League Lacrosse Announces 2014 Schedule
Published on November 22, 2013 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release
BOSTON (Nov. 22, 2013) - Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor professional lacrosse league, announced today the schedule for the 2014 season.
"As we enter our fourteenth season, I believe this is a well-balanced schedule," said MLL Commissioner David Gross. "Each week will offer great matchups that will showcase the best talent professional lacrosse has to offer."
All of the eight teams (Boston Cannons, Charlotte Hounds, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Denver Outlaws, New York Lizards, Ohio Machine, Rochester Rattlers and newly announced Florida Launch) will play each other twice for a balanced season of 56 games.
The season will culminate in the Championship Game to be held on August 23 at a neutral venue which will be announced at a later date.
The 2014 MLL season will begin the weekend of April 26 with the 2013 Champions Chesapeake Bayhawks visiting the Boston Cannons, The Ohio Machine traveling to Charlotte and the Florida Launch hosting the Denver Outlaws. The weekend will end with the Rochester Rattlers traveling to New York to face the Lizards on Sunday, April 27.
A rematch of the 2013 MLL Championship game will take place in Week 3 as the Hounds and the Bayhawks face off at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. on May 10. The 2013 finalists will meet again in the final game of the regular season on August 9 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
MLL fans will get to celebrate Independence Day in style as the weekend starts on Thursday, July 3 with Florida visiting New York. The Outlaws will host the Cannons in their marquee game of the summer on July 4 while Charlotte hosts Rochester and the Ohio Machine host the Bayhawks the same night.
There will be two byes in 2014 as the teams will break for Memorial Day the weekend of May 24 and then again the weekend of July 12 to allow for the FIL World Games in Denver.
Fans will have a chance to see Team USA in action before the World Games when they face off against the MLL All-Stars on June 26, at Harvard Stadium in Boston, at the 2014 All-Star Game.
August 9, 2014, will mark the end of the regular season with four matchups. Rochester will travel to Boston, Charlotte visits Chesapeake, Denver travels to New York and Florida visits Ohio.
The top four teams in the league will square off the following weekend in the semifinals with the fourth seed visiting the top seed and the No. 3 seed traveling to the No. 2 seed. The winners of the two games will face off in the Championship on August 23 when the 2014 champion will be crowned.
The full schedule can be found below:
Day Date Visitor Home
Saturday 4/26/2014 Chesapeake Boston
Saturday 4/26/2014 Ohio Charlotte
Saturday 4/26/2014 Denver Florida
Sunday 4/27/2014 Rochester New York
Friday 5/2/2014 Boston Rochester
Saturday 5/3/2014 New York Chesapeake
Saturday 5/3/2014 Charlotte Florida
Sunday 5/4/2014 Ohio Denver
Friday 5/9/2014 New York Rochester
Saturday 5/10/2014 Denver Boston
Saturday 5/10/2014 Chesapeake Charlotte
Saturday 5/10/2014 Ohio Florida
Saturday 5/17/2014 Charlotte Boston
Saturday 5/17/2014 Florida Chesapeake
Saturday 5/17/2014 Rochester Denver
Saturday 5/17/2014 New York Ohio
Saturday 5/24/14 Memorial Day Bye
Friday 5/30/2014 Charlotte Denver
Saturday 5/31/2014 Ohio Chesapeake
Friday 5/30/2014 Boston New York
Sunday 6/1/2014 Florida Rochester
Thursday 6/5/2014 Chesapeake Rochester
Friday 6/6/2014 Boston Ohio
Saturday 6/7/2014 Denver Charlotte
Saturday 6/7/2014 New York Florida
Saturday 6/14/2014 Florida Charlotte
Saturday 6/14/2014 New York Denver
Saturday 6/14/2014 Boston Chesapeake
Saturday 6/14/2014 Rochester Ohio
Friday 6/20/2014 Rochester Florida
Saturday 6/21/2014 Ohio Boston
Saturday 6/21/2014 Chesapeake Denver
Saturday 6/21/2014 Charlotte New York
Thursday 6/26/2014 2014 All-Star Game
Saturday 6/28/2014 Boston Charlotte
Saturday 6/28/2014 Chesapeake Florida
Saturday 6/28/2014 Ohio New York
Sunday 6/29/2014 Denver Rochester
Thursday 7/3/2014 Florida New York
Friday 7/4/2014 Rochester Charlotte
Friday 7/4/2014 Chesapeake Ohio
Friday 7/4/2014 Boston Denver
Saturday 7/12/2014 World Games Bye
Thursday 7/17/2014 Rochester Chesapeake
Saturday 7/19/2014 New York Boston
Saturday 7/19/2014 Charlotte Ohio
Sunday 7/20/2014 Florida Denver
Saturday 7/26/2014 Boston Florida
Saturday 7/26/2014 Denver Ohio
Saturday 7/26/2014 Charlotte Rochester
Sunday 7/27/2014 Chesapeake New York
Thursday 7/31/2014 Denver Chesapeake
Saturday 8/2/2014 Ohio Rochester
Saturday 8/2/2014 Florida Boston
Saturday 8/2/2014 New York Charlotte
Saturday 8/9/2014 Rochester Boston
Saturday 8/9/2014 Charlotte Chesapeake
Saturday 8/9/2014 Florida Ohio
Saturday 8/9/2014 Denver New York
Saturday 8/16/2014 Semifinal #1 Teams TBD
Saturday 8/16/2014 Semifinal #2 Teams TBD
Saturday 8/23/2014 MLL Championship
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