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Women's Professional Lacrosse League
Most recent season or competition:
2019 WPLL season
SportWomen's lacrosse
Founded2018
First season2018 WPLL season
Folded2020
Replaced byAthletes Unlimited Lacrosse
CEOMichele DeJuliis[1]
No. of teams4
Last champion
Brave (1)
(2019 WPLL season)
Most titlesCommand
Brave (1 each)

The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride.[1][2] The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it would restructure and downsize the league to four teams,[3] which would ultimately be: the Brave, Command, Fight, and Pride.[1][2] League play started on Saturday, June 2, 2018.[1][4]

After cancelling the 2020 season in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced on August 6, 2020, that it would be closing down, and that some of its athletes would be given opportunities to play with Athletes Unlimited.[5] The new Athletes Unlimited league began play in July 2021.[6]

Teams

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Team Coach Joined Left
BraveSonia LaMonica2018 2020
CommandAmy Patton2018 2020
FightShannon Smith2018 2020
Fire Ricky Fried 2018 2020[a]
PrideKatie Rowan2018 2020
  1. ↑ Left the league before the 2020 WPLL season was announced canceled, and the league closing down.

Media coverage

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On April 16, 2019, ESPN and the WPLL announced[7] that the 10-game 2019[8] regular season would air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App. Meanwhile, the postseason semifinals would on ESPN3, with the championship game airing on ESPNU.[9][10]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Berri, David (June 4, 2018). "The Women's Professional Lacrosse League Takes Off". Forbes. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "TEAMS". Women's Professional Lacrosse League. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "WPLL Announces League Restructure, Goes From 5 Teams to 4". www.uslaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. ↑ "RESULTS & STATISTICS". Women's Professional Lacrosse League. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Women's Professional Lacrosse League Closes, Opportunity Awaits Players in Athletes Unlimited". insidelacrosse.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Athletes Unlimited launches pro women's lacrosse league in Montgomery County". DC News Now. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  7. ↑ Negron, Anna (April 16, 2019). "ESPN to Air Women's Professional Lacrosse League Regular Season Matchups and Championship Game". ESPN Press Room.
  8. ↑ Moore, Adam (April 30, 2019). "WPLL announces ESPN broadcast partnership". Pro Lacrosse Talk.
  9. ↑ Kumar, Aishwarya (July 26, 2019). "Veterans get second chance to shine in Women's Professional Lacrosse League championship". ESPN.com.
  10. ↑ Caron, Emily (April 15, 2020). "Women's Lacrosse League Turns to 2021 After Canceling Upcoming Season". Front Office Sports.
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