For the ninth straight summer, USBOXLA clubs will attend the Canada Day Lacrosse Tournament (Photo: Sherri Thomson)
The US Box Lacrosse Association became a reality after a random encounter at the 2010 Canada Day Tournament in Calgary, Alberta, Canada – the country’s biggest youth box lacrosse tournament.
It was during that event that eventual USBOXLA founders, Matt Brown and Shaydon Santos, would meet each other for the first time while leading newly formed American club teams from Colorado and California – Brown based in Denver while coaching at the University of Denver, and Santos in San Jose, a city he stayed in after his National Lacrosse League playing days ended.
Neither knew the other was attending, let alone establishing box-centric clubs in the United States.
Both were in Calgary that weekend to provide American youth a proper box lacrosse experience, identical to what the pair played while growing up north of the border. Instead of becoming stateside box competitors of the then-unstable sport, Brown and Santos joined forces with one mutual mandate… build box the right way in the U.S., together.
Today, the association has in excess of 18,000 members in over 30 states, and for the ninth straight summer, Brown and Santos will be bringing their U.S.-based box lacrosse groups to Calgary to compete against some of Canada’s most talented youth teams.
Below, check out the schedules for the LXTC-powered Denver Elite (boys) and Denver Pride (girls), plus the Cali*Lax ALL-STARS - 11 teams and 170 American players total playing 44 opening round games. Bantam and midget teams from both clubs will also be training in Burnaby, British Columbia leading up to the Canada Day Tournament.
Note: Below times are local (MDT)
Date | Time | Division | USBOXLA | Opponent | Rink (South Soccer) |
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Friday June 29 | 4:00pm | Novice A | Denver Elite | Rockyview Rage | North |
Friday June 29 | 4:15pm | Peewee B | Denver Elite | Calgary Sabrecats | Delta |
Friday June 29 | 5:15pm | Peewee A | Denver Elite | Calgary Sabrecats | Charlie |
Friday June 29 | 7:45pm | Midget | Denver Pride | Calgary Axemen | West |
Friday June 29 | 9:00pm | Bantam A | Denver Elite | Calgary Sabrecats | Alpha |
Saturday June 30 | 1:00pm | Peewee A | Denver Elite | Edmonton Blues | Charlie |
Saturday June 30 | 1:00pm | Midget | Denver Pride | Calgary Axemen | West |
Saturday June 30 | 11:00am | Novice A | Denver Elite | Calgary Sabrecats | North |
Saturday June 30 | 11:45am | Bantam A | Denver Elite | Parkland Posse | Alpha |
Saturday June 30 | 3:30pm | Bantam A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | HOKS | Alpha |
Saturday June 30 | 5:00pm | Novice A | Denver Elite | Calgary Axemen | North |
Saturday June 30 | 5:00pm | Bantam B | Denver Elite | Calgary Axemen | Delta |
Saturday June 30 | 6:00pm | Peewee A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | HOKS | Charlie |
Saturday June 30 | 6:00pm | Peewee B | Denver Elite | Prince George Posse | South |
Saturday June 30 | 7:15pm | Bantam A | Denver Elite | Calgary Hornets | Alpha |
Saturday June 30 | 7:15pm | Midget A | Denver Elite | Calgary Sabrecats | West |
Saturday June 30 | 7:30pm | Bantam | Denver Pride | Rockyview Rage | Beta |
Saturday June 30 | 8:00am | Bantam A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | QCMBL Barracuda | Alpha |
Saturday June 30 | 8:00am | Midget A | Denver Elite | Calgary Hornets | West |
Saturday June 30 | 8:15am | Bantam B | Denver Elite | Calgary Sabrecats | Delta |
Saturday June 30 | 8:30pm | Midget B | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | High River Heat | East |
Saturday June 30 | 9:15am | Peewee A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Strathmore Venom | Charlie |
Saturday June 30 | 9:15am | Peewee B | Denver Elite | Calgary Knights | South |
Saturday June 30 | 9:15am | Midget B | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Sylvan Lake Buccaneers | East |
Saturday June 30 | 9:30am | Bantam | Denver Pride | Calgary Axemen | Beta |
Sunday July 1 | 1:00pm | Peewee A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Calgary Sabrecats | Charlie |
Sunday July 1 | 1:15pm | Bantam | Denver Pride | Calgary Hornets | Beta |
Sunday July 1 | 10:30am | Bantam A | Denver Elite | Junior Stealth | Alpha |
Sunday July 1 | 11:45am | Midget | Denver Pride | Team Alberta Bantam | East |
Sunday July 1 | 11:45am | Midget B | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Calgary Sabrecats | West |
Sunday July 1 | 2:15pm | Peewee B | Denver Elite | Edmonton Warrior | North |
Sunday July 1 | 2:15pm | Midget A | Denver Elite | Rockyview Rage | East |
Sunday July 1 | 3:30pm | Bantam A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | SALA Sting | Alpha |
Sunday July 1 | 3:45pm | Novice A | Denver Elite | Moose Jaw Mustangs | North |
Sunday July 1 | 3:45pm | Bantam B | Denver Elite | Sylvan Lake Buccaneers | Delta |
Sunday July 1 | 4:45pm | Peewee A | Denver Elite | Sherwood Park Titans | Charlie |
Sunday July 1 | 6:00pm | Midget B | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Fighting Sioux | West |
Sunday July 1 | 6:15pm | Midget | Denver Pride | Okotoks Raiders | Beta |
Sunday July 1 | 7:15pm | Midget A | Denver Elite | HOKS | East |
Sunday July 1 | 7:30pm | Bantam | Denver Pride | Calgary Sabrecats | Beta |
Sunday July 1 | 8:00am | Peewee A | Denver Elite | Rockyview Rage | Charlie |
Sunday July 1 | 8:15am | Bantam B | Denver Elite | High River Heat | Delta |
Sunday July 1 | 8:30pm | Peewee A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Junior Stealth | Charlie |
Sunday July 1 | 9:15am | Bantam A | Cali*Lax ALL-STARS | Rockyview Rage | Alpha |