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Women's lacrosse league in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Current season, competition or edition: 2019 WPLL season | |
 | |
| Sport | Women's lacrosse |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| First season | 2018 |
| Ceased | 2020 |
| Replaced by | Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse |
| CEO | Michele DeJuliis[1] |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Last champion(s) | Brave (1) |
| Most titles | Command Brave (1 each) |
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]
| Team | Joined | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Brave | 2018 | Sonia LaMonica |
| Command | 2018 | Amy Patton |
| Fight | 2018 | Shannon Smith |
| Pride | 2018 | Katie Rowan |
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]
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