LACROSSE: RIPTIDE KICKS OFF INAUGURAL SEASON.Byline: Daily News Quietly, a new professional team in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. has joined a not-so-new professional league. Today at Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Riptide The Los Angeles Riptide is a lacrosse team based in Carson, California. Since the 2006 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. Franchise history On March 9, 2005 MLL announced that Los Angeles would receive the first of the planned four western expansion teams has its first game in the six-year-old Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse is a professional outdoor Lacrosse league that is made up of teams within the United States. The league is currently made up of 10 teams in two conferences, Eastern and Western. History The MLL began regular season play in June of 2001. league against the Philadelphia Barrage. The Riptide is part of a four-team ``western expansion'' this season, joining franchises in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco in what had been a six-team league. The so-called original six franchises in MLL MLL - Medium-Level Language. Sometimes used half-jokingly to describe C, alluding to its "structured-assembler" image. are in Philadelphia, Long Island, Baltimore, Boston, Rochester, and Northern New Jersey. Former University of Virginia star Michael Watson leads the way for the Riptide. He had 39 goals last season with Boston, after scoring 31 the previous year. Goalie Tillman Johnson, another former Cavalier in college, comes to L.A. after playing for Rochester for two seasons. With Watson and Johnson, the team's third captain is defenseman Dan Cocchi. In midfield, L.A. recently traded for Sean Lindsay, who had 29 goals in two seasons with Rochester. ``We have been working toward this day for a long time, and are very excited to play the first MLL game in team history,'' Riptide General Manager G.W. Mix said in a press release on the team's Web site, www.lariptide.com. ``The team is especially ready to go out there and hopefully get that first win, and then come back to L.A. on June 3 and have another great day at our inaugural game at The Home Depot Center.'' The Riptide and the San Francisco Dragons The San Francisco Dragons is a lacrosse team based in San Francisco, California. Since the 2006 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. Franchise history The inaugural season commenced on May 28, 2006, against the Denver Outlaws. are the only two teams in MLL that did not play last week. Philadelphia defeated Rochester 12-11. L.A.'s first home game is scheduled for next week at the Home Depot Center Track and Field Complex, which seats 10,000. Tickets range from $18 to $35 for adults, and $15 to $28 for children. The team is owned and operated by the Anschutz Entertainment Group The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is a sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. The company owns or operates several major entertainment/sporting venues, including Staples Center and The Home Depot Center and beginning in , which also owns the MLS See multilevel security. Galaxy. CAPTION(S): box Box: RIPTIDE at PHILADELPHIA |
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