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 The second annual US Lacrosse Stars & Stripes Weekend, featuring the U.S. Women's National Teams, will be held in Beaverton, Oregon, just west of downtown Portland, at Tualatin Hills Park and Athletic Center on Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7, 2007. The U.S. Elite and Developmental teams will both play exhibition games against collegiate teams from Cal-Berkeley, Oregon and Stanford to highlight the weekend.
Exhibition Game Tickets Admission for the exhibition games is $12 for a weekend pass, $10 for Sunday only and $5 for Saturday only. Tickets will be available at the event, or can be ordered online by clicking below. Order Exhibition Game Tickets Here
 Exhibition Games Schedule (U.S. and College Teams)
Saturday, Oct. 6 3 p.m. - U.S. Elite vs. Cal-Berkeley (Field 1) 5 p.m. Stanford vs. Oregon (Field 1) 7 p.m. U.S. Elite vs. U.S. Developmental (Summary)
Sunday, Oct. 7 8:30 a.m. U.S. Developmental vs. Cal-Berkeley (Field 2) 9 a.m. U.S. Elite vs. Stanford (Field 1) 12 noon U.S. Developmental vs. Stanford (Field 2) 12:30 p.m. U.S. Elite vs. Oregon (Field 1) 3:30 p.m. Oregon vs. Cal-Berkeley (Field 1)
Game Schedule (High School Club Teams)
 Saturday, Oct. 6 8:30 a.m. - Oregon Elite vs. NorCal Elite 8:30 a.m. - Puget Sound Select vs. Cardinal Elite 3:30 p.m. - Oregon Elite vs. Cardinal Elite 3:30 p.m. - Puget Sound Select vs. NorCal Elite
Sunday, Oct. 7 8 a.m. - NorCal Elite vs. Cardinal Elite 11 a.m. - Oregon Elite vs. Puget Sound Select
Training and Development In addition to the exhibition games featuring the U.S. and college teams, four high school club teams will also participate in the weekend's festivities and play a series of games. A women's coaches education instructional clinic and a youth clinic are also scheduled to be part of the weekend's activities. Coaches Instructional Clinic registration closed on Oct. 3 ($65 fee also includes a pass to all of the weekend's games)
Women's National Team Players Clinic Members of the Women's National Team will conduct a two-hour players clinic for girls, grades 3-12, on Saturday, October 6. The clinic will begin at 10 a.m. at Tualatin Hills Athletic Center. Players registering for the clinic, which costs $55, will also be invited to participate in a pizza party and autograph session with U.S. team members. The clinic registration fee also includes a pass for all games being played during the Stars & Stripes weekend. Please click here to register for the Youth Clinic.
Additional Player Clinic Notes Participants are required to bring a mouth guard, sticks, their own water bottle and appropriate footwear. Clinic registration is non-refundable. In the event of cancellation due to weather, US Lacrosse will honor requests for refunds. The clinic will not automatically be cancelled due to rain. Online clinic registration will close at Noon (EST) on Wednesday, October 3 or sooner if all spaces have been filled.
More About the National Teams Program The national team program exists as a training program for U.S. teams for international play and to help promote and develop womens lacrosse around the country. The U.S. has been the most successful country in international competition since the formation of the International Federation of Womens Lacrosse Associations, winning five of the seven World Cup events held since 1982 and three of the four IFWLA U-19 World Championships since 1995, including earlier this summer in Canada when the U.S. beat Australia 18-3.
U.S. National Team Rosters The 2007-08 Elite Team The 2007-08 Developmental Team
Beaverton's Tualatin Hills Athletic Center For more information about this venue located on Portland's west wide, please click here.
Oregon Lacrosse Click here to visit the Oregon Chapter of US Lacrosse
Click here to download event flyer (extra time required - please be patient)
deBeer Lacrosse is the official exclusive equipment and apparel supplier to the U.S. Womens National Teams Program. Learn more about the company at www.debeerlacrosse.com/.
In cooperation with deBeer Lacrosse, adidas is the Footwear Supplier for the U.S. Women's National Team Program.
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