Sports Story #1
Sports Story #1
(Photo courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications) NO JOSHING: Josh Sims prepares to unload the ball during his career with the Princeton University men’s lacrosse program. Sims, a 2000 PU grad who was named as the nation’s outstanding midfielder twice during his Tiger career, is currently starring for the expansion Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse (MLL). Sims has scored 37 points this season to help Denver post a 10-2 mark and advance to the MLL playoffs. Sims and his teammates will look to continue their remarkable debut season as they face the San Francisco Dragons in the MLL semifinals at Los Angeles on August 25 with the winner to play in the title game two days later against the victor of the Philadelphia-Boston semifinal clash. |
By Bill Alden
Being sent to an expansion team in professional sports is not usually an athlete’s idea of a plum assignment.
Helping a pro franchise get off the ground is typically a thankless task that can come with a steady diet of losing.
From the 1962 New York Mets, who went 40-120 in their debut season, to the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a bumbling 0-14 outfit in its first NFL fall, the pro sports landscape is littered with first-year teams that struggled mightily.
Yet former Princeton University men’s lacrosse star midfielder Josh Sims was thrilled to get traded earlier this year to the expansion Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse (MLL).
The 2000 PU grad had been spending his summers playing for the Baltimore Bayhawks and his winters indoors toiling for the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. With his wife Meghan expecting the couple’s first child this spring, Sims pushed to get traded to Denver.
Off the field, things have worked out as expected with Sims in town for the birth of his daughter, Maddie, who is now 12 weeks old. On the field, however, the Outlaws have exceeded expectations, going 10-2 in regular season play.
This week, Sims and his teammates will look to continue their remarkable debut season as they face the San Francisco Dragons in the MLL semifinals at Los Angeles on August 25 with the winner to play in the title game two days later against the victor of the Philadelphia-Boston semifinal clash.
For Sims, the season has been an extended Rocky Mountain high. “It’s been great,” said the 6’2, 205-pound Sims, who has scored 37 points this season on 19 goals (7 two-pointers) and 11 assists to rank fourth in scoring among MLL midfielders and 14th overall among all players. “It was what I was looking for when I asked for the trade. We have a strong group of guys who nobody would have picked as a unit.”
While Denver’s success has turned heads around the league, Sims was confident about the team’s chances right from the start.
“It was a different year,” said Sims, noting that the league expanded to Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco this season in addition to Denver. “There were so many teams that took hits from the expansion drafts. It was a transition year and there was no telling what would happen.”
With Denver looking to develop some instant chemistry, Sims assumed extra responsibility. “I’m a veteran and a leader,” asserted Sims, now 28. “I’m trying to guide the younger guys and score goals when we need them. I want to be a guy that works hard for ground balls and keeps the ball in our end.”
Sims, who helped Baltimore to MLL crowns in 2002 and 2005, has stepped up his defensive play during his pro career. “I’ve improved defensively; that is where things have changed as opposed to college when I was needed more for offense,” noted Sims, who was named as the nation’s outstanding midfielder twice during his Princeton career (1998 and 2000) and is the program’s eighth all-time leading goal scorer with 103 tallies. “The MLL is a fast league; you have to be good in transition.”
The Outlaws’ transition game has been aided by the on-field bond between Sims and former Princeton teammate, goalie Trevor Tierney.
“As soon as he makes a save, I go to a spot where I think he can find me with a pass,” said Sims, who earned an MLL title with Tierney last year and an NCAA crown with him in 1998. “Playing with friends is what makes the game worthwhile.”
For Sims, his Princeton experience was worthwhile on several levels. “Confidence was the biggest thing,” said Sims, when reflecting on what he gained most on the field in his Princeton experience.
“In my freshman year, I came into a team stocked with stars that had just won a national title. Coach [Bill] Tierney wanted me to come in and be aggressive but out of respect I deferred to the older guys. By my sophomore year, I realized what kind of contribution I could make and I was more aggressive.”
Sims’ growth wasn’t confined to the lacrosse field during his years at Princeton. “Off the field time management was the biggest thing,” said Sims, who works as a rep for Warrior Lacrosse and helps run youth lax programs in the Denver area. “You learn to work hard at whatever you do; most of the guys I know have been pretty busy post-college.”
If the Outlaws keep working hard, they could accomplish the extraordinary feat of winning a championship in their first season.
“I believe that we have a group of good guys,” said Sims. “We don’t have a ton of experience but we’ve been working together well. We need to put together our best effort and play within ourselves.”
With Sims providing a special effort from the midfield, the Outlaws will be hard to shoot down.
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Pro lacrosse seasons set to begin for seven former Golden Eagles
MILWAUKEE – Seven former Marquette University men’s lacrosse players will take part in the resumption of professional lacrosse later this month in both Major League Lacrosse and the Premier Lacrosse League.
The MLL begins training camp on Thursday, July 16 with play beginning on Saturday, July 18 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. On Saturday, reigning MLL Defensive Player of the Year Liam Byrnes and the Philadelphia Barrage will take on 2019 MLL Champion, the Chesapeake Bayhawks and new additions Luke Anderson and Zachary Melillo. Marquette’s all-time scoring leader Ryan McNamara will also lead the Connecticut Hammerheads against the Denver Outlaws.
Each MLL team will play five games during the week before the tournament semifinals begin on Saturday, July 25. The championship contest will be held on Sunday, July 26 and all MLL games will air on the ESPN Family of Networks or ESPN+.
The PLL season begins with assistant coach Jacob Richard and Atlas LC taking on brother Noah Richard and former teammate B.J. Grill with the Waterdogs LC. That contest will occur on Sunday, July 26 at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah, the home of Real Salt Lake.
PLL group play will continue until the Tuesday, Aug. 4 elimination rounds, featuring the 2-7 seeded teams. The semifinals and championship are slated for Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively. All PLL games will appear on NBC, NBC Sports Network or NBC Sports Gold.
Keep up with the Marquette men’s lacrosse program through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteMLax) and Instagram (@MarquetteMLax) and ‘liking’ on Facebook (/MarquetteMLax).
MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis, Maryland
July 18-26
Chesapeake Bayhawks
Luke Anderson, SSDM
Zachary Melillo, FO
Connecticut Hammerheads
Ryan McNamara, A
Philadelphia Barrage
Liam Byrnes, D
PREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE
Zions Bank Stadium
Herriman, Utah
July 25-August 9
Atlas LC
Jacob Richard, SSDM
Waterdogs LC
B. J. Grill, D
Noah Richard, LSM
Chrome LC
Brendan Kavanagh, M (volunteer assistant coach)
MLL games including former Golden Eagles:
Saturday, July 18
Philadelphia vs. Chesapeake (noon CT – ESPN+)
Connecticut vs. Denver (6 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Sunday, July 19
Chesapeake vs. New York (noon CT – ESPN2)
Denver vs. Philadelphia (3 p.m. CT – ESPN2)
Monday, July 20
Philadelphia vs. Connecticut (3 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Boston vs. Chesapeake (6 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Tuesday, July 21
Philadelphia vs. Boston (3 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Wednesday, July 22
Connecticut vs. New York (3 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Chesapeake vs. Denver (6 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Thursday, July 23
New York vs. Philadelphia (3 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Boston vs. Connecticut (6 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Friday, July 24
Connecticut vs. Chesapeake (3 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Saturday, July 25
MLL Semifinals (noon and 3 p.m. CT – ESPN+)
Sunday, July 26
MLL Championship (1 p.m. CT – ESPN2)
PLL games including former Golden Eagles:
Sunday, July 26
Atlas vs. Waterdogs (NBC – 3 p.m. CT)
Monday, July 27
Atlas vs. Archers (NBCSN – 8:30 p.m. CT)
Tuesday, July 28
Archers vs. Waterdogs (NBCSN – 6 p.m. CT)
Thursday, July 30
Whipsnakes vs. Atlas (NBCSN – 6 p.m. CT)
Friday, July 31
Waterdogs vs. Chrome (NBC Sports Gold – 2:30 p.m. CT)
Saturday, Aug. 1
Atlas vs. Redwoods (NBC – noon CT)
Chaos vs. Waterdogs (NBC Sports Gold – 2:30 p.m. CT)
Tuesday, Aug. 4 (NBCSN)
PLL Elimination Round
Thursday, Aug. 6 (NBCSN)
PLL Semifinals
Sunday, Aug. 9 (NBC)
PLL Championship
Semi-final Grand Prix 2019 – junior group among students of RO
Other tournaments in the competition:
cf. groups among students of RO
senior group Grand Prix among students of the RO
General information
- Draw method:
Swiss - Date:
10/13/2019 - Location: Zernograd, Rostov region
- Time control: 15′
(Quick) - Chief judge: Chetverik Mikhail Petrovich
- Link to the organizer’s website
Table
# | Fed | Member Name | R start | tour 2 | tour 3 | tour 4 | tour 5 | tour 6 | tour 7 | tour 8 | tour 9 | Points | Place | R Wed | R New | Nor | |
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1 | RUS | Chebotarev Ivan | 1352 | 16h½ | 13b1 | 7h1 | 6b1 | 8h0 | 10b1 | 3b1 | 22h1 | 4b½ | 7. 0 | 1183 | 1382 +30 | — | |
2 | RUS | Tatyana Ivanova | 20b1 | 10h1 | 4b0 | 12h1 | 5b1 | 3h0 | 9b1 | 16h1 | 8h1 | 7.0 | 1184 | 1379 +33 | — | ||
RUS | Aleksey Gusev | 1301 | 14h1 | 7b1 | 8h0 | 21b1 | 16h1 | 2b1 | 1h0 | 5b1 | 7.0 | 1195 | 1366 +65 | — | |||
4 | RUS 900 87 | Schirenko Roman | 1290 | 23h1 | 17b1 | 2h1 | 16b0 | 27h1 | 8b0 | 6h0 | 21b1 | 1h½ | 5.5 | 1143 | 1261 -29 | — | |
5 | Blank Alexey | 1243 | 27h1 | 6h1 | 8b0 | 2h0 | 7b0 | 10h1 | 3h0 | 11b ½ | 4. 5 | 1187 | 1212 -31 | — | |||
6 | RU | fya | 1234 | 15b1 | 9h1 | 5b0 | 1h0 | 19b1 | 17h1 | 4b1 | 8b0 | 16h½ | 5.5 | 1169 | 1246 +12 | — | |
7 | RUS | Sergey Zavodovsky | 1227 | 18b1 | 3h0 | 1b0 | 24h1 | 14b1 | 5h1 | 22b0 | 9h0 | 12b1 | 5.0 | 1157 | 1212 -15 | — | |
8 | RUS | Prakhov Maxim | 1223 | 22b1 | 12h1 90 087 | 3b1 | 5h1 | 1b1 | 4h1 | 16b0 | 6h1 | 2b0 | 7.0 | 1222 | 1349 +126 | — | |
9 | Kirill Udovenko | 1184 9008 7 | 11h1 | 6b0 | 16h0 | 18b1 | 13h1 | 27b1 | 2h0 | 7b1 | 3b0 | 5. 0 | 1170 | — | |||
10 | Nikolay Kobylyatskov | 1180 | 24b1 | 2b0 | 11h1 | 22h1 | 12b1 | 1h0 | 5b0 | 27b0 | 15h1 | 1150 | 1159 -21 | — | |||
11 | Lidia Polovnikova | 1172 | 9b0 | 15h1 | 10b0 | 19b0 9008 7 | 26h1 | 14h0 | 17b1 | 18h1 | 5h1 | 4.5 | 1104 900 87 | 1122 -50 | — | ||
12 | Fokin Valery | 1165 | 25h1 | 8b0 | 24h 1 | 2b0 | 10h0 | 20b1 | 27h½ | 15b1 | 7h0 | 4.5 | 1117 | 1131 -34 | — | ||
13 | Romanyutenko Daniil | 1126 | 28h0 | 1h0 | 22b0 | 20h1 | 9b0 | 19h0 | 24b0 | 23h1 | 26b0 | 2. 0 | 1064 | 10 00 -126 | — | ||
14 | Andrey Grigoriev | 1109 | 3b0 | 18h0 | 26b1 | 28h1 | 7h0 | 11b1 | 15b0 | 24h1 | 19b½ | 4.5 7 | |||||
15 | Sobolev Vladislav | 1068 | 6h0 | 11b0 | 17h½ | 23b1 | 28b1 | 14h1 | 12h0 | 10b0 | 3.5 | 1103 | 1033 -35 | — | |||
16 | RU | 1066 | 1b½ | 19h1 | 9b1 | 4h1 | 3b0 | 22h1 | 8h1 | 2b0 | 6b½ | 6.0 | 1218 | 1258 +192 | — | ||
17 | Khandadashev Damir | 1059 | 19b1 | 4h0 | 15b½ | 27b0 | 18h1 | 6b0 | 11h0 | 25h0 9 0087 | 21b0 | 2. 5 | 1095 | 1000 -59 | — | ||
18 | Kostin Victor | 1057 | 7h0 | 14b1 | 21h0 | 9h0 | 17b0 | 25h½ 90 087 | 23b1 | 11b0 | 28h1 | 3.5 | 1084 | 1016 -41 | — | ||
19 | Maxim Ksenzov | 1033 | 17h0 | 16b0 | 23b1 | 11h1 | 6h0 | 13b1 | 21h0 | 20b1 | 14h½ | 4.5 | 1086 | 1071 +38 | — | ||
20 | Vorobyov Timofey 9008 7 | 1006 | 2h0 | 24b0 | 25h1 | 13b0 | 15b1 | 12h0 | 26b1 | 19h0 | 23b0 | 3.0 | 1082 | 1000 -6 | — | ||
86 26b1 | 5h0 | 18b1 | 3h0 | 22b0 | 24h1 | 19b1 | 4h0 | 17h1 | 5. 0 | 1109 | 1104 +100 | — | |||||
22 | RUS | Belik Alexander | 10b½ | 21h1 | 16b0 | 7h1 | 1b0 | 27h1 | 5.5 | 1131 | 1148 +146 | — | |||||
23 | Evgeniya Kolomeytseva | 1000 | 4b0 | 19h0 | 15h0 | 25b½ | 26b0 | 18h0 | 13b0 | 20h1 | 1.5 | 1064 | 100 0 | — | |||
24 | Artem Puzanov | 1000 | 10h0 | 20h1 | 7b0 | 28h1 | 21b0 | 13h1 | 14b0 | 25h½ | 3.5 | 900 86 1091 | 1005 +5 | — | |||
25 | Romanyutenko Ekaterina | 1000 | 12b0 | 22h0 | 20b0 | 26h0 | 23h½ 90 2. 5 | — | |||||||||
26 | Semeykin Roman | 11b0 | 23h1 | 20h0 | 28b1 | 13h1 | 4.0 | 1046 | 1004 +4 | — | |||||||
27 | Alexandra Sharshukova | 1000 | 5b0 | 26h1 | 28b1 | 17h1 | 4b0 | 9h0 | 12b½ | 10h1 | 22b0 | 4.5 | 1125 | 1085 +85 | — | ||
28 | Zhukova Daria | 1000 | 13b1 | 23h1 | 27h0 | 14b0 | 24b0 | 15h0 | 26h0 | 18b0 | 3.0 | 1040 | 1000 | — |
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match schedule and group composition
November 20 – December 18, 2022 Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup . 32 teams will participate in the tournament. April 1 at the draw 29teams recognized their rivals in the group. The remaining trips were played in the intercontinental playoffs. Olympics publishes the line-ups and the full schedule of the tournament.
FIFA World Cup – 2022 in Qatar:
- Playoff bracket and schedule
- Schedule of matches and groups
- Match results
- Position in groups
- Where can I watch live matches?
2022 FIFA World Cup Final Group Squad
Group | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 0086 Group A | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group B | 🏴-U.S.-. 86 🏴̠̠̠̠̠̠̠̠ Wales | |||||||
Group C | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 🇸 🇦 Saudi Arabia | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 🇵🇱 Poland | ||||
Group D | 🇫🇷 France | 🇦🇺 Australia | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | |||||
Group E | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇨 🇷 Costa Rica | 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇯🇵 Japan | ||||
Group F | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 🇨 🇦 Canada | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 🇭🇷 Croatia | ||||
Group G | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇬🇸 Serbia | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | ||||
Group H | 🇵🇹 Portugal 9 0087 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
World Cup – 2022
Local time (Doha, Qatar, GMT+3)
November 20 (Sunday)
Match announcement.
Group A
- 19:00 🇶🇦 Qatar — 🇪🇨 Ecuador
November 21 (Monday)
Matches November 21 | Announcement | Results
Group A
- 19:00 🇸🇳 Senegal – 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Group B
16:00
November 22 (Tuesday)
Matches November 22 | Announcement | Results
Group C
- 13:00 🇦🇷 Argentina – 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- 19:00 🇲🇽 Mexico – 🇵🇱 Poland
Group D
- 16:00 🇩🇰 Denmark – 🇹🇳 Tunisia
- 22:00 🇫🇷 France – 🇦🇺 Australia
November 23 (Wednesday)
Matches November 23 | Announcement | Results
Group E
- 16:00 🇩🇪 Germany – 🇯🇵 Japan
- 19:00 🇪🇸 Spain – 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Group F
- 13:00 🇲🇦 Morocco – 🇭🇷 Croatia
- 22:00 🇧🇪 Belgium – 🇨🇦 Canada
November 24 (Thursday)
Matches November 24 | Announcement | Results
Group G
- 13:00 🇨🇭 Switzerland – 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- 22:00 🇧🇷 Brazil – 🇷🇸 Serbia
Group H
- 16:00 🇺🇾 Uruguay – 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
- 19:00 🇵🇹 Portugal – 🇬🇭 Ghana
November 25 (Friday)
Matches November 25 | Announcement | Results
Group A
- 16:00 🇶🇦 Qatar – 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 19:00 🇳🇱 Netherlands – 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Group B
Wales – 🇮🇷 Iran