My son played in high school several years ago when lacrosse was just really getting going here.
My takeaway: If I were Czar, and I mean real Czar and not some wimpy Obama czar, I would ban soccer, issue all the kids lacrosse gear, and make lacrosse the alternative Spring sport (to baseball).
Lacrosse has everything soccer does not. It has scoring, contact, and it requires opposable thumbs!
Except fans. Had to be pointed out.
In rugby we don't mess around we eat our dead!
That was a bumper sticker I used to have!
Yes I am crass & tasteless ! (Give me a break ! I played in the front 3 of "the pack"!)
I have improved somewhat with age due to aperiodic “training sessions” from my wife.
She tells me that with time I will eventually be fit for polite society.