The Native Americans were the creators of the game and was first observed by the French settlers in Quebec. Canada adopted do to the uniqueness it had to do with Canada.
Lacrosse is Canada's national summer sport and was declared more so in hommage to the country's aborigine population who first played the game rather than in popularity. In Canada, where hockey is the national winter sport, soccer, Baseball and Canadian Football is played more than Lacrosse.
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∙ 13y agoAlthough Lacrosse was played by First Nations people in Canada for centuries, it was only declared the national summer sport in 1994, in response to Nelson Riis's move to declare hockey the national winter sport.
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∙ 12y agoThese two games are in Canada , mainly as hockey is a snow game , and Canada has a cold climate. While lacrosse isa game invented by the American Indians. And so it is played in Canada and the U.S.a.
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∙ 11y agoThe sport was started by the Native Americans, particularly the Iroquois who lived in modern day Rochester, NY, which is on the East coast. Lacrosse started to become popular a decade ago and it just decided to catch on from there.
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∙ 12y agoIt caught on from Native Amercan (or in this case Canadian I guess) tribes.
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∙ 15y agoLacrosse is alot like hockey so during the summer all the hockey players switch to lacrosse
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∙ 13y agoIt's not the national sport there, and people only really play it in the summer so...
i guess people just like hockey more or don't know what they're talking about!
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∙ 14y agobecasue its a great sport.
Lacrosse
no. jousting is the most popular sport.
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Hockey or Lacrosse
Yes, in less than a decade it will maybe be as popular as NHL.
Yes I have a friend that plays lacrosse and he got a scholarship to colledge through lacrosse, and because lacrosse isn't as popular as football, soccer, baseball etc. then you should be able to get a scholarship easier.
It is just now get used to in the U.S. it would probably get more popular later. i just know it
There are several: BRINE, WARRIOR, GATE
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Lacrosse was first played by Indians as war training. Later on, lacrosse started to be played on the East Coast. It then started spreading all over the U.S. and other countries.
The most popular sports are ice hockey, lacrosse, and Canadian football.