Editing Lacrosse (section)

==== Defunct leagues ====

===== Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse =====
{{Main|Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse}}

[[Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse]] was a women's lacrosse league that operated from 2021-2024. Rather than having set teams, at the end of each week, the top four players are determined by a point system and named captains of next week's teams. They then draft their team for the next week. The champion of the league is the player that scores the most points. There were 56 players in the league in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A League of Their Own: Women's Lacrosse Enters New Era with Athletes Unlimited |url=https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/pro/athletes-unlimited/a-league-of-their-own-womens-lacrosse-enters-new-era-with-athletes-unlimited |access-date=August 5, 2023 |website=www.usalaxmagazine.com |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804221250/https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/pro/athletes-unlimited/a-league-of-their-own-womens-lacrosse-enters-new-era-with-athletes-unlimited |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Athletes Unlimited Adds Women's Pro Lacrosse as Third Sports League |url=https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/pro/women/athletes-unlimited-adds-womens-pro-lacrosse-as-third-sports-league |access-date=August 5, 2023 |website=www.usalaxmagazine.com |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804221331/https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/pro/women/athletes-unlimited-adds-womens-pro-lacrosse-as-third-sports-league |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===== Major League Lacrosse =====
{{main|Major League Lacrosse}}
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a semi-professional field lacrosse league started in 2001 with six teams in the [[Northeastern United States]]. The leagues final year had six teams, playing a week long round-robin regular season. MLL rules were based on NCAA men's rules with several exceptions, such as a 16-yard 2-point line and a 60-second shot clock.<ref>{{cite web|title=About MLL|url=http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/about-mll/|publisher=Major League Lacrosse|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129115012/http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/about-mll/|archive-date=January 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

MLL venues ranged from small stadiums with under 10,000 capacity to an [[Sports Authority Field at Mile High|NFL stadium in Denver]] that seats 76,000. Overall league average attendance is around 4,000 per game, although the leagues [[Denver Outlaws]] had averaged around 10,000 per game since their founding in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 League Attendance |url=http://pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=323&seasonid=16530 |publisher=Major League Lacrosse |access-date=November 10, 2017 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224090303/http://pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=323&seasonid=16530 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The rookie salary was $7,000 per season and most players made between $10,000 and $20,000 per season. Therefore, the players had other jobs, often non-lacrosse related, and travel to games on the weekends.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Ahiza |title=The pro athletes with full-time day jobs |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/28/smallbusiness/major-league-lacrosse-salaries/index.html |work=CNN Money |date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022191721/https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/28/smallbusiness/major-league-lacrosse-salaries/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Chesapeake Bayhawks]], who had played in the Annapolis&ndash;Baltimore&ndash;Washington, DC area since 2001, were the most successful franchise with six championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bayhawks.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/2016/3/21/team-history_00000153-9a91-def8-a7f7-fad9ef8e0000.aspx|title=Bayhawks History|access-date=August 14, 2019|date=May 21, 2016|publisher=[[Chesapeake Bayhawks]]|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814151750/https://bayhawks.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/2016/3/21/team-history_00000153-9a91-def8-a7f7-fad9ef8e0000.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On December 16, 2020, it was announced that the MLL was merging all operations with the Premier Lacrosse League. The PLL added the Boston Cannons and rebranded them to "Cannons Lacrosse Club". No other MLL teams were added into the PLL.

===== United Women's Lacrosse League =====
{{main|United Women's Lacrosse League}}
The United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX), was a four-team women's lacrosse league, was launched in 2016. The teams are the [[Baltimore Ride]], [[Boston Storm (UWLX)|Boston Storm]], [[Long Island Sound (UWLX)|Long Island Sound]] and [[Philadelphia Force (UWLX)|Philadelphia Force]]. Long Island won the first two championships.<ref>{{cite news|last1=DaSilva|first1=Matt|title=Long Island Sound Repeat as UWLX Champions|url=https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/pro/uwlx/long-island-sound-repeat-as-uwlx-champions|access-date=November 14, 2017|work=US Lacrosse Magazine|date=August 2, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083121/https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/pro/uwlx/long-island-sound-repeat-as-uwlx-champions|url-status=dead}}</ref> The league closed in 2020.

===== Women's Professional Lacrosse League =====
{{Main|Women's Professional Lacrosse League}}
The [[Women's Professional Lacrosse League]] was a professional women's lacrosse league with 5 teams that started in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Berri|first1=David|author-link1=David Berri|title=The Women's Professional Lacrosse League Takes Off|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidberri/2018/06/04/the-womens-professional-lacrosse-league-takes-off/#47c384bc2287|access-date=June 9, 2018|work=[[Forbes]]|date=June 4, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144304/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidberri/2018/06/04/the-womens-professional-lacrosse-league-takes-off/#47c384bc2287|url-status=live}}</ref> It closed in 2020.