Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. Major League Lacrosse drew criticism for its inconsistent promotion of the MLL All-Star Game, but the product on the field did not disappoint.

Chesapeake Bayhawks midfielder Myles Jones scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift Team Stripes to a thrilling 21-20 victory over Team Stars at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento. It was Jones’ fourth goal of the game, as the second-year pro earned MVP honors and the surprise $10,000 bonus from New Balance. (Previous MLL All-Star Game MVPs received a $1,000 bonus.) Jones reportedly split the winnings evenly with the rest of the team.

(Jones also had a great hair day.)

"My hair looks great on the jumbotron" -#MLLASG M.V.P. @MylesJones_15 pic.twitter.com/iew0UbGRvQ

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) July 9, 2017

By most measures, the 16th MLL All-Star Game was a success. An announced crowd of 7,761 bore witness to a high-scoring and fan-friendly but still competitive game, which was televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.

Leading up to the game, however, some players, fans and media members took to Twitter to complain about the 10 p.m. Eastern start time, late roster withdrawals and additions, sparse and sometimes conflicting updates from the league’s official social media accounts and inadequate promotion of the popular MLL Skills Competition.

ESPN college lacrosse analyst and New York Lizards defenseman Ryan Flanagan, a member of the MLL Players Council, was among the sharpest critics.

MLL could have bought a player on all 9 teams game socks for ~$1,700 ($10/pair x19x9). They didn't. They gave out $3k in bonuses last night.

— Ryan Flanagan (@RyanFlanagan24) July 8, 2017

If th ASG MVP is getting $10K, is the season MVP getting $100k?

— Ryan Flanagan (@RyanFlanagan24) July 9, 2017

Record number of players pull out of the MLL ASG, NB ups the MVP bonus to $10K. The players have. Let's talk about some other things...

— Ryan Flanagan (@RyanFlanagan24) July 8, 2017

Someone please take the car keys away from whoever is controlling the MLL twitter account

— Ryan Flanagan (@RyanFlanagan24) July 7, 2017

Flanagan was not the only one grumbling about the league.

When they give out players salaries for game MVP. https://t.co/jY5sFIlQyB

— Kyle Hartzell (@Khartzell81) July 9, 2017

Also s/o to MLL selling game jerseys on sideline swap, and I've had to beg for the ones I have, and still couldnt get em all. https://t.co/uOVWF0mPwk

— Chazz Woodson (@ChazzWoodson) July 7, 2017

Great time on @FOX40 this am trying to explain why @MLL_Lacrosse keeps getting stats wrong. pic.twitter.com/m7m1DGHXgg

— Greg Gurenlian (@GregBeast32) July 7, 2017

For starters , rosters announced this a hour later . Paul's not playing. Someone shows up to see him how does this make us look? Not hard pic.twitter.com/mOI635Knp2

— Jerry Ragonese (@FlowGo37) July 7, 2017

Leave it up to John Grant Jr., the recently retired MLL legend and the league’s all-time leading scorer, to put an end to the kerfuffle.

Barking negativity at the league you are lucky to play in on social media is really becoming tiresome. You are not growing the game. #shhh

— John Grant Jr (@JohnGrantJr24) July 8, 2017

2. The New England Patriots’ well-documented love affair with lacrosse just got a little juicier. Chris Mattes, an assistant coach at Maryland, announced Friday on Instagram that he is leaving College Park to work for the Patriots in football operations and player development.

Mattes, widely lauded for his management of faceoff men Austin Henningsen and Jon Garino during the Terps run to the NCAA championship, joins head coach Bill Belichick (Wesleyan), safeties coach Stephen Belichick (Rutgers), offensive assistant Brian Belichick (Trinity) and defensive assistant Mike Pellegrino (Johns Hopkins) as Patriots staff members with lacrosse backgrounds.

New England wide receiver Chris Hogan, hero of the AFC championship game, played lacrosse at Penn State.

3. The FIL Women’s World Cup opener is just two days away, and the anticipation continues to build. The U.S. team arrived for training camp last Wednesday, practiced with Scotland on Friday, went sightseeing Saturday and scrimmaged Japan on Sunday.

It’s reassuring to know the best players in the world get just as excited about new gear as you do.

Even the best still get excited for gear day WATCH #USAWLAX @USLacrosse 'Chasing Rings' https://t.co/oJkK8CQ2nw & https://t.co/7RDQvRvLMX pic.twitter.com/v9mmYzKbEz

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) July 7, 2017

And that Team USA attacker Kayla Treanor loves Harry Potter as much as you do.

Check out these awesome highlights from the Women's National Team trip to the set of Harry Potter! #ChasingRings #USAWLax #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/G1gTsSc5Ty

— US Lacrosse (@USLacrosse) July 8, 2017

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Jen Adams, widely regarded as the greatest player in women’s lacrosse history, officially has retired. The one-time Aussie sensation tore her ACL before the 2013 World Cup and intended at the time to make a comeback, she told The Baltimore Sun, but she opted not to stand for selection during team trials in December. Adams is the head coach at Loyola.

• Georgetown men’s lacrosse lost two assistants in the span of a week, with Matt Rewkowski leaving to reunite with Ben DeLuca at Delaware and Justin Ward posting on social media that he has taken a job at Army. Inside Lacrosse rounded up the latest movement among Division I assistant coaches.

• Zed Williams got married and it turned into a Virginia men’s lacrosse reunion of players and coaches past and present.

• Why Mike Vailas, All-NEC Rookie Team defenseman for Bryant in 2016, gave up his lacrosse scholarship to play football at New Hampshire.

• The European Box Lacrosse Championships are underway in Finland, with a Canadian coaching trio fueling the growth of the host country’s program.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Atlanta Blaze long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff continues to turn heads in Major League Lacrosse — winning the freestyle contest in the MLL Skills Competition on Friday and then finishing a behind-the-back feed from Will Manny on a picturesque give-and-go during the MLL All-Star Game on Saturday.

VIDEO: @Srat2 of the @AtlantaBlaze wins #MLLASG Freestyle Contest https://t.co/oJkK8CQ2nw pic.twitter.com/crRlrxsQsd

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) July 8, 2017

#MLLASG @WillManny_1 behind the back pass on the give-and-go with @Srat2 WATCH the game on @CBSSportsNet | Postgame https://t.co/oJkK8CQ2nw pic.twitter.com/HUZAi2vNXQ

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) July 9, 2017

Manny was the winner of the accuracy contest while Connor Buczek clocked the fastest shot at 112 mph.

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Tryouts for the 2018 U.S. men’s national team commence today at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md. The first round will feature more than 70 players (the original invitees plus those added after the college season) who will compete in several sessions over three days. Additional tryouts and training camps will be held Sept. 1-4 and Oct. 6-9 in preparation for next summer’s FIL World Championship.

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