Congratulations to Team USA's U-19 team! They are World Champions, again. This is the U.S. team’s sixth straight gold medal with a record of 36-0. I’m not chest thumping. Every four years the team earns it and should be congratulated. The two contesting teams, USA and Canada, went to overtime in their last game so any outcome was possible.

Georgetown’s Craig Dowd continued his world dominance in the USA's 19-12 win over Team Canada for the 2008 ILF (International Lacrosse Federation) World Championship on July 12. Dowd had three goals and two assists after leading the team all week. Virginia goalkeeper Adam Ghitelman recorded 19 saves and Johns Hopkins’ Matthew Dolente won 22 of 30 faceoffs. Virginia’s Nick Elsmo (Severn) and Harvard’s Dean Gibbons each scored three goals for Team USA while Maryland’s Anthony Mendes, Hopkins’ Tim Donovan (Loyola) and Virginia’s Rhamel Bratton each had two.

An estimated 3,400 fans attended the Championship at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

U.S. Goals: Dean Gibbons 3, Nick Elsmo 3, Craig Dowd 3, Anthony Mendes 2, Tim Donovan 2, Rhamel Bratton 2, Ryan Young 1, Matthew Dolente 1, Andrew Feinberg 1, Josh Amidon 1

U.S. Assists: Dowd 2, Young 2, Mendes 1, Donovan 1