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Gait, Canada beat Team USA, win world championship

By Quint Kessenich
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Canada's defeat of the United States in the World Lacrosse Championships is the best thing to ever happen to international lacrosse. After being pushed around for three decades, the Canadians turned the table on their rivals, beating Team USA for the first time since 1978. They proved they were the better team -- a more potent mix of talent and role players than Team USA. They have 10 percent of the players that America has. They are underfunded. The rules don't favor their style of box lacross ...

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