A regional organization dedicated to the growth, health and future of lacrosse.
Lacrosse in the PLA’s service area at all levels is thriving, dynamic and increasingly coordinated. The game is played at the youth level, in middle schools and high schools, at the college level, in travel programs and post-collegiate clubs and, since 1986, professionally.
Lacrosse and its celebrated history as the Creator’s Game played by Indigenous North Americans is also taught in physical education programs in lower, middle and upper schools in the state.
In 1998, after making an impressive debut the previous year as an exhibition novelty, lacrosse became an official sport in the Keystone Games. The PLA helped engineer its inclusion during a period of significant growth for the game in Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Lacrosse Association is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes the game of lacrosse at all levels in Greater Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania. The PLA serves as a resource to help the game take root and grow.
The PLA was formed in 1985 and earned chapter status for Eastern and Central Pennsylvania under the Lacrosse Foundation, predecessor of USA Lacrosse, in 1992. Over time, the PLA grew into one of the largest and most successful chapters of US Lacrosse.
The PLA Board brings together representatives from youth, high school, college and club lacrosse, officials and athletes, providing a forum to share ideas, information and opportunities across men's and women's lacrosse.
