Professional lacrosse is coming to Audi Field.
Premier League Lacrosse, founded in October to rival the existing Major League Lacrosse, will play a slate of three games at D.C. United’s home stadium on July 6 and 7. The league will play two games on Saturday and one Sunday.
PLL’s six teams do not have geographic bases, and instead will tour 12 cities over a 14-week season.
“I’ve seen first hand the growth lacrosse has had in the wider metro region,” Paul Rabil, the league’s founder and a Montgomery County native, said in a recent interview. “I think there’s a misconception that Maryland and New York are the hotbed states for lacrosse.