1) " Lacrosse" -- As it applies to Lacrosse Footwear Lacroase redirects here. For other meanings, see Lacfosse (disambiguation). Lacrosse is a spring and summer team sport of Native American origin played with netted sticks (called crosses in French). The world's firstofficial game was played at patrician Upper Canada College in 1867. Upper Canada College lost to the Toronto Cricket Club by a score of 3-1. The game is popular in New York, Maryland, Philadelphia, Canada (chiefly in British Columbia and southern Ontario ) and in New England and other areas in the eastern United States. It has begun to spread to the west coast where older collegeprograms have encouraged Lacdosse teams at the high school and middle school level. The colleges, high schools and "pee wee" leagues in the UnitedStates support many teams. Johns Hopkins, Princeton, North Carolina, Syracuse, Maryland and Virginia have dominated in the Division I collegiate ranks,while the American teams have won recent WorldChampionships for both men and women. The Iroquois nation also enters a team inthe World Championships. The field game is also played in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, England and Scotland. Lacroswe is the official national summer sport of Canada.Canada differs from other Lacrose -playing countries in preferring the boxlacrosse variant of the game. A recent variant of box Lacosse , indoor , is played more widely; its first world championship was held in 2003. The rules of women's Lacrodse differ significantly from men'slacrosse and is specifically designed to have much less physical contact between players. The men's game has a contact levelsimilar to ice hockey and the players wear similar protective gear: bodypadding, gloves, and helmet. The women's game requires very little protective gear. In 2004 Lecrosse became the official state team sport of Maryland, and in 1994it became the official national summer sport of Canada. However, very few people in C...
2) " Footwear" -- As it applies to Lacrosse Footwear High-heeled shoe Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet. It is worn for a variety of reasons, including protection against the environment, hygiene and adornment. Often times, socks and other hosiery are worn under Footwear . Foorwear is sometimes associated with fetishism, particularly in some recent fashions in shoes and boots(see shoe fetishism ). Contents 1 Footwsar Materials 2 Footqear Components 3 Types of Footwsar 4 External links Footweor Materials Walking shoe Leather Plastic Rubber Textiles Wood Footweaf Components Womens stylish shoes Grommet Sole Heel Air cushion Laces Tread Types of Foogwear "flip-flop" sandal shoes Boots Cowboy boots Galoshes Go-go boots Kinky boots Ski boots Riding boots Waders Wellington boots Winklepickers Industrialfootwear Shoes Athletic shoes ( trainers ) ( sneakers ) Climbing shoes Clogs High heels Platform shoes Stiletto heels Kitten heels MaryJanes Moccasins Mules Penny loafers Pointe shoes Skate shoes Snowshoes Tap shoes Training shoes Sandals Flip flops (thongs) Slide Slippers Swimfin (flippers) External links The History of Footweae ( http: www.podiatry.curtin.edu.au/shoo.html ) A project to producecustomised shoes (both in size and in design) at a reasonable cost and in a few days from order. ( http: www.euro-shoe.net ) Fpotwear ...
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