USA LACROSSE MAGAZINE
KENNY DEJOHN
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Aaron Cahill and Jeremy Thompson embraced. Both wore ear-to-ear smiles. Thompson and the Haudenosaunee were readying for Group B play in The World Games. Cahill and Ireland were not.
That’s because the Haudenosaunee likely would not have been there without Ireland’s selflessness.
Once the International World Games Association deemed that the Haudenosaunee could compete as their own nation in Birmingham during the world’s first large-scale Sixes tournament, Ireland vacated its position as the final team in the field.
The Haudenosaunee were ranked third in the world. Ireland was No. 12.