In early July, the U.S. women’s national lacrosse team arrived in England to prepare for international championship competition. A month later, the team crossed back over the Atlantic with two gold medals, after unbeaten runs in both the Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s World Cup and The World Games, a multi-sport event that featured lacrosse for the first time this year.

Ricky Fried, whose mandated term limit as national team head coach is at an end, will spend the remainder of the summer…