{"id":1203,"date":"2025-01-24T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/?page_id=1203"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:58:32","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to GPLOA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greater Philadelphia Lacrosse Officials Association (GPLOA) was created to promote knowledge and further training for lacrosse officials in the greater Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GPLOA-Logo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1417\" style=\"width:258px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GPLOA-Logo.jpeg 539w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GPLOA-Logo-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GPLOA-Logo-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The GPLOA has four main goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To provide game officials for the sport of mens lacrosse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To train and educate persons for officiating the sport of mens lacrosse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To provide a forum to instruct and educate players, coaches, and parents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To promote the growth and development of the sport of lacrosse. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our membership has over 100 individuals dedicated to serving the greater Philadelphia region. Our association officiates both high school and youth lacrosse and are considered independent contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If interested in joining our association, check out the  &#8220;New Member Information&#8221; page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a general inquiry? Please send an e-mail to alert@gploa.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kas_069-ZF-7368-38477-1-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kas_069-ZF-7368-38477-1-001.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kas_069-ZF-7368-38477-1-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kas_069-ZF-7368-38477-1-001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kas_069-ZF-7368-38477-1-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kas_069-ZF-7368-38477-1-001-940x627.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to GPLOA The Greater Philadelphia Lacrosse Officials Association (GPLOA) was created to promote knowledge and further training &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1419,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203\/revisions\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}