Lacrosse Iroquois Passports
Ansley Jemison, general managager of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team responds to questions during a news interview in Battery Park Thursday, Jul...
Ansley Jemison, general managager of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team responds to questions during a news interview in Battery Park Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. The American Indian lacrosse team whose Iroquois-issued passports have been at the heart of an international dispute are holding out hope they'll be allowed into England to compete in a second game set for Saturday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Lacrosse Iroquois Passports
Ron Cogan, left, and Marty Ward, second from left, join other members of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team gather in Battery Park Thursday, July 1...
Ron Cogan, left, and Marty Ward, second from left, join other members of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team gather in Battery Park Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. The American Indian lacrosse team whose Iroquois-issued passports have been at the heart of an international dispute are holding out hope they'll be allowed into England to compete in a second game set for Saturday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Lacrosse Iroquois Passports
Members of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team pose for photographs in Battery Park Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. The American Indian lacross...
Members of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team pose for photographs in Battery Park Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. The American Indian lacrosse team whose Iroquois-issued passports have been at the heart of an international dispute are holding out hope they'll be allowed into England to compete in a second game set for Saturday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Lacrosse Iroquois Passports
Ron Cogan, center, and Isaiah Kicknosway, left, join other members of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team at Battery Park Thursday, July 15, 2010 in...
Ron Cogan, center, and Isaiah Kicknosway, left, join other members of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team at Battery Park Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. The American Indian lacrosse team whose Iroquois-issued passports have been at the heart of an international dispute are holding out hope they'll be allowed into England to compete in a second game set for Saturday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A team of Iroquois lacrosse players who have been blocked from traveling to a tournament in England because they refuse to use U.S. or Canadian passports has bowed out of the competition.
Manager Ansley Jemison says the team no longer has time to make the tournament, which ends next Saturday.
The 23 members of the Iroquois Nationals team already forfeited their first game of the World Lacrosse Championships. Their second game was scheduled for Saturday.
The United Kingdom has refused to recognize passports issued by the Iroquois confederacy.
Jemison says the squad is still trying to gain recognition for the passports so it can attend future international games.
