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The big players are slow. TT has a very good defender who is not particularly big and is not slow. He is also very good. I just think BL has better defenders overall. TT's goalies are both very good. BL's goalies are just better. They will play again and it should be a great game.

MvB is a beast. TT lost him because of an inability to evaluate talent. BL picked up a couple of other great mids from TT.

BL has MvB, absolute beast.

Your kid must be a reclass in order to play for 2Way, it’s a prerequisite. Two years is best, but they’ll allow one year if he’s good enough

So you don’t like that everyone is playing in the fall?

There are issues virtually everywhere...

Hawks- Pittsburg kids don't have to practice yet get more playing time than legacy hawks kids of superior talent
True Chessy- enjoy your starting job until coach finds a better player in North Carolina or Georgia willing to fly in and take his spot (page out of crabs playbook)
Madlax- everything is kosher as long as you don't mind being a cog in a machine, the team keeps winning and CM doesn't decide to reclass his kid and destroy team cohesion. Oh, please ignore the families that have already left the toxicity.
True VA/VLC- massive step down in talent and competition.

Maybe DC Express could be an option. They aren't as competitive at the 29 age group yet but are growing and are an elite organization. By next year they will be a power.

The starting defense for TT is not big and slow........the goalies are both very good as well. They will play again at some point but last year's game was not really even a close game.

I think you need to comprehend the post to comment. You sound silly.

Save your money unless you plan on reclassing your kid once or twice. Buy a boat instead. Have fun.

Too many initials… CM is the coach of MDU (Maryland United) not M&D DC.

Even the rankings mean nothing 75% of the teams never play each other it imperfectly perfect regardless of schedule strength plenty of times you see one team ranked higher than the other even tho head to head the higher rank team lost to the lower ranked team . It’s somewhat directionally accurate but far from 100% accurate. Its just another marketing hammerhead for the organization if they rank high nothing more than that

This is a leap you are making, no one else. Also, they’re in high school now, no one cares about your team rivalries anymore. Get a new hobby.

Nobody has ever made a second AA team. However, plenty of AA and A second teams. The team just elevated to top 5 national team. Of course kids are being displaced. Nothing wrong with an A team vs the AA. Only thing gets hurt is the ego.

The problem with Next Level is the coaching, they don't play to win and end of game clock management is terrible. More than a few parents are considering options.

Express East has it included. They practice all winter at the Stony Brook indoor facility.

2way stopper school is just a bunch of college kids shooting on the goalies. Pure $$$ grab. No real teaching on technique from coaches. Not really worth the price tag, better off grabbing couple buddies and shooting at a local turf field if the weather isn’t too bad. Don’t know much about Next Save so can’t speak on that.

I think it's unavoidable, unfortunately. Even NFL refs with decades of experience often need slow motion replay to figure out if elite athletes who have been playing their sport for decades committed targeting vs making hard but legal contact.

I don't think it's realistic to expect youth lax refs making $75 a game and two to an entire field and a bunch of 15-year-olds to somehow perform to a higher standard.

Youth football places a lot more emphasis on concussion awareness and safe tackling so it would probably be possible to improve things somewhat, but I don't think you'll ever eliminate the risk entirely.

You are the guy that chose to use the rankings to make your point. TT and BL are both "serious contenders." I am not taking anything away from them. In a BL TT matchup. TT takes attack definitely deep and an insane amount of talent. Agreed they have two of the best, but it seems they don't play that well together. BL TT middies are close. Maybe tied, but I would give a slight edge to BL. I think it could be argued the other way. BL takes goalies and defense. TT d is big but slow. BL defense is quicker, cover better and have better stick skills.

Question on brackets all depends on the size of the tournament. Most tournaments have 2 maybe 3 top brackets, usually the 2nd has 2-3 teams that could be in the top bracket.

President's Cup this weekend, as example has 28 brackets for 2027. I think anything in that top-5 you should feel good about.

lol.

No one things Empire matters.

The public school across the street is much nicer and free. Nicest schools, fields, venues, etc.....McDonogh, Loyola, Gilman and St. Paul's.

I am looking to sign my 2030 Goalie up for some winter goalie trainings and I was looking for opinions.
I am interested in either 2Way's Stopper school or Next Save Lacrosse's (PT Goalie Coach) Winter training. 2 Way is charging 900 for nine 90 min sessions and NSL is charging 1200 for six 90 min sessions.
Has anyone done wither and what can you tell me?

I am looking to sign my 2030 Goalie up for some winter goalie trainings and I was looking for opinions.
I am interested in either 2Way's Stopper school or Next Save Lacrosse's (PT Goalie Coach) Winter training. 2 Way is charging 900 for nine 90 min sessions and NSL is charging 1200 for six 90 min sessions.
Has anyone done wither and what can you tell me?

The promise of “we’ll make and enter a second AA team in each tournament” not panning out?

Hardly anyone has even heard of those first 2 teams. 3rd game was close and that was against 3D’s B team. This was a waste of time and money. If you want to know why you lose to the big teams this Summer just remember this tournament and others like it. You didn’t challenge yourselves! Express/91 play the best competition over and over again. Your coaches wasted your time and money going to Delaware playing non competitive teams.