With the close of the 22/23 club year and tryouts coming to an end: What is your projected 1-6 starting out next year?
1. Coppermine
2. Hero's
3. Crush
4. M&D
5. MD United
6. Skywalkers
Crush and M&D may be interchangeable. Skywalkers is right there too (they got better and moved blue players down to white). MDU is a distant behind those top 5 now that a lot of top players left MDU. Pride may jump ahead of MDU.
Might as well put Coppermine on a separate tier by themselves. They are a "super-team" as long as they can keep everyone happy with enough opportunities, and don't end up standing around watching each other play hero ball. If they can sustain an attack with movement and passing, they could score 140 goals in NGLL.
Agree that Hero's is number 2 based on how they finished the season, especially if they got stronger with new additions.
Crush looked good at Mid-Atlantic, kept their core, and remain well-coached. Agree they start the '23-'24 season at #3.
M&D will have to rally to re-claim 3rd best in Mid-Atlantic. Sputtered to the finish a bit, but have had some puts and takes in tryout season apparently.
MDU sounds like they are in a tough spot after losing several top players. Not sure they hold to #5.
Sky Walkers will be an interesting team to watch. They built momentum through Summer Genesis Origins and then hung it up for the summer. Still not sure of what the key factors were in their improvement or if they are sustainable, but an impressive finish to the season.
Since someone mentioned a VA team--I will comment that Pride is an interesting one. Ties with Aces and M&D, and a close game with Crush at Mid-Atlantic were promising results. Will be interesting how they grow with new coaches coming down from the '24 team with high school head coaching experience. Couple losses and gains through tryouts, but their core middie group is intact.
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