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fl$ is not beating legacy or terps we know who you have not impressed you have no idea who we both got. You can take that to the bank.

fl$ lost to Terps and Legacy by 10 goals + last year, so relax.

fl$ cant compete with the teams on that list. Good team but will lose by 10+ to both those teams again. Faceoff kids on Terps and Legacy are too good for fl$ to compete.

Came across this article from a few years ago ok- almost a decade ago- a chuckle and a reminder to keep priorities straight...

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The Parent Trap

BY RICK REILLY
Originally Posted: July 31, 2006
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I went out to get my paper this morning and found my neighbor Dalton instead.

He was slumped on my stoop, looking as though he'd slept under a marching band. His eyes sported five-pound bags, his right hand was bandaged and bloody, and his face was sunk like a bad soufflé.

"My God!" I said. "What happened to you? You look like a 20-car funeral!"

"Youth lacrosse happened to me," he grumbled. "The Competitive Elite Lacrosse League. My little Ashley made one of those 'travel teams.' Pray it never happens to you, dude."

He explained. "See, I really never thought Ashley was all that hot at lacrosse, and she's only 14. But when she made this competitive team, all the parents said it was a big honor. They said it's the only way to make your high school varsity, and it's the road to a scholarship, and it looks great on your résumé.

"I'm not even sure Ashley wanted to do it. But all of her friends made it, so she just had to do it. What was I gonna do? Tell my little girl no?

"Next thing you know, I'm writing a check for $1,500. Then it turns out, they practice or play seven days a week on these things. And it's clear across town, so pretty soon I'm standing on the sidelines every day of the week.

"My wife can't do it 'cause she has to take Justin to hockey every day. Why an eight-year-old nearsighted kid needs a 42-game schedule is beyond me. What is he, Wayne Gretzky? Plus there's pylon camp and forecheck camp and backward-skating lessons with his personal coach, Hans.

"So pretty soon I got no life. Family dinners? Forget it. Every meal is in the car--righthanded Taco Bell. I almost never see my wife awake. When I do, I have to ask for I.D.

"Then this lunatic lacrosse coach schedules an extra 6 a.m. practice every day. It's like the old bottle-feeding days. I'd be like, 'I got her last time. You get her.' And Denise would moan, 'I had to stay up for Midnight Madness last night. Your turn.' Then, at night Ashley is so tired, we end up doing her dang homework! And we're gettin' C's!

"Anyway, Ashley and I started flying to all these stupid tournaments--Dallas and Baltimore and, my God, Ottawa!--and every one is billed as 'the recruiting event of the year!' And do you know who we see at these tournaments? The same damn girls we used to play in our neighborhood league! Essentially, we're flying across the country to get our [lacrosse] kicked by the same exact people!

"So I start talking to these girls' parents, and it turns out they don't really want to be there either, but their kids were saying we were going to do it, so they had to!

"But then my wife gets to talking to some other moms at Justin's slap shot workshop, and they say we're crazy if we don't have a 'performance-enhancement specialist' for our kids. So she signs them both up with one. Then she finds out most of these girls have 'recruiting consultants' who make highlight reels of kids and send them to college coaches. I'm like, 'She's 14!' And my wife is like, 'You're gonna tell our little girl no?' Then we add a rating-service guy and a sports psychologist and a webmaster.

"Well, what with me working half time and all this crap I'm paying for and all these trips, I had to take out a second mortgage. Denise can't work because she's spending every waking moment in a freezing ice rink, which makes her joints stiffen up. Luckily, Hans knows some New Age massage technique that makes her feel better.

"So now I'm getting no sleep, turning my stomach into a Dumpster and having less sex than a dead monk. But before I can put my foot down, my boss does. He fires me! And as he's firing me, he adds, 'By the way, the average lacrosse scholarship is $1,000, you [lacrosse]!' So I punch him, and now I think my hand might be broken.

"I stomp out and go find Ashley to say, 'It's over.' And she goes, 'Whatever. I quit today anyway. My sports psychologist says you guys push me too hard.'

"Nice. So I go home to tell Denise, but she's not there. Three days go by. I figure she's at the Elite Competitive Hockeypalooza in Cheyenne. Turns out she moved in with Hans. Says she wants to be with someone who 'knows' her. Oh, and she really likes massages.

"So now I get home and somebody changed the locks! Probably the mortgage company, since I'm way behind.

"And do you know what I learned from all this, man? I learned that the most viciously competitive sport in the world is parenting.

"Anyway, what I wanted to ask you is--you wanna buy some lacrosse sticks?"

If you have a comment for Rick Reilly, send it to reilly@siletters.com.

Though fl$ is then new Terps?

Must be slow weekend in Manhasset if this is what you are doing for fun.

Lets all be thankful this weekend that we don't have to listen to the Viper guys anymore in this age bracket. Have any of these teams practiced yet? scrimmaged yet? so everyone needs to relax and stop pounding your chests.

You should take your own advice

Is viper fielding a team in any age group now? Lol big up and coming program I thought.

I am taking the advice and am glad I don't have to listen to Viper rhetoric anymore. But thanks.

sadly a statement like that may confuse folks that it is a short cut to thinking. I went to the bank and it was closed, just like your mind, I wish you Godspeed as I actually know who you have, glad you are impressed.

no just slow in commack and WI

What happened to Vipers? Did the whole program fold?

No, just the 2020 team.

Holy Cow ... All that banter about Vipers 2020 and now can't field a team.......amazing

Obviously Viper kicked your butt and you didn't like the fact that you were paying 2500 for your son to play and we were paying 850. Most of the parents were humble- sad that Viper team imploded but all those kids will contribute to other programs. Good luck to all!

a few of the parents were far from humble..

Then why did the Viper 2020 IMPLODE....then

Why 2 pages of complaining about a team that doesn't exist?
The scars will heal if you let go.

lets move on to the next important topic in 8th grade lacrosse.. oh shiz there are none.

Heard Express and Legacy are going down to Princeton to play
Sons, 91MD, and Hawks. Should be good day of lacrosse for the Fall.

You "heard"? Ok dad, you got your plug in for your kid's team. Too funny.

What's next "the Jerk Store called and they are all out of you"?

Awesome. Thanks for the update.

So what is the big deal?

Princeton is beautiful in the fall.

You are so funny, good one. Only took 3 days to respond? How many people did you have to ask since you don't have any original thoughts. Keep em coming though, I'll check back in four days to give you some more time.

Leave your name tough guy!! We should all know who the wise a$$ are! In case we get to see you on the sidelines.

so many tough guys, so little time...keep it classy, let the kids play and stop putting some teams on a pedestal and knocking other ones. There are zero data points for 2016 so they are all winners...leave em be...

And you are??

I remember last year Express Wolerines(B,Legheart or whatever there called) tied that fl$ TEAM

Close to 10 new kids from the Terps, Vipers and other programs added to that 2020 fl$ team. I'm sure ignorant comments about where they came from coming from all you haters in response. Will let the play to the talking.

If you were content to let the play do the talking you wouldn't be on here boasting about new players.....

Terps will win by over 10 goals. Easliy.

The Madlax website says that the 2020 Long Island Express team is going to the Madlax club championships in Florida. Is that true?

One of the most talented and most liked kid got cut from our team. As parents we all don't agree with it and we think it makes our team weaker. Our kids feel the same way. Our club obviously played politics. So disappointing. Many don't trust this guy now.

What guy? Sad to hear this for the kid and the team. Hate that politics play a role. It's rampant in all youth sports. Hope the kid finds a new team to call home.

Organization completely sold out this year....and it wasnt just one kid. They had a plan to reshape the team for political reasons.

from what team? fl$?

Rather than all the ambiguity, why don't you actually state what organization you are talking about. Seems strange the one of the most "talented and liked" kids would get cut.