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DCE definitely has guest players. The great 2021 team had 8 players from 1 hour away to players who only showed for tournaments.

Doesn’t really matter, but did NL have a non-local kid playing last weekend? Maybe from PA?
DCE does not bring in kids from out of the area. But it might take 2 hrs to drive to Bethesda from Leesburg with that bridge traffic.

So according to DCE Mom (formerly Madlax Mom), a 'fly-in' is not someone who flies in, but a player who drives in from 20+ miles away? NL didn't fly anyone in or bring in special guest players to beat DCE. They were missing multiple starters and still won.

Point was that bringing in random guest players had always been a mad lax thing and now seems next level is getting in on it. Maybe that is just the direction all this is going though.

All teams do it. No big deal. When your son goes off to college and it is all over, you will be amazed at some of the meaninglessness things you got upset about.

Pennsylvania not 20 minutes.

It's Fall Ball. Clubs that allow and actually encourage multi-sport athletes may need guest players to fill the roster on any given week. If it happened, it's not new, not noteworthy.

My son has played for multiple teams in HoCo Elite division and no guest players were ever used.

I am guessing times have changed?

Yes, the 2021 team was #1 in the country, the 2028 team far from it

Ouch.... I am guessing your kid is not on DCE?

Also Mad Lax actively and openly discourages kids from playing other sports and again they originated this concept so it has nothing to do with that for them. And I don’t think PP was upset about it? Someone said next level doesn’t do that and they seemingly definitely do.

Wait… you’re saying that because a team 7 years older than the current DCE team had guest players, then this team must too? Haaaaaaa.

No out of town players on this team.

I’d imagine that now that Next Level is in the “‘National” team thing with Mojo’s, parents on that team should expect to start seeing fly-ins from out of state. It’s going to happen. But who cares anyway? Unless you’re parents on NL, then it really stinks.

I am guessing the reason the Madlax Capital was called the Madlax Monument last fall was because he did not have all his strong kids because of football/soccer/hockey.

It’s actually better. Note teams can direct all guest players to their national affiliation and get more $$

FWIW, my son has played ML Cap for years, and no one has ever been discouraged from playing other sports.

Great reason to rename your team for a week, afraid to see what happens with some kids missing. This guy is really something.