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New teams no one has ever heard of can not be a good option. Lots of growing pains in the Travel Lax Team world. Let others experience them.

Great Coach and even better with the kids . definitely a good option

I know someone who was on 2025 Mamaz boyz. That team fell apart this year, because directors put too much pressure on parents for fundraising.

The coach of 2025 left Mamaz Boyz and is setting up own club centered around kids out east. I think he is a Varsity head coach as well at one of the eastern Long Island schools.

Probably worth going to tryouts if you live in eastern Long Island because cost is pretty low. Only $1350-.
Limitation is only Long Island tournaments. But some parents may prefer that.

Keeping it real, in my opinion, I would not say they were a B+ team last season. Tough at this age for 1st year B teams. I don’t expect IglooB and 91B to be good either in their first year. Legacy and Express were the best B teams last season. When those two played other B teams last year they won easy.

How far out east ?

Wading River is where practices are.
I think tryouts start this weekend.and also occur next weekend

Express B team was not good at all. They were horrible.

My kid was on the team and they won 3 tourneys and beat all the Li B teams.

Really??
Go to Express tournament winners page and OReilly is only listed for Blatant Fall Jam. Nothing else.
So clearly Express isnt too proud of other wins.

And as I remember your other fall tournament, you were not competitive at all.

What tournaments in season did you win? Abd how did you do on others?

Lets be real, no insult to the kids, but I know OReilly kids who were completely frustrated about the level of the team and lack of committed training by the organisation.

Oreilly kids can be seen all over at tryouts looking for other teams.
It was not a positive experience for kids on that team.
This is not an insult against your kids.
Your kids got robbed.

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My son was on the team and we moved on. They really won 3 though - Blatant in fall, and 2 very low-end tourneys at St Pauls in June / July. We beat the really bad teams - 24, Recon, Mamas Boyz B (2026 team) - we got killed by all of the other "competitive" programs. Half the team could play and would have developed nicely, but the other half was below PAL level. It was even playing time, regardless of the game situation. From what I understand most of the better players went elsewhere.

Express invites are out.

What are the high end B tourneys or is there even such a thingt? What were the better B teams at this age last year?

read the post on 5th grade blog. good read for 6th grade as well!

What is the cost?

Come on, you know it is almost 5k! But the best news is that top 30 or so make the A team!

Actually tryouts for Epic Jokers is Mon and Tues this week and the following week in the evenings.
Does seem like something to tryout for with cost only $1350-

Actually I wasnt sure.
2024 I knew A team was close to 5k.
But 2026 was $3900-.

Is it defenitely 5k for 2025 Express Chan team?

But the A team added some really good players.

What positions got added?

3900. But when you add it all up it’s a pretty good value. I know you’ll get at least 10 tourneys, a ton of practice, all new gear to all players and no nickel and dime stuff.

Its not 5k at all.
Its $3900 for Chan's 2025 team
And $3800 for OReilly's team.

2024 teams are also $3900 and $3800 respectivelly A to B teams.

Is Geese even going to be able to field a team this year?

On email invite they said 10 tourneys are included?

Fact

Geese will never be the same ever again!

What did the email from Chan say was included?

What does this even mean? Same as what? They were awful this year. Only won one tournament and it was a B town tournament. They haven’t won a reputable tournament since last summer.

Watch out the club hopper will be on the move.

Why doesnt everyone stop having a go at the Geese. They are clearly having a rough time, but trying to get their team back as best they can.
If what happened to them had happened to your sons team, you wouldnt appreciate people making comments.
Have some etiquette and let them figure things out so the kids, and thats what its about, can have a good season.

It's an excellent value. 91 is $3800 plus a 3% processing fee, so it's the same price as Express. Express gets more gear, more and better tournaments and more practices with better coaching. All without 91 double dipping and sending their teams to their own crap tournaments with no competition. Express is better in every way.

Their rough time is solely created by their “owners”. Knowingly!!! Stop with the rough time garbage! They would still be one of the top threee teams in NY if they hadn’t turned it upside down last August! But they knowingly let the inmates run the asylum and that’s what you get! If your kid is there and he is above average i would look to relocate. The new name is going to be the gevils! They’ve already asked 5 of the kids from the B team to come up this year. Probably won’t even be a B team anymore . Well the B team will be the A team! Have fun with that bill. You paid for it once , make sure you don’t pay for it again! It’s like a hot stove , you won’t touch it twice!

It’s not the boys fault you are correct it’s the owners of Legacy who let this all happen in the first place . Very sad what they aloud to happen. It’s the boys i feel bad for

Why is Legacy the only club that doesn’t post any information about their directors or coaches on their website? Are they embarrassed about their credentials? Is every team coached by daddy coaches? Also If they are a top club like they say they are why dont they take part in the NLF?

Thanks for the concern but we keep laughing. Our coaches and directors told parents to take a hike after they tried to dictate the direction of the team. Did your team do the same? No they took 3 kids on mid year. They took 2 more families they knew will be completely disruptive this year and now the other kids are looking to get out. Express kids are running as well. Chan now has 3 7th graders sitting in Luhi and Kellenberg waiting to play on 2025. So thanks again for the concern but think will be fine.

What happened with Geese?

Completely false! Coach and owner ALLOWED and encouraged the inmates to run the asylum. Very sad that you come on here and spew lies to anyone. Those parents 100 percent dictated the direction of the team and left after they saw that there was zero coaching, practices being cancelled at every turn. You can take credit for them leaving but the truth is every single one of them left on their own. No one told them to “take a hike”. But typical lies as usual. and if the organization was so stellar in handling this the team wouldn’t be going through “hard times”. The owner and coach ruined this team. They know it.

Need a topic change. I am noticing an interesting trend. People are opting for A teams on 2nd tier clubs vs top tier B teams. Even though the ability level is equal for both teams. Especially, noticeable this grade and down. It’s clear that the business model is changing, the top tier clubs lack of attention in their B program, will lead to clubs essentially having one team per grade, for the most part.

This is funny. When Express O'Reilly played 24 Cyclones in the fall and summer. I believe 24 won both by at least a couple goals.

“Reilly is a nice guy and not a bad daddy coach. He is encouraging for the kids. But he doesnt seem to have an understanding of lacrosse language and what he says doesnt make sense at times. He needs to work on that. And probably could be a bit less vocal, and leave that to the head coach.”

Does the Outlaws still have a team at this level?