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Sure, anything is possible. After not being able to get a win against Heros white during the fall, M&D is gonna be hungry.

Nice that we don't have to wait long to see...

Not today!

Has M&D beat Integrity? Integrity is trying to recruit a few players from another program and claim they are the best team at the 26 level?

M&D looked out gunned, out coached and out matched... they have athletes but they had no offense at all and no idea how to create any offense. It is clearly Heros 26Green and then Hero's 26 White and then everybody else.

M&D is not the same at every age. Parents have to understand, each age bracket is different. Heros Green and White are best in this age bracket.

Definitely agree. Heros white dismantled M&D in all stages of the game. Not sure what’s in the water out in western hoco but the Heros 26 teams have some serious talent. M&D looked lost out there.

Integrity claims they are the best team at the 26 level? Or the players they are recruiting come from the best 26 team?

If they are claiming they are the best team around, that is a joke. And I am pretty certain no Hero’s players will be leaving to go play there.

I’m sure she does but the head coach isn’t a high level coach.

Sorry. But an M&D black team should never be losing to a Hero's white team. A supposed 'A' team always losing to a 'B' team? Not a good look.

💯 %. Need an upgrade or it’s gonna hurt the brand.

It’s just that this 26 Hero’s white team really isn’t a “B” team at all . . . so just can’t think of it like that or classify them that way.

Not sure you can even mention Hero’s White and the letter B in the same sentence

Except they are the B team to that organization.

That can beat all the other A teams and even give the Heros “A” a run for their money...

May have started that way 4 years ago but everyone in the organization agrees there are two A teams at 26 level. Why else would their second team be in the A division and play all the same competition as the first team. They didn’t get ranked #5 in the country with their club thinking they were a B team, they would never get a chance to play all the teams they have if that was the case. Hero’s just draws great talent and 26 year proves that

The thing is ... Heros 26 green and white are both great teams .... right now... this never lasts ... Skywalkers and others will catch up(. Maybe not M and D since coaching is so terrible )The coach doesn’t have a clue and so what if Gagnon is assistant coach. She can’t fix this unless she gets rid of him. When it’s time for recruitment you will see Heros will not dominate . Parent coaching eventually will cause a lot of issues. It happens for every age group eventually .So Heros dads you can calm down on this site. I swear you post while you are still on the field.

It used to be that every coach of an M&D Black team was a Varsity Head Coach. Obviously this isn't the case anymore and it is showing in the results. Things have started to unravel since Chris left for Florida. Not sure if they don't pay enough to attract Varsity coaches anymore or what the reason in.

This 2026 thread seems to always be about the coaching. If it's the coaching then what part of the game do you have the better players?

Heros white became stronger after several defections of families going to M&D black. Heros white dominated NGLL and in tournaments in 2019 at the B level. Nobody else could come close. How is it fun to keep winning by large margins? People left to go to M&D thinking they were going to be better off on an A team. Meanwhile Heros White worked to strengthen the team by adding talent in the spots opened up by those who jumped to M&D.

Does M&D even have a red (B) team at 2026?

Dude it’s one age group. Wait Until they are freshman and see if team is as successful. Green , Black and Blue will seperate again and white won’t get into same brackets in recruiting tournaments then.

No. No Red team 26 on down

M&D has no red teams after 2025

I would not count on the assitant coach sticking around for the Black 26's. It is a stopgap measure. That particular coach rightfully is focused on her high school team. Next year her daughter will be playing in CA so I doubt she wants to be saddled with full time club coaching again.

Not the case...Hero's 22 white is JUST as good as green and they play in the same brackets as the green against tougher teams

To be fair, for heros 22, several green girls opted down to the white team in order to get more playing time. Not uncommon at the elite clubs.

Any other surprises the first week of NGLL?

22 White is not as good as 22 Green, that is laughable. 22 Green was ranked #1 in the country last year. White did not play in the same brackets, and definitely not against tougher opponents.

Heros parents, please get over yourselves. This is beginning to be comical. The end!

It's a forum to talk about these things genius. I guess since you want us to stop posting we should? I bet you are a joy to be around... the end!!

Nope. Do you see the coaching currently? Robinson does NOT see a problem.

If you're referring to the 2026 team you are wrong. There's a reason MG has been there.

Scott was at the Hero’s game this weekend. They have to see it. It’s hard to watch when the players are good.

Some of the parents need to be sent packing. Attacking the coach in parking lot. Arguing on the sideline. Embarrassing to the program.

As a parent of a girl on the team it’s embarrassing to us. Several of the parents are pretty unhappy. Nothing new there though. Hadn’t heard of the coach getting attacked in the parking lot though.

Coach was not attacked in the parking lot. I would say the coach was confronted by parents about playing time but not physically attacked. There is frustration by parents and it’s dividing the team. When girls leave and and tryout for other clubs maybe this will be Robinsons wake up call. This team will implode.

Good luck with that. Hero’s parents do not know how to get over themselves. It’s been this comical since 2014.

I thought Hero’s is equal playing at the high school level. If it is equal playing time, why would there be a reason to “opt down”?

I wonder how much of it is normal. PT at M&D is a scarce commodity. The fact that there are 7 or 8 attackers, 7 defenders and 6 middies (roughly) is a problem for PT.

If any of the core group leaves it will be chilling.