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I heard a lot of RR helmets were at Team Ten tryouts.. Are they making an all star team?

I heard a lot of RR helmets were at Team Ten tryouts.. Are they making an all star team?

Only team worse than the RR is MP team so doubt TT wants any sloppy seconds from B teams.

Yep, that why TT pulled kids from Mesa in the spring league championship for the 2027s and still lost to RR.

Yep, that why TT pulled kids from Mesa in the spring league championship for the 2027s and still lost to RR.

There’s lots of different helmets at all tryouts. Parents and kids are checking things out. We should support each other in this area vs bashing like the MD and LI crews. #PhillyPride

Definitely some bright students at Malvern who are on scholarship. Those students keep the bar high. Many of the those being accepted into college are either the premiere student or on sports scholarship. The reason I say this is that I had a family member go to Malvern after being at another school. Not a particularly great student....could not be in the honors classes at his old school. In Malvern, almost all straight A's. His words not mine.....Malvern is incredibly easy. Before you say I am a "hater"....know that I support Malvern through donations. I think they produce wonderful men who value service and community which is more important to me then academics. That being said, this is not the Malvern or 20 years ago academically, not even close.

This guy gets it ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

PA lacrosse on the map in final rankings out of USCL

2022 #5 Mesa, Freedom #16

2023 na

2024 #18 BL

2025 #7 HHH

2026 #3 Tigers XXVI

2027 #7 Team PA

Congrats to all the local teams. Maybe I am just of out the loop, but who is the 2027 Team PA? Is that a new organization or a one off team?

Only team worse than the RR is MP team so doubt TT wants any sloppy seconds from B teams.

Congrats to all the local teams. Maybe I am just of out the loop, but who is the 2027 Team PA? Is that a new organization or a one off team?

Essentially Tigers XXVII without playing as many tourneys and much less obnoxious coaching and parents.

lol, so not as many 55 yr old dads, driving their Porsches and talking about the slums they have to drive through to get from Lower Merion to the shore? got it

lol, so not as many 55 yr old dads, driving their Porsches and talking about the slums they have to drive through to get from Lower Merion to the shore? got it

Sounds like you need a hug, therapy and a nap

I can't argue with that. All three would be nice, but no one respects these one off of age group teams. Philly has some great lax CLUBS. We don't need single age pseudo all-star teams to rep the PHL.

I can't argue with that. All three would be nice, but no one respects these one off of age group teams. Philly has some great lax CLUBS. We don't need single age pseudo all-star teams to rep the PHL.

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True, short term it puts our allstar team against other teams but then what? It’s not building on anything.

tigers arent a "build and develop" team they are a swap for the next best type team. They have their place and certainly win games, but the focus is winning not development. Thats why most of the time you get the dad coaches and a few colllege kids. the big gun coaches show up here and there

I can't argue with that. All three would be nice, but no one respects these one off of age group teams. Philly has some great lax CLUBS. We don't need single age pseudo all-star teams to rep the PHL.

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stop the cap

True, short term it puts our allstar team against other teams then what? It’s not building on anything.

Dukes did it first. Assembled all star teams of Philly players so they could compete against MD and NY. That was 20 some years ago and then they morphed into 37 different "teams" and watered down their organization with little to no development. Every couple years a dad gets excited and tries to do a one off team again to win at the youth level for some reason instead of developing his kid for the next level. Youth sports is crazy. Have your boy play with a club that focuses on developing players and not just winning youth tourneys and he'll be better off in the long run.

Agreed....trophy chasing teams (GRADES 5-8) rarely develop the talent of the team. Even the top players on those trophy chasing teams tend to regress because they are asked to shoulder the load constantly and rely on athleticism that gets equaled when they get to HS.

Is it fair to say the Philly market has enough talent to only support two elite programs per grad year? I’m not real familiar with the 23 and 24 groups. 25’ has Triple H and Team Ten. 26’ is a bit different because of Tigers but Freedom and NXT are in the mix. RR was in the conversation at 26’ but seems to be falling apart as a whole in Phila. Now that the 27 RR team has completely fallen apart and it’s players spread out to a number of different clubs will it make other clubs that much better? Basically is the Philly area too watered down with too many clubs?

Is it fair to say the Philly market has enough talent to only support two elite programs per grad year? I’m not real familiar with the 23 and 24 groups. 25’ has Triple H and Team Ten. 26’ is a bit different because of Tigers but Freedom and NXT are in the mix. RR was in the conversation at 26’ but seems to be falling apart as a whole in Phila. Now that the 27 RR team has completely fallen apart and it’s players spread out to a number of different clubs will it make other clubs that much better? Basically is the Philly area too watered down with too many clubs?

Is it fair to say the Philly market has enough talent to only support two elite programs per grad year? I’m not real familiar with the 23 and 24 groups. 25’ has Triple H and Team Ten. 26’ is a bit different because of Tigers but Freedom and NXT are in the mix. RR was in the conversation at 26’ but seems to be falling apart as a whole in Phila. Now that the 27 RR team has completely fallen apart and it’s players spread out to a number of different clubs will it make other clubs that much better? Basically is the Philly area too watered down with too many clubs?

There are so many clubs around Philly that it could be watered down. 2027 Team Ten appears to have scooped up most of the 27 RR talent so they should be dominate in this area but will probably lose to most of the elite MD teams. The area has talent but maybe most players/parents/coaches avoid forming super teams (Hawks ect) as it is not beneficial to the development of each player. Not much benefit of being a 4th line middie or 5th long pole on a team if your not playing

Do you really think there’s a concerted effort to not form “super teams” in Phila? What are they doing differently in MD and LI that those teams are generally stronger and placing higher in big tournaments? I doubt they have better athletes.

Do you really think there’s a concerted effort to not form “super teams” in Phila? What are they doing differently in MD and LI that those teams are generally stronger and placing higher in big tournaments? I doubt they have better athletes.

Is it fair to say the Philly market has enough talent to only support two elite programs per grad year? I’m not real familiar with the 23 and 24 groups. 25’ has Triple H and Team Ten. 26’ is a bit different because of Tigers but Freedom and NXT are in the mix. RR was in the conversation at 26’ but seems to be falling apart as a whole in Phila. Now that the 27 RR team has completely fallen apart and it’s players spread out to a number of different clubs will it make other clubs that much better? Basically is the Philly area too watered down with too many clubs?

There are so many clubs around Philly that it could be watered down. 2027 Team Ten appears to have scooped up most of the 27 RR talent so they should be dominate in this area but will probably lose to most of the elite MD teams. The area has talent but maybe most players/parents/coaches avoid forming super teams (Hawks ect) as it is not beneficial to the development of each player. Not much benefit of being a 4th line middie or 5th long pole on a team if your not playing

Come on pal stop equating development and losing. Teams that have developed players win. Teams that lose are not developed.