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Agreed. Maverick has been one of the best if not the best. But there are so many good ones. Top players get invited to so many pick and choose wisely. Remember this class is still a few years away from recruiting.

i assume, when the time is right , the best coaches will have a presence at the top 10 showcases , assuming your kid is any good, im sure he will get into a few of the better ones and have more than 1 opportunity to shine

The problem with a lot of these showcases including maverick is the politics. kids show up don't score a goal in 3 games and still make the all-star team- how does this even happen? you see it at almost every event . coaches kid or directors kid shows up, performs average at best and makes the all-star team-

The best "Showcase" is your son's HS team... And the price is right. If your kid is that good they will find him...trust me.. Otherwise your buying Magic beans

You do realize some of the best players on the field don't score goals/or getting an assist, right?
Players can make impact plays and show their worth/talent without scoring. Hustle plays like battling for a key loose ball or reaching the end line after a shot.... Setting a pick to free up a shooter.... Causing a turnover to start transition the other way.

I'm not saying politics don't play a role, but scoring isn't the only thing that makes a good player

NLF team rankings 91 Shock at #3 and Express at #11. So much for LI dominance.

You know how it happens. MLB Spotlight was no different. A few standouts for sure,,,,, but lots of politics.

im just saying if your gonna splash all over social media that so and so is the best attackman or best middi etc, and they go out there and perform poorly, maybe they shouldnt be automatically on the all star team etc - 14/15/16 year old kids being given everything regardless

It's hilarious when the "All Stars" or "Players To Watch" lists come out. It's all about who knows who and which daddy is running the program. Or the directors are running it and trying to hype up their own players. But to be honest how could they tell who the best is when they're barely watching the games and honestly don't even care after the checks have cleared.

Live above the line. Why are so many also looking for the worst part or negative in every situation?

Legacy tearing it up at NAL. Guess only reason they get in is cause they run it.

Not even close to being an accurate or true statement.

0-5-1 may seem little they were fighting above their weight class, but they competed, not like they were blown out.

BINGO!!!

One of the worst tournaments. No playoffs and the brackets were completely mis matched. Blown opportunity for some great games.

Don’t know about the worst. But a lot teams traveled a long way. Why figure out a way to play more games and get more matchups between some of these clubs.

I guess legacy can not invite it’s team back next year after that performance.

Igloo went off at NAL....NOT.... 1 win... Guess the A/B combo experiment isnt working out as planned (whatever that plan wa$).... This weekend's performance answers the question of why you would put your "A" team in a "B" team tournament the week before.

I said it last week, they are in a tough spot. They are not a true A team but they are better than most of the B teams. They are going to get blasted for playing in A tournaments and losing. Them when they enter B Tournaments they win and get blasted for beating inferior teams. Tough situation

91 tops on the island, Express second but not very close. After that it's all the others battling for your hard earned dollars and the promise of college recruitment. There is a college for everybody to play at the next level, D1, D2, D3, MCLA. Choose your education over lacrosse than figure it out later.

What do the Igloo parents say? Any of them reading this or are their heads in the sand for the privilege of wearing those new, but very dated, uniforms....?

Didn’t they go 1-2? And lose both games by either 1 or 2 goals. Not as bad as you make it sound.

Igloo parent, if you're ok with those results and how your team played than kudos to you. Igloo is not an elite team by any standard and certainly not in the same class as 91 or even express. But hey, they look great when they bring their A team to B tournaments. Are their parents that narcissistic that they think it's worthwhile for them to play in B tournaments and brag about it. The entire organization stinks from the top down.

what choice do they have at this point? Making the best of it and expect a mass exodus after this season.

When the play A they get smacked. How does the playtime work? All 50 kids are getting in? Its too cold to be standing around in November watching the same 11 kids get peppered

So it was 1-2 with two one goal losses?

What choice? There is always a choice: Simple: Leave and stop paying your quarterly "tuition"... There are a lot of choices...They choose to allow this bum to ruin their kid's self esteem

I think the point is when you call yourself an A team and regularly lose to other A teams it show poorly. Then to compound the problem, you enter a B tournament and play all your A kids at the expense of your B kids...

I agree with second half of this. Don’t like any ‘A’ team playing in B tourneys. And especially with their set up at the expense of their B kids. But his post about NAL makes it sound like they got blown out, which is far from the actual story. Im not an igloo parent, just don’t get what makes someone care enough to post about it and then lie. We can all find the results on our own.

Not sure where you see that someone said Igloo got blasted. What was said is that Igloo is clearly not an elite team. The results speak for themselves, last year and so far this year. With many teams playing on LI this weekend lets see who shows up. Football is over for HS so most roster should have their players. If you're not competitive this fall I don't see how drastically things would change come spring.

I’m not sure what you expected out of Legacy. When you take a bunch of mediocre kids off of one team and mix them with mediocre kids from another team, you’re going to get a mediocre team with a new name. With the exception of that big lefty, I didn’t see any high level kids. But in their defense, I only saw one full game and one half game.

Igloo was different. They looked like they had a bunch of talented kids, but they just didn’t play well together. Maybe that can be fixed with reps, but as of this fall, they are A not AA. Legarush is low end A/solid B.

Enough with AA, A, low A, solid B, B
There are good teams and bad teams. Keep it simple

Did they play from LI this season.

Igloo was different. They looked like they had a bunch of talented kids, but they just didn’t play well together.

You just summed up the program who takes the shiny new toys each season instead of developing the players they have. Not every kid will stay with the program but when you see 15 new faces each year on a team of course there won't be chemistry. The players and parents bounce from program to program because the grass is always greener. Evaluators fall in love with the big new kid, but guess what, there is a reason they played for 5 different programs. Won't pass, takes too many shots, sound familiar? Be careful what you wish for. Just because you have 50 kids on a roster doesn't mean your doing anything right.

you guys come on here and criticize 14 year old lacrosse it is pathetic . You all should worry about your kid only , dont worry about any other team or kid . I bet because your kid was so good he had UNC looking at your games . Go get a life because 98% of these kids are not going to high end Division 1

You would think after all the years mylaxtourneys has been organizing lax events they would have this completely aced. IMHO Blatant, Tri Star and FLG run better events.

This weekends Fall Classic? What seems to be the issue?

There are teams that will likely not have competitive games. It can be good to be challenged, but be challenged and lose is one thing. Lose by getting wiped out is not fun for anybody.

name 1 game that someone would get wiped out? so igloo goes by flurry not northface anymore? i understand there's one team so they chose the second teams name? i would have liked to see igloo play more difficult games this weekend

If Igloo brought the real Flurry team every game would be difficult. Truth is they don't have enough for a full B team. They will bring half of their A players (Northface) and claim they are Flurry. Facts. We personally know several players on claim they are on "both" teams. Shame on the organization for playing down in tournaments and on the parents who claim that they're just getting more playing time. How the B team parents put up with it is nuts. $ucker$