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Club nationals tournament next week in Orlando has quite a few NY & Nj teams- Legacy, LI Express, Sweetlax, NJ nationals, Team 91, Mad Dog, True National and Premier Nationals. Interesting representation vs west coast & Texas teams.

Ha, Express and Sweetlax will mop up everyone 20 to zero, fact.

Express and Sweetlax very good but not unbeatable. At NAL, Express didn’t make finals and Sweetlax couldnt beat express north. Florida sunshine exposes them.

Covid flight cancellations are going to expose them now. Better get there early!

Nation’s Best is a 3D team and they have best talent at Club Lax national championship in Orlando this weekend. Team cruised to championship in tune up tournament in Florida. Laxachusetts 2026 no longer competitive with peers

And they will lose to Sweetlax or Express by at least 10

Talk is just talk. We'll see this weekend.

Nations best is 3step players. Not 3d. And I will be shocked if they are any good at all. The best talent they could have pulled was from the Annapolis hawks. And I don’t think they brought too many of them. If at all.

Didn’t they lose already?

Yes they did. That's what happens when people that have no clue spout off.

West Coast Starz Gold 6-7 Nations Best

Nations Best 3-10 True National Black

Another lost team attending. Express and Sweetlax and nobodys else.

How is Sweetlax Navy looking? How is this team different from just plain ol’ Sweetlax?

[1] LI Express CoachC 4 - 8 [1] Stealth Lacrosse

Looking good in the Championship game today.

[1] Madlax National 3 - 11 [1] Sweetlax Navy

It’s great to be a Outlaw!

How does 2026 Stealth beat LIE and Sweetlax? Did they bring in some 2025s?

I can’t imagine that amount of improvement since the WSYL

Some 25’s ? Lol..that’s funny ..most of team was 25 and some 24 ..
Sweetlax took best of upstate and Fla ..Great lacrosse unfortunately it’s hard to compete with 15-16 year olds ..

Stop crying Express Dad ! Little Johnny needs to learn about losing it will make him a stronger kid.

Give the Stealth kids some credit. Stealth won Naptown last summer - beat the Hawks. Maybe LIE and Sweetlax are just beatable. Lot of parity at this age - which is a good thing.

I don’t think parity is the right word when other teams cheat by using current 9th graders in an 8th grade division.

"Lot of parity at this age" -- No, they were not "this age". It was completely obvious and the parents should be embarrassed.

We need to hold the tournament directors accountable for not enforcing eligibility rules. Regardless of whether age or grade based, players should have to show proof. Report cart will work if grade based. Until parents and teams boycott tournaments, nothing will ever change.

It happens to every team now, and it seems that most teams just except it and next time their team will be doing it to.
At some point of time the tournament organizers have to be held responsible for this, as well as the programs that go into tournaments that are known to allow this. Soccer, football and even basketball have id cards, age/grade verification and roster check. One day Lacrosse will get on the same page. Sad that USA Lacrosse has the potential to spear head it but they do nothing. Even PAL has some kind of check that tries to prevent this.

Stealth did not beat Sweetlax Upstate. Let's be clear.

That is true! Upstate is a much better team and should not have combined with Sweet Lax Florida! Big fan of Sweet Lax Upstate. The boys and parents are a class act!

Most of the Sweetlax team had black helmets (upstate) rest with teal (FL). Second half nearly all black helmets on the field. So....

Great to be ECE !

Benefit of doubt makes the new ranks Sweetlax, Tigers, Stealth, Crabs, LI Express, 3D, mad lax , Blackops, Hawks, Towermen

LE should be before Mad Lax.

How do you know?

Because that's what LI parents always say when they lose.

Good one, not from LI though. How do I know? Because it doesn't take a genius to see that an entire team of boys is larger than 90% of another team. **Cue the boys are bigger in the south or we start school later down here excuse**

Because that's what LI parents always say when they lose.[/quote]

Good one, not from LI though. How do I know? Because it doesn't take a genius to see that an entire team of boys is larger than 90% of another team. **Cue the boys are bigger in the south or we start school later down here excuse**[/quote]

Panic time. Express has lost 3 games in a month.

Good one, not from LI though. How do I know? Because it doesn't take a genius to see that an entire team of boys is larger than 90% of another team. **Cue the boys are bigger in the south or we start school later down here excuse**[/quote]

Panic time. Express has lost 3 games in a month.[/quote]

In FL this weekend they lost it in the Stealth loss. Like a family member died.

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Panic time. Express has lost 3 games in a month.[/quote]

In FL this weekend they lost it in the Stealth loss. Like a family member died.[/quote]

Panic time. Express has lost 3 games in a month.[/quote]

In FL this weekend they lost it in the Stealth loss. Like a family member died.[/quote]

Don’t worry Coach C will be shopping for some new players this week . Three losses in one month 🤔 with hold backs ?

Panic time. Express has lost 3 games in a month.[/quote]

In FL this weekend they lost it in the Stealth loss. Like a family member died.[/quote]

Hahah good one. You realize that was only 1/2 the team right? Many didn't travel because of covid and holidays. Everyone here knows who the top teams are. It's the same teams that have been at the top consistently and play each other consistently.

In FL this weekend they lost it in the Stealth loss. Like a family member died.[/quote]

Hahah good one. You realize that was only 1/2 the team right? Many didn't travel because of covid and holidays. Everyone here knows who the top teams are. It's the same teams that have been at the top consistently and play each other consistently.[/quote]

Didnt Express beat the Hawks, or Tigers in the fall when they were down 6-7 middies and Express didnt want to hear any excuses?