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New to BOC but wanted to provide some thoughts since I already had a couple of daughters go through this time period and college recruiting process.

1. Girls change (duh). Some dominate players will become just ok by high school, some ok players will become dominate by high school, some girls will quit lax and focus on soccer/field hockey

2. Team rosters will change dramatically until around 9th even 10th grade. Rankings don't mean to much until fall of 10th grade, recruiters will show up for top tier games (M&D vs Heroes, YJ LI vs. SW Blue, Monster Purple vs. FL Select, etc) For example, at Presidents cup you will see 10-20 coaches at the AA games, 5-10 at A games, 1-5 at B games

3. College coaches will pay really attention starting in fall of 10th grade...again...they don't care about middle school at all. (not even a little bit)

4. College coaches all ask the same questions. a. How are their grades? b. Is she coachable? c. How are the parents (they already know if the girl can play)

5. College coaches don't care about the score of the game or who won. Recruiters are looking at the skill set, body type and look for intangibles. (hustle, attitude, etc)

Final thoughts, don't ruin the sport for your kid. Being 12-14 is hard enough with social media, puberty, middle school, boys, sports, etc...ensure your daughter know you love her, support her and want her to learn the intangibles of the sport. Learn how to win, lose, be a good teammate, deal with adversity, etc.

The parents are the ones who will ruin the sport for the kid (they will resent you or be embarrassed by you)...don't be that mom or dad.

New to BOC but wanted to provide some thoughts since I already had a couple of daughters go through this time period and college recruiting process.

1. Girls change (duh). Some dominate players will become just ok by high school, some ok players will become dominate by high school, some girls will quit lax and focus on soccer/field hockey

2. Team rosters will change dramatically until around 9th even 10th grade. Rankings don't mean to much until fall of 10th grade, recruiters will show up for top tier games (M&D vs Heroes, YJ LI vs. SW Blue, Monster Purple vs. FL Select, etc) For example, at Presidents cup you will see 10-20 coaches at the AA games, 5-10 at A games, 1-5 at B games

3. College coaches will pay really attention starting in fall of 10th grade...again...they don't care about middle school at all. (not even a little bit)

4. College coaches all ask the same questions. a. How are their grades? b. Is she coachable? c. How are the parents (they already know if the girl can play)

5. College coaches don't care about the score of the game or who won. Recruiters are looking at the skill set, body type and look for intangibles. (hustle, attitude, etc)

Final thoughts, don't ruin the sport for your kid. Being 12-14 is hard enough with social media, puberty, middle school, boys, sports, etc...ensure your daughter know you love her, support her and want her to learn the intangibles of the sport. Learn how to win, lose, be a good teammate, deal with adversity, etc.

The parents are the ones who will ruin the sport for the kid (they will resent you or be embarrassed by you)...don't be that mom or dad.

[quote=Anonymous]They updated the club rankings yesterday, not that only fall games can really be accurate heres my take (cause its a long time before meaningful games again)

1) M&D Black
2) Madskillz
3) Eagle Stix Blue
4) Hero’s Green
5) Prime Time
6) Yellow Jackets – Gradzidei
7) Aces Elite
8) FLG Navy
9) Pride Red
10) BLC

Eaglestix should be the top team. No losses and only tie to YJ A.
M&D Black and Madskillz 2-3.

To be the best you gotta beat the best consistently. Eagle Stix can’t be #1 playing weak southern Tournies.

[quote=Anonymous]They updated the club rankings yesterday, not that only fall games can really be accurate heres my take (cause its a long time before meaningful games again)

1) M&D Black
2) Madskillz
3) Eagle Stix Blue
4) Hero’s Green
5) Prime Time
6) Yellow Jackets – Gradzidei
7) Aces Elite
8) FLG Navy
9) Pride Red
10) BLC

Eaglestix should be the top team. No losses and only tie to YJ A.
M&D Black and Madskillz 2-3.

To be the best you gotta beat the best consistently. Eagle Stix can’t be #1 playing weak southern Tournies.

They played five fall tournaments, 1 in MD, 1 in NJ and 1 in NY. They play in all the summer tournaments up in MD/DE/NJ/PA like the rest.

[quote=Anonymous]They updated the club rankings yesterday, not that only fall games can really be accurate heres my take (cause its a long time before meaningful games again)

1) M&D Black
2) Madskillz
3) Eagle Stix Blue
4) Hero’s Green
5) Prime Time
6) Yellow Jackets – Gradzidei
7) Aces Elite
8) FLG Navy
9) Pride Red
10) BLC

Eaglestix should be the top team. No losses and only tie to YJ A.
M&D Black and Madskillz 2-3.

From top to bottom, M&D is clearly the top team due to ridiculous talent on bench. However, that advantage will go away in the summer when most teams go to 14-16 girl rotations.

Pipe dreams

From top to bottom, M&D is clearly the top team due to ridiculous talent on bench. However, that advantage will go away in the summer when most teams go to 14-16 girl rotations.

Maybe this is the year somebody knocks M&D ( and to some extent Hero's) off the top of the rankings in the DMV.

LBC or Pride or BLC.

Those 2 teams are good. But the others are catching up. Maybe somebody sneaky like NEMS. anything can happen.

Seriously. Did BLC and LBC hire PR firms to post on here?

Sounds like that bald headed Hero’s dad making this assumption. I’m guessing he’s pretty upset that M&D has beaten Hero’s 7 games in a row.

Sounds like that bald headed Hero’s dad making this assumption. I’m guessing he’s pretty upset that M&D has beaten Hero’s 7 games in a row.

Sounds like that bald headed Hero’s dad making this assumption. I’m guessing he’s pretty upset that M&D has beaten Hero’s 7 games in a row.

LOL +1

LOL +1

You can call it boasting, I call it truthing-
No one is beating M&D this year. Its wishful thinking on your part.
A better, more realistic question is if anyone can give us a game and stay within 2-3 goals.
There might be one or two teams who can have a good day, but if recent results are any indicator, no one likely will. Including Hero's.

You can call it boasting, I call it truthing-
No one is beating M&D this year. Its wishful thinking on your part.
A better, more realistic question is if anyone can give us a game and stay within 2-3 goals.
There might be one or two teams who can have a good day, but if recent results are any indicator, no one likely will. Including Hero's.

That’s the thing with recent results, they tend to change.

Recipe to win is simple, but difficult, win the draws, don’t turn it over and have good goalie / defense play.

Slow the game down, don’t try to get into a shoot out with M&D.

Slow the game down = playing scared

Tell me you don't know lacrosse without telling me you don't know lacrosse.

If you aren't likely to win the DC battle, the more goals scored, the less likely you are to get possession.

You don't want transition offenses to take over the game. You slow it down. You wait for a good shot on goal. Maybe force a shooting space or 3 sec goal.

Proof is in Pudding:

NEMS 8-7 over M&D
BLC 7-3 over M&D
M&D 6-5 over Aces
YJ A 7-6 over Hero's Green
MDU 5-3 over YJ A
LBS 6-5 over Hero's Green
Eagle Stix 6-2 over M&D

You try to pull an upset in a 13-12 game, its not going to happen. You must limit possessions. Rely on defense/goalie to make stops.