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The 2024 is all that is left. 2023 season is done, 2025 and 2026 boys all left for other clubs.

I don't know how you run a club with only one team...maybe the coaches will take the boys to another program.

No tryout info on web site - which has not been updated since 2020 tryouts.

Stick a fork in it.

I believe the Looneys lone LP and a few middies/ attack tried out for Crabs; did any one of them get a roster spot?

That would be a BIG NO!!

That would be a BIG NO!!

A relevant post from another forum channel:


This Spring, the future of the Looney's 2026 team began to look uncertain. A number of things led the parents to worry about the team and the club - no new uniforms, no off-season training, no position training, an AWOL director who didn't communicate with the teams/players/families, a loss of key players and a resulting decline in the performance of the team (lost players = lost games), coaches missing practices and games, etc..

In May, in an attempt to allow the boys to keep playing together, a Looney's team parent reached out to the Predators club directors to ask if the team could move over intact. The Preds directors did not approach the Looney's team, and they didn't really "negotiate" anything.

Preds held an info session for the Looney's 2026 families in June and offered to accept the team into their club. It was a kind and considerate offer, but several boys had already been looking/guest playing elsewhere, so the team began to disperse to other clubs. Although the director was made aware of the parents' concerns, nothing was done. Some of the families are now scrambling to find a roster spot for their son, unfortunately in a year with multiple other teams folding or in turmoil.

Yes, some of the boys (and parents) were concerned about moving from a formerly Elite HoCo team to a newer club that played at a lower level in HoCo. Others believe the Preds will improve and will likely join the club.

If there is anything to be learned, it is that poor leadership can doom a solid team with good players. The Looney's 2026 team went from winning the NXT Platinum Cup and HoCo Elite in the Fall of 2020 to disbanding a short 20 months later.

It is a shame, and a failure of what was supposed to be adult leadership by paid professionals. The boys deserved better.

They go to FCA because they can’t make any other team.

It is easy to come on this site and dump on kids. These pages are full of Richards who put kids down, sometimes with info that identifies exactly who they are. It is shameful.

Here's a suggestion: Go help some of these kids find a new club. It is hard to stand out at a tryout with 70 kids running around.

If you know some of them, call a club director or coach and put in a good word. I did.

Maybe spend your time helping kids and grow our game instead of bashing boys who are just trying to find a team, you Richard.

Don’t blame the coaches or “adults” karen. Blame your kid….. now go hit the wall!!!

This is absolutely ridiculous. You people need to move on or support these young men play a support that we all enjoy. To bash 13,14 and 15 year olds is shameful.

This is absolutely ridiculous. You people need to move on or support these young men play a support that we all enjoy. To bash 13,14 and 15 year olds is shameful.

What do you mean by "You People"?

Looneys had 13 year olds??? Settle down Karen.

Isn’t Looneys run by Loyola coaches.

Since we are “clueless” I will assume we will see Looneys helmets next week at Hawks tryout. Otherwise the original poster was correct….can’t make any other teams”

Looneys had 13 year olds??? Settle down Karen.

Absolutely, looneys had 13 year olds 2-3. Two of them were starters. Not every kid is a holdback.

Wrong. Every kid on looneys was a hold back. Some of them were 2 year holdbacks.

Wrong. Every kid on looneys was a hold back. Some of them were 2 year holdbacks.

I am looking at the roster buttmunch. THe above info is spot on.

Cookie Monster with the crazy kid! Hope they don’t let him coach at Crabs! Worst coach ever besides Hiken!

Cookie Monster with the crazy kid! Hope they don’t let him coach at Crabs! Worst coach ever besides Hiken!

Cookie Monster with the crazy kid! Hope they don’t let him coach at Crabs! Worst coach ever besides Hiken!

I think what you mean is someone who tries to control the narrative for his son at Loyola!

This is just crazy… why do you all care. It’s the jerry springer show here.