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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381295
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous There are a number of reasons players will move. We spend a lot of money to join these clubs. What if: 1: they don't see much playing time 2: aren't developing under current coaches 3: is an "A" type player playing in the B league 4: chose current team due to geographic location and will now travel further to play on a competitive team . I'm sure there are many other reasons. We plan to have our DD try out for several of the top teams this mainly due to Reasons 2 and 3. I'd add for # 2, it's not only just coaches per say but overall development within the club etc but they go hand in hand. 2 and 3 I think are the top reasons why you will see a lot of movement to the top teams. I'd be curious to see about # 1. Do players on the "A" teams of the top teams who aren't playing much stay with the club and move to their B teams or do they go to other A clubs that aren't as competitive etc? CClax will be in A next year with their win and I could see a few of the current A teams dropping back down to the B division, i.e. Limelight, Stars and maybe even Skywalkers. Its rare for a team to move backwards in divisions. remember typically there are 10-12 A teams in 6th grade, 14-16 in 7th grade and 18-20 in 8th grade. For girls on A+ teams, you will see some girls tryout for A teams where they can play more or play in a preferred position. You will see stars on A teams try out for A+ teams and B players tryout for A and A+ teams. Also, remember some girls will want to switch team for reasons beyond lacrosse. Lots of cliques on 6th and 7th grade and this can break teams up. Biggest X factor around this age is how many girls drop travel lax all together due to committments to other sports (typically soccer). Remember though that between the top 4 teams, there are usually only around 15-20 spots which open up. For reference last year at the 27 level for the top 3 programs) M&D added 3 new girls (but cut 6 or 7 due to having an inflated roster due to having a Red team collapse at last second) Heros added 5 girls (including 1 from White team and 1 from out of state) BLC added 3 new girls. Though their roster is not as big as M&D 27s was last year, M&D 28 also has a bigger than usual roster this year. So seems like you might see more movement on this team than is typical (and possibly the addition of a red team). From what I hear, yes, the 28s will have 2 teams for next season so lots of movement potentially. History tells us that M&D Red is where a lot of top B players will end up. They have tried to have a Red team every year but never had enough girls come to their tryouts for some reason. Maybe this year will be different.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381334
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous WEEKLY PARENT POLL WEEK 2: What is the top level of lacrosse my daughter will likely achieve? [Quits, Club for fun, D2/3, D1, D1 impact player, Tewaaraton Nominee, Other] Love this. However a little early still to tell and answer that. Give it 1 or 2 more years to see how it plays out, as it gets more competitive. Then you will see what direction your daughter is heading. 12 years old should still be having some fun with it!!
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381344
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Laxdad09 Back of THE CAGE Joined: May 2022 Posts: 2	Predictions for this weekend?
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381347
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous] There are a number of reasons players will move. We spend a lot of money to join these clubs. What if: 1: they don't see much playing time 2: aren't developing under current coaches 3: is an "A" type player playing in the B league 4: chose current team due to geographic location and will now travel further to play on a competitive team . I'm sure there are many other reasons.[/quote We plan to have our DD try out for several of the top teams this mainly due to Reasons 2 and 3. I'd add for # 2, it's not only just coaches per say but overall development within the club etc but they go hand in hand. 2 and 3 I think are the top reasons why you will see a lot of movement to the top teams. I'd be curious to see about # 1. Do players on the "A" teams of the top teams who aren't playing much stay with the club and move to their B teams or do they go to other A clubs that aren't as competitive etc? CClax will be in A next year with their win and I could see a few of the current A teams dropping back down to the B division, i.e. Limelight, Stars and maybe even Skywalkers. Its rare for a team to move backwards in divisions. remember typically there are 10-12 A teams in 6th grade, 14-16 in 7th grade and 18-20 in 8th grade. For girls on A+ teams, you will see some girls tryout for A teams where they can play more or play in a preferred position. You will see stars on A teams try out for A+ teams and B players tryout for A and A+ teams. Also, remember some girls will want to switch team for reasons beyond lacrosse. Lots of cliques on 6th and 7th grade and this can break teams up. Biggest X factor around this age is how many girls drop travel lax all together due to committments to other sports (typically soccer). Remember though that between the top 4 teams, there are usually only around 15-20 spots which open up. For reference last year at the 27 level for the top 3 programs) M&D added 3 new girls (but cut 6 or 7 due to having an inflated roster due to having a Red team collapse at last second) Heros added 5 girls (including 1 from White team and 1 from out of state) BLC added 3 new girls. Huh? Heros Green only added 3 players. 1 from White, one from M&D, one from BLC. They added 4 from BLC They referenced the 2027 team. 2027 def did not add 4 girls from BLC.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Laxdad09 #381348
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Laxdad09 Predictions for this weekend? It will be interesting. There's four solid teams at 2028 MD level, Crush is kinda in between then a big drop off. Not sure the big four are just elite or product of low 2028 A teams. This weekend will help determine that.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381379
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Laxdad09 Predictions for this weekend? I think M&D will beat Aces and get to the final. Hard to predict them bigger Eagle Stix, especially in a 50 minute game. ES is just too big, talented and physical. Hope M&D can embrance being the underdog and pull the upset. I don't think the Eagle Stix game would be close with M&D. M&D doesn't have the speed/athleticism to hang with Eagle Stix. I think the gap is more about size than speed or athleticism plus the complexity of ES's offense. If M&D can win at least 50% of draws, and slow the game down, they have a chance. If they get down a few goals early, it could get ugly quickly. Given that they are likely to play twice in 24 hours, i think this would be M&D an better shot in the second game. Though I don't think they will make the title game, I think Aces matches up better with Eagle Stix due to their physicality.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381385
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Laxdad09]Predictions for this weekend? The one team that I'm interested to see at the NGLL tournament this weekend is Eaglestix 28. Though I sometimes think the hype is coming straight from GA, they've been touted as the team to beat. But they've also historically played a weak schedule. Will be interesting to see this weekend whether they're heads-and-shoulders above the rest as some have said, or on par with others (which is still really good). Wouldn't say they have played a weak schedule. They have some big wins over top 30 2027 teams over past two years. This is one of the reasons they play so physically.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381386
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Laxdad09 Predictions for this weekend? I think M&D will beat Aces and get to the final. Hard to predict them bigger Eagle Stix, especially in a 50 minute game. ES is just too big, talented and physical. Hope M&D can embrance being the underdog and pull the upset. I don't think the Eagle Stix game would be close with M&D. M&D doesn't have the speed/athleticism to hang with Eagle Stix. I think the gap is more about size than speed or athleticism plus the complexity of ES's offense. If M&D can win at least 50% of draws, and slow the game down, they have a chance. If they get down a few goals early, it could get ugly quickly. Given that they are likely to play twice in 24 hours, i think this would be M&D an better shot in the second game. Though I don't think they will make the title game, I think Aces matches up better with Eagle Stix due to their physicality. Since Eagle Stix gets to pull from a whole state, its too bad we couldn't do an "all-star" team from the NGLL A teams after the NGLL regular season and give them a shot at Eagle Stix
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381391
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Laxdad09]Predictions for this weekend? The one team that I'm interested to see at the NGLL tournament this weekend is Eaglestix 28. Though I sometimes think the hype is coming straight from GA, they've been touted as the team to beat. But they've also historically played a weak schedule. Will be interesting to see this weekend whether they're heads-and-shoulders above the rest as some have said, or on par with others (which is still really good). Wouldn't say they have played a weak schedule. They have some big wins over top 30 2027 teams over past two years. This is one of the reasons they play so physically. Def wasn't MD NGLL Refs, they won't let the kids make contact without a whistle.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381397
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Laxdad09]Predictions for this weekend? The one team that I'm interested to see at the NGLL tournament this weekend is Eaglestix 28. Though I sometimes think the hype is coming straight from GA, they've been touted as the team to beat. But they've also historically played a weak schedule. Will be interesting to see this weekend whether they're heads-and-shoulders above the rest as some have said, or on par with others (which is still really good). Wouldn't say they have played a weak schedule. They have some big wins over top 30 2027 teams over past two years. This is one of the reasons they play so physically. Def wasn't MD NGLL Refs, they won't let the kids make contact without a whistle. And that is why Eagle Stix is not a big favorite this weekend. If the refs call the game very close, big edge to M&D
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381571
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Looks like Tryout registrations are open for a few of the clubs now.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381634
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Laxdad09 Predictions for this weekend? I think M&D will beat Aces and get to the final. Hard to predict them bigger Eagle Stix, especially in a 50 minute game. ES is just too big, talented and physical. Hope M&D can embrance being the underdog and pull the upset. I don't think the Eagle Stix game would be close with M&D. M&D doesn't have the speed/athleticism to hang with Eagle Stix. I think the gap is more about size than speed or athleticism plus the complexity of ES's offense. If M&D can win at least 50% of draws, and slow the game down, they have a chance. If they get down a few goals early, it could get ugly quickly. Given that they are likely to play twice in 24 hours, i think this would be M&D an better shot in the second game. Though I don't think they will make the title game, I think Aces matches up better with Eagle Stix due to their physicality. Since Eagle Stix gets to pull from a whole state, its too bad we couldn't do an "all-star" team from the NGLL A teams after the NGLL regular season and give them a shot at Eagle Stix I don't think your premise is accurate. I spoke with a couple fathers of Eagle Stix players at last year's NGLL and they indicated that the girls all live within about a 15 mile radius. I would think that compares with other 2028 elite teams.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381644
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Laxdad09 Predictions for this weekend? I think M&D will beat Aces and get to the final. Hard to predict them bigger Eagle Stix, especially in a 50 minute game. ES is just too big, talented and physical. Hope M&D can embrance being the underdog and pull the upset. I don't think the Eagle Stix game would be close with M&D. M&D doesn't have the speed/athleticism to hang with Eagle Stix. I think the gap is more about size than speed or athleticism plus the complexity of ES's offense. If M&D can win at least 50% of draws, and slow the game down, they have a chance. If they get down a few goals early, it could get ugly quickly. Given that they are likely to play twice in 24 hours, i think this would be M&D an better shot in the second game. Though I don't think they will make the title game, I think Aces matches up better with Eagle Stix due to their physicality. Since Eagle Stix gets to pull from a whole state, its too bad we couldn't do an "all-star" team from the NGLL A teams after the NGLL regular season and give them a shot at Eagle Stix I don't think your premise is accurate. I spoke with a couple fathers of Eagle Stix players at last year's NGLL and they indicated that the girls all live within about a 15 mile radius. I would think that compares with other 2028 elite teams. Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Laxdad09 Predictions for this weekend? I think M&D will beat Aces and get to the final. Hard to predict them bigger Eagle Stix, especially in a 50 minute game. ES is just too big, talented and physical. Hope M&D can embrance being the underdog and pull the upset. I don't think the Eagle Stix game would be close with M&D. M&D doesn't have the speed/athleticism to hang with Eagle Stix. I think the gap is more about size than speed or athleticism plus the complexity of ES's offense. If M&D can win at least 50% of draws, and slow the game down, they have a chance. If they get down a few goals early, it could get ugly quickly. Given that they are likely to play twice in 24 hours, i think this would be M&D an better shot in the second game. Though I don't think they will make the title game, I think Aces matches up better with Eagle Stix due to their physicality. Since Eagle Stix gets to pull from a whole state, its too bad we couldn't do an "all-star" team from the NGLL A teams after the NGLL regular season and give them a shot at Eagle Stix I don't think your premise is accurate. I spoke with a couple fathers of Eagle Stix players at last year's NGLL and they indicated that the girls all live within about a 15 mile radius. I would think that compares with other 2028 elite teams. Almost all kids are north Atlanta suburbs. They have a massive youth program which starts as early as MD. Biggest advantage ES has is these kids have already been playing together for 6 years.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381682
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Who cares about how big of an area Eaglestix has to draw from? It doesn’t matter. Play the games and whoever wins wins. What’s the big deal? You, me or anyone could make our own team of 2028s. Everyone making excuses for either winning or losing before it even happens is so foolish. Maybe M&D and Eaglestix will both lose this weekend.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381692
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Can someone please share a link to info on this weekend's games? Thank you.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381772
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Tourney Machine.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381885
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Tough loss for M&D today against Aces. They competed well, were probably the deeper team, but Aces was better in cage and converted its opportunities better. Tomorrow's ES game should be interesting. ES rolled Aces and Madskillz today and looked pretty much unstoppable. For those who haven't seen them live, Yes the hype is real -- I truly believe they would be a top 15 team in the 27 bracket. #67 on their team is the best 28 I seen. M&D's low defenders will need to have the game of their lives to keep M&D close.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381913
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Tough loss for M&D today against Aces. They competed well, were probably the deeper team, but Aces was better in cage and converted its opportunities better. Tomorrow's ES game should be interesting. ES rolled Aces and Madskillz today and looked pretty much unstoppable. For those who haven't seen them live, Yes the hype is real -- I truly believe they would be a top 15 team in the 27 bracket. #67 on their team is the best 28 I seen. M&D's low defenders will need to have the game of their lives to keep M&D close. Are these games live streamed? Would like to watch ES and M&D at 10AM this morning.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #381919
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Tough loss for M&D today against Aces. They competed well, were probably the deeper team, but Aces was better in cage and converted its opportunities better. Tomorrow's ES game should be interesting. ES rolled Aces and Madskillz today and looked pretty much unstoppable. For those who haven't seen them live, Yes the hype is real -- I truly believe they would be a top 15 team in the 27 bracket. #67 on their team is the best 28 I seen. M&D's low defenders will need to have the game of their lives to keep M&D close. Are these games live streamed? Would like to watch ES and M&D at 10AM this morning. FYI - link to championship game livestreams is here -> https://cruitcast.com/user/web/stream/ngll-championship-2022
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381981
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Laxdad09 Back of THE CAGE Joined: May 2022 Posts: 2	Eagle stix 28 won NGLL
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #381986
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Congrats to Eaglestix. Not a very exciting brand of lacrosse.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Laxdad09 #381993
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Saw all the scores from the NGLL games this weekend. Based on most of the conversation on here this past week, I was surprised to see how even Aces, M&D and Eaglestix all were. All certainly look to be the best team to represent each of their regions going forward. Great job by all.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382009
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Congrats to Eaglestix. Not a very exciting brand of lacrosse. I wish my team played as unexciting as the Eagle Stix team. Personally I find winning exciting.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382012
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Congrats to Eaglestix. Not a very exciting brand of lacrosse. Fell asleep 3 times while watching them play!
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382037
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Congrats to Eaglestix. Not a very exciting brand of lacrosse. I wish my team played as unexciting as the Eagle Stix team. Personally I find winning exciting. Try teaching the girls to move and create inside of score first and hold the ball. Just not gonna help them learn to play at the college level. The old 4 corners offense !!
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382038
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Congrats to Eaglestix. Not a very exciting brand of lacrosse. What does that even mean?
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382043
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Congrats to Eaglestix. Not a very exciting brand of lacrosse. Fell asleep 3 times while watching them play! I’m sure you did. It’s tiring watching your team lose. Eagle Stix was always at least one goal less boring than their opponents. Personally I thought every team played well and that no team was boring. Positivity is a virtue that some people simply lack and sore losers fall in that category.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #382067
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Good team, well coached. This page as usual will be getting deleted shortly due to the continued negativity. Congrats to ES and all of the teams who experienced a fun weekend of lacrosse at the NGLL nationals. Agreed with a previous post the top 3 were extremely close, parity is a good thing!
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #382075
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Eaglestix is more concerned with winning vs letting their girls develop and play the game. Everything is micromanaged on offense. They just hold the ball and don’t really do anything with it. No 11/12 year old game should end in a 3-2 final score.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382082
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Eaglestix is more concerned with winning vs letting their girls develop and play the game. Everything is micromanaged on offense. They just hold the ball and don’t really do anything with it. No 11/12 year old game should end in a 3-2 final score. Isn’t the purpose of a tournament to win? Sounds like your just more upset that they only allowed m&d to score 2 times.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #382083
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I thought all the games this weekend were fantastic and exciting. No doubt these top teams will trade wins and losses for years to come. Congratulations to all the players on every team for playing their hearts out!
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #382085
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Both goalies were outstanding in the ES/M&D game and both offenses ran motions and plays. The defensive effort on both sides was really good. It was hard for either team to do much of anything
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Re: MD Girls 2028 loyo29 #382089
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Now the season is over, how do you rank the following teams’ defense, midfield, attack, and goalie. M&D, Coppermine, MD United, Crush, Skywalkers, Hero’s or others. May help players interested in transferring to and trying out for a new team in July.
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382091
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Eaglestix is more concerned with winning vs letting their girls develop and play the game. Everything is micromanaged on offense. They just hold the ball and don’t really do anything with it. No 11/12 year old game should end in a 3-2 final score. On one possession early in the 2nd half they passed the ball around for 9 minutes. 😴
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Re: MD Girls 2028 Anonymous #382106
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Eaglestix is more concerned with winning vs letting their girls develop and play the game. Everything is micromanaged on offense. They just hold the ball and don’t really do anything with it. No 11/12 year old game should end in a 3-2 final score. On one possession early in the 2nd half they passed the ball around for 9 minutes. 😴 You timed it🤪
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