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What is the upgrade on express? ( they needed upgrade)
What is the upgrade on 91? Haven’t heard of any game changers being added for either team. (91didn’t need upgrade)

Legacy lost a good middie then gained a good middie. Added turtle/btb and Rush kids. (the new additions, rebel middie and turtle/btb players, didn’t make 91, since we are keeping score)
Upgraded

Rebels lost middie to legacy. Lost a decent lsm to express. Gained turtle/btb kids. I heard decent offensive kids, good lsm and best defender from turtles/btb.
Possible upgrade

Rush lost 2 or 3 decent players, don’t think they replaced them. Might be a tough year.

Surge added a middie that was cut from legacy. Haven’t heard of anyone else impactful. Question is did they lose anyone? Tbd

S2s added new players but tbd if impactful.

Btb lost a ton so basically a new team. TBD

Igloo tbd

Turtles 28/29 team or 28/27 team? Anybody know?

Moose able to field a 28 team?

Yes East teams fielded teams. Which new East teams out of the rebels, express and legacy will be the better team? Tbd
All of the east teams are B level teams

Final us club ranking still a bit silly.
For example

27 express chucks
28 Rush
33 legacy

Rush is being based off of playing teams like igloo frost, recon, express oreilly
Whereas express and legacy played far better competition.
Just an observation.

Close but missing some things. Some teams listed lost more than you stated and some gained more impactful players than you think. The 5 top teams on Long Island will look very different this year and time will tell. The least amount of change of those teams will be 91 but they upgraded.
Also, neither one of you should make assumptions on who tried out where and who got cut.

91 added a 2way player. I stand corrected. Upgraded

Why is Surge in the conversation about A teams? Shouldn't they stay in their lane.

They added more than that. And that’s not where the correction needs to be. Despite the beliefs of many, not every addition to legacy, rebels, and express is a kid who tried out for 91 and got cut. Sorry but it’s a fact.

Nobody said every addition but you can’t say those statements aren’t true because a bunch did in fact try but not make venom. I’ll even add express kids that tried to leave express to the mix, they didn’t make 91 either. Some that express added tried but didn’t make venom. Fact.

Also probably all teams added, doesn’t mean all the additions are impactful. There were only a few additions to venom and in my opinion only the 2way player stands out.

Calm down it’s just conversation based on info and opinion.

State yours.

91 Dad above assumes that everyone that isn’t on the 91 roster wasn’t offered a spot on the team. You would be mistaken. Some kids do turn down 91 for other teams and some kids that get recruited to join the team behind the scenes also turn them down.

Please do tell how was venom upgraded

100% correct
Just because one attends a 91 tryout and ends up elsewhere does not mean they did not make the team.

Sure we’ll go with that

91 Dad above assumes that everyone that isn’t on the 91 roster wasn’t offered a spot on the team. You would be mistaken. Some kids do turn down 91 for other teams and some kids that get recruited to join the team behind the scenes also turn them down.

The same can be said for every club.

Yes but 91 Dad is the only one who thinks it doesn’t happen to his team.

Yes but 91 Dad is the only one who thinks it doesn’t happen to his team.

Us club rankings and only 1 LI team in top 25

WHO CARES, rankings mean nothing except for people who have nothing else going on in their lives

Nobody said every addition but you can’t say those statements aren’t true because a bunch did in fact try but not make venom. I’ll even add express kids that tried to leave express to the mix, they didn’t make 91 either. Some that express added tried but didn’t make venom. Fact.

Also probably all teams added, doesn’t mean all the additions are impactful. There were only a few additions to venom and in my opinion only the 2way player stands out.

Calm down it’s just conversation based on info and opinion.

State yours.

[USCL just put out their 28 rankings and I have no idea why Venom is still so high. They lost at NAL and NLF. Also, if I'm not mistaken, True also got slapped around this summer. IMO, as much as I detest to admit it, Annapolis Hawks should be in the #1 slot. Thoughts?]

Madlax should be #1

We played Madlax at NLF and they are very legit. Really strong D w a very, very good (albeit small in stature) goalie in the back… they beat 2Way handily who beat everyone else this summer.
Puberty about to change everything though— big changes between now and next spring.

Is the 2Way kid going to Venom the kid who cheated by playing 2028 all summer when in fact a 2027?

2-way without those two 27s (one might even be 26-aged) might be out of the top 9 conversation. BBL has improved a lot and def should be in top 9. NL....eh, I'm not so sure. They play cupcake tournaments and have only two studs - FO and Goalie. Other than those 2 they are pretty average. TX Nationals are very good. A lot of athletes. If their best attackman actually learned how to pass and share the ball (a huge complaint amongst the parents) they'd be even better. Express North.....come on. They play well in the fall when teams are missing kids for football. If they are top 9.....then they are #9.

Hawks are consistently the best team. Period. I don't think there is much debate there. Madlax would be even better if they had a true FOGO but reports on MD Main Forum is they fixed their FO issues... maybe they have given their 2Way win. Who knows.

Re: Rankings:
Why isn't anyone mentioning:
Maddog National, JM3 or West Coast Stars...all in the top ten end of season rankings.