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Well I guess the former umd goalie from chc was ready. He got cut as a sophmore. For the current goalie. Or how about unc top recruit midfielder from chc who failed out and was kicked off the team and had to transfer out (no longer playing). There are countless more cases of these “elite” high school players who make it and who don’t. They just have a bigger advantage because of the connections elite schools have. Being a D1 goalie is tough no matter what year or where you came from. Maybe Md needs to take a close look at their defense.

Great laugh. King Crab & BL created the holdback system on a large scale. Crab always brags that his rising freshman should have a good shot @ varsity or start on JV. They are already sophomores when they get to high school-so it only makes sense. It sure isn't the coaching he provides!!! There are true sophomores playing against "should be college freshman" in the MIAA. Those "should be freshman" primarily attend CHC, LB, BL & McD. Look at who has boarding facilities & who has the trophies. As they say follow the money.

If everyone was on age, unless held back for some reason other than athletics, this whole thing would go away. Its certain club coaches & boarding schools in the northeast that make these promises but need the extra year of tuition to fulfill the dream. Now its boarding in Baltimore that have joined the arms race. We've always had the pre-first deal @ Saint Paul's & Gilman. The schools w/middle schools have been able to help foster holdbacks as well.
Put them all on age & put all 11 MIAA A conference schools in the the A conference for every sport and lets see where the chips fall.

Ruh Roh!

it's happening...

Beginning with the 2023-24 club lacrosse season, NLF and USA Lacrosse have come together to bring age verification to club lacrosse for '29s and younger:

https://www.usalacrosse.com/nlf

The beginning of the end for Crabs. They don’t know how to move on from 7th grade without reclassing.

Can anyone explain to me why it’s only the boys? Seems discriminatory especially in todays world.

It’s a 15 month window.


Big yawn.

The better club teams will still get the older better players within the age brackets.

Crabs will be the only team not affected because they don’t have holdbacks.

Please use the correct (soft) term…reclass.

Looks like it is 28 and younger

Holdbabk....holdback.....holdback

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And the club doesn't know how to develop players - they only recruit.

Crabs and 91 are the two best club teams in the Baltimore area period. Look at each programs D 1 commits ! No one is close. If you want to play top D1 your best chance is to play for one of those two clubs. Even their back ups get recruited.

Number of D1 commits who actually see the field is a lot different than the numbers you are speaking of. Not something to base where you play your club years.

Teams will go to tournaments that arent sponsored by US Lacrosse.

Doubtful. MD teams who play HoCo will not juggle two different rosters.

When world series mattered more they did.