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Good try pal. Crabs are number 1.

Coaches would also like your kid on steroids. You going to give it to your kid? Be the adult. Holdbacks are terrible for sports. It’s a selfish decision and it is cheating.

-It isn't cheating if it is allowed.
-The average hockey D1 freshman is over 20 years old.
-College coaches don't care and almost prefer an older, more developed player..
-For the record Express has 2 holdbacks and 91 3.
-Most of the holdbacks go to private/prep schools. They are competing with yours and my kids for college spots. It's reality.
-It makes your kid better and more prepared for varsity/college at this age/level.
-I assume your kid isn't on one of these top teams. If he was, you wouldn't care about reclasses because the coaches are there to watch them, hence also watching my son.
-They are now using age verification at lower ages, which is meant to make it safer for developing kids. As a 2026, if your kid is already playing varsity (which all public school kids on the teams above are) playing against a kid a year older isn't a thing.

who are the top goalies in the class?

Not sure where the “steroid” coaches are, but you should absolutely report this to the authorities or you are a complete coward and a lousy parent! Your kids coach is pushing steroids and you’ve done nothing? Call the papers for God’s sake, what a rotten adult you are! Coward. Shame on you

Like tops at all the other positions, they are on these teams below. lol

Laxacusetts
Team 91
Express
Team 10
Sweetlax

Umm, coaches don’t care about a holdback. Don’t they andvise kids to go do another year ant a prep school? I think they do. Only people that care are ones that didn’t reclass or PG. Pg year is same thing in reality, PG fills the spot of a potential HS recruit. Is reclassify/PG cheating? Some say yes, some say no. To each his own. If somebody makes a decision to give their child the best opportunity, that’s their business. And it seems to work out opportunity wise. Again, no rule against it.

In order next level, express north , hhh, west coast stars, 91 , crabs , prime time , dc express , Long Island express , hawks

How good could express north be. That team is ranked 35 and they lost a pile of games this fall. Give me a break. This ranking [Censored] is so rigged.

HHH goalie is actually 2027 playing 2026. and you left Team Ten's goalies off the list. The one was MVP at 1% last winter, old Tigers goalie. He lost out this winter to express north goalie.

i would assume Goalies
Express Long Island
91,
Team Ten
Laxachusetts
Sweetlax ny and fl

If your ranked in the 30’s I would pump the brakes dad.
Express North, CoachC, 91 Primetime and Lax Black all have the top goalies. Period stop. Rank them however. Those will be the first to go Sept 1.

I forgot Team 10 and Sweetlax above.

I would assume , regardless of Social media hype, these coaches know who the best players are in every position regardless of rank, etc

You must be new to the recruiting scene. Goalies almost never go September 1st. 91 doesn’t have top goalies.

The Show.

Actually the tip-top goalies do go early to the tip-top schools. Then there is a break.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recr...25&position=G&hometown_state=ALL

Top 20 goalies went in Sept.

That’s fine. The poster said September 1st. Of all the goalies ranked within the top 100 last year only one was from Long Island (Ippolito). Long Island isn’t a goalie hotbed anymore.

Like I said.......the poster said they will be gone by September 1st. That's a big difference from going later in September. Again, if you look at that list you posted there are only 1 or 2 from Long Island.

Well in reality the actual number going on Sep 1 is actually fairly low. Whenever someone says Sep 1 lacrosse commits, I’ve always loosely interpreted that as the first few weeks

What’s the difference the top 50 are usually done before Thanksgiving and most of the other 4 stars outside the top 50 are done as well.

Both starting goalies in the national championship game last season were from Long Island!

Dukes goalie is not from Long Island

He grew up on Long Island

Can anyone give me some honest feedback on the following showcases. Just wondering if anyone saw any real value in them or were complete money grabs

Player Series
CBL laxers winter and summer
Blatant summer exposure
Apex

If there are any others you found to be a money grab (or very good ) Please let me know. Thanks.

Players series was run very well. More like a camp than a recruitment event. Duke and UNC I believe run the event. The next two are kind of local events. Maybe useful if you want to go to a LI school. Apex is a money grab. A gazillion kids. Low level assistants coaching. Fake all star selection process. Huge social media presence which makes it seem more important than it actually is

CBL is actually more useful than this poster is suggesting and not just for Long Island schools. My older son didn't go to the schools that saw him there, but it did get him a lot of attention a couple of years ago.

Agreed on Apex and the social media thing is something to remind your kids about. Those videos on Instagram aren't what are gonna get you recruited. Don't fall for it.

Player Series is the best of this bunch.

Arguing about team rankings is a waste of time folks. I know this age is new to actual recruiting but your team's ranking doesn't matter. Probably never did.

Don't let anyone tell you that college coaches only watch the top clubs either. That's just what your club directors will tell you with their hands out for the next check.

Focus on your kid getting better and being on the field as much as possible during every game. On the field for a B team gets you more looks than the bench of a AAAA team.

Agree with most of this. No one cares about wins and losses in high school. And coaches will come see you regardless of what team you are on, IF you are on the list. The one thing I will say about rankings is there does seem to be a correlation between higher ranked teams and their college placement. Whether or not it’s the chicken or the egg, who knows, but they correlate nonetheless

That is not good because Inside lacrosse said 2025 was weak as well.

Players Series, in my opinion, and based on experience, is a well run camp and there is no recruitment value. Would not recommend for recruiting, but fun time for the kids with the social posts and coaches that attend.

CBL, never went,

Blatant, never went

Apex, depends on the talent of the team your son gets placed on. Which is true for so many events.

This 2026 CoachC Express team is maybe the best club team of all time. When Crush and more so the Turtles dominated there wasn’t this many clubs and teams. They are phenomenal after what they did in Delaware this weekend!!!! .

1. Who cares.
2. Half the kids are still playing in their high school tournaments.

Who cares ? Our kids are trying to get recruited now. This is stuff that was said when they were in 5th grade. Are you still looking at the club lacrosse rankings too? SMH

Correct. It NO LONGER MATTERS. If you think so, you don't understand the point of club lacrosse at this age.

Maybe so. But coaches will be crowding the sidelines to watch this team because their ranking. So it has a different meaning now vs “5th grade” but probably more important ironically. Not to mention the clubs are the first ones to repost rankings at every age. So rankings still count imho

Where?

Of course clubs repost the rankings. It’s how they market their services to people who don’t understand what actually matters.

Like you apparently.

Acutely aware. If you think a coach is watching the 50th ranked club over top 10 ranked club, you are not correct. They will watch based on the teams standings in the grade. It will likely be kids from top ranked clubs getting more calls on Sept 1.