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OK I'm a parent with a younger child but wanted the opinions of some folks with older kids who are going through the college process. My son plays for Express, and plays a lot. His team is good, but certainly not great. They are arguably not even a top 5 team on Long island. Is it worth paying more than other programs and practicing less than other programs, just to be part of the Express name? His team is the only team that does not have indoor practices included in the tuition. His team seems unorganized at best and Express does not really seem to care. It feels very much like a business.

Surprised to hear they don’t practice that often. What year? Is it the new east teams? There is a lot to not like about express but not practicing has never been something I’ve heard.

Why bother. 9 divisions at this level in the tourney. How much exposure can a player get. I like the smaller events with less teams.

Get out now. If you're unhappy now it will only get worse. Eventually they will import better players and stack the roster. LIE will not continue to field a competitive team as kids near HS.

where is the list

Surprised to hear they don’t practice that often. What year? Is it the new east teams? There is a lot to not like about express but not practicing has never been something I’ve heard.

Sorry. Clarifying that just in general, as kids get older in high school, less and less attend practices in general at all clubs.

NLF is a gateway to professional lacrosse and millions of dollars not to mention the fame and sport star power! Wow!

Very impressive. And it’s only two fields and 8 teams. Coaches don’t have to shuffle around across several fields.

How old are you child? Seriously, this was your big witty accomplishment of the day. You sat there, though about it, typed it put in the captcha, sat back and let me see who bites. Youre a sad pathetic little troll. Think about how you just spent your time. It was a pathetic attempt at what I dont know but youre an absolute muppet. My lord, there are some bad posts but you take the cake for thinking you add anything at all to the world. Yes, it may be the pot calling the kettle black but darn youre as dense as they come.

Why don’t more events do what Igloo does. Igloo posted their coaches list already for the Autumn 8, complete with the coaches name that is attending. It is really appreciated and quite impressive a list.

Its a weak list for D1 because they NLF is at Farmingdale. Even the other divisions are not great, if Tufts was there, that would be great... but they aren't. The elite 80 is by far a better Igloo event. Its expensive, but the coaches are the ones you want to see your kid.

how were the coaches at the NLF uncommitted showcase and fall event yesterday

Reason it is the top fall tournament. Lived up to expectations again.

Incorrect...NLF was a watered down joke . The NAL the week before in Delaware had along the top teams there . Many NLF teams left there 0-3. It was a tremendous tournament. Go look for yourself. It's unfortunate as NLF used to be something to talk about but for whatever reason that has changed over the last few years . Awful now

Incorrect...NLF was a watered down joke . The NAL the week before in Delaware had along the top teams there . Many NLF teams left there 0-3. It was a tremendous tournament. Go look for yourself. It's unfortunate as NLF used to be something to talk about but for whatever reason that has changed over the last few years . Awful now

Incorrect...NLF was a watered down joke . The NAL the week before in Delaware had along the top teams there . Many NLF teams left there 0-3. It was a tremendous tournament. Go look for yourself. It's unfortunate as NLF used to be something to talk about but for whatever reason that has changed over the last few years . Awful now

I have no dog in this fight but gotta call out a troll who clearly has an NLF grudge because their kid got wronged or just isn’t good. The records for the NLF teams at the NAL for this age group :

Crabs 0-2-1
Leading Edge: 3-0
Madlax: 2-1
Thunder: 2-1
WCS: 1-1-1

Now I don’t know if I got the teams right but my math tells me there were no 0-3 teams listed above. Honestly, I’m sorry your kid got wronged or isn’t good but you need to stop living through him and move on

His kid no longer plays for the Machine. They went 0-3. He trashes NLF everywhere now.

all the d1 coaches are watching their recruits now, they were all down in Maryland this weekend

And they will all be in Orlando on the 9th and 10th, both watching their commits and poaching to fill in any gaps.

I don’t think it’s considered poaching at this stage.

Call it what you want, but a school taking a committed kid is poaching to me.

That is poaching but there are still several uncommitted kids available to watch.

Nothing is binding on either side until a year from now when the NLI is signed.

Is there a website or app that lists colleges and what positions they have open still for recruiting?

You can look at commits by college in IL’s website. Assume a school takes maybe one goalie and face off guy each class and then maybe a few each of middie/attack/d.

You can look at commits by college in IL’s website. Assume a school takes maybe one goalie and face off guy each class and then maybe a few each of middie/attack/d.