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Try outs start next week. This is the year where your son gets replaced by the out of state tournament player…get your popcorn ready!

And it is a fact that if MD had 1 all star team with no holdbacks and reclasses they would not be in the top 10.

I'm at BIC with my son. There is a Jan 08 kid here. Now that's a holdback....

"They'll never guess with this goalie," that's a theme...one of the mentioned True Baltimore violations - I'm sure - was them using an undersized 2027 goalie for a 2028 team...he played games for both teams at Troy Park on the same days lol. Parents....be better!

what number?

in our home town...and the club dues are less...and the players really seem to like the coaches...maybe it's better than what we're getting at True."

The collapse of True Ches was brutal, and clearly made it difficult to put back together a Mid-Atlantic based national team for 8th grade. In general, parents of players at every level from B to Elite become more savvy every grade year, and (except for a few hard heads), aware of the realistic range of their kid's play. "OK he's the featured shooter at AA but would ride the bench at Elite." Once you really have this info as a parent, the True sales pitches don't hold much water.

"Really....you're going to get my son "more exposure" than the Instagram Clippers? How would that even be possible."

"We train more!"

"OK, but my son played 2nd line True AAA last year, and he's playing 2nd line True AAA this year, and the team somehow got worse and should be in AA."

"Ahh maybe you don't understand - we train more!"

It's a far more appealing sales pitch when the boys are in 3rd-5th grade.

2way and Express practice just a few miles apart. So 2way isn’t necessarily the only AA team in Connecticut. Maryland could and should always be in the top but the culture tends to lead to constant team jumping and parents being toxic. If I understand correctly it seems Pennsylvania and even Maryland players are starting to travel North for higher level experiences. That should be a red flag. Naptown, World Series and Crabfeast did not have great showings from Maryland clubs. I think the years of assuming dominance have past.

Let’s be honest. Certain clubs have figured out the hack. Beat a crappy team by ten to bust your rating. The rating system as is allows for manipulation. Or worse, if you do poorly or are missing some key players, just change your name. I’m less concerned with national teams being included because you can simply take them out of the equation. But I can see multiple examples 50-100 that just aren’t accurate.

Wrong. You're still living in the 90's when MD and NY were the only states that cared about lax. CT and NJ are both have way more 2028 high end talent than MD. MA and CA might also.

You're in a HOCO echo chamber where everyone tells each other how good each of your teams are. Then you play teams from other states in the summer and make excuses.

You may want to consider a PG year on top of your reclass year.

Kids from PA aren’t traveling North, their teams are rising up the rankings in every age group; nice try FLID.

Incorrect.

There's nothing but corn and maple trees and big sturdy women north of PA so this is partly true. But it's also partly true thst several of PA'S top players are headed north to boarding schools.

Ex birth and 2Way use kids who were in high school this past spring. That is pathetic.

Well Maryland plays New Jersey in the first game of the Nike All Stars.

Let’s see how it goes.

Got to see yesterday up close the overrated red hots golden boy over celebrate a showcase scrimmage win at BIC. Reminded me why I’m glad he won’t be in school with my kid. Good call staying home.

Only dominate MD team has always been and always will be Crabs. Period,

He is the epitome of a holdback. His strength and speed are 1-2 years ahead of his class. Should be interesting when he plays against kids his own age in high school. My guess is slightly above average midfielder.

Correct, And that is why he is a holdback. He has gone from a decent unknown player on age who may struggle at times to an above average player that is in the discussion. Holding back works and always has for many. If you want to play at a D1 level, you have no choice, hold him back. Sad but true state of lacrosse now.

The rules should be changed to letting everyone a on age play down a year of the Sept 1 on age start of school.

That way it is by a certain date and every holdback can play with his grade ( one of of the holdback complaints) and anyone on age that wants to play like a holdback can. In the future the on age may want to holdback.

Red Hots 2028 appears to be caput.

If I’m a club director/coach, I’d be telling my players, you’re welcome to go play on a team like red hots if it doesn’t interfere with your main club team. But if you start missing practices or tournaments to go play on Team Insta, you’re gone. Make a choice.

Player on Chucks decided RH was a better option and skipped a tourney in MA, see ya!

Says whom? Aren’t they releasing the rosters on Insta?

Not so sure about that. They inquired about my son in the last 24 hours.

I think he means Red Hots MD is folding.

Didn't realize there was a RH MD.