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Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448776
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Ha! Probably from like North Carolina or somewhere like that! Can anyone give a recent example of a grade 8 playing varsity at school of note in Maryland, dc, Philly, NJ, NY, CT, MA. I would use the word unheard of but maybe somewhere a goalie has played in grade 8. And there you have it. The post that sums up the absolute ignorance aka lack of knowledge that inundates this place. You, and the rest of the people calling BS on an actual 8th grader NOT holding back and playing varsity as an 8th grader shows just how little you know. These aren’t sideline pull ups for playoffs either. Garden city Swr EI WI Harborfields BPBP Wantagh ESM I have zero urge to look up the couple I know I forgot. And even less urge to research the few that I never knew about. All had 8th graders playing varsity in the last 2 years. Not sitting on sidelines. Not just participating in practices. Actually playing. And despite the persons opinion that posted on here a few posts back, none of them took steroids. You’ll probably reply that these aren’t schools of note. Very typical. The fact is the two best high school teams on Long Island are the two main Catholics by a mile. No 8th grader is going to play on those two teams. Of the teams I mentioned, a few were in playoffs. And a few made it pretty far. You’re clueless. Those teams were pretty bad and you can lose almost all your games and you still make playoffs lol Ok clown. Compared to who? Name 5 teams on Long Island better than BPBP, wantagh, east islip, and garden city. fool For the 2024 season I’ll take SS over all of them. Comical SS will not have as good of a year this years as they did last year. Why wouldn’t they? They are returning many of the same players! No they aren't, not even close. The FOGO who was among the most important / best players in the State graduated along with 80% of their offense and their starting goalie and top pole. They return one significant offensive contributor.

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Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448779
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous I think that is a blanket statement, but there is some truth generalization to the statement. The Prep Schools and Catholic schools in US put out the majority of top players in D1. Yes there are many public school kids there to, but the higher % goes to Privates. And it usually takes money to go to the private schools. Sorta like the NFL, of course there are some good top white guys playing, but the best and higher percentage is Black. Keep it real as Chappell says No need to mention race. This is an economic and geographic issue. Look at youth participation rates for soccer and football. People flee the Northeast’s high taxes but don't realize most publics outside of the NE do not have public school lax. Meanwhile kids on LI have been playing for over 75 years. So you agree with him then. Sounds like it.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Team BOTC #448780
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Anonymous Unregistered A	any idea when the teams competing in Delaware comes out? About a month away. Good luck to everyone, can't wait to read more complaints from the express parents-good luck finding out on Wednesdays which team you're playing for!

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448786
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Ha! Probably from like North Carolina or somewhere like that! Can anyone give a recent example of a grade 8 playing varsity at school of note in Maryland, dc, Philly, NJ, NY, CT, MA. I would use the word unheard of but maybe somewhere a goalie has played in grade 8. And there you have it. The post that sums up the absolute ignorance aka lack of knowledge that inundates this place. You, and the rest of the people calling BS on an actual 8th grader NOT holding back and playing varsity as an 8th grader shows just how little you know. These aren’t sideline pull ups for playoffs either. Garden city Swr EI WI Harborfields BPBP Wantagh ESM I have zero urge to look up the couple I know I forgot. And even less urge to research the few that I never knew about. All had 8th graders playing varsity in the last 2 years. Not sitting on sidelines. Not just participating in practices. Actually playing. And despite the persons opinion that posted on here a few posts back, none of them took steroids. You’ll probably reply that these aren’t schools of note. Very typical. The fact is the two best high school teams on Long Island are the two main Catholics by a mile. No 8th grader is going to play on those two teams. Of the teams I mentioned, a few were in playoffs. And a few made it pretty far. You’re clueless. Those teams were pretty bad and you can lose almost all your games and you still make playoffs lol Ok clown. Compared to who? Name 5 teams on Long Island better than BPBP, wantagh, east islip, and garden city. fool For the 2024 season I’ll take SS over all of them. Comical SS will not have as good of a year this years as they did last year. Why wouldn’t they? They are returning many of the same players! No they aren't, not even close. The FOGO who was among the most important / best players in the State graduated along with 80% of their offense and their starting goalie and top pole. They return one significant offensive contributor. So they are done!

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448792
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous any idea when the teams competing in Delaware comes out? About a month away. Good luck to everyone, can't wait to read more complaints from the express parents-good luck finding out on Wednesdays which team you're playing for! A week before.

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Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448813
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous How many players did CoachC bring to the scrimmage vs EN? I heard 1 lol for real they just keep adding to roster

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448816
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Chucks and legrush got cake walk schedules What tournament

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448819
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Anonymous Unregistered A	who runs the tournament?

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448821
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous How many players did CoachC bring to the scrimmage vs EN? Just your wife she can be a fluffer

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448822
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Chucks and legrush got cake walk schedules S2S has the easiest schedule.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448823
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous any idea when the teams competing in Delaware comes out? About a month away. Good luck to everyone, can't wait to read more complaints from the express parents-good luck finding out on Wednesdays which team you're playing for! A week before. Brackets are posted. Looks like the tournament to be at So many teams

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448825
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Chucks and legrush got cake walk schedules S2S has the easiest schedule. That’s who they should be playing

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448829
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Chucks and legrush got cake walk schedules S2S has the easiest schedule. That’s who they should be playing They have as many holdbacks as Express, they should be able to play anyone. If not, embarrassing.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448830
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Anonymous Unregistered A	What do you mean? Why hating on s2s? Or any other team? Why not encourage and let them play? Stop living vicariously through your kids.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448831
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Anonymous Unregistered A	S2S has no holdbacks, seriously do your homework. They are one of the only teams who have kids truly their age. Again stop living through your own kids. Pathetic

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448835
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous S2S has no holdbacks, seriously do your homework. They are one of the only teams who have kids truly their age. Again stop living through your own kids. Pathetic Holdbacks in Kindergarten count buddy. Heck, one of them played for multiple PAL and S2S teams because he was in one grade but the age of another grade. Multiple older kids.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448836
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous What do you mean? Why hating on s2s? Or any other team? Why not encourage and let them play? Stop living vicariously through your kids. No one is hating. Just pointing out what everyone knows. They have holdbacks and should be competitive. If you want to bury your head in the sand and ignore what is happening in the Island that’s on you. Don’t throw stones to other areas of the country though.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448839
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous S2S has no holdbacks, seriously do your homework. They are one of the only teams who have kids truly their age. Again stop living through your own kids. Pathetic There are more teams that do not have hold backs Leg rush Btb Rebels Tritons aka surge Igloo To name a few. Any teams still dealing with daddy ball besides 91?

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448840
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Chucks and legrush got cake walk schedules S2S has the easiest schedule. That’s who they should be playing They have as many holdbacks as Express, they should be able to play anyone. If not, embarrassing. They struggled last year and they lost top players this year so you do the math on how they will be this year

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448845
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous S2S has no holdbacks, seriously do your homework. They are one of the only teams who have kids truly their age. Again stop living through your own kids. Pathetic There are more teams that do not have hold backs Leg rush Btb Rebels Tritons aka surge Igloo To name a few. Any teams still dealing with daddy ball besides 91? Be the best has daddy ball now Express chucks might be the only one that actually doesnt

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Team BOTC #448847
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I heard the Tritons have a bunch of hold backs .......

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448848
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous What do you mean? Why hating on s2s? Or any other team? Why not encourage and let them play? Stop living vicariously through your kids. No one is hating. Just pointing out what everyone knows. They have holdbacks and should be competitive. If you want to bury your head in the sand and ignore what is happening in the Island that’s on you. Don’t throw stones to other areas of the country though. It's actually comical I remember the boys in PAL all talking about how that one kid is good but legit a year older then them. Now it seems like everyone caught up!

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448850
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous I heard the Tritons have a bunch of hold backs ....... They have a couple, so there is that

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Team BOTC #448852
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Anonymous Unregistered A	S2S has the OG of holdbacks! They are the worst offender. Nobody cares about tritons. And beside ONE person posting repeatedly, no one cares about holdbacks. Express doesn’t have daddy ball but they 47 kids on the roster.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448855
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Nobody cares about you or your son

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448856
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Who are the tritons?? 91 tri state ? Or surge of Old ?

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448859
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous S2S has the OG of holdbacks! They are the worst offender. Nobody cares about tritons. And beside ONE person posting repeatedly, no one cares about holdbacks. Express doesn’t have daddy ball but they 47 kids on the roster. You again. It’s not one person. It’s dozens across multiple boards on this site.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Team BOTC #448863
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Nobody likes holdbacks. They think the parents are nuts, so there is that.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448868
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Nobody likes holdbacks. They think the parents are nuts, so there is that. Seriously. Why would anyone like holdbacks. Complete farce. But I don’t see it going away unfortunately.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448870
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Only time will tell if they are Nuts or Smart so there is that.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448880
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Only time will tell if they are Nuts or Smart so there is that. They are definitely nuts. It doesn’t take any smarts to realize older kids do well against younger kids. Most people prioritize morals over end result.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448892
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Only time will tell if they are Nuts or Smart so there is that. They are definitely nuts. It doesn’t take any smarts to realize older kids do well against younger kids. Most people prioritize morals over end result. Speak for yourself, the majority of top players are holdbacks. it is a fact. Not average players sitting on bench at D1, I am talking about Top 20 , D1 program starters. Over 50% are holdbacks. It works , @ChillLaxin for the people that dont do it and actually had a chance if they had held their son back.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448896
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Only time will tell if they are Nuts or Smart so there is that. They are definitely nuts. It doesn’t take any smarts to realize older kids do well against younger kids. Most people prioritize morals over end result. This has nothing to do with morals. As discussed incessantly, you can’t afford it, so your petty jealousy forces you to come on here and claim some sort of moral high ground. At the end of the day, it will get you nowhere.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448901
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Only time will tell if they are Nuts or Smart so there is that. They are definitely nuts. It doesn’t take any smarts to realize older kids do well against younger kids. Most people prioritize morals over end result. Speak for yourself, the majority of top players are holdbacks. it is a fact. Not average players sitting on bench at D1, I am talking about Top 20 , D1 program starters. Over 50% are holdbacks. It works , @ChillLaxin for the people that dont do it and actually had a chance if they had held their son back. This has happened a lot more in recent years. I think those playing at the D1 level who either just graduated or are graduating this year, it's less common. People are definitely not going to stop, so the rest of us without a holdback son, will just have to learn to accept it. It's not going any where.

Re: Boys 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024 Anonymous #448902
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Anonymous Unregistered A	nobody has as many holdbacks or flies in more people than Express-kid is on the team, see it with my own 2 eyes. Most of us don't like it, those whose kids don't see the field aren't affected by it. Not happy they do it, but the coaching is very good.