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You should not be allowed to play on two different teams, in the same age group, in the same tournament. Cheating is cheating!! Express Orange was moved to the A bracket so their parents hopefully wouldn't complain as much since they won the bracket championship, but weren't on the team they were told they would be on. Doesn't look good for an organization at all. The only thing it showed was how pathetic they are to go to such lengths to win in an 8th grade boys lacrosse tournament.

We can argue alot of things. But anyone who expected or believed it would end in a blowout is being disingenuous. 1-3 goal difference is all anyone should expect. We’re just insulting these kids if we’re saying one team can’t actually run with the other at this point. Both teams have some new players, and some really good ones from first looks. Both teams had excellent players injured and sitting. This competition is only going to get tighter.

I’m still trying to figure out how we can call these three teams “club teams”.

Wasn’t the leading scorer for express from Florida?

Call them whatever you want. They are not going anywhere and they’ll be at the top of the competitive ladder till high school graduation. Now we’re just waiting for 91 to bring their reclasses down and have their own Black/Orange type situation.

Relax Express Dad, your kid may be the next one on the Orange team when they pull down a holdback or Fly someone in. Dont get too comfortable.

People still won’t leave.

Finally, a logical statement and positive as well. Kudos to both teams, and some of these parents on both sides are just troublemakers. Or, parents from other organizations posing as parents from either Express or 91 just to stir the pot.

Might not be any reclasses or fly ins left. Express brought the kitchen sink this weekend.

Didn’t they just lose to Fusion Futures

That’s just this season so far. If we know anything about Express is that the roster is fluid and anyone can be added at anytime.

That is the #1 team in the nation.

National LC disguised as a club team.

Not true, only 2 players from Futures still on Nationals. There are actually more Nationals players on Express Black.....

The two out of state kids for 91, one of them has been on the team since basicially first grade, the other is a d middie from colorado that played on the 91 National team with one of the coaches. The number 60 kid from CoachC, had 4 out of 6 of their goals, one of the other two came from a reclass, I really do not understand how all these Express parents can even garbage talk even more while their kid is handing out waters on the bench.

Express coaching > 91 coaching

When does 91 bring down their LI reclasses?

Next season.

Then they take starting spots away from the true 2029’s when recruiting starts, got it.

Why are Rebels playing a B schedule this weekend?

VA kid has been on team for a few years maybe 4-5 tops. 91 used to have a kid fly in from FL a few years ago but he didn’t pan out. New LSM that scored is not from LI. Express had 2 players score goals including game winner by 91 “castoffs”. #60 only had 2 goals. But teams are essentially evenly matched including injured players. Gonna be a good rivalry even with reclass players for both clubs coming.

Is that better or worse than showing up this past weekend and taking spots from true 2029’s and pushing them to the Orange team?

Reclasses are only coming for 91. Express brought their reclasses this past weekend.

There will be more reclasses for Express. They just may not come from New York.

I guess good for the “cast-offs”

Maybe they shouldn’t have been “cast off”

I guess people have different definitions of cast off. Parents throwing a temper tantrum and removing a kid from a team mid season is not cast off.

Probably tired of Daddy ball

Another tourney win for the rebels

Congrats and well deserved while playing short handed!

There was a playoff bracket? Or this credit for 3-0 without playing any of the NLF clubs.

In a single A bracket. Also, the Mooselax experiment is over. Nice story while it lasted.

1) Express Black 2) 91 3) Rebels 4) No one else close

Express black would beat rebels by 12 minimum.

This response is from a BOT. No Express parent would say that’s statement.