2028 Boys Lacrosse

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the explanation. Just looking at numbers, and rankings, I could not make sense of it. But, as you allude to, there are more layers.

[Anonymous]

Madlax has also lost 8-9 of its best players from last years team that are not reflected in the current rankings. The current roster of Madlax is much, much worse than the roster that existed a few months ago

[Anonymous]

Madlax's recruiting placement has also slumped considerably. CM had nothing to do with the '23 team's success, the '24 team dramatically under delivered, and we'll see how '25 does. The '26 team all left for NL last year so it will be interesting. From what I heard from the '24 parents, he was literally of no help throughout the process and the college coaches don't respect him at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Madlax has also lost 8-9 of its best players from last years team that are not reflected in the current rankings. The current roster of Madlax is much, much worse than the roster that existed a few months ago

I looked at the 2028 roster and noticed 3 players who my son has played with on other travel teams in the NOVA area. I have to say that I know them to be outstanding lacrosse players and really good kids on top of that. I hope for them the team continues to perform at top level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would contact madlax cap team. They need middies

I’d avoid the toxic culture at MadLax if you can. Also, they’re usually great in the early years but their D1 commit numbers are pretty bad compared to other local clubs for the older teams so you’d be better off aiming for another team at this point.

At the 28 level Madlax has consistently been in the top three area teams and is easily the best team in Virginia. The coach gets some bad press but as far as I can tell he’s within the expected range for elite lax coaches. If you’re a talented midfielder Madlax is a great opportunity.

In terms of recruiting ML is also in the top four teams in the area and easily the best team in Virginia.

(1) Cabel's kid is on the '28 team so just be aware when it comes to where his priorities lie (2) no one gets recruited as a 7th grader and kids move teams as they get more or less interested in playing in college after 8th grade so where you start should be more about how you like the coaches, team, location, etc.

Cab's 28 kid won't get recruited just like his 2 older 24 brothers.

[Anonymous]

Keep the kids out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep the kids out of it.

I agree with this 100%

[Anonymous]

DCE doesn’t start till 8th grade. They took 8-9 of Madlax’s top players (only had 18-19 kids to begin with) including their best 3 poles, 4 of their top 5 scorers, every kid who has taken a FO over the past 5 years, and their goalie.
Their best LSM and good Attackman came to NL. They have added several kids who didn’t make the A team at NL and DCE, as well as some VLC and True kids who no longer have teams. NL will be the top program around the DMV. DCE should push them. Madlax will rely on fly-ins for the rest of their high school years and will struggle for wins against top teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain to me why Madlax is getting such negative reviews on this board? When I look at the US Club Lacrosse rankings (tried to add link below) Madlax Capital is ranked #28 nationally (Madlax Monuments is ranked #30) and Madlax Capital and Monuments appear to be the best ranked from Virgina where they are ranked #28, #30, respectively, and the next highest Virginia team, Richmond Hawks, is ranked #130?

Why are DCE, TC, True, etc, etc, etc, not highly ranked?

I’m truly curious after reading the thread. I have no dog in the fight. No connection to any of the aforementioned travel teams. I’m just confused why the down talk about Madlax when they seem to be a great program for 2028s who want to get national exposure.

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?state_abbv=-99&v=1028&alpha=N&y=2022&seed=4n2944

https://deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941

[Anonymous]

I have a 2028 whose has played on a couple of different clubs and knows kids across all of them in the DMV (having played with them at rec/club levels). Seeing some of the kids that made the 'A' teams makes me wonder if there just isn't the quality of kids in this grad year relative to other years. Lacrosse is my son's 3rd favorite sport that he plays (so doesn't pick up a stick outside of practice/games) and he better than kids I see on the DCE, NL and ML A teams which shouldn't be the case (and isn't for my older kids).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCE doesn’t start till 8th grade. They took 8-9 of Madlax’s top players (only had 18-19 kids to begin with) including their best 3 poles, 4 of their top 5 scorers, every kid who has taken a FO over the past 5 years, and their goalie.
Their best LSM and good Attackman came to NL. They have added several kids who didn’t make the A team at NL and DCE, as well as some VLC and True kids who no longer have teams. NL will be the top program around the DMV. DCE should push them. Madlax will rely on fly-ins for the rest of their high school years and will struggle for wins against top teams.

Can you elaborate on "NL will be the top program"? They missed the playoffs in spring Hoco and looked average in the summer tournaments. As far as I know (and let me know if I'm not) they added a couple of ML players but are otherwise the same team. If that's true then they're looking at 4-3 in Hoco as a best case and getting bounced by Hawks or FCA in the playoffs.

[Anonymous]

You didn’t read to the end of my statement… “… the top program around the DMV.” Clearly not the top program in Md, that is inarguably the Hawks, followed by FCA in a distant second. My point was, ML has fallen off a cliff, DCE is building from scratch, and NL picked up some nice pieces that should make them the early leader (until proven otherwise). DCE could give them a run… have the pieces, but can they put them together? There are no other programs around the DMV that are even close to these 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You didn’t read to the end of my statement… “… the top program around the DMV.” Clearly not the top program in Md, that is inarguably the Hawks, followed by FCA in a distant second. My point was, ML has fallen off a cliff, DCE is building from scratch, and NL picked up some nice pieces that should make them the early leader (until proven otherwise). DCE could give them a run… have the pieces, but can they put them together? There are no other programs around the DMV that are even close to these 3.

No doubt those teams are the top three in the DMV (NL, ML, and DCE). All three have re-configured their rosters to varying degrees this year, and there will be further shuffling throughout this year culminating in August tryouts, at which time the teams will be relatively set headed into HS. yes, MadLax lost a lot, but they will reload with both locals and fly-ins, not to mention that NL itself has dabbled with fly-ins, and DCE pulls players from a wide area too. Any chest pounding or ranking of these three is premature and a bit silly, but that won't stop lax Dads from doing it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You didn’t read to the end of my statement… “… the top program around the DMV.” Clearly not the top program in Md, that is inarguably the Hawks, followed by FCA in a distant second. My point was, ML has fallen off a cliff, DCE is building from scratch, and NL picked up some nice pieces that should make them the early leader (until proven otherwise). DCE could give them a run… have the pieces, but can they put them together? There are no other programs around the DMV that are even close to these 3.

No doubt those teams are the top three in the DMV (NL, ML, and DCE). All three have re-configured their rosters to varying degrees this year, and there will be further shuffling throughout this year culminating in August tryouts, at which time the teams will be relatively set headed into HS. yes, MadLax lost a lot, but they will reload with both locals and fly-ins, not to mention that NL itself has dabbled with fly-ins, and DCE pulls players from a wide area too. Any chest pounding or ranking of these three is premature and a bit silly, but that won't stop lax Dads from doing it!

chest pounding and ranking is 99% of the fun of this board

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain to me why Madlax is getting such negative reviews on this board? When I look at the US Club Lacrosse rankings (tried to add link below) Madlax Capital is ranked #28 nationally (Madlax Monuments is ranked #30) and Madlax Capital and Monuments appear to be the best ranked from Virgina where they are ranked #28, #30, respectively, and the next highest Virginia team, Richmond Hawks, is ranked #130?

Why are DCE, TC, True, etc, etc, etc, not highly ranked?

I’m truly curious after reading the thread. I have no dog in the fight. No connection to any of the aforementioned travel teams. I’m just confused why the down talk about Madlax when they seem to be a great program for 2028s who want to get national exposure.

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?state_abbv=-99&v=1028&alpha=N&y=2022&seed=4n2944

https://deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941

Those emails have to be fake, right?