Capital Lacrosse Club Tryout Status

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pride should and will be able to compete, whether its this year or a couple years on. It is a growing sport and there is definitely room for more athletes. I do wonder, though, about all of the B teams and their level of competition. It seems the MD teams all have two very strong teams but that level seems to fall off in VA.

If there is so much room in the sport, there should be talent on the B teams. There is not, with the exception of maybe Capital? Is Capital's B team equal to other club's A teams?

[Anonymous]

Only time will tell how this all plays out. The standard for the new Pride HS team should not be competing with Capital or for Capital competing with Pride. Both programs should be striving to be as good or better than the MD and LI teams. This will be a tall order given the talent pool is now split between two programs. The landscape of club lacrosse for HS girls in NOVA will not be the same as the past. Capital Blue today will not be the same as Capital Blue of the past. It simply can't be given the best talent in NOVA is spread across multiple teams now.

Given most of the Pride players opted to stay with Pride says a lot about how those players feel about their teammates, their coaches, and the Pride program. Capital no longer has a monopoly on HS talent where historically the best youth players funneled into their program. At least for now it appears the best talent will be split between two programs. While it's great to have an open market to choose from this will impact the strength of both programs at least in the short term. It's too early to tell how this will play out in the long-run.

One thing is for sure. Club lacrosse has become big business driven by parents on an endless quest to have their daughters be the next superstar. Clubs see this and are taking advantage of the business opportunity these frenzied parents have created. Who can blame them. At the end of the day the club(s) that survive will be the one(s) that deliver expected results. The assumption is parents are spending all of this money on club lacrosse, so their daughters will have the opportunity to play at the college level. If this is the end goal whichever club is able to deliver these results in the new NOVA HS lacrosse landscape will survive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pride should and will be able to compete, whether its this year or a couple years on. It is a growing sport and there is definitely room for more athletes. I do wonder, though, about all of the B teams and their level of competition. It seems the MD teams all have two very strong teams but that level seems to fall off in VA.

If there is so much room in the sport, there should be talent on the B teams. There is not, with the exception of maybe Capital? Is Capital's B team equal to other club's A teams?

There is not much difference between Capital A and B teams and that certainly goes for college recruitment as well.

[Anonymous]

Honestly not sure to even begin with parts of the PP statements. First there is no way that SkyWalkers would merge with M&D, nor would Capital. Period. Pride is at whole different level as are MD United, MCElite, and VA Metro. Don't necessarily disagree about the issues around B teams of the different clubs, but I will just agree with the PP mention that this is big business now plain and simple. But at least for the 2021 class, no way that any of the three top clubs in the area - SkyWalkers, Capital and M&D Black - aren't superior to any of the others A or B teams. The records of the last three years proves that. There's really only two other teams in the country that they compete with Mass Elite and Yellow Jackets - Rose. That's it. So again, with 3 of the top 4 or 5 in the US in our background, we should all be proud of the kids' efforts. It speaks volumes about the strength of the sport in our region for that class - irrespective of club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly not sure to even begin with parts of the PP statements. First there is no way that SkyWalkers would merge with M&D, nor would Capital. Period. Pride is at whole different level as are MD United, MCElite, and VA Metro. Don't necessarily disagree about the issues around B teams of the different clubs, but I will just agree with the PP mention that this is big business now plain and simple. But at least for the 2021 class, no way that any of the three top clubs in the area - SkyWalkers, Capital and M&D Black - aren't superior to any of the others A or B teams. The records of the last three years proves that. There's really only two other teams in the country that they compete with Mass Elite and Yellow Jackets - Rose. That's it. So again, with 3 of the top 4 or 5 in the US in our background, we should all be proud of the kids' efforts. It speaks volumes about the strength of the sport in our region for that class - irrespective of club.

The fact that someone posted a sarcastic email mocking people on this thread and that you posted a serious reply, speaks volumes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly not sure to even begin with parts of the PP statements. First there is no way that SkyWalkers would merge with M&D, nor would Capital. Period. Pride is at whole different level as are MD United, MCElite, and VA Metro. Don't necessarily disagree about the issues around B teams of the different clubs, but I will just agree with the PP mention that this is big business now plain and simple. But at least for the 2021 class, no way that any of the three top clubs in the area - SkyWalkers, Capital and M&D Black - aren't superior to any of the others A or B teams. The records of the last three years proves that. There's really only two other teams in the country that they compete with Mass Elite and Yellow Jackets - Rose. That's it. So again, with 3 of the top 4 or 5 in the US in our background, we should all be proud of the kids' efforts. It speaks volumes about the strength of the sport in our region for that class - irrespective of club.

Curious: do you have a job? You should get one.

[Anonymous]

When you get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only time will tell how this all plays out. The standard for the new Pride HS team should not be competing with Capital or for Capital competing with Pride. Both programs should be striving to be as good or better than the MD and LI teams. This will be a tall order given the talent pool is now split between two programs. The landscape of club lacrosse for HS girls in NOVA will not be the same as the past. Capital Blue today will not be the same as Capital Blue of the past. It simply can't be given the best talent in NOVA is spread across multiple teams now.

Given most of the Pride players opted to stay with Pride says a lot about how those players feel about their teammates, their coaches, and the Pride program. Capital no longer has a monopoly on HS talent where historically the best youth players funneled into their program. At least for now it appears the best talent will be split between two programs. While it's great to have an open market to choose from this will impact the strength of both programs at least in the short term. It's too early to tell how this will play out in the long-run.

One thing is for sure. Club lacrosse has become big business driven by parents on an endless quest to have their daughters be the next superstar. Clubs see this and are taking advantage of the business opportunity these frenzied parents have created. Who can blame them. At the end of the day the club(s) that survive will be the one(s) that deliver expected results. The assumption is parents are spending all of this money on club lacrosse, so their daughters will have the opportunity to play at the college level. If this is the end goal whichever club is able to deliver these results in the new NOVA HS lacrosse landscape will survive.

This is a great post and I think hits some many thoughtful points! Well said!

I wouuld agree that htere is much talent in NoVA and all of it is not at just the Capitals and Prides of the world...the rosters of some state champions both public and private will illustrate that these girls are playiong everywhere..Metro, CRASH, Cardinal, etc etc. The thgouth of these parents that just one club must be the answer is realyl laughable...I woudl even say that as recruiting rules have changed (which shockingly no one discusses) even the other clubs that have been labeled as "dominant" are nto nearly dominating the way they used to be..simply look at Yellow Jackets, M&D...theyh are amazing programs but the younger grades..22's ans 23's are defnitely not dominating liek they once did...same with Capital and others..there are choices now and the teams that stay together will enjoy the most on field success...the kids jumping form team to team are hurting themelves...and for what? wins?? The wins mean absolutely ntohign int he recuriting process.

There is room for clubs and we need them so eveyr girls that wants to play year round can play...but I'll go further and say that the clubs that will survive and prosper wil be the oens that put the work in...you can do nothign but admire what PRIDE is doing in their growht plan...but is takign that coach a ton of work...you have to roll up your sleeves, have community support and put in a a ton of hours both on the field and off. Capital is an amazing offering as well (and was last year too!). All of these clubs ahev wonderfulyl committed folks...the onese htat comntinue to work hard and keep the athletes best interest first will do just fine. However, the ones that allow parents too much influence and manage arounf their own kids best interests are the ones that will be smelled out a mile away...will be punished on these forums...and be setback eons for the next gropoup of leaders to try to unwind and rebuild. WIll be interesting to see what this landscape looks liek in five years.

[Anonymous]

Someone who is extremely, intimately involved in girls high school and college lacrosse just said to me yesterday, "some of the best high school girls lacrosse players out there play for teams you have never even heard of..."

I was genuinely surprised by the comment. But this person went on to explain that college coaches really don't care what team a kid plays for, they care what kind of a player the kid is and what kind of a person.

[Anonymous]

Yes! Va Metro and Madlax Girls have 3 of the best players in the country. There is also a dominant player at Rebels

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone who is extremely, intimately involved in girls high school and college lacrosse just said to me yesterday, "some of the best high school girls lacrosse players out there play for teams you have never even heard of..."

I was genuinely surprised by the comment. But this person went on to explain that college coaches really don't care what team a kid plays for, they care what kind of a player the kid is and what kind of a person.

This may be, and likely is true, but if a kid does not play for a known club or go to one of the good private HS, the likelihood they will be seen is minimal. It’s unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone who is extremely, intimately involved in girls high school and college lacrosse just said to me yesterday, "some of the best high school girls lacrosse players out there play for teams you have never even heard of..."

I was genuinely surprised by the comment. But this person went on to explain that college coaches really don't care what team a kid plays for, they care what kind of a player the kid is and what kind of a person.

[Anonymous]

any news?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:any news?

Yes, the Capital Orange team believes they are better than the Capital Blue team. Get your popcorn out. This will be a fun dynamic to watch.

[Anonymous]

Correction: One parent of a player that did not make the Blue team believes the Orange team is better.