Strategy after Capital Tryouts - 2030?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a *couple* girlies each year who get recruited to decent schools. If your kid isn’t going to be a lax coach or trainer just play high school lacrosse, study and go to a decent college that works for your kid. The time and money are NOT worth it unless your kid is already a TOP player.

Here are Capital’s recruiting highlights from the past five years. Judge for yourself if these are just a “couple” per year:

27
Dartmouth (2)
Harvard (2)
Hopkins
Georgetown
Duke
Denver
UVA (2)

26
Princeton
Yale (2)
Penn (2)
Dartmouth
Columbia (2)
West Point
Duke
Michigan
Denver

25
UNC
Colorado
Stanford
Dartmouth
Duke (2)
Florida (2)
Hopkins (2)
Denver
Vandy
Notre Dame
Navy
Michigan

24
Yale
Penn
Princeton
Syracuse
JMU (2)
Vandy
Denver
UVA

23
Navy
UVA (2)
Michigan (2)
Northwestern
Harvard
Princeton
Brown
Georgetown
Columbia
Hopkins

This list is incredible. Some serious schools represented here.

Funny how the haters on this thread stopped on a dime when that list was posted. Not much more to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From what I've heard YJ DMV and YJ VA 2030 are all staying together. So that's a great option.

Half true.

[Anonymous]

Well, you obviously haven't heard or aren't listening. Couldn't be further from the truth regarding YJ DMV.

[Anonymous]

Here is the list of Capital Seniors that just graduated from HS in Class of 2026.
💙Capital Blue 2026 USCLUBLAX Rank #7
1 Princeton A
1 Yale A
1 Yale D/M
1 Penn M 4 STAR
1 Penn M/Draw/D
1 Dartmouth D
1 Columbia D
1 Columbia D
1 West Point Army M
1 Duke M 5 STAR
1 Oregon A
1 Michigan D
1 Denver M/Draw 4 STAR
1 Bucknell Goalie
1 Virginia Tech A
1 Mercer A
1 W&M A
1 Holy Cross A
1 Florida State Goalie 5 STAR
1 Florida State Draw/M

Capital Orange 2026🧡 USCLUBLAX RANK #63
1 Drexel A *Top 25 D1 lax program
1 Duquesne D
1 Boston University M
1 University of Chicago D DIII
1 Bates College A DIII NESCAC
1 Bowdoin M DIII NESCAC
1 Amherst Goalie DIII NESCAC
1 Tufts M DIII NESCAC
1 Haverford DIII
1 University of New Hampshire
1 William & Mary D
1 Butler Goalie
1 Butler
1 Furman M/D
1 Colgate M
1 Elon University M
1 Tampa A DII current DII national champions 2024!

[Anonymous]

Hers is the rising seniors list for our area! Not to shabby and we all should be happy to girls from our area getting recruited with only about 3% of all girls lax players recruited for D1!!!
If these girls don’t get recruited then those spots got to a NY, Philly or Conny or Cali player.

💙Capital Blue 2027 Ranked #21
1 Harvard
1 Harvard
1 Dartmouth
1 Johns Hopkins
1 Georgetown
1 Duke
1 Denver
1 UVA
1 UVA
1 William & Mary
1 William & Mary
1 UMass -Amherst
1 Rutgers
1 Davidson Goalie*
1 Davidson
1 Fairfield
1 Fairfield
1 Monmouth
1 Kennesaw State
1 Franklin & Marshall DIII
1 Denison DIII

🧡Capital Orange 2027 Ranked #61
1 Dartmouth
1 Davidson
1 Mercer
1 Lafayette
1 ODU
1 Eastern Michigan
1 United States Coast Guard Academy DIII
1 Bucknell Goalie*
1 Rhodes College DIII
1 Lenoir Rhyne University DII

🩵Stars Light Blue 2027 Ranked #97
1 U-MASS Lowell
1 VCU
1 Rhodes College DIII Goalie*
1 Dickinson DIII
1 University of Tampa DII
1 Sewanee DIII
1 Stevenson Institute of Technology DIII

[Anonymous]

Going back to 2022 for all you haters and jealous types…


2022 Capital Blue & Orange
1 UVA
1 Boston College
1 Navy
2 Yale
1 Georgetown
1 Columbia
1 Denver
1 Villanova
1 Drexel
1 Lafayette
1 Loyola
1 Xavier
1 William & Mary
1 Vanderbilt
1 Mary Washington
2 Cincinnati
3 Butler
2 Washington & Lee
1 University of Delaware
1 Canisius
1 Longwood
1 Rhodes
1 Denison
1 Bowdoin
1 Colby
1 Franklin & Marshall
1 Winthrop
1 Lynchburg

[Anonymous]

2025 Capital for your reading pleasure and will find 2024/2023 for you as well.

Capital Orange 🍊 2025
1 Denison
1 Monmouth
1 Fairfield
1 Fairfield
1 Holy Cross
1 Holy Cross
1 Colgate
1 Drexel
1 Butler
1 Washington & Lee
1 Cincinnati
1 Temple
1 American


Capital Blue 2025 22 Players Committed👥
1 Denver
1 Cincinnati
1 UNC
1 Florida State
1 Colorado
1 Gettysburg
1 Stanford
1 Dartmouth
1 Duke
1 Duke
1 Florida
1 Florida
1 Hopkins
1 Hopkins
1 Va Tech
1 Vandy
1 Notre Dame
1 Navy
1 Michigan
1 Arizona
1 Marquette
1 Holy Cross

[Anonymous]

Cap has been the only real program in a talent rich area, of course they will have recruiting success. My contention has always been that the program has had very little to do with that success other than being the only game in town to pool top talent. The coaches aren’t great usually, the admin is a joke, and the recruiting apparatus is almost nonexistent.

Cap blue 27 just had a wonderful recruiting cycle, but most parents would tell you that the club did very little to make it happen. Look at the bottom of the roster kids, they committed to places like Monmouth, Kennesaw State, F&M, and Denison. Good for them and they will have a great time, but if the cap program had that much pull, those kids would probably have been able to play at better programs.

[Anonymous]

And here is the Cap Blue 2023 list:

Navy
UVA
UVA
Michigan
Michigan
Northwestern
Harvard
Princeton
Georgetown
Richmond
Pitt
Colgate
Cincinnati
Saint Joseph’s
Saint Joseph’s
VCU
East Carolina
Columbia
JHU
Brown

[Anonymous]

Can we ban the dude who incessantly posts Caps recruiting results list at every fricking opportunity. Seek help dude. It’s not too late. Arguably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cap has been the only real program in a talent rich area, of course they will have recruiting success. My contention has always been that the program has had very little to do with that success other than being the only game in town to pool top talent. The coaches aren’t great usually, the admin is a joke, and the recruiting apparatus is almost nonexistent.

Cap blue 27 just had a wonderful recruiting cycle, but most parents would tell you that the club did very little to make it happen. Look at the bottom of the roster kids, they committed to places like Monmouth, Kennesaw State, F&M, and Denison. Good for them and they will have a great time, but if the cap program had that much pull, those kids would probably have been able to play at better programs.

. I think this gives too much credit to the club and not enough to the players themselves.

At the end of the day, recruiting is driven by the athlete. The player has to perform on the field, communicate with coaches, attend camps, maintain grades, and build relationships throughout the process. No recruiting apparatus can do that for them.
What a club like Capital provides is the platform: high-level competition, strong tournament schedules, exposure to college coaches, and the opportunity to be seen alongside other talented players. Once that opportunity is there, it’s up to each athlete to take advantage of it.
The fact that players committed to a wide range of schools doesn’t prove the club failed them. It reflects the reality that different athletes have different goals, academic interests, skill levels, and college preferences. For many families, schools like Monmouth, Kennesaw State, F&M, or Denison are exactly where they wanted to be.
Great clubs simply create the environment where that can happen, and Capital has clearly done that for a lot of athletes over the years! I mean actions speak louder than any fake news or complaints on this board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we ban the dude who incessantly posts Caps recruiting results list at every fricking opportunity. Seek help dude. It’s not too late. Arguably.

I need to see the 2024 list don’t leave me hanging!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we ban the dude who incessantly posts Caps recruiting results list at every fricking opportunity. Seek help dude. It’s not too late. Arguably.

Its somebody that works for Capital promoting their brand

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cap has been the only real program in a talent rich area, of course they will have recruiting success. My contention has always been that the program has had very little to do with that success other than being the only game in town to pool top talent. The coaches aren’t great usually, the admin is a joke, and the recruiting apparatus is almost nonexistent.

Cap blue 27 just had a wonderful recruiting cycle, but most parents would tell you that the club did very little to make it happen. Look at the bottom of the roster kids, they committed to places like Monmouth, Kennesaw State, F&M, and Denison. Good for them and they will have a great time, but if the cap program had that much pull, those kids would probably have been able to play at better programs.

. I think this gives too much credit to the club and not enough to the players themselves.

At the end of the day, recruiting is driven by the athlete. The player has to perform on the field, communicate with coaches, attend camps, maintain grades, and build relationships throughout the process. No recruiting apparatus can do that for them.
What a club like Capital provides is the platform: high-level competition, strong tournament schedules, exposure to college coaches, and the opportunity to be seen alongside other talented players. Once that opportunity is there, it’s up to each athlete to take advantage of it.
The fact that players committed to a wide range of schools doesn’t prove the club failed them. It reflects the reality that different athletes have different goals, academic interests, skill levels, and college preferences. For many families, schools like Monmouth, Kennesaw State, F&M, or Denison are exactly where they wanted to be.
Great clubs simply create the environment where that can happen, and Capital has clearly done that for a lot of athletes over the years! I mean actions speak louder than any fake news or complaints on this board.

I wasn’t trying to give credit to the program, in fact, quite the opposite. The pro-cap camp always points to recruiting successes, but my point is that those are due to the player and parents and usually have very little to do with the club. This is the case for most of the clubs, but some clubs do have real recruiting coordinators who can help a little. The 4 and 5 star cap blue girls would have gone to harvard or duke regardless of club; the real test is helping the bottom of a roster get results too. And you’re right, those schools might be exactly where the families want to be and kudos to them. But most cap blue parents that i have met say stuff like “we went to cap blue so my kid could go play in the ivy league/ACC/B10,” so it would be interesting to see how much actual support the lower level kids received.

Bottom line, if you’re considering cap blue, you are doing it because your kid will hopefully be on a team that plays in top brackets and your kid gets exposure. That’s it, you’re going to have to do all the work, cap isn’t going to do much else other than existing. As seen with their recruiting lists, that is enough for some girls.

[Anonymous]

Why a Capital/club director coach spamming this board boastfully listing Ivies? The question is about what are your best options if your daughter doesn't make Capital.