2028 Girls Lacrosse

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Anonymous wrote:Not capital but stars.
Yelling at other parents, yelling at refs, yelling at same team parents. Ohh I’m a big teddy bear act has worn thin like your 1 millions posts have.

The OP clarified it was Capital with the code of conduct, but you steamrolled that with an outright lie. Typical. And if you weren’t challenged on it people would’ve assumed it was true.

But since you mentioned it, what tournament / game did the Stars incident you claim take place? Dates please.

Narc is back. Why don’t you provide the tournament and dates the MD folks acted and and until then STFU.

Tank top keeping it on-brand with the expletives. Predictable, just like the deflection here.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Your reasons included teams with better recruiting being in Maryland, which you actually don’t know to be true.

Fair enough. My point was more anecdotal with respect to recruiting and I’d add that I think Capital is fantastic at recruiting. You also understand that recruiting at what one considers a top school for lax and academics are not the same so it is entirely subjective depending on what you are looking for. You seem hyper-focused on that one point. I laid out several others why a top. MD player would not come back which I think are sound. You seem to take this a bit too personally.

I think some DMV parents start to develop an inflated sense of the MD teams during the middle school years. They think the MD teams were superior to all DMV teams in middle school, so that must also be true in high school. But it won’t be true because Capital will be competitive on the field and in recruiting with the MD teams. I tend to think the “no way they would back” crowd doesn’t fully understand the balancing that will occur in high school. If you can look beyond ranking alone, Capital will every bit as good as any MD program and for many it will be much closer to home.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I’m not a parent of the five, but it could actually be make or break.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Your reasons included teams with better recruiting being in Maryland, which you actually don’t know to be true.

Fair enough. My point was more anecdotal with respect to recruiting and I’d add that I think Capital is fantastic at recruiting. You also understand that recruiting at what one considers a top school for lax and academics are not the same so it is entirely subjective depending on what you are looking for. You seem hyper-focused on that one point. I laid out several others why a top. MD player would not come back which I think are sound. You seem to take this a bit too personally.

I think some DMV parents start to develop an inflated sense of the MD teams during the middle school years. They think the MD teams were superior to all DMV teams in middle school, so that must also be true in high school. But it won’t be true because Capital will be competitive on the field and in recruiting with the MD teams. I tend to think the “no way they would back” crowd doesn’t fully understand the balancing that will occur in high school. If you can look beyond ranking alone, Capital will every bit as good as any MD program and for many it will be much closer to home.

I think you let the MD parents live in your head rent free. Some MD programs are superb - this is undeniable. The talent and coaching are first rate which is why they do so well in all of the big tournaments - 2028 is no exception. The DMV clubs also have some great talent and Capital does a wonderful job of showcasing them and getting them recruited. And I have no idea who the “no way they come back crowd” is nor have I seen evidence of this. My point is if you are happy with your existing club - have great coaches, teammates, recruiting and playing time, why in the world would you leave? That does not mean some won’t or that some should not? Everyone has to make the best decision for their kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anybody go to the Capital Clinic tonight? Just curious how the girls looked

Don’t know how anyone looked, but exit poll was a big disappointment. Girls did not really learn anything, felt certain players were given more attention and “spoken to” and that it was a just letting them run around and play. I suspect Capital starts their recruiting through this process so no surprise there just wish there was more instruction.

To be fair, girls we heard from were not top players so can understand some of their frustration for lack of attention.

Tonights clinic was more of a "fun" night. Girls had a triangular--three goal--drill that encouraged tactical creativity and aggressive transition play for most of the second half of the 90 minutes. Hard to follow, but they seemed to enjoy it.

Interesting take on the "exit poll". After reading a second time, I kind of agree, but still found the experience worthwhile. What I saw over the course of several clinics was a group of girls that was playing hard and was engaged and competing, with serious coaches leading serious drills with an expectation of focus and effort. Overall, I thought the players responded and worked harder than the average club practice or "skills" clinic.

Agree with the general point on lack of instruction, but I honestly don't think that was the point. I think the idea was to get the best players in the region together to get an early look for Capital, sharpen some skills, and get some stick time before the next set of games/tourneys, and to build lax IQ. Hard to expect more, especially any real individualized attention or feedback, when you are looking at 3 coaches for 60+ players. My DD and I thought it was worth it and would do it again.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

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Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

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Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

Not accurate. There several players from VA.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

5 girls from Moco play for Hero’s. Can’t say about Virginia as I’m not sure

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

5 girls from Moco play for Hero’s. Can’t say about Virginia as I’m not sure

5, 7, 10 . . . who cares? They’re plenty of good players in this area to make for a solid 2028 team.

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Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

Not accurate. There several players from VA.

I think the PP was focusing on the top players.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

Not accurate. There several players from VA.

I think the PP was focusing on the top players.

What? The discussion is about who is from the area that left and plays for MD clubs. Most of the best players in the area all now play for MD clubs, which is around 10. Of the 10, some are from Montgomery county and some are from VA.

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Anonymous wrote:National Fall Lax Fest Brackets are out--

Stars LB has a good pool draw with Integrity, Xtreme, and M&D West. They have a good shot to make the bracket.

Pride starts out with a huge test in Atlanta-based juggernaut Eagle Stix, and then plays NXT and FCA. Eagle Stix lost or tied 4 out of its last 11 games in the summer, but will show up ready to play.

The way the A pool breaks, it looks like one of the top 5 powerhouses could be left out of the bracket as only the 1st and 2nd place teams make the playoff, and it is likely that 3 teams could finish 3-0.

BLC and MC Elite are in a pool where 3 teams advance. Not knowing a great deal about the state of those 28 teams, seems like there are some winnable games there.

Well, in a surprising turn of events, the schedules for National Fall Lax Fest have been modified, and Pride Red no longer has the tough but balanced schedule above. That schedule was somehow given to M&D Black (pretty interesting, no?) and Pride Red got their tougher start. Pride Red now has 3 top 10 teams, including #1 Coppermine, Crush, and Sky Walkers.

Pride has no expectation of winning this tournament; just want to face good competition. This change allows M&D to save face, and also gives Pride more of what they are looking for. Both teams are presumably happy with this change.

What is meant by save face? M&D is the # 4 team in the country. The # 3 team isn't even showing up to Fall Lax fest while every other top Mid Atlantic club is. Lots of chatter thrown in here.

To "save face" is to do something so that people continue to respect you and your reputation is not damaged. M&D was potentially looking at three losses in this first tournament, which would not have been good for the brand. The change, which may or may not have resulted from them complaining about their though schedule, allows them to avoid three losses and save face.

I have been around the girls' game for a long time in several capacities whether coaching or just as a spectator. I also have one daughter who is currently playing D1 and one who has finished competing on the D1 level. I can tell you that I have never known any M&D team to shy away from any competitor this is a bunch of garbage. Think about it even if they were to go 0-3 like you think they would the loss if they are to top teams doesn't really have an effect on the ranking and if by some chance it happened the whole club's reputation would not be tarnished like you think its one tourney by one of there many many teams. Just give it up NOVA lax is and will always will play a back seat to the Baltimore clubs sorry to let you down, pride parents...

And yet we send players to as good (if not better) lax programs and academic schools as M&D. Keep workin’ on those writing skills run-on sentence guy …

Do you really believe that though? Tell me how well those 23's ended up and those 24's they crushed it right? How many 25's do you have recruited so far? You are allowed to dream though i suppose...

Check your posts. You claimed NOVA lax is second to Balto, and the counter was that NOVA clubs send players to as good / better lax and academics as M&D. You conveniently forgot Capital, which traditionally takes the best Pride players (except for 2023), and is based in NOVA:

Capital 2023 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/capital+2023+blue/10408/2021

Capital 2024 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2024+Blue/10871/2022

Capital 2025 Blue

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/club/team/Capital+2025+Blue/12746/2022

All true. Capital has an outstanding track record with respect to recruiting and has some great coaches and players over the years. The big question mark, as has been discussed, is how will they fare at 2028?

Unless the 10 or so players that are currently on MD clubs come back, the 28 team/class will be weak for recruiting.

Unless I am missing something, there are not 10 local MD players. M&D I think has 1, Heros has 5 (BLC 4 + 1 NL) and that is it as best I can tell. The solution to the traffic dilemma is the car pool. Now why would you leave playing with great MD players and coaches to play with Pride and Stars? Makes no sense. Might be a more compelling case if there were more local talent to draw from.

Again - are you trying to be dense? They would do it to play for Capital!!!! What don't you get? Those girls that you listed are looking to get into high academic schools that Capital has relationships with. They already work out at Healthy Baller and the natural move is to get them back in high school. Not sure what you are not understanding.

NP and would love for my daughter to make Cap (don’t think it is in cards) but is this a joke? I understand you want to get these girls back but you seem not to understand why they would not come back. This has to be a troll post.

I don't know why they would not....please explain

Because the clubs they are playing on have similar if not better recruiting, perhaps they do not like 50/50 playing model, they are playing with teammates they’ve been playing with for years as opposed to new teammates that have an adjustment period and they have just as good if not better coaching. Capital is a very strong program but if the commute is not an issue, I do not see any reason to leave an A level MD team. That’s just my two cents.

Which clubs have better recruiting? Use 2025 commitments to prove your point.

Look, I laid out reasons not to come back. I am not so much of a laxbro that I can recite to you chapter and verse recruiting for the 2025 class nor do I care to research. You seem desperate to get kids back and my only point was to offer some reasons they would not see Cap as a better option as part of an overall lacrosse conversation than some a-hole complaining about drinking at games.

Desperate? If they come back good for them, if not…. Capital will be just fine. Those five girls are not making or breaking Capital. That’s laughable

I thought it was ten?

It is closer to 10, but some won’t consider coming back.

It’s fewer than 10, closer to a handful mostly from MoCo, but I think the sentiment is correct: they will likely try to make the teams they’re on before considering a Capital tryout.

Not accurate. There several players from VA.

I think the PP was focusing on the top players.

What? The discussion is about who is from the area that left and plays for MD clubs. Most of the best players in the area all now play for MD clubs, which is around 10. Of the 10, some are from Montgomery county and some are from VA.

I think I read 1 VA player (who left Pride) went to M&D. Where do the other top VA players play (in MD)?

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What? The discussion is about who is from the area that left and plays for MD clubs. Most of the best players in the area all now play for MD clubs, which is around 10. Of the 10, some are from Montgomery county and some are from VA.

I think I read 1 VA player (who left Pride) went to M&D. Where do the other top VA players play (in MD)?


There was a Stars player that left a couple of years ago and is still on M&D. There was a Stars player that left a couple of years ago for Coppermine and moved to M&D this year. There is the Pride player that left this year for M&D.