2029 Girls

[Anonymous]

and that is why those teams are good. Years playing together.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:M&D black 28 added 3 new girls this summer, skywalkers blue added atleast 3, maybe even 4. It happens

M&D added 2

Skywalkers added 4

Hero’s added 1

And it was all thanks to the Coppermine 2028 implosion, which is a pretty unique situation.

So all the teams moved players but one of them did it with a clearly communicated process and an open tryout. Great job everyone. You really made Capital look bad this time.

M&D and Skywalkers both had a clearly communicated process and open tryout. The only team to send any players to the B team was Skywalkers. Everyone else kept all their players. Again, this year was unique because a top team fell apart which does not happen year after year.

[Anonymous]

Let me get this right, we are questioning a club that has a tryout going into soph year with goal to potentially make a team stronger heading into recruiting year? What do you think happens when girls get to college and they are constantly recruiting the next best players? You 29 parents are soft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this right, we are questioning a club that has a tryout going into soph year with goal to potentially make a team stronger heading into recruiting year? What do you think happens when girls get to college and they are constantly recruiting the next best players? You 29 parents are soft.

Two things:

1) we aren’t questioning tryouts so much as trying to figure out what that poster meant by 1-5 replacements being the norm for cap blue teams. That just seems weird that it’s a given that this takes place. Yes, girls leave or an elite player looks for a new team occasionally, I’m just blown away that mass replacement is supposedly a thing. Isn’t it best to identify girls early on, develop them, and then make minor changes to the roster as needed? It seems like that is what heros and m&d have been doing and it is obviously working.
2) invite only for elite teams makes sense, it has nothing to do with being soft. Unless some elite kid leaves a rival, which rarely happens, why would heros green need to have a tryout? They are a top 5 team, have the girls they like and have developed already, and they brought it one NGLL all-region level defender to complete the roster pre-HS. Why wouldn’t they do it that way? Is some kid that no one has seen going to appear out of thin air and make heros? You think that the 2029 coaches don’t know who the 2029s worth taking are at this point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this right, we are questioning a club that has a tryout going into soph year with goal to potentially make a team stronger heading into recruiting year? What do you think happens when girls get to college and they are constantly recruiting the next best players? You 29 parents are soft.

Two things:

1) we aren’t questioning tryouts so much as trying to figure out what that poster meant by 1-5 replacements being the norm for cap blue teams. That just seems weird that it’s a given that this takes place. Yes, girls leave or an elite player looks for a new team occasionally, I’m just blown away that mass replacement is supposedly a thing. Isn’t it best to identify girls early on, develop them, and then make minor changes to the roster as needed? It seems like that is what heros and m&d have been doing and it is obviously working.
2) invite only for elite teams makes sense, it has nothing to do with being soft. Unless some elite kid leaves a rival, which rarely happens, why would heros green need to have a tryout? They are a top 5 team, have the girls they like and have developed already, and they brought it one NGLL all-region level defender to complete the roster pre-HS. Why wouldn’t they do it that way? Is some kid that no one has seen going to appear out of thin air and make heros? You think that the 2029 coaches don’t know who the 2029s worth taking are at this point?

Potato, potahto

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this right, we are questioning a club that has a tryout going into soph year with goal to potentially make a team stronger heading into recruiting year? What do you think happens when girls get to college and they are constantly recruiting the next best players? You 29 parents are soft.

Two things:

1) we aren’t questioning tryouts so much as trying to figure out what that poster meant by 1-5 replacements being the norm for cap blue teams. That just seems weird that it’s a given that this takes place. Yes, girls leave or an elite player looks for a new team occasionally, I’m just blown away that mass replacement is supposedly a thing. Isn’t it best to identify girls early on, develop them, and then make minor changes to the roster as needed? It seems like that is what heros and m&d have been doing and it is obviously working.
2) invite only for elite teams makes sense, it has nothing to do with being soft. Unless some elite kid leaves a rival, which rarely happens, why would heros green need to have a tryout? They are a top 5 team, have the girls they like and have developed already, and they brought it one NGLL all-region level defender to complete the roster pre-HS. Why wouldn’t they do it that way? Is some kid that no one has seen going to appear out of thin air and make heros? You think that the 2029 coaches don’t know who the 2029s worth taking are at this point?

Potato, potahto

Not really. On one hand you have two teams that are top 10 every year, and on the other hand a program that has some very good teams some years, and some just OK barely top 30 teams in others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this right, we are questioning a club that has a tryout going into soph year with goal to potentially make a team stronger heading into recruiting year? What do you think happens when girls get to college and they are constantly recruiting the next best players? You 29 parents are soft.

Two things:

1) we aren’t questioning tryouts so much as trying to figure out what that poster meant by 1-5 replacements being the norm for cap blue teams. That just seems weird that it’s a given that this takes place. Yes, girls leave or an elite player looks for a new team occasionally, I’m just blown away that mass replacement is supposedly a thing. Isn’t it best to identify girls early on, develop them, and then make minor changes to the roster as needed? It seems like that is what heros and m&d have been doing and it is obviously working.
2) invite only for elite teams makes sense, it has nothing to do with being soft. Unless some elite kid leaves a rival, which rarely happens, why would heros green need to have a tryout? They are a top 5 team, have the girls they like and have developed already, and they brought it one NGLL all-region level defender to complete the roster pre-HS. Why wouldn’t they do it that way? Is some kid that no one has seen going to appear out of thin air and make heros? You think that the 2029 coaches don’t know who the 2029s worth taking are at this point?

Potato, potahto

Not really. On one hand you have two teams that are top 10 every year, and on the other hand a program that has some very good teams some years, and some just OK barely top 30 teams in others.

. Many years like 2026 some of these capital teams are only losing to top 3-4 teams by one point or two points with some of these teams having the best goalies in the country! The College Coaches do not care about who wins these games at that level— they’re looking at players and how they compete/skills with all the high-level talent even if the team loses by 1-4 goals. Capital goalies have not been top in the country like these other clubs too. Getting a 5 star or top goalie in the country is a game changer too.

[Anonymous]

Did Cap Blue 28 take coppermime girls too? Appears that she shifting was an anomaly year all around and teams will basically stay the same.

[Anonymous]

So cap blue 29 is a work in progress, the elite are still elite, and there have been some changes to the middle of the road teams like SW and MDU. Any news on the other DMV teams? Has m&d dc fallen off of a cliff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So cap blue 29 is a work in progress, the elite are still elite, and there have been some changes to the middle of the road teams like SW and MDU. Any news on the other DMV teams? Has m&d dc fallen off of a cliff?

Not sure about other dmv teams but mddc has at least two tough games at continental. Nxt black and heros green will probably murder them but ct grizzlies are not nearly as good as their ranking, so maybe they win that one.

[Anonymous]

Cap 25 Blue got blown out by Hero's Green in their first official tournament together.

It takes time to gel. That's why you have playdays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cap 25 Blue got blown out by Hero's Green in their first official tournament together.

It takes time to gel. That's why you have playdays.

I think that you will find that the 2029 cap blue version isn’t nearly as talented as that 2025 team. 29 cap blue will be fine, especially when healthy, but they won’t be a top 5 team at any point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cap 25 Blue got blown out by Hero's Green in their first official tournament together.

It takes time to gel. That's why you have playdays.

I think that you will find that the 2029 cap blue version isn’t nearly as talented as that 2025 team. 29 cap blue will be fine, especially when healthy, but they won’t be a top 5 team at any point.

How many unhealthy/injured players are there? I know of one, and yes she’s fantastic . But are you saying that one player will change the team or are there more and their poor showing was due to being a few girls down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cap 25 Blue got blown out by Hero's Green in their first official tournament together.

It takes time to gel. That's why you have playdays.

I think that you will find that the 2029 cap blue version isn’t nearly as talented as that 2025 team. 29 cap blue will be fine, especially when healthy, but they won’t be a top 5 team at any point.

You might be right, though few people can accurately assess the talent of both the 2025 and 2029 Blue teams, and I doubt you're among them. Still, I appreciate your confidence despite having limited information.

[Anonymous]

29 Capital Blue looked to have a few good players but it was clear they don’t have team chemistry or know how to work together yet.