2030 Girls Lacrosse

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Anonymous wrote:M&D DC 2029s were a top 15 team nationally. Beat M&D Black. And the majority still went to Capital.

Stars ceased to field a 29 team and both Pride 29 and M&D DC 29 are shells of what they once were.

[Anonymous]

There is enough talent within 2030 for 2 good HS teams in the DMV. BLC YJ Stats MD DC all have 8-10 good players(BLC having more) Best of the best will be Cap Blue. Question will be can the next best 20 kids all come together on another team or does everyone who doesn’t make Cap Blue scatter to different teams. Who knows!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is enough talent within 2030 for 2 good HS teams in the DMV. BLC YJ Stars MD DC all have 8-10 good players(BLC having more) Best of the best will be Cap Blue. Question will be can the next best 20 kids all come together on another team or does everyone who doesn’t make Cap Blue scatter to different teams. Who knows!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is enough talent within 2030 for 2 good HS teams in the DMV. BLC YJ Stats MD DC all have 8-10 good players(BLC having more) Best of the best will be Cap Blue. Question will be can the next best 20 kids all come together on another team or does everyone who doesn’t make Cap Blue scatter to different teams. Who knows!

Not all of those girls will try out for Capital, I don't think you'll see the top 30 2030 players in the area at those tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Why not?

[Anonymous]

+1 We have been approached to play at a few privates and have no interest in Capital

[Anonymous]

private high school?

[Anonymous]

The problem with joining Capital is you’ll inevitably end up having to interact with the insufferable BLC parent who posts on this website

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Start of Capital 2030 is an event that will likely break some teams. Hopeful that these teams survive.

Capital Blue is essentially a done deal, driven by the announced BLC partnership and the CAP program. At this point, the decision comes down to whether you remain on your current team or transition to Capital Orange.

Looking at earlier posts, it seems like the MS Academy is mostly BLC players with a few players from Stars and one or two from other clubs (YJ, etc.), pretty consistent with how the team has historically been put together. The early tryout date is an interesting wrinkle too, as it likely cuts off any real competition from the Baltimore clubs. If players were weighing options like Hero's, SW, Coppermine, MD United, or M&D, that won't be an option unless they are willing to walk away from their deposit and burn a bridge.

Which raises a bigger question worth discussing: is Capital Orange compelling enough to pull players away from their current clubs, and more importantly, what happens to the clubs left behind? Stars and Pride don't appear to have much to offer in terms of college recruiting. Do YJ DMV and M&D DC have enough recruiting pull to hold onto their top players? The main clubs for YJ/M&D have that reputation, but it's not clear how much of that carries over to their local DMV programs.

Stars has struggled to field teams past 8th grade, and YJ DMV has a smaller roster to begin with. Without their best players it's hard to see how either stays competitive at the higher levels.

Would love to hear from anyone with kids in those programs. Are families already making decisions, and is there any sense of how those clubs are planning to respond?

Capital Orange is not compelling. The Capital coaches are not better than the other clubs. Capital is well organized and that's about it. It runs like a machine. TBD whether that can last. Odds are growing that it will not exist in its current form in five years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YJMA is def held back by we know who.

No we don't.

We do. Club director has a real opportunity here but is not taking it seriously. Likely to go the way of Pride in 5 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YJMA is def held back by we know who.

No we don't.

We do. Club director has a real opportunity here but is not taking it seriously. Likely to go the way of Pride in 5 years.

As long as BLC doesn’t introduce high school–aged teams, Capital will continue to thrive. Both organizations benefit from one another and will likely continue to rely on that mutual support.

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Anonymous wrote:YJMA is def held back by we know who.

No we don't.

We do. Club director has a real opportunity here but is not taking it seriously. Likely to go the way of Pride in 5 years.

As long as BLC doesn’t introduce high school–aged teams, Capital will continue to thrive. Both organizations benefit from one another and will likely continue to rely on that mutual support.

I think you missed this posters point. They said YJMA will go the way of Pride. This wasn't a post about BLC.

[Anonymous]

Sixteen 2030 games this weekend at the Copperplex. By the final whistle, half the season will be over and for many teams, so will their playoff hopes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sixteen 2030 games this weekend at the Copperplex. By the final whistle, half the season will be over and for many teams, so will their playoff hopes.

so they should all just give up.

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Anonymous wrote:YJMA is def held back by we know who.

No we don't.

We do. Club director has a real opportunity here but is not taking it seriously. Likely to go the way of Pride in 5 years.

As long as BLC doesn’t introduce high school–aged teams, Capital will continue to thrive. Both organizations benefit from one another and will likely continue to rely on that mutual support.

I think you missed this posters point. They said YJMA will go the way of Pride. This wasn't a post about BLC.

Interesting take on YJMA, but probably to be expected. Pride is sinking but it will always be a good place for rec kids to practice/learn a little more as a C club.