This is the first year that BLC is a top 10 team. A first. They will take the top players from BLC, Pride, Stars ect. BLC will most likely have players tryout for the top MD teams as well. |
| This conversation happens every year. People say that Capital will take a ton of BLC players but it never happens. Players who stay at BLC through 8th grade and expect to make a top club team are always behind when they get there. The BLC program just isn't strong enough. Last year the 2026 BLC goalie wasn't even good enough to make Capital B and nobody turns away a goalie. The 2027 team may be strong this year but it's an outlier. |
The goalie situation for 26 was very political as is everything in this sport. CLC took goalies from privates when the BLC goalie was likely much better. |
You can't make any broad statements about BLC because each grad year has been a completely different situation. Prior to 2025, the BLC girls merged with stars in middle school. The 2025s were the 1st year where that didn't happen and they kept their teams in tact through 8th grade. BLC, Stars and Pride are the primary feeders to capital, but how many from each club varies year to year. In the 2027 grad year, stars is by far the weakest team of the 3 and should in turn expect to earn the least number of capital spots. BLC will probably take more spots, but that is specific to that year, not a generality. There probably won't be 1 BLC girl to make capital 2028, because the talent has left already to other maryland or VA teams. |
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There is a big difference between playing well as a team and indivdual players having the skills necessary to make really good teams. As the girls grow older, the later becomes more important.
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Are you arguing that the stars 27 players are better individually than BLC players and therefore more of them will make Capital? |
no chance that is what they meant |
2026 is an insanely strong year for goalies. |
Why so much negativity on Stars? For a top 30 team, they get a lot of attention on this board. |
Not top 30. Check the rankings |
Stars is 39. Up from the 70s last year. BLC is holding steady in the top ten. Pride is 24. Down from top 10 over the past year. |
There are some solid players on ALL the teams that will make the Capital teams. Talented players will show up for tryouts from Charlottesville and Richmond. TOP DMV players will go to Baltimore teams to tryout as well. |
We are talking about 2027 though, so yes, BLC 2027 is an outlier and should have the most Capital players because they are very talented. The BLC goalie might be the best 2027 goalie in region. |
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And she is going to Good Counsel next year which will be interesting to see how that works out for current goalies there. In the finals the GC goalie only had 3 saves all game and gave up 12 goals. |