2028 Girls Lacrosse

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No one said that was the definition of "stud". A stud is someone that makes big plays all over the field and is generally better than 95% of the girls out there. A goalie can be a stud.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I would amend this analysis. There are top players on DMV teams who could be key contributors on top Maryland teams, and will ostensibly come together to form a formidable Capital team. So I wouldn't diminish their potential to contribute to a Maryland team to "role player". Coppermine and MDU have 2-3 players that are better than any other in the region, but that doesn't mean that the best DMV team players couldn't be top contributors on those teams--including the second or third scoring option.

Also, let's stop using a ridiculously inapplicable term like "stud" to reference outstanding female athletes.

With all due respect, “stud” is an extremely common sports term used to describe a gifted athlete, male or female. It is universally understood and works well in forums discussing sports. “Outstanding female athlete” is just using more words to say the same thing.

Respectfully back, to my fellow former football player dad, it's really not. It is not universal, and isn't even that common outside college football recruiting or NFL draft talk. And it just sounds dumb when applied to a 7th grade girl.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I would amend this analysis. There are top players on DMV teams who could be key contributors on top Maryland teams, and will ostensibly come together to form a formidable Capital team. So I wouldn't diminish their potential to contribute to a Maryland team to "role player". Coppermine and MDU have 2-3 players that are better than any other in the region, but that doesn't mean that the best DMV team players couldn't be top contributors on those teams--including the second or third scoring option.

Also, let's stop using a ridiculously inapplicable term like "stud" to reference outstanding female athletes.

With all due respect, “stud” is an extremely common sports term used to describe a gifted athlete, male or female. It is universally understood and works well in forums discussing sports. “Outstanding female athlete” is just using more words to say the same thing.

Respectfully back, to my fellow former football player dad, it's really not. It is not universal, and isn't even that common outside college football recruiting or NFL draft talk. And it just sounds dumb when applied to a 7th grade girl.

It's so universal that the definition of "stud" on Merriam-Webster includes "sports, informal : a very talented usually young new player". Unlike other uses of stud that are used in the masculine, the "talented young player" use is gender neutral and is often used to describe female athletes. Here is an example from WaPo where Michael Phelps refers to a young Katie Ledecky as a stud: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/katie-ledecky-sets-world-record-michael-phelps-is-golden-again-at-pan-pacific-championships/2014/08/23/916e8598-2acc-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I would amend this analysis. There are top players on DMV teams who could be key contributors on top Maryland teams, and will ostensibly come together to form a formidable Capital team. So I wouldn't diminish their potential to contribute to a Maryland team to "role player". Coppermine and MDU have 2-3 players that are better than any other in the region, but that doesn't mean that the best DMV team players couldn't be top contributors on those teams--including the second or third scoring option.

Also, let's stop using a ridiculously inapplicable term like "stud" to reference outstanding female athletes.

With all due respect, “stud” is an extremely common sports term used to describe a gifted athlete, male or female. It is universally understood and works well in forums discussing sports. “Outstanding female athlete” is just using more words to say the same thing.

Respectfully back, to my fellow former football player dad, it's really not. It is not universal, and isn't even that common outside college football recruiting or NFL draft talk. And it just sounds dumb when applied to a 7th grade girl.

It's so universal that the definition of "stud" on Merriam-Webster includes "sports, informal : a very talented usually young new player". Unlike other uses of stud that are used in the masculine, the "talented young player" use is gender neutral and is often used to describe female athletes. Here is an example from WaPo where Michael Phelps refers to a young Katie Ledecky as a stud: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/katie-ledecky-sets-world-record-michael-phelps-is-golden-again-at-pan-pacific-championships/2014/08/23/916e8598-2acc-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html.

Perhaps this is a situation where a word that was commonly used and acceptable two seconds ago is now out of bounds because of social justice or some such thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I would amend this analysis. There are top players on DMV teams who could be key contributors on top Maryland teams, and will ostensibly come together to form a formidable Capital team. So I wouldn't diminish their potential to contribute to a Maryland team to "role player". Coppermine and MDU have 2-3 players that are better than any other in the region, but that doesn't mean that the best DMV team players couldn't be top contributors on those teams--including the second or third scoring option.

Also, let's stop using a ridiculously inapplicable term like "stud" to reference outstanding female athletes.

With all due respect, “stud” is an extremely common sports term used to describe a gifted athlete, male or female. It is universally understood and works well in forums discussing sports. “Outstanding female athlete” is just using more words to say the same thing.

Respectfully back, to my fellow former football player dad, it's really not. It is not universal, and isn't even that common outside college football recruiting or NFL draft talk. And it just sounds dumb when applied to a 7th grade girl.

It's so universal that the definition of "stud" on Merriam-Webster includes "sports, informal : a very talented usually young new player". Unlike other uses of stud that are used in the masculine, the "talented young player" use is gender neutral and is often used to describe female athletes. Here is an example from WaPo where Michael Phelps refers to a young Katie Ledecky as a stud: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/katie-ledecky-sets-world-record-michael-phelps-is-golden-again-at-pan-pacific-championships/2014/08/23/916e8598-2acc-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html.

Stud
Beast
Animal
game changer
fierce competitor

All accolades that I would be proud to hear another coach or spectator say about my female athlete's game play on the lacrosse field.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I would amend this analysis. There are top players on DMV teams who could be key contributors on top Maryland teams, and will ostensibly come together to form a formidable Capital team. So I wouldn't diminish their potential to contribute to a Maryland team to "role player". Coppermine and MDU have 2-3 players that are better than any other in the region, but that doesn't mean that the best DMV team players couldn't be top contributors on those teams--including the second or third scoring option.

Also, let's stop using a ridiculously inapplicable term like "stud" to reference outstanding female athletes.

With all due respect, “stud” is an extremely common sports term used to describe a gifted athlete, male or female. It is universally understood and works well in forums discussing sports. “Outstanding female athlete” is just using more words to say the same thing.

Respectfully back, to my fellow former football player dad, it's really not. It is not universal, and isn't even that common outside college football recruiting or NFL draft talk. And it just sounds dumb when applied to a 7th grade girl.

It's so universal that the definition of "stud" on Merriam-Webster includes "sports, informal : a very talented usually young new player". Unlike other uses of stud that are used in the masculine, the "talented young player" use is gender neutral and is often used to describe female athletes. Here is an example from WaPo where Michael Phelps refers to a young Katie Ledecky as a stud: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/katie-ledecky-sets-world-record-michael-phelps-is-golden-again-at-pan-pacific-championships/2014/08/23/916e8598-2acc-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html.

Perhaps this is a situation where a word that was commonly used and acceptable two seconds ago is now out of bounds because of social justice or some such thing.

How is it out of bounds?

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I would amend this analysis. There are top players on DMV teams who could be key contributors on top Maryland teams, and will ostensibly come together to form a formidable Capital team. So I wouldn't diminish their potential to contribute to a Maryland team to "role player". Coppermine and MDU have 2-3 players that are better than any other in the region, but that doesn't mean that the best DMV team players couldn't be top contributors on those teams--including the second or third scoring option.

Also, let's stop using a ridiculously inapplicable term like "stud" to reference outstanding female athletes.

With all due respect, “stud” is an extremely common sports term used to describe a gifted athlete, male or female. It is universally understood and works well in forums discussing sports. “Outstanding female athlete” is just using more words to say the same thing.

Respectfully back, to my fellow former football player dad, it's really not. It is not universal, and isn't even that common outside college football recruiting or NFL draft talk. And it just sounds dumb when applied to a 7th grade girl.

It's so universal that the definition of "stud" on Merriam-Webster includes "sports, informal : a very talented usually young new player". Unlike other uses of stud that are used in the masculine, the "talented young player" use is gender neutral and is often used to describe female athletes. Here is an example from WaPo where Michael Phelps refers to a young Katie Ledecky as a stud: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/katie-ledecky-sets-world-record-michael-phelps-is-golden-again-at-pan-pacific-championships/2014/08/23/916e8598-2acc-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html.

Perhaps this is a situation where a word that was commonly used and acceptable two seconds ago is now out of bounds because of social justice or some such thing.

How is it out of bounds?

How did a lacrosse thread turn into a linguistic debate?

[Anonymous]

Nothing is wrong with the word stud in my opinion. The problem is when you call your own daughter the stud, that has zero value or worth. The value is with her teammates parents call her a stud or the opposing team. Parents call her a a stud. You telling her she’s a stud rings hollow, The worst girl on the team is a probably a stud in their parents eyes.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

So by this definition the player essentially has to be a midfielder who has an equally high impact all over the field?

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be any movement of players on the too Maryland teams over the summer or do they generally stay put?

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

As they head into high school, don’t be surprised when crush and Coppermine lose a few to skywalkers and M and D. They just don’t have the recruiting reputation yet

The strongest programs in the NGLL (27s-32s) based on representation in the playoff weekend:

Hero’s Green (5 teams)
Maryland United (5 teams)
Coppermine (3 teams)
M&D (3 teams)
BLC(2 teams)
Limelight (2 teams)

Skywalkers didn’t have 1 team represented. They will still draw some too talent for High School, but it’s not as automatic as it used to be. BLC and limelight’s players will all end up elsewhere since they are only middle school programs.

Again, you are thinking small. This is Middle School lacrosse. When it come to high school lacrosse, Skywalkers and M and D are two of the best programs. Other than Yellow Jackets, these two are the best recruiting programs. That’s all that matters

Regardless of HS, I am curious if any of the top Maryland clubs are looking to bolster specific positions? They all seem to be very strong at middie and I suppose a good goalie is always valuable.

Unless you are an absolute stud, it may be difficult to break in to a top MD team at this point.

At this point you'd probably consider joining forces with Pride, which has the deepest team in DMV currently. If you are on Pride, probably best to stick it out another year and prepare for Capital tryouts. If you are indeed a stud, then you can pretty much do whatever you want.

Sounds like Pride girls stay put. Wonder if any top Stars player could/would leave for a top Maryland team?

Stars has some good players that could make top MD teams, but those teams have chosen ones who are studs and not going to give up their key roles. The top Stars girls are main players on their current team, but would likely be role players at best on a top team this late in the game.

But would you define any of Stars players as “studs?” Not that it means anything on an anonymous board.

No, I do not think any Stars players are stud-level. The MDU middie, for example, is a stud, and each of the top teams has one or more studs. No offense to Stars girls, but none are studly enough to displace the studs on the top teams. So, they’d be role players, with the role being get the ball to studs who have the green light to score.

I’m not arguing, but the problem with this statement is that a “STUD” Is only a player who scores on offense.

That is not a”STUD” To me. A”STUD” is a player who can take over a game on offense AND defense. Just being able to score at the middle school level is only going to get you so far. Everyone gets bigger, faster, and stronger in the next year or two. I want a player who can do everything as opposed to a one trick pony who can only score. Because eventually, they will stop her from scoring

So by this definition the player essentially has to be a midfielder who has an equally high impact all over the field?

Attackers can’t play defense anymore? I thought they were supposed to play defense in the midfield?

And Defenders never transition the ball up field?

No one is saying all are middies, but all anyone looks at is who scores the most. That didn’t mean squat until you are in college

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Who has the best midfield in DMV? Pride or Stars?

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Both teams have several really good midfielders. But on a combined basis, Pride is probably a stronger midfield group.

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Anonymous wrote:Who has the best midfield in DMV? Pride or Stars?

Both teams have several really good midfielders. But on a combined basis, Pride is probably a stronger midfield group.

This sounds right.