'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

[Anonymous]

Didn't Gonzaga pound Riverside last season?

And Gonzaga might have had its worst team in a decade last Spring.

Top publics from the DC area don't have the depth to hang around after a quarter or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Gonzaga pound Riverside last season?

And Gonzaga might have had its worst team in a decade last Spring.

Top publics from the DC area don't have the depth to hang around after a quarter or two.

Yes. It was like 10-2 in 2nd quarter and Gonzaga pulled starters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Feels like the season is just around the corner. My preseason:

SJC
Prep
GZ
Landon
SSAS
Bullis
Paul VI

1. SJC
2. Prep
3. Bullis / Landon
4. Saints
5. PVI
6. Gonzaga

Big drop off after Gonzaga / PVI

Big drop off after SJC. Gonzaga and PVI will be better than IAC schools this year. Bullis wasn’t that good last year and lost its vaunted 21s. Landon still too young. Prep is all juniors (many who will be 18), so we’ll see with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Feels like the season is just around the corner. My preseason:

SJC
Prep
GZ
Landon
SSAS
Bullis
Paul VI

1. SJC
2. Prep
3. Bullis / Landon
4. Saints
5. PVI
6. Gonzaga

Big drop off after Gonzaga / PVI

Big drop off after SJC. Gonzaga and PVI will be better than IAC schools this year. Bullis wasn’t that good last year and lost its vaunted 21s. Landon still too young. Prep is all juniors (many who will be 18), so we’ll see with them.

My take:
1. SJC
2. Landon
3. GP
4. PVI
5. Bullis
6. GZ
7. Episcopal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Feels like the season is just around the corner. My preseason:

SJC
Prep
GZ
Landon
SSAS
Bullis
Paul VI

1. SJC
2. Prep
3. Bullis / Landon
4. Saints
5. PVI
6. Gonzaga

Big drop off after Gonzaga / PVI

Big drop off after SJC. Gonzaga and PVI will be better than IAC schools this year. Bullis wasn’t that good last year and lost its vaunted 21s. Landon still too young. Prep is all juniors (many who will be 18), so we’ll see with them.

SJC clear number one, with Landon and Prep battling it out for the number 2 spot in area. Next tier is Bullis (key grads with no backfill), PVI (competent but not scaring anyone), and GZ, which was a dumpster fire last year and there’s no reason to believe 2022 will be any different. Could see SSSA competing with that group as well, senior laden and well coached.

[Anonymous]

Don't sleep on Saint Stephens this Spring.., everyone seems to forget about these guys across the river. The Saints are always well-coached. Will they be in the same league as SJC this Spring, probably not, but they have a talented senior class that has been playing together for the past few seasons. Landon and Prep would be foolish to look past these guys.

Gonzaga's program should do a bit better this Spring than last season but that is not saying much. Casey was the glue that held that coaching staff together and kept them accountable. Gonzaga and PVI will duke it out for 2nd and 3rd place in the WCAC.

[Anonymous]

GZ and PVI will not be close and GZ will give SJC a scare in one of the games.

[Anonymous]

What makes you think Gonzaga will really be any better this Spring? Do they have a fogo? Can the UNC attackman carry this team on his back? Any promising prospects or transfers to fill in the shoes?

I find it odd that GZ parents and boosters are quick point to how covid impacted their program harder than others when every other program was dealing with that same logistical issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't sleep on Saint Stephens this Spring.., everyone seems to forget about these guys across the river. The Saints are always well-coached. Will they be in the same league as SJC this Spring, probably not, but they have a talented senior class that has been playing together for the past few seasons. Landon and Prep would be foolish to look past these guys.

Gonzaga's program should do a bit better this Spring than last season but that is not saying much. Casey was the glue that held that coaching staff together and kept them accountable. Gonzaga and PVI will duke it out for 2nd and 3rd place in the WCAC.

This. SSSA doesn't beat themselves and routinely steals a game from Landon/Prep/Bullis when those IAC teams are perceived to be stronger.

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga has one of the best goalies(UPenn 2023 commit) in the country and the dmv and they have a very good lsm(Rutgers 2022) and two outstanding d mids (unc and army 2022) and a very good 2 way mid (Georgetown 2023). And two very good close defenders( Georgetown and army 2023). But this season will ride on the shoulders of the unc attack men. If he plays well= Win/ if he plays bad=Lose. Simple as that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga has one of the best goalies(UPenn 2023 commit) in the country and the dmv and they have a very good lsm(Rutgers 2022) and two outstanding d mids (unc and army 2022) and a very good 2 way mid (Georgetown 2023). And two very good close defenders( Georgetown and army 2023). But this season will ride on the shoulders of the unc attack men. If he plays well= Win/ if he plays bad=Lose. Simple as that.

I don’t get the DC Dog Gtown commit. Small, slow, and not a factor ever. PVI didn’t lose much. Don’t see what’s changed. That said, the NC and Rutgers commits are awesome. But one of the Gonzaga attack can’t play at all and is afraid of contact. What helps them is the rest of the league is terrible. GC and DeMatha are pretty weak this year and Yorktown would beat the rest of the league by over 10. The SJC games against BI, O’Connell, and SMR are going to be awful.

[Anonymous]

The Dc Dog gtown commit defender is huge. He’s 6’2. How is he “small”.

[Anonymous]

Lots of dumb stuff posted here but trashing a specific player who is a teenager not cool. It is also very inaccurate. Georgetown is one the his year’s sleeper favorites to go far. I am sure the coaches know what they are doing and would not take a poor player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga has one of the best goalies(UPenn 2023 commit) in the country and the dmv and they have a very good lsm(Rutgers 2022) and two outstanding d mids (unc and army 2022) and a very good 2 way mid (Georgetown 2023). And two very good close defenders( Georgetown and army 2023). But this season will ride on the shoulders of the unc attack men. If he plays well= Win/ if he plays bad=Lose. Simple as that.

This is a fairly accurate post.

Everything you indicate further indicate Gonzaga will not have a potent offense this Spring and will have a tough time scoring.

Sounds like their close defense, keeper, and SSDM's will keep them in games but in this day & age, you need to be able to score.

Gonzaga's offensive last year was pretty ordinary based on the games that I saw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga has one of the best goalies(UPenn 2023 commit) in the country and the dmv and they have a very good lsm(Rutgers 2022) and two outstanding d mids (unc and army 2022) and a very good 2 way mid (Georgetown 2023). And two very good close defenders( Georgetown and army 2023). But this season will ride on the shoulders of the unc attack men. If he plays well= Win/ if he plays bad=Lose. Simple as that.

GZ will surprise a lot of people how much better they are this year. compete Not just because they've been able to actually practice this year, but some key incoming pieces adding to all of the players mentioned above.