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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VLC is actually owned by the Baltimore Crabs owner who is also controversial.  But it's locally run, so unlikely that matters much in terms of a player's experience there.  VLC has historically been one of the better teams in the area and recently has had better luck in the recruiting battles than anyone other than Madlax and Blackwolf in the immediate DC area.  But the rising competitiveness of clubs like DCE, Next Level, and to a somewhat lesser extent, Cavs, has probably weakened VLC some.  Increasingly, it looks like we are in an era where in instead of three clubs having virtually every college player (Madlax, BW, VLC), players are more spread out.  For instance, I like a fair reading is that Madlax has the best 2019 team, Next Level probably has the best 2020 team, and DCE has the best 2021 team in the area (hard to compare BW since they don't play in the same leagues).  That's not to say that VLC is a worse club to be at than they once were, just that players are spread over more clubs now than they once were, which is a good thing on the whole since there is now much choice, although DC area teams are more diluted.

In terms of tryouts, in general if you have a kid that is fast and very visibly a high level athlete, they tend to get a fair shake at tryouts.  Its the players that aren't off-the-charts athletes, but are effective because of excellent stick skills, high lacrosse IQ, etc., that tryouts can be more of a mixed bag for.  My anecdotal sense is that for those types of players, there is some randomness in the tryout process and they are generally better off if they get into a club system early.          [/quote]

Your post is accurate on several counts, but there are some errors.  You said, "[VLC] recently has had better luck in the recruiting battles than anyone [b]other than Madlax and Blackwolf[/b] in the immediate DC area.  Although BW is declining (more on that later), generally speaking these three clubs are all comparable in terms of recruiting success.  For example, our son's VLC team sent 25 kids to play in college.  Depending on the year, sometimes it's VLC that has the better HS team, sometimes Madlax.  I think VLC has sent well over 100 kids to college in just the past few years.

VLC's youth program has been weaker than their HS program, but they apparently are going younger and have had good success this year.  The guys who run VLC have excellent reputations.

BW has fallen as I know their 2019 and 2020 teams aren't that great.  A lot of people know about the owner's past, so that may have something to do with it.  We were very happy with VLC and endorse them strongly.[/quote]

VLC's youth program seems nonexistent to me?  Their 2024 team played B league in HOCO.  They had tryouts for 2025 last August, but never formed a team.  So it seems their youth program is nonexistent, or  maybe a work in progress.  I see they are having tryouts for youth teams, but as last year showed just having tryouts isn't enough.[/quote]

I know a family on their 2024 team.  They didn't ask for the B league but were put their.  They would have competed fine in the A league or maybe the bottom of the AA league.  Their 23 team won the AA division.

Saw their flyer and they are going down to 28 this fall.  Saying their youth program is nonexistent doesn't seem anywhere near accurate.[/quote]

Do you know why a 2025 team was never formed  even though they had tryouts last August? Was there not enough interest or could they not get the right coach? Not Trying to be critical, asking because I noticed they are having tryouts for younger ages  as you mentioned  and I’m not sure how stable their youth program is. [/quote]

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