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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2033 is a bit of an odd year because there aren’t really a plethora of good (and realistic) options despite there probably being too many travel squads overall in the DMV.

BLC Blue 2033 is incredible with a really awesome player / parent contingent and unbeatable coaching, but with two NGLL championships in a row they won’t be taking any inexperienced players even if they add a player or two.

BLC Orange was the worst team in NGLL B division by a wide margin despite charging the same price as Blue, and they didn’t have a White (developmental) option in this year as far as I know, so that seems like a situation to avoid.

That leaves Rebels, headed up by the Good Counsel head coach, and M&D DC.  I would honestly just pick based on location and convenience, Rebels is probably a little better at the moment but at some point M&D seems likely to add some of the BLC kids who aren’t playing or top athletes new to lax.

Whatever you do, avoid the MC Elite / MD United reboot , and all the VA clubs close by seem to be in some level of disarray.  [/quote]

Are you saying generally Bethesda blue is a better team and offers better coaching than M&D DC? Because I think I heard the opposite. [/quote]

For 2033, BLC Blue is better than M&D DC and it's not even close.  BLC Blue has won the NGLL A division two years in a row.  M&D DC was 6th in the B division and got knocked out in the first round of the playoffs.  BLC Blue 2033 also has an all-star line-up of coaches.  [/quote]

Smug posts like this one about teams of 10 year olds is precisely why you should avoid BLC. Having been through the grind twice with my now high school aged girls, I can assure you that the amount of ngll championships your daughter wins in 3rd and 4th grade will have no bearing on their lacrosse journey.

The question that this post was purportedly answering asked about BLC vs M&D DC coaching generally, not the 33s specifically. What I’d say is that M&D DC coaching is typically more consistently good across all grade years than BLC. That’s largely driven by the parent-coach model of BLC that can be hit or miss on quality of coaching and the extent to which the dynamics of favoritism (perceived or real) among coaches for their daughters and their closest friends breeds bitterness among the team. [/quote]

This is a very odd post.  This thread is about 2033 and the post was responding to a run-down of 2033 teams.  Who cares about clubs generally?  Your girl is on a specific team.  If the BLC team for that year doesn't have good coaching and the M&D DC one does, then M&D DC is probably the better choice.

Even looking "generally" though, I don't know on what basis you could say M&D DC is better than BLC. M&D DC has only existed for a year, so it doesn't have a lot of track record.  NL pretty much ignored their girls program before M&D took over.  The only year with a good M&D DC team is 2029.  The 2034s look like they could be good, but pretty early to say.  M&D DC's teams aren't even in the A division in most years.  BLC has A division teams in every years.  Some are middle of the pack and others are at the top of the division.  None of them are bad.

Having had several kids go through lacrosse, I can say that paid coaches are as hit or miss as parent-coaches.  A good number of the paid coaches care a lot more about the high school teams they are coaching, and the club teams are an after thought.  [/quote]

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