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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 2028 banter is great, but here is my two cents to the OP question about the 2027 landscape:

NextLevel - By far the best, would beat the other three by 5-10 goals or more.  But the roster is too big, so the bottom half of the roster will be looking at new options for fall, plus probably a couple of starters.  And, they always choke in big games, such as the Hawks.

MadLax - Used to be competitive with NextLevel and Hawks, but no longer.  Defense is good but has too many players, and the offense has tanked since they went to parent coaching.

DC Express - This team picks up where BLC ends, and the 2027 BLC team was AAA this past spring, compared to the 2025 and 2026 teams that were elite.  But DCE will be drawing from Team Maryland, other DC teams, and the Baltimore teams.

VLC - This team was top half of AAA in the spring, and is working hard to recruit from Hammers and elsewhere.  Potentially an elite team by next spring, but not certain.

Bottom line, there will be some movement this fall, and when the dust settles, NextLevel will remain the best in 8th grade, and DCE will probably pull even by 9th grade.  Hope this helps.[/quote]

This is a great summary. It’s just interesting how DCE is typically strong but the feeder BLC is not. I wonder if they’re able to recruit some of the top players from the clubs you described above. [/quote]

Not strictly accurate to say BLC is not competitive with NL and Madlax as a whole.  For years 27 and 28, BLC teams are weaker because both squads lost several key players during the COVID restart in 2020.  NL and Madlax were quicker to get back to the field and parents of kids in the 27 and 28 age groups bolted for organizational issues dealing with field time in 2020 on light of COVID.  For 29 and down and 25 and up, the three organizations are pretty even and it just depends on the year who is better.  So hard to say what will happen with DCE 27 and 28.  Could be outlier weaker teams like NL has at 26 or maybe the make up the gap with player movement.  Hard to tell because 27 and 28 are so different in this way from other years.[/quote]

Yes I remember the COVID challenges. I also remember hearing rumors about BLC blowing up over some parent coach issue. Not really interested in rehashing that.  I simply bring it up to say the 27s may struggle more than the 28s. [/quote]

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