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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looked like a bunch of ML kids, as predicted. A reclassed goalie from outside the area. A few more kids (helmets) I didn’t recognize. Plus the NL kids that were already on the team. There were quite a few injured kids on the sidelines.

Coaches were funny/nervous with the awkwardness of the moment. Everyone knew what was going on, but nobody came out and said it. Elephant in the room.

Based on what I saw, I think my kid will be ok. A bunch won’t be.  We’ll be better for sure, but I don’t know how much better. [/quote]

Would agree for sure.  Better how much better is still to be determined but would be for sure get this team out of the low rankings (#70) into the top 20 just were the ML team sits today (#25) this past Fall.  Will the additions get them out of the top 20 and into the top 15/10 team this summer is the question but only thing changing would be coaching and colors.  DCE is at #11 and VLC #44.  I know "nobody cares about rankings" but you do care or people would not be making all this noise.[/quote]

It is hard to see how the combination team will be much better than either of its parts.  NextLevel 2026 has always had a tight knit culture of kids and families, but underperformed due to lack of dominant talent. In the last year of HoCo they were not even in the top division.  MadLax 2026 had some talent, but never as much as they wanted, but consistently underperformed due to kids not showing up at practice, toxic parents and players, and generally poor culture.  And on their best day they were never higher than 20 in the national rankings, and in their last year of HoCo they finished near the bottom. And many of their top players have already left for VLC or DCE.  Now the combined team will be pulling players from NL and ML and going to summer tournaments against top national teams who have been playing together for years, with little or no practice of their own, and expectations sky high. What could possibly go wrong? [/quote]

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