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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who cares who beat who.  College coaches honestly don’t care about scores.  They want to see a competitive match.  At the end of the day if one player from Capital or Pride ends up at the same school as a lower club player, what’s the difference.  [/quote]

But coaches do care if you play on a good team which is determined by wins and losses.  Lose a lot and the team will be playing lower, less competitive teams and hence less college-coach interest. [/quote]

The facts don’t support this.

Look at the 2023 M&D Black team. #3 in the country. Great winning record - far better than Capital Blue 2023.

M&D23 has more uncommitted players than CapBlue23. They also have players committed to schools where CapOrange23 players are going. Great schools - congrats to all. But if a winning record meant everything, M&D’s recruiting should have dominated. All of their players should have gone to top lax or academic schools. Yet CapBlue23 did as well (arguably better in some respects, depending on how you look at it).

If Capital was getting routinely destroyed by MD or NY teams then I would absolutely agree with you. This would result in being pushed to a lower bracket, which would be bad for the team, the players, their recruiting prospects, and the club.

But people have posted Capital scores against the top 10 teams and they are usually pretty close. Rarely any total crushing wins. Such losses aren’t enough to get knocked down to lower divisions.

Coaches want standout players. If your DD is playing on a competitive team in the right tournaments against the best teams, and shines at the right moment when the coaches are looking, that’s what counts. They also need to be on a club that will give them ample time on the field to make those plays given how short tourney games are.

Being competitive, not win / loss records, is what matters.

Being competitive is more important than W/Ls, but when it comes to recruiting it isn’t enough. The club, players and parents have to be well prepared. Since you brought up the 2023s use Capital vs Pride as the example. Both teams are competitive in the top brackets, suggesting they both have strong talent. If you look at their recruiting results they are much different. Capital players committed early on/after September 1. Pride did not have any commits. The talent was there, the team was competitive against the best teams, but the club lacked preparation and a plan. Capital was well prepared and executed personalized plans that started well in advance of September 1. In recruiting you need a plan that starts well in advance of tournaments. You want to play in the right tournaments against the best teams, you want to let coaches know to look for you at these tournaments, and you need to validate for these coaches what you can do in these games for coaches. This means the club, coach and players need to all be in sync with a plan. Based on results it would appear Capital executed plans for players extremely well. It looks like Pride players are making inroads with commitments, but it’s taken much longer. Being competitive is important, but this class seems to suggest having a well thought out plan in advance of commitment day is most important.[/quote]

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