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Anonymous wrote:The team is stacked. There is not one kid on that offer list that doesn’t deserve it.

Agreed, the team can be stacked and politics/relationships can stack the odds to a degree. There clearly is an advantage to training at Healthy Baller and playing for certain clubs/schools. It’s very hard for a girl to make Capital if her first exposure to the coaches is at the tryout, even with a clinic or two. But those places also tend to help make girls into better lacrosse players, so it’s logical the coaches would focus on girls they know more about.

I mean pretty much everyone knew at least two years ago that the best way to position a player for Capital was to 1) be on a good MS club team and 2) gain exposure to Capital through HB and Capital skills clinics. I suppose this is “politics”, but it was done completely transparently and there were limited barriers to entry, with skill, time, and money being the most significant. It should come as no surprise that the average Capital Blue player this year came from a top MS club and spent some cash on HB and Capital clinics.

How do you have info on where the “average Capital Blue player” played in MS and what they did to prepare for tryouts?

Because I know enough at this point, and I have been paying attention to who has been showing up the last several years. It would actually be shocking if the average Capital Blue player wasn't from one of the top local teams who had attended the workouts.

Kinda weird that everyone ascribes players playing for top local teams and making workouts as "politics". Rather than the top local teams having, ya know, some of the best players. And for workouts some girls having more focus, resolve, dedication (and maybe resources) to improve.

. Capitals best recruited players go to the top 25 D1 lacrosse programs in the country so there is not politics or money getting those spots! D1 Coaches want to win --they take players they think will help them win! It is the player’s skills, lax IQ, and athleticism with the guidance of Capital and tournament selections that when put all together make for a successful strategy for recruiting just like all the other top 30 clubs in the country. I also noticed many of the Capital Blue 2025/2026 players got selected for ALL ISL, ALL State and many got USA Lacrosse
All American and All Academic. These are players from all difderent schools that happen to play together on Capital getting noticed as top players that is not politics that is because they are the BEST players in the area for that year. So stop posting that Capital doesn’t know how to evaluate players and make selections to create a winning team that can be in the top 20 in the country at the club level. They’ve done it repeatedly for many years now They know what they’re doing. The 2027 & 2028 are going to do well with recruiting and improve in the rankings as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Just a question, is the roster sent out to those who got an offer? How would anyone know how many or who got offers unless they were at Capital?
When other clubs send out offers, its not with a list of names attached so is this something diff with Capital?

There’s no formal roster being sent. Everyone seems to know already, as players have been talking and sharing among themselves.

I hope it's a lot of high fiving each other on their achievements and consoling the lax sisters they love who didn't make those teams.

The text messages I’ve seen show that 14 and 15 year old girls show a lot more support and empathy than many parents posting here.

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Anonymous wrote:Just a question, is the roster sent out to those who got an offer? How would anyone know how many or who got offers unless they were at Capital?
When other clubs send out offers, its not with a list of names attached so is this something diff with Capital?

There’s no formal roster being sent. Everyone seems to know already, as players have been talking and sharing among themselves.

I hope it's a lot of high fiving each other on their achievements and consoling the lax sisters they love who didn't make those teams.

Anonymous wrote:Just a question, is the roster sent out to those who got an offer? How would anyone know how many or who got offers unless they were at Capital?
When other clubs send out offers, its not with a list of names attached so is this something diff with Capital?

There’s no formal roster being sent. Everyone seems to know already, as players have been talking and sharing among themselves.

Congrats to all the girls that made Capital! If you didn't make it get to other tryouts and keep practicing and training. So many clubs in this area!

Congrats to new Capital teams. See you on the 17th!

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Once again Capital shows they don’t know how to evaluate players. This team may be worse than the 28s! Way to go Capital!

28 parent here. Go f yourself

+1 another 28 parent here. Go F yourself. You will learn.....

Learn what? That Cap Blue isn’t really some magical program, they just happened to be lucky enough to have super talented kids occasionally like the 2025 team? Look, we get it, I would be pissed too! You guys thought you were heading to an elite team who would play in top brackets and your kid would play at their dream school, but in reality, the 28 team isn’t that good and you now know you should have tried out at a better program. That is really rough.

Just a question, is the roster sent out to those who got an offer? How would anyone know how many or who got offers unless they were at Capital?
When other clubs send out offers, its not with a list of names attached so is this something diff with Capital?

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Anonymous wrote:HUGE congrats to all the girls who made a team! Luckily for those that didn’t, there’s lots of other good options to play! We have an incredibly high number of talented lacrosse players in this area, so I hope girls don’t beat themselves up too bad. Capital is not the end of the rainbow.

I agree—this isn't very important in the grand scheme. Lacrosse careers are brief, whether due to opportunity, injury, or other factors. Whatever happens over the next several days, remind her you love and support her; everything will work out, regardless of which club team she joined.

Both of these posts are spot on.

However, kids don't want to hear about context or life lessons. If your daughter remains focused on college then remind them coaches will find any good player who has the talent.

An example on men's side is G-town goalie Anderson Moore....from Alabama. Played for lax club "Thunder" out of Atlanta, which is not even a top club. Generally ranked in the 20-50 range.

Should probably choose a different example. Thunder was #4 his recruit year, and he was ranked as the #8 recruit overall in the class.
Coaches didn't have to look hard to find him.

Doh!

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Anonymous wrote:The team is stacked. There is not one kid on that offer list that doesn’t deserve it.

Agreed, the team can be stacked and politics/relationships can stack the odds to a degree. There clearly is an advantage to training at Healthy Baller and playing for certain clubs/schools. It’s very hard for a girl to make Capital if her first exposure to the coaches is at the tryout, even with a clinic or two. But those places also tend to help make girls into better lacrosse players, so it’s logical the coaches would focus on girls they know more about.

I mean pretty much everyone knew at least two years ago that the best way to position a player for Capital was to 1) be on a good MS club team and 2) gain exposure to Capital through HB and Capital skills clinics. I suppose this is “politics”, but it was done completely transparently and there were limited barriers to entry, with skill, time, and money being the most significant. It should come as no surprise that the average Capital Blue player this year came from a top MS club and spent some cash on HB and Capital clinics.

How do you have info on where the “average Capital Blue player” played in MS and what they did to prepare for tryouts?

Because I know enough at this point, and I have been paying attention to who has been showing up the last several years. It would actually be shocking if the average Capital Blue player wasn't from one of the top local teams who had attended the workouts.

Question was basically “how do you know” and answer was “because I know.” Typical for this thread.

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Once again Capital shows they don’t know how to evaluate players. This team may be worse than the 28s! Way to go Capital!

28 parent here. Go f yourself

+1 another 28 parent here. Go F yourself. You will learn.....

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Anonymous wrote:The team is stacked. There is not one kid on that offer list that doesn’t deserve it.

Agreed, the team can be stacked and politics/relationships can stack the odds to a degree. There clearly is an advantage to training at Healthy Baller and playing for certain clubs/schools. It’s very hard for a girl to make Capital if her first exposure to the coaches is at the tryout, even with a clinic or two. But those places also tend to help make girls into better lacrosse players, so it’s logical the coaches would focus on girls they know more about.

I mean pretty much everyone knew at least two years ago that the best way to position a player for Capital was to 1) be on a good MS club team and 2) gain exposure to Capital through HB and Capital skills clinics. I suppose this is “politics”, but it was done completely transparently and there were limited barriers to entry, with skill, time, and money being the most significant. It should come as no surprise that the average Capital Blue player this year came from a top MS club and spent some cash on HB and Capital clinics.

How do you have info on where the “average Capital Blue player” played in MS and what they did to prepare for tryouts?

Because I know enough at this point, and I have been paying attention to who has been showing up the last several years. It would actually be shocking if the average Capital Blue player wasn't from one of the top local teams who had attended the workouts.

Kinda weird that everyone ascribes players playing for top local teams and making workouts as "politics". Rather than the top local teams having, ya know, some of the best players. And for workouts some girls having more focus, resolve, dedication (and maybe resources) to improve.

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Anonymous wrote:The team is stacked. There is not one kid on that offer list that doesn’t deserve it.

Agreed, the team can be stacked and politics/relationships can stack the odds to a degree. There clearly is an advantage to training at Healthy Baller and playing for certain clubs/schools. It’s very hard for a girl to make Capital if her first exposure to the coaches is at the tryout, even with a clinic or two. But those places also tend to help make girls into better lacrosse players, so it’s logical the coaches would focus on girls they know more about.

I mean pretty much everyone knew at least two years ago that the best way to position a player for Capital was to 1) be on a good MS club team and 2) gain exposure to Capital through HB and Capital skills clinics. I suppose this is “politics”, but it was done completely transparently and there were limited barriers to entry, with skill, time, and money being the most significant. It should come as no surprise that the average Capital Blue player this year came from a top MS club and spent some cash on HB and Capital clinics.

How do you have info on where the “average Capital Blue player” played in MS and what they did to prepare for tryouts?

Because I know enough at this point, and I have been paying attention to who has been showing up the last several years. It would actually be shocking if the average Capital Blue player wasn't from one of the top local teams who had attended the workouts.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how many from MDDC were given offers? And how many accepted?

Why so curious? Do you and what's best for your girl/family.

Gee I don't know ... Maybe because this topic has consumed the past 20 pages+ on this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:HUGE congrats to all the girls who made a team! Luckily for those that didn’t, there’s lots of other good options to play! We have an incredibly high number of talented lacrosse players in this area, so I hope girls don’t beat themselves up too bad. Capital is not the end of the rainbow.

I agree—this isn't very important in the grand scheme. Lacrosse careers are brief, whether due to opportunity, injury, or other factors. Whatever happens over the next several days, remind her you love and support her; everything will work out, regardless of which club team she joined.

Both of these posts are spot on.

However, kids don't want to hear about context or life lessons. If your daughter remains focused on college then remind them coaches will find any good player who has the talent.

An example on men's side is G-town goalie Anderson Moore....from Alabama. Played for lax club "Thunder" out of Atlanta, which is not even a top club. Generally ranked in the 20-50 range.

Should probably choose a different example. Thunder was #4 his recruit year, and he was ranked as the #8 recruit overall in the class.
Coaches didn't have to look hard to find him.