Anonymous wrote:The biggest match-ups next weekend look to be:

MDU East vs. Hero's Green
BLC vs. Coppermine Black
M&D Black vs. Coppermine Black

Skywalkers doesn't have a tough game for a while.

Anonymous wrote:Must be a M&D Black parent writing this…

Anonymous wrote:I think Skywalkers has gotten lucky. They aren’t better than Coppermine. Those girls are getting better.

1) M&D Black - solid and consistent. Great coaching. New talent added. Could be unbeatable if they would trim one or two players who aren’t as good as the others but are protected because being great friends with the coaches kids
2) MDU - keeps the same girls and same plays which is why Black is going to top them this year
3) HG - have some strong talent but also have a few who aren’t that good but will never be cut. Could be better if they got rid of the dead weight
4) BLC - Lost their best player to M&D two years ago. Girls have already begun to transition since they don’t have a high school team
5) Coppermine - team is definitely playing stronger and better than last year. Not strong enough to break the top tier yet
6) Skywalkers - They are truly not a #5 team. They were tied with M&D Red until the last couple minutes of the game.
7) M&D Red - got a new player from Black. Goalies are much better. Got rid of problem coach. Gave Skywalkers and Coppermine a tough time
8) YJ DMV - Strong group of DC/Bethesda girls with talent. Bright future

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Anonymous wrote:The tryouts and pre-tryout evaluation clinics have been posted for Capital.

Having pre-tryout evaluations seems like a nice idea so that the evaluators have more than one 90 minute look at a player among a massive group, however having a Middle School Academy gives the impression that a lot of the team rosters may already be set.

Having the tryouts (for the 2030s) in mid-June also really forces the decision and takes the other clubs out of contention, smart move by Capital to remove the competition.

Other than all the BLC girls who have nowhere else to go, who else will try out for Capital?

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Anonymous wrote:M&D 2030 Red is very good, and they are an exception for the club as a whole.

Most of the M&D’s Red teams range from 90 to 150 in the national rankings.

But the 2030s have been anywhere from 20 to 35 depending on the week. Their peak was last fall, more than a year ago, when they were between 20 and 22.

We will see whether they can surpass that ranking with a strong spring and summer. But they are definitely outperforming what most people expect from an M&D Red team.

This happens sometimes (aberration and not the rule) with Hero’s White too. I think it’d be amazing for these clubs to have their A teams in the top 1-10 and the B teams top 10-25 (guess that’d be two A teams, an AI and AII) but that rarely happens because the clubs don’t want the B teams nipping at the heels of their A teams and because people historically haven’t wanted to be with a B team and would rather be with Coppermine Black etc. But it’d be cool for this to get stood on its head and for these Red/White teams to start consistently having top 20 contenders. Then I think people would want to be on M&D Red and Hero’s White instead of another lower club’s A team.

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Anonymous wrote:Mathematically, it’s so hard for B teams to break into top 25 because the schedules, if you play a team with an 85 score, even a ten pt win knocks you out of a top 10 ranking.

Maryland United has placed their A and B teams in the A NGLL division. I think I saw that for their 2034s. Did not see if it was done by them in other years or done by other clubs. Mathematically, is it better to somewhat struggle in the A division or kill it in the B division, for rankings?

Anonymous wrote:Mathematically, it’s so hard for B teams to break into top 25 because the schedules, if you play a team with an 85 score, even a ten pt win knocks you out of a top 10 ranking.

Anonymous wrote:M&D 2030 Red is very good, and they are an exception for the club as a whole.

Most of the M&D’s Red teams range from 90 to 150 in the national rankings.

But the 2030s have been anywhere from 20 to 35 depending on the week. Their peak was last fall, more than a year ago, when they were between 20 and 22.

We will see whether they can surpass that ranking with a strong spring and summer. But they are definitely outperforming what most people expect from an M&D Red team.

Anonymous wrote:I think Skywalkers has gotten lucky. They aren’t better than Coppermine. Those girls are getting better.

1) M&D Black - solid and consistent. Great coaching. New talent added. Could be unbeatable if they would trim one or two players who aren’t as good as the others but are protected because being great friends with the coaches kids
2) MDU - keeps the same girls and same plays which is why Black is going to top them this year
3) HG - have some strong talent but also have a few who aren’t that good but will never be cut. Could be better if they got rid of the dead weight
4) BLC - Lost their best player to M&D two years ago. Girls have already begun to transition since they don’t have a high school team
5) Coppermine - team is definitely playing stronger and better than last year. Not strong enough to break the top tier yet
6) Skywalkers - They are truly not a #5 team. They were tied with M&D Red until the last couple minutes of the game.
7) M&D Red - got a new player from Black. Goalies are much better. Got rid of problem coach. Gave Skywalkers and Coppermine a tough time
8) YJ DMV - Strong group of DC/Bethesda girls with talent. Bright future