Anonymous wrote:After watching all of this unfold for my daughter (2026) over the years, my observation is that the Capital Blue team is seen by college coaches as the top players in D.C. Frankly, because it is. These girls have already been vetted as the top players, so why go to a Pride, Cap Orange, Stars etc. until Capital Blue girls have all been signed? If girls on these teams were top players, they would be on Capital Blue. Unless colleges know they don't have a shot at this pool of players I wouldn't expect recruiting at other DMV clubs to really start until this group has been placed.

26 Capital Orange parent and I agree completely. Just getting started!!!

Capital has great players who are getting well deserved offers and the Cap staff has done a good job helping them manage through.

However, its also fair to say that 90%+ of those girls would have the exact same offers playing on another club. Top coaches recruit players, not clubs. The only question is how much has Cap developed them since 8th grade?

Cap's really value is for the non-starters on Blue and better Orange girls who will be targeting lower level D1. This is where coaches relationships matter more since these school have less recruiting resources and are often looking for "diamonds in the rough"

These are great schools and truly happy for all girls, but you cannot ignore that being full pay and not needing any $ is a key factor to going fast. Others who may have multiple offers are in the process of making family decisions about cost as well as fit and prestige.

I know some who really won’t or can’t consider the Ivy League. Yes, great financial aid if you qualify, but many threads across college boards talk about donut families in the middle. These are personal decisions, but with lacrosse or not, families with smart, capable kids pick schools for a variety of reasons including cost and overall family budget to educate their children. Some may “save” that money for law school or graduate school where the name of the school or program usually matters far more.

As someone else said - Speed doesn’t “win” here. For example, YJ Manning may have the strongest 26 crop of girls from a club with arguably the strongest reputation among colleges and only a few have committed so far. It is not for lack of choices I am sure.

DMV does not have exclusive claim to smart, lacrosse girls. That seems naive; and an Ivy commitment isn’t the “prize” for everyone. The Cap parent(s) comments (or whomever it is) on here that keeps saying this and has claimed CLC has won recruiting is silly. This is not to diminish the awesome schools those girls committed to - it is truly great when girls find their fit and commit to a dream school.

Anonymous wrote:After watching all of this unfold for my daughter (2026) over the years, my observation is that the Capital Blue team is seen by college coaches as the top players in D.C. Frankly, because it is. These girls have already been vetted as the top players, so why go to a Pride, Cap Orange, Stars etc. until Capital Blue girls have all been signed? If girls on these teams were top players, they would be on Capital Blue. Unless colleges know they don't have a shot at this pool of players I wouldn't expect recruiting at other DMV clubs to really start until this group has been placed.

This might surprise you, but not every player decides jumping to the Cap cult is the way to go. And not every good player is identified in 8th grade. Also, not every club pushes their players to jump on the 1st offer that'll blow up in the first week of talking to coaches. So on the latter point, you may be correct.

That said, Cap has done a great job scraping talent away in 8th/rising 9th grade, and then claiming the recruits. Given how the 28s and 29s are playing out, the next couple years will be very interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks JB

You really think the same people you talk about that can’t update a website are on here talking to you? In case you haven’t noticed she has been busy.

It's pretty obvious they've put an active campaign together for DCUM. Yes, I believe she/they is behind it.

I have tried to not be rude but if you think that you may really need to get some help.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks Capital mom, don't hurt yourself. The reality is they aren't on the same plane and aren't all the same great. The hype machine is strong here.

There’s a key difference between the battling agendas here: unsupported claims of the Capital haters vs undisputed results of Capital’s recruiting machine. When Capital players go this early to these impressive schools, sorry to break it to ya: they are great players.

You missed it. The OP said "sure, they're great players" in a dismissive way. As in they're the same as everyone else. Could've easily said good and their point was the same. That it's Capital that got them where they are.

So that actually runs counter to coming to your conclusion.

Go Cap!(?)

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks Capital mom, don't hurt yourself. The reality is they aren't on the same plane and aren't all the same great. The hype machine is strong here.

There’s a key difference between the battling agendas here: unsupported claims of the Capital haters vs undisputed results of Capital’s recruiting machine. When Capital players go this early to these impressive schools, sorry to break it to ya: they are great players.

After watching all of this unfold for my daughter (2026) over the years, my observation is that the Capital Blue team is seen by college coaches as the top players in D.C. Frankly, because it is. These girls have already been vetted as the top players, so why go to a Pride, Cap Orange, Stars etc. until Capital Blue girls have all been signed? If girls on these teams were top players, they would be on Capital Blue. Unless colleges know they don't have a shot at this pool of players I wouldn't expect recruiting at other DMV clubs to really start until this group has been placed.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks JB

You really think the same people you talk about that can’t update a website are on here talking to you? In case you haven’t noticed she has been busy.

It's pretty obvious they've put an active campaign together for DCUM. Yes, I believe she/they is behind it.

That's interesting because Jonestown came to mine.

Who is the OP even talking to? Just decided to stand up in the middle of the day for a Cap promo. On a thread celebrating girls' achievements.

Is the broader Capital family sort of cultish? No doubt. Is Capital as an organization running an "active campaign" on DCUM? No way.

Sure.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks JB

You really think the same people you talk about that can’t update a website are on here talking to you? In case you haven’t noticed she has been busy.

It's pretty obvious they've put an active campaign together for DCUM. Yes, I believe she/they is behind it.

That's interesting because Jonestown came to mine.

Who is the OP even talking to? Just decided to stand up in the middle of the day for a Cap promo. On a thread celebrating girls' achievements.

Is the broader Capital family sort of cultish? No doubt. Is Capital as an organization running an "active campaign" on DCUM? No way.

Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks Capital mom, don't hurt yourself. The reality is they aren't on the same plane and aren't all the same great. The hype machine is strong here.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks JB

You really think the same people you talk about that can’t update a website are on here talking to you? In case you haven’t noticed she has been busy.

It's pretty obvious they've put an active campaign together for DCUM. Yes, I believe she/they is behind it.

That's interesting because Jonestown came to mine.

Who is the OP even talking to? Just decided to stand up in the middle of the day for a Cap promo. On a thread celebrating girls' achievements.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks JB

You really think the same people you talk about that can’t update a website are on here talking to you? In case you haven’t noticed she has been busy.

It's pretty obvious they've put an active campaign together for DCUM. Yes, I believe she/they is behind it.

Delusional is the word that comes to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:It does matter what program you play for. College recruiting is an inexact science. The travel team matters a ton. Many of these kids play on the same “all star” or select teams. When playing next to each other…the Capital girls are great but similar to some of the best players from other programs. Colleges believe in a couple of these teams and it puts them at the front of the line on many of these lists. Yes Capital players are great. But they have commited 10 kids to too programs in a week. Thats not a coincidence.

Thanks JB

You really think the same people you talk about that can’t update a website are on here talking to you? In case you haven’t noticed she has been busy.

It's pretty obvious they've put an active campaign together for DCUM. Yes, I believe she/they is behind it.

Girls lacrosse Moms take yourselves way too seriously