Anonymous
01/16/2024 20:28
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who cares if they are DC based?! DMV girls play there so it should be discussed.
Not sure why there are people who care so much about talking about "Baltimore" clubs here! Every parent with a strong player has at one point considered the drive, therefore it is clearly noteworthy here on this forum.
Is the answer no, there are no local 2028 teams that are highly ranked?
Pride is the highest ranked at #14.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 20:25
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Who cares if they are DC based?! DMV girls play there so it should be discussed.
Not sure why there are people who care so much about talking about "Baltimore" clubs here! Every parent with a strong player has at one point considered the drive, therefore it is clearly noteworthy here on this forum.
Is the answer no, there are no local 2028 teams that are highly ranked?
Anonymous
01/16/2024 20:25
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
You may say I took the bait, but I looked at the rankings data for local clubs 8th grade seasons from 25s-28s.
If you take out the rankings anomaly caused by BLC's historically-strong 2027 team (which had a number of players who now play for Baltimore clubs), and historically weak 2028 team, the rest of the DC-area teams are about on par with the '25, '26, '27 teams in average ranking.
Stars (#38) and Pride (#14) are consistent with historical track records. Next Level's actually better (at #67). If we want to count Renegades' successor, 3D Maryland, who has their highest ranked club yet with the 2028s (#36), that further balances the scales.
The big drop-offs are the local Maryland (MOCO) teams, BLC (#201 down from #7 for the 2027s) and MC Elite (#177), which are ranked much lower than historical averages. This thread has talked at length about how top players that may have traditionally played in MOCO are now playing with Baltimore clubs at the 2028 level, and whether any might consider coming back and trying out for Capital.
So the data does not support the conclusion that the local area 2028s are not as strong as prior years. It does appear, however, that MOCO talent may indeed have moved North for club play.
Proof will be mid season 2024-25 when the Capital '28s have built a track record.
If you take out the rankings anomaly caused by BLC's historically-strong 2027 team (which had a number of players who now play for Baltimore clubs), and historically weak 2028 team, the rest of the DC-area teams are about on par with the '25, '26, '27 teams in average ranking.
Stars (#38) and Pride (#14) are consistent with historical track records. Next Level's actually better (at #67). If we want to count Renegades' successor, 3D Maryland, who has their highest ranked club yet with the 2028s (#36), that further balances the scales.
The big drop-offs are the local Maryland (MOCO) teams, BLC (#201 down from #7 for the 2027s) and MC Elite (#177), which are ranked much lower than historical averages. This thread has talked at length about how top players that may have traditionally played in MOCO are now playing with Baltimore clubs at the 2028 level, and whether any might consider coming back and trying out for Capital.
So the data does not support the conclusion that the local area 2028s are not as strong as prior years. It does appear, however, that MOCO talent may indeed have moved North for club play.
Proof will be mid season 2024-25 when the Capital '28s have built a track record.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 20:22
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Who cares if they are DC based?! DMV girls play there so it should be discussed.
Not sure why there are people who care so much about talking about "Baltimore" clubs here! Every parent with a strong player has at one point considered the drive, therefore it is clearly noteworthy here on this forum.
Not sure why there are people who care so much about talking about "Baltimore" clubs here! Every parent with a strong player has at one point considered the drive, therefore it is clearly noteworthy here on this forum.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 20:21
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
So, are there any good 2028 DC/MoCo/NoVa teams?
Anonymous
01/16/2024 20:11
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
What? That the poster who thinks Hero’s is a local team is probably not very knowledgeable about 2028 lacrosse?
It is within 25 miles of DC and about 25% of it’s roster is from MoCo. Sounds pretty local to me.
So what other local teams are highly ranked for the 2028s then?
By these standards, other good local teams would include M&D and Coppermine, which also have DMV players. Local 2028 lacrosse is actually extremely good when you expand the map beyond what most people would consider local.
Sure, if there were MoCo girls playing for them. But whatever - not really a big deal.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:48
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Agreed. Most of M&D and Hero’s rosters are from Howard County or north towards or inside the Baltimore beltway. There are some MoCo players on those teams, but not enough to consider them D.C. based.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:48
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
What? That the poster who thinks Hero’s is a local team is probably not very knowledgeable about 2028 lacrosse?
It is within 25 miles of DC and about 25% of it’s roster is from MoCo. Sounds pretty local to me.
So what other local teams are highly ranked for the 2028s then?
By these standards, other good local teams would include M&D and Coppermine, which also have DMV players. Local 2028 lacrosse is actually extremely good when you expand the map beyond what most people would consider local.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:45
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Hero’s is considered Baltimore. Rather than DMV which seems to include just about everything, I think of them as Baltimore and D.C. Bethesda should lumped in with D.C.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:45
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
What? That the poster who thinks Hero’s is a local team is probably not very knowledgeable about 2028 lacrosse?
It is within 25 miles of DC and about 25% of it’s roster is from MoCo. Sounds pretty local to me.
So what other local teams are highly ranked for the 2028s then?
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:44
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
What? That the poster who thinks Hero’s is a local team is probably not very knowledgeable about 2028 lacrosse?
It is within 25 miles of DC and about 25% of it’s roster is from MoCo. Sounds pretty local to me.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:35
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
What? That the poster who thinks Hero’s is a local team is probably not very knowledgeable about 2028 lacrosse?
It is within 25 miles of DC and about 25% of it’s roster is from MoCo. Sounds pretty local to me.
Anonymous
01/16/2024 19:06
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
What? That the poster who thinks Hero’s is a local team is probably not very knowledgeable about 2028 lacrosse?
Anonymous
01/16/2024 18:50
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
2028s don't have any local teams with strong national rankings, other than Hero's Green which is strong at every year. Both the BLC and MCE 28s are notably bad.
It’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about
Anonymous
01/16/2024 14:15
Subject: 2028 Girls Lacrosse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is, this year isn’t even good compared to where the other teams were when they were at this age?!?! (25’s 26’s and 27’s). It’s pure comedy!
How is 2028 weaker than the other years?
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