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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

I can't believe I am having to defend Pride here, but as someone noted, Pride is ranked #14 and is a local team.

Interesting, thanks. So Pride is where the 2028 talent is locally concentrated then. It doesn’t look like Pride is as highly ranked for other years but they must have the top local 2028s given the huge gap in rankings.

You either are very new or trolling. Assuming the former, and being friendly, the concentration of local talent occurs in 9th grade at Capital Lacrosse Club. You will note that Capital is #1 for 2025s; #9 for 2026s; and #16 for their new team, the 2027s.

Pride is generally the top local club in rankings through 8th grade (exceptions including 2027 BLC, and 2026 Stars), and the club average a top 15 ranking until 9th grade when many top area players consolidate at Capital. St James-owned Stars is typically the 2nd highest ranked local club through 8th grade (top 40 every year). The MOCO teams, BLC, NL, and MC Elite were traditionally in the high 60s to 80s in the rankings, but BLC and MC Elite has dropped off this year. Hope that helps.

I’m sorry, I have a 2031 girl and I am new to this. Trying to understand what happens next so this is all very interesting. I don’t think the rankings of the clubs are very consistent as you get younger but maybe it’s too soon to tell, or maybe a bunch of our teammates will be playing in Baltimore within the next few years. In any case thank you for the information.

If I am a 2031 parent of a strong player in NoVa I am putting them in either Pride or Stars. Pride seems to develop great girls that make Capital at 9th grade. Stars has a Capital connection and girls that you don't think should make it sometimes do if they come from Stars.

If you are from MoCo I am putting them in BLC and seeing how they do, meaning if they are performing well and start ranking in top 25...good...stay and try out for Capital in 9th. If not go to Hero's ASAP. And no I am not the ex BLC Hero's parent. I have high school girls that thankfully made Capital but I still wonder if going to Heros in middle school would have developed them better by now. Playing with the same girls etc from middle school thru high school has benefits.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

I can't believe I am having to defend Pride here, but as someone noted, Pride is ranked #14 and is a local team.

Interesting, thanks. So Pride is where the 2028 talent is locally concentrated then. It doesn’t look like Pride is as highly ranked for other years but they must have the top local 2028s given the huge gap in rankings.

You either are very new or trolling. Assuming the former, and being friendly, the concentration of local talent occurs in 9th grade at Capital Lacrosse Club. You will note that Capital is #1 for 2025s; #9 for 2026s; and #16 for their new team, the 2027s.

Pride is generally the top local club in rankings through 8th grade (exceptions including 2027 BLC, and 2026 Stars), and the club average a top 15 ranking until 9th grade when many top area players consolidate at Capital. St James-owned Stars is typically the 2nd highest ranked local club through 8th grade (top 40 every year). The MOCO teams, BLC, NL, and MC Elite were traditionally in the high 60s to 80s in the rankings, but BLC and MC Elite has dropped off this year. Hope that helps.

I’m sorry, I have a 2031 girl and I am new to this. Trying to understand what happens next so this is all very interesting. I don’t think the rankings of the clubs are very consistent as you get younger but maybe it’s too soon to tell, or maybe a bunch of our teammates will be playing in Baltimore within the next few years. In any case thank you for the information.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

I can't believe I am having to defend Pride here, but as someone noted, Pride is ranked #14 and is a local team.

Interesting, thanks. So Pride is where the 2028 talent is locally concentrated then. It doesn’t look like Pride is as highly ranked for other years but they must have the top local 2028s given the huge gap in rankings.

You either are very new or trolling. Assuming the former, and being friendly, the concentration of local talent occurs in 9th grade at Capital Lacrosse Club. You will note that Capital is #1 for 2025s; #9 for 2026s; and #16 for their new team, the 2027s.

Pride is generally the top local club in rankings through 8th grade (exceptions including 2027 BLC, and 2026 Stars), and the club average a top 15 ranking until 9th grade when many top area players consolidate at Capital. St James-owned Stars is typically the 2nd highest ranked local club through 8th grade (top 40 every year). The MOCO teams, BLC, NL, and MC Elite were traditionally in the high 60s to 80s in the rankings, but BLC and MC Elite has dropped off this year. Hope that helps.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

I can't believe I am having to defend Pride here, but as someone noted, Pride is ranked #14 and is a local team.

Interesting, thanks. So Pride is where the 2028 talent is locally concentrated then. It doesn’t look like Pride is as highly ranked for other years but they must have the top local 2028s given the huge gap in rankings.

You either are very new or trolling. Assuming the former, and being friendly, the concentration of local talent occurs in 9th grade at Capital Lacrosse Club. You will note that Capital is #1 for 2025s; #9 for 2026s; and #16 for their new team, the 2027s.

Pride is generally the top local club in rankings through 8th grade (exceptions including 2027 BLC, and 2026 Stars), and the club average a top 15 ranking until 9th grade when many top area players consolidate at Capital. St James-owned Stars is typically the 2nd highest ranked local club through 8th grade (top 40 every year). The MOCO teams, BLC, NL, and MC Elite were traditionally in the high 60s to 80s in the rankings, but BLC and MC Elite has dropped off this year. Hope that helps.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

2028 is an off year for talent across the board, unfortunately. It’s too bad — every now and again there’s a drop.

The best of BLC 2027 went to Capital (about ten players). BLC 2029 is a top 20 team - no sign of any players moving to Balto. They would have done so by now if they felt they needed / wanted to. It doesn’t make sense for them to move since they’re on a Capital track. When you check the Capital 2024 and 2025 commits and compare them with Hero’s, Capital has the edge in sending girls to better schools and programs.

Fairly weak argument to respond to a substantive post with a declarative statement and no supporting data. If you want to back your statement, great, if not I will remain unpersuaded that there is some dramatic change--your clever condescension notwithstanding.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

2028 is an off year for talent across the board, unfortunately. It’s too bad — every now and again there’s a drop.

The best of BLC 2027 went to Capital (about ten players). BLC 2029 is a top 20 team - no sign of any players moving to Balto. They would have done so by now if they felt they needed / wanted to. It doesn’t make sense for them to move since they’re on a Capital track. When you check the Capital 2024 and 2025 commits and compare them with Hero’s, Capital has the edge in sending girls to better schools and programs.

Fairly weak argument to respond to a substantive post with a declarative statement and no supporting data. If you want to back your statement, great, if not I will remain unpersuaded that there is some dramatic change--your clever condescension notwithstanding.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

2028 is an off year for talent across the board, unfortunately. It’s too bad — every now and again there’s a drop.

The best of BLC 2027 went to Capital (about ten players). BLC 2029 is a top 20 team - no sign of any players moving to Balto. They would have done so by now if they felt they needed / wanted to. It doesn’t make sense for them to move since they’re on a Capital track. When you check the Capital 2024 and 2025 commits and compare them with Hero’s, Capital has the edge in sending girls to better schools and programs.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

I can't believe I am having to defend Pride here, but as someone noted, Pride is ranked #14 and is a local team.

Interesting, thanks. So Pride is where the 2028 talent is locally concentrated then. It doesn’t look like Pride is as highly ranked for other years but they must have the top local 2028s given the huge gap in rankings.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

I can't believe I am having to defend Pride here, but as someone noted, Pride is ranked #14 and is a local team.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

Thanks. It looks like other years currently have top 20 rankings for local teams. It’s a bummer so many talented 2028s moved to Baltimore rather than concentrate on one team locally.

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

Updated link - https://www.usclublax.com/rankings?year=2023

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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?

I appreciate that you are probably trolling, but if not and are genuinely curious then this is the place for all of your rankings questions -> https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=2028&alpha=N&y=2023.

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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?