Anonymous wrote:Freedom's Goalie is a student, and defense will have to carry them and limit goals until the offense can figure things out. They graduated around 80% of their scoring and 5 of the 6 middies that played meaning minutes last year, but they seem to figure things out from year to year.

BW will be solid, but do they have the depth after the starters.

Indy is very talented, have players at every position. Can they put it all together this year? I think they will have a solid year.

Riverside is the model of success. They graduate players every year and people are down on them, and they continue to win games. The Indy vs. Riverside game will be one to watch.

Those are my top 4.

Loudoun County would be 5th, but I don't know much about them outside of the returning All-American.

Broad Run will be solid, followed by Woodgrove and Loghtridge.

Anonymous wrote:1. Indy - Too much talent to ignore them. Clear 1.
2. Briar Woods - Best Midfield in Loudoun with 2 D1 athletes.
3. Freedom - Lost well over 100 goals but hey they beat Riverside last year so that's gotta count.
4. Loudoun County - Returns the VA single Season Goal record holder
5. Woodgrove - Solid attack unit
6. Stone Bridge - Lost a great goalie but return a couple well above average pieces
7. Broad Run - They will surprise some people
8. Loudoun Valley - eh
9. Dominion - HC retired, not much there.
10. Riverside - They're done, river is dry, schedule is too hard, lost a fogo that was constantly hurt, their JV hasn't lost a game in years they're clearly putting in too much effort here to focus on varsity games. They only return 2 first team all state players not enough to build a team around. They should probably just cancel the season. No way they can compete anymore. Someone call the county and tell them to take away their special exemption.

Anonymous wrote:1. Indy - Too much talent to ignore them. Clear 1.
2. Briar Woods - Best Midfield in Loudoun with 2 D1 athletes.
3. Freedom - Lost well over 100 goals but hey they beat Riverside last year so that's gotta count.
4. Loudoun County - Returns the VA single Season Goal record holder
5. Woodgrove - Solid attack unit
6. Stone Bridge - Lost a great goalie but return a couple well above average pieces
7. Broad Run - They will surprise some people
8. Loudoun Valley - eh
9. Dominion - HC retired, not much there.
10. Riverside - They're done, river is dry, schedule is too hard, lost a fogo that was constantly hurt, their JV hasn't lost a game in years they're clearly putting in too much effort here to focus on varsity games. They only return 2 first team all state players not enough to build a team around. They should probably just cancel the season. No way they can compete anymore. Someone call the county and tell them to take away their special exemption.

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Anonymous wrote:BOYS Pre-Season Top 10

1. Indy - Too much talent to ignore them. Clear 1.
2. Briar Woods - Best Midfield in Loudoun with 2 D1 athletes.
3. Freedom - Beat Riverside last year, and return a great group.
4. Riverside - They will be ok, but on the decline.
5. Loudoun County - Building off of last year.
6. Woodgrove - Solid attack unit
7. Stone Bridge - Defense lost a lot, including the goalie.
8. Broad Run - They will surprise some people
9. Loudoun Valley - eh
10. Dominion - HC retired, not much there.

Gonna go a different way here and raise the question marks about each.
I would say that you have the top 5 teams but not in order, but what do I know.

Believe that Indy and Riverside 1 and 2 in no particular order.
Riverside- Lost a ton of O talent and Fogo, so can they fill those shoes? The pipeline is starting to run dry
Indy- Tons of talent but can they hold it together? Have the ability underperform at the wrong times and make an average opponent look good.

Next 3 round out the top 5, again no particular order:
Briar- Rumblings of dissatisfaction and injury from upperclassmen real? What will this team look like in the spring?
Freedom- How will the '24 class losses effect them? There is a ton of talent to replace and some very good players/leaders gone now.
LCHS- One hit wonder? One player cannot carry a team at the higher levels.

So many factors and questions to ask but there is your top two and the next three. You can argue the order all you want, but we wont know until spring.

Its hard to say that returning multiple offensive all region/state players would classify as the pipeline running dry at Riverside. The river still seems to be running with a pretty steady current...