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Anonymous wrote:Not saying the girls selected aren't incredible players - most (not all) are. Still, the girls were pre-selected prior to tryouts and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Everyone on this board knew that the Blue team would be made up of Stars and Pride. They deserved it. Not sure what all the surprise and frustration is about. Everyone else there was trying out for Orange and they knew that.

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying the girls selected aren't incredible players - most (not all) are. Still, the girls were pre-selected prior to tryouts and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

It really should not come as a surprise to anyone that certain girls are known to be good enough to be on CLC Blue even before the tryout. DD is a 2028 and I have spent enough time around the DMV teams to have a pretty good sense of the certain girls who will be on CLC Blue in a few years.

I know what you mean and don’t disagree. But there are also girls who haven’t had the chance to shine bc they are not on the right team. In response to the threads about whether winning or losing record matters, I think it does at younger grades bc people conclude that girls are better if their teams win. This is usually a no brainer - makes sense the most skilled girls will nearly worse teams. but sometimes not the whole picture. I would say it hurts the best players on a bad team. bottom line, in middle school get on a winning team to play on a good hs club.

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying the girls selected aren't incredible players - most (not all) are. Still, the girls were pre-selected prior to tryouts and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

It really should not come as a surprise to anyone that certain girls are known to be good enough to be on CLC Blue even before the tryout. DD is a 2028 and I have spent enough time around the DMV teams to have a pretty good sense of the certain girls who will be on CLC Blue in a few years.

Anonymous wrote:Not saying the girls selected aren't incredible players - most (not all) are. Still, the girls were pre-selected prior to tryouts and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:it was NOT a tryout. Did anyone outside of Stars or Pride make CLC Blue? there had to be 1 goalie from each team for political reasons. Same with the players. Come on people.

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying the girls selected aren't incredible players - most (not all) are. Still, the girls were pre-selected prior to tryouts and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

It really should not come as a surprise to anyone that certain girls are known to be good enough to be on CLC Blue even before the tryout. DD is a 2028 and I have spent enough time around the DMV teams to have a pretty good sense of the certain girls who will be on CLC Blue in a few years.

Anonymous wrote:Not saying the girls selected aren't incredible players - most (not all) are. Still, the girls were pre-selected prior to tryouts and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know how many girls outside of Pride and Stars made Capital Blue...? BINGO

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares who beat who. College coaches honestly don’t care about scores. They want to see a competitive match. At the end of the day if one player from Capital or Pride ends up at the same school as a lower club player, what’s the difference.

But coaches do care if you play on a good team which is determined by wins and losses. Lose a lot and the team will be playing lower, less competitive teams and hence less college-coach interest.

The facts don’t support this.

Look at the 2023 M&D Black team. #3 in the country. Great winning record - far better than Capital Blue 2023.

M&D23 has more uncommitted players than CapBlue23. They also have players committed to schools where CapOrange23 players are going. Great schools - congrats to all. But if a winning record meant everything, M&D’s recruiting should have dominated. All of their players should have gone to top lax or academic schools. Yet CapBlue23 did as well (arguably better in some respects, depending on how you look at it).

Being competitive against other good teams! M&D is an easy target bc they don’t play half their players in the tough games which limits recruits. winning games determines which teams you play!

If Capital was getting routinely destroyed by MD or NY teams then I would absolutely agree with you. This would result in being pushed to a lower bracket, which would be bad for the team, the players, their recruiting prospects, and the club.

But people have posted Capital scores against the top 10 teams and they are usually pretty close. Rarely any total crushing wins. Such losses aren’t enough to get knocked down to lower divisions.

Coaches want standout players. If your DD is playing on a competitive team in the right tournaments against the best teams, and shines at the right moment when the coaches are looking, that’s what counts. They also need to be on a club that will give them ample time on the field to make those plays given how short tourney games are.

Being competitive, not win / loss records, is what matters.