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Yj parent is sounding like they lost.Your team won this one so enjoy it.

I don't know what game you watched but Topgun played a team game.They played a clean game unlike YJs who received 4 yellow cards.TG also played their whole team not just 12 girls. You may have edged out a victory this time but our "team" is ok with that. Our team thrives on challenge and gets better for it.
That's why they are always successful. Fear the TG!!

Your comment just shows how ignorant you are .Team game and number of yellow cards have nothing to do with each other. YJ got 3 yellow cards (2 of which were very questionable) TG got 1 yellow card ( also a little questionable).If you do not see that TG team is dominated by 1 player then you are blind. Good luck when the next batch of players leave your team .You TG parents should really talk with each other more so you know what you will have left next year.

Politics of this age group has the top team no stronger than the second team. Who knows, if the politics continue the second team will be stronger than the first next year.

You should be more worried about the 12-13 kids that didn't see the field in the last 3 games from your team. I know if my kid was in that spot I would be looking to make a move. Your daughter obviously played but to go to a tournament and have to watch a pool play game and two playoff games has to make you rethink your decision.

Why is it that people run from TG to join YJ if things are so bad in the YJ ranks. Just look at the number of kids that left top TG teams last year. TG can't keep its better players because they want to compete at the highest level and win.

very rare to see a kid on th blue walk away, tg black sees alot of players walking, just an observation.

Your comment just shows how ignorant you are .Team game and number of yellow cards have nothing to do with each other. YJ got 3 yellow cards (2 of which were very questionable) TG got 1 yellow card ( also a little questionable).If you do not see that TG team is dominated by 1 player then you are blind. Good luck when the next batch of players leave your team .You TG parents should really talk with each other more so you know what you will have left next year.

And you are blind if you don't think your team is run through 1 player, a new comer to the team at that!

While I agree on some points, mostly that the few ball hog superstars of team Curcio seem desperate to score in the big games so play a style of me first and are not corrected by the coaching staff. That being said lets not pretend the success of TG 2020 does not rest completely on 1 player, not even remotely a team effort.

Thug ball

Hey I'm a YJ parent and I have to admit that there is sometimes physical play but to be fair I see YJ redefending and making contact with a forearm on the ride ,but I can honestly say I don't know what is worse the physical play while redefending or the opposing team swinging sticks for checks. If I were to use a broad stroke to paint the picture I would say the MD teams stick swing more and the Island teams are more physical with their forearms when redefending. All of the aforementioned are judged a lot more liberally at the College level. Bottom line you're better off moving your feet and getting good body position. I wouldn't call either style " Thug Ball" just different approaches at trying to force a turn over.

Maybe a little but looking at actual facts it seems to point to you being blind as the goals for YJ were all scored by new kids to the team so not even sure which one you are talking about especially considering those new kids have played a limited role in previous games.Your goals where all scored by the one kid. Further have not seen anyone from YJ come on here and claim that they played as a team , actually they have said the opposite while you claim to have played a team effort which is a joke. Don't worry next year you guys will really play as a team, unfortunately after your next round of defections you will be a B team at best.

Nope. Daughter's team played a YJ team in the a rain-shortened 2019 game this weekend. 17 minute game, 3 yellow cards for YJ, all very deserved. Two sticks to head, one violent, and one cross check to back that knocked girl to ground. When did it start? Our girls were admittedly slow out of the gate and played very poorly early, getting down 3-0. From there, they started to play better and started taking control of the game. Out comes the rough play. Game ends 3-3. Saw same thing in Mass with same team last summer, different coaches then of course. Too bad this game was shortened. That Mitchell team was going to lose handily. And god forbid, to a team not from MD or LI. It seems like these teams other than the top teams are under so much pressure to live up to the club name that when their skill can't do it, they resort to rough play. What is most disturbing is the coaches do not correct it. I'm not saying they teach it, but they don't correct it. Our coaches yell at our players more for a dangerous play, than a bad one. YJ coaches seem to see it the other way around.

Hey Mass elite mommy you want us to call a whaaambulance.

Hey I'm a YJ parent and I have to admit that there is sometimes physical play but to be fair I see YJ redefending and making contact with a forearm on the ride ,but I can honestly say I don't know what is worse the physical play while redefending or the opposing team swinging sticks for checks. If I were to use a broad stroke to paint the picture I would say the MD teams stick swing more and the Island teams are more physical with their forearms when redefending. All of the aforementioned are judged a lot more liberally at the College level. Bottom line you're better off moving your feet and getting good body position. I wouldn't call either style " Thug Ball" just different approaches at trying to force a turn over.

Hey Mass elite mommy you want us to call a whaaambulance.

are you guys serious? This is ridiculous. this is a team game. YES, each team has a stud or two, the philosophy of the coaching is different. YJ stuck to no rotation (not just in the playoffs), while TG split playing time evenly. As a parent guess which team I'd rather have my child play on? All the talk about which team is better is nonsense, it should be obvious that the teams are both very good. Leave it at that. The acquisition of the few players YJ Blue got this year was supposed to make them unstoppable. Guess what? They aren't, get over it. They are good, [lacrosse] very good. Congrats on the win, but let it go. Can't see how anybody feels YJ outplayed TG in that game, the final score was in their favor but that game was there for either team. Only people who care are the parents, for my money I know who I'd rather have coaching and who my daughter would rather have as teammates and a coach. At the end of the day, all the other crap is meaningless. No promises of D1 teams lining up for our girls, just that they will learn how to play lacrosse the right way. That's a promise that can actually be kept.

very rare to see a kid on th blue walk away, tg black sees alot of players walking, just an observation.

Why make crap up? Very short bench in the finals yes, the other games some of the kids that played the entire finals game did not get into very much at all.TG split playing time evenly , please. As far as being outplayed , you lost get over it , its now 2 in a row .People aren't on here saying this team destroyed that team or this team hit this many pipes etc., when you lose a game you were outplayed by the better team that day. Your comment about which kids your daughter would rather have as teammates tells me exactly why more kids are abandoning that program .

4 yellow cards were given against one player on TG!
Also, all of your goals were by 2 of the 3 new TG girls.
TG had them well trained. You're welcome!

Not sure what's more pathetic ,the fact that you cannot get your facts straight or that according to you the YJ team played man down for a third of the game and your team could only manage 2 goals. My prediction the top 2-3 TG players go to YJ, the next 3-4 best players go back to their old coach , the rest who have no other option go down with the sinking ship. You had a good run ,now its time to move on.

Has Rosie been behaving or do we need to address any issues or bad behavior?

The YJ numbers are down this year after driving out a lot of people who have been screwed. People finally getting the fact that after the top 2 teams you are just paying for her retirement fund. Plus weasel deals of placing new coaches and players from other programs on top teams without formal tryouts and pushing long standing kids down to the 2nd team is wearing thin.

Sorry but need to include Elevate and TG in that statement

Please let's not misunderstand
What youth sports have become
They are all running a company all be it through kids sports and as long as parents are going to drink the cool aid and continue to pay
The company will continue to grow

Travel sports while at the top level have increased in skill over the last decade or 2
They on a whole have become weakened
Back in the day you tried out for a team
If you mAde it - great - you were of the skill set to play travel ball in your given sport
Now they have almost All become well we had 40 kids at try out so we have 2 teams
When many of the kids on the second team are NOT. Travel ball ready
But mom and dad are ready to cut the check and put the bumper sticker on the Tahoe
Drive to Maryland - Pennsylvania - Massachusetts and many other states

When the fact is many "travel players" would NOT start on local PAL or school team depending on age

Please let's not misunderstand
What youth sports have become
They are all running a company all be it through kids sports and as long as parents are going to drink the cool aid and continue to pay
The company will continue to grow

Travel sports while at the top level have increased in skill over the last decade or 2
They on a whole have become weakened
Back in the day you tried out for a team
If you mAde it - great - you were of the skill set to play travel ball in your given sport
Now they have almost All become well we had 40 kids at try out so we have 2 teams
When many of the kids on the second team are NOT. Travel ball ready
But mom and dad are ready to cut the check and put the bumper sticker on the Tahoe
Drive to Maryland - Pennsylvania - Massachusetts and many other states

When the fact is many "travel players" would NOT start on local PAL or school team depending on age