US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums National Premier Youth Lacrosse League - Spring 2014

GT still plans to run their tournaments.

Bethesda U13 orange went undefeated in NYPLL reg season and lost by 2 to Hawks in semi. Madlax, Hawks, Breakers, Diamondbacks in same division in NYPLL, all went in GT as in BB bracket - as did other 2020 A teams like FCA Blue, Roughriders. What's the point of playing in 4 blowouts for them or opponents? If they were a new team or out of area and never played in a GT before - maybe I get it. Weak.

I am sure you are correct at 2020. My question was of U13 and U15 A brackets played Saturday. Where were FCA u13aa's and Crabs? Did they go to the Dukes tourney?

FCA U13AA and U15AA were at Warrior in Vail. In Baltiore, Crabs only play in Crab's tournaments.

Honestly - its simple answer on the Bethesda Team playing B instead of BB...... was an oversight. Not intentional to win Bracket. BB option was overlooked. Next year.....

Vail is a fine tournament and FCA has always gone. Few other elite Was Coast teams do. You're being a bit unfair...MD and other Atlantic teams flock to Mid Atlantic tournaments because the travel is easier and cheaper and the level of play is highest. Crabs happen to run a few tournaments and they are excellent ones.

Vail competition is pathetic. 3rd and 4th place MD teams in both U13 and U15 NPYLL and HOCO could go out there and win.

Not on website, but Breakers beat VLC in OT in the U15AA championship.

Not really. No Hoco teams entered U15A. And while NPYLL teams did win both U13A and U11A, the head to head wins and losses were very close. The B level does not have an upper age limit for the younger kids making it almost impossible to compare teams.

U11A NPYLL 6 wins Hoco 5 Wins
U13A NPYLL 4 wins Hoco 4 Wins

Pretty even distribution of head to head wins.
B Level games don't really count since so many teams have kids playing down a level. A Level at least has a hard age limit for the oldest.

U11 FCA is playing in the 2nd and 3rd tier at Madlax Capital Classic this weekend instead of the top two or first and 3rd bracket - anyone know why?

FCA 11u is bad team

They may not be as competitive this year, but there have been a ton of
families that have contacted FCA about tryouts for next year (and yes, a large
number of those families play for other top local programs). If a quarter
of these players tryout then next year will be a diff
story. After the pasting FCA U15 put on Crabs this
year there are a number looking to make a change
as well...times are a-changin.

And if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle. Dream on

Sorry dude, as funny as that is, the above poster is right. The tide is turning quickly.

Greene Turtle packing it in, heard most of the better players interested in FCA as well. Breakers should benefit from Crab/Turtle departures...My son has 2 friends on Crabs U15 who are looking to leave after this summer...I am sure there are replacements out there but interesting shift of sentiment lately. Crabs no longer the revered program...parents and players looking for a better experience. I wish FCA ran a summer skills camp like the Crabs...there was a program in Baltimore last summer for the top rising freshman called Lacrosse Combine, can't find any info on that

Gt packing it in.

Thanks fca!

Turtle parent here. It wasn't FCA that ended the club, the founding
family had no more kids in the club and wanted to
move on. No one stepped up to continue except
a few age groups. We will be lookin next year, just hate
when clubs run 2 teams at older ages.

11 FCA is playing in the 2nd and 3rd tier at Madlax Capital Classic this weekend instead of the top two or first and 3rd bracket - anyone know why?




FCA 2021 (U11) lost to Hawks 2022 in Capital Classic. It was a close game.

So much for playing down for a trophy.

Dbacks 2022 went to Philly Showdown and won the 2022 division to end their season. Looking forward to play the crabs 2022 and fca teams next year.

More NPYLL - Hoco Matches at Capital Classic (AA level only listed)

U9A - NPYLL 1 win, Hoco 7 wins (Koopers and Snappers did a lot of damage)
U11AA - NPYLL 5 wins, Hoco 0 wins
U13AA - no NPYLL vs Hoco matches
U15AA - NPYLL 0 wins, Hoco 1 win

Overall - NPYLL - 6 wins, Hoco 8 wins.

The best part about this info is all the kids from those good U9 teams will be leaving to go play for a NPYLL team next year or the year after. I will never understand why the grass is always greener on the otherside. Or let me say its always better if "WE" start out own team "WE" can do it so much better.

crabs 2020 and 2021 play in the hoco league.

You should review some of the other threads as it may not be your best argument - Crabs are no longer the poster child for this region and their 2020 team gets a lot of bad press for coach attitude and number of holdbacks.

Crabs 2021 has lost to Bethesda LC U11AA twice this Spring - games were not close. Crabs 2021 has 7 kids who are reclass U13's. Bethesda was the NPYLL Champs and Crabs were HOCO Champs - because they are too old to play U11 in NPYLL.

I am just glad you guys are leaving Madlax alone for a couple of days LOL. Also all of your teams should just do what Madlax does. They play in U13 U15 tournaments with those age kids. Then they put together a national team with kids that are grade based to play in the grade based tournaments. Its not that hard to make deferent teams with the same group of kids for the same summer. Its kinda cool to see the teams change durning the same summer.

How was the Madlax/Cyclones U11AA championship game this past weekend? Seen both teams play this year. Madlax won 9-8, but curious how each team handled the other team's attack and midfield?

Dude, it was on ESPN3. You didn't record it?

The lefty attack from the Cyclones was crying like a baby
when the waitress accidentally forgot the cherry
on hi sundae.

So I guess some guy can not ask about a U11 game. Sorry you can only ask/care when your son is U15 or older. LOL

Madlax had better top 15, Cyclones more depth.

Capital classic was a weak tournament no good teams in 11aa.

Is this a serious post? Wow.

Cyclones are not that good

The Cyclones beat the Hawks 2021 team that made the Npyll championship game as well, so they must be pretty good.

Like I said a weak team

Hawks played in a easy division of npyll. That's the hogan way teams always in finals but never win.

Will Farrell needs to do a movie about lacrosse parents. I fault toward Old School as the gold standard, but would bet that a lacrosse one would be better.

Hawks played in every age division of NPYLL except for the U9a (2024). The Hawks were in 6 out of the 7 Championship games and came away with 2 championships. The Crabs and Bethesda also came away with 2 championships, but those were the only two championship games those clubs even made. So you are correct in that the Hawks lost the most championship games, but they also tied for winning the most. The most championship games other clubs made was 2 - (3 way tie between Crabs, Breakers, and Bethesda)

2014 NPYLL Championships

Crabs - 2
Bethesda - 2
Hawks - 2
Breakers - 1

I give clubs like Bethesda, Cannons, Next Level, Madlax, Hawks, and Club Blue a ton of credit. They field a team at every NPYLL age level and don't play down or go to a weaker league to try to get a slightly better record for one team or another. The kids are better players for it in the long run.

I don't see how anyone could say any division of NPYLL is easy.

Like I said east draw to finals just like their tournaments.