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That makes you and idiot ! As long as things don't change there you will always lose to the better teams. The talent is not there may some kids are really good but since The Outlaws consistently lose against better competition its obvious they are not an A team !

Winning Wsyl no better than winning any other LI tournament. 3 or 4 good LI teams and a bunch of scrubs.

Winning Millon championship is the real deal. Only tournament all year where the best of MD and best of LI were present

NLF a close 2nd but without Igloo, it is still not a national championship.

You make it so obvious who you are when you talk like that

But you didn't get on tv did you and you boasted about winning the whole thing before you got there. Just stop your utter nonsense. You even brought in some 2021s. Who are you kidding. This weekend was all one goal games. Get off your high blue horse

Okay psychic, history speaks for itself

Don't let the door hit you on the way out!!!
These are 12/13 yr old kids... they continue to learn and grow...
consistency will come. I must be an idiot if I believe that right?

I asked my 13 yo son, and he said he would take the WSYL any day over any tournament he has ever played in. Ask any college player if they remember any youth tournaments and they will say no. Every kid that played in Denver will remember that experience, especially Primetime and Express.

It's not about lacrosse.

That's cool. I get it. The trophy is shinier even if it took less effort to get it. Just like participation trophies - it's all about having a positive experience that everyone can grow from.

Bingo - flying across the country and everything else about the experience outside of lacrosse is what make it memorable . . . driving up and down the east coast on 95 for 4+ plus hours or more in summer traffic is so memorable, especially to go play on the same college and high school fields, year in and year out . . .

Igloo did it two years in a row and couldn't pull it off. Even with a ""select team" Less effort is just a bitter lie

No chirps Igloo?

No chirps Igloo?

16-20 on this list had no business being at this tournament. Any other team with a few breaks could have went on a big run.

Hindsight is 20 20

What happened? Just a few weeks ago this tournament meant nothing? When Igloo was favored to win it..it meant nothing right? A "B" tournament...right? Congrats to Express for winning and Primetime for making it to the final by the way both teams played very well out there and deserve all the accolades that come with making it to the final. They showed up and they won, good for those kids.Everyone on here still claimed that the Millon tournament was the only true Championship for the 2022 age group. Take a look back on thread if you need to refresh your memory. All the teams showed up and played their hearts out and on this particular weekend Igloo was the best. Tournament is called the National Championship and everyone on here put all the weight on it to determine who was REALLY the best at 2022 team and guess what..Igloo won.......The End

Coach sent a blast email out begging parents to stop embarrassing themselves and hopefully it works

Um, no. We just have better things to do. Some people on here are bored and have did nothing else to do – obviously

But you didn't get on tv

I applaud the effort to have rankings but they need to be updated weekly based on performance. Publishing rankings based on 3 days of playing by just a few of the top teams is a joke.

Also, how can inside lacrosse have any journalistic integrity when they sponsor and cover weak tournaments, then ignore tournaments with higher levels of competition.

And broke the rules doing it

But it was streamed online which really is not much worse than espn2.

Igloo cheated. Sorry, playing a non-roster kid is cheating.
They probably didn't have to cheat to win, but they chose to.
Some don't think that makes them "the best team" that weekend.

Iglloo won, end of story?
Give me a break.
They are a good team, obviously. But only when they win while playing by the rules can take that stance.

All 5 people on here...wow

Integrity...that's funny. You do realize there's no integrity with any grade based tournaments. Million tournament didn't have higher levels of competition, nobody who has seen what goes on at the grade based tournaments really takes them seriously. It's good competition but in no way rewards lacrosse skill, just be happy if you can compete well. Skill will win out once puberty is over.

You didn't complain when the rankings were posted after the qualifying rounds, did you? Rankings are legit based on legit age for the WSYL. Case closed.

Rankings are legit based on 3 days of games where only a few of the top teams participated? Sounds legit to me.

53 million viewers on espn2. Common igloo even had matching luggage to go to denver

And by "top teams" do you mean grade based because that equals older, not better.

My son plays for another program at a different age group and I'm no fan of AA, but give it a break. Igloo won with a goalie they dropped in off the sidelines following a devastating injury. Big deal. let it go. They won. Stop being weenies and sore losers about. As for the roster rules-extreme extenuating circumstances here and I'm sure if they dropped a defensemen in they still would've won. Whoever is complaining is a loser. Igloo berat your team last weekend. That's it. Its over.

US Lacrosse establishes eligibility guidelines to promote a safe and sportsmanlike environment. US Lacrosse believes that leagues, associations, and other organizers of youth lacrosse should provide playing opportunities that, as much as possible, aim to establish a "level playing field" among players of similar age. Source: (https://www.uslacrosse.org/rules/age-eligibility-guidelines)

I applaud US Lacrosse for doing this. And I remain confused why the clubs just can't change. The WYSL showed us that age based still produces the same level of competition.

ignore igloo

Any why are you on the 2022 string, preaching?

how is their goalie doing? what happened to him?

As you can see, Igloo is getting a taste of their own medicine

Top teams that meet the requirements for 99% of the tournaments and skip the 1% of tournaments for which they don't meet requirements.

Compound fracture of his left femur. He had surgery Sunday morning and he watched the finals from the stadium in a full leg cast.

Igloo parent...still thought this was funny