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legacy was up 3-1 at the half. Legacy switched goalies at the half and that was the end of the story. Had nothing to do with face offs.

Cage how is this not calling out a kid? So the Defense or the middies had nothing to do with it. This is such a silly statement.
Is the goalie also responsible for the offense not scoring. Give the keepers kudos for saving their pathetic asses. Knock off trying to defend the "real problem" in the game.

Goalie should never be held responsible for a loss. Yes they will have abad game once in a while and you can't cover it up as easily as a field player, but they should not be singled out. At this age all players are still developing. With goalies it's extremely difficult to say how they will be in a few years. I don't think you can say any goalie will be great from this age group right now. Let it play out, this kid your singling out may be the best of the bunch in HS. You never know.

I was an athlete growing up, but I never played lacrosse and was only introduced to the game recently through my boys. I give a lot of respect to any kid who's willing to stand in that net with a lacrosse ball being launched at them just a few feet away from them. Singling out a kid goalie is pretty low

Parents trying to cover up the real reason a game was lost. Their kid. Offense, mid, defense. Hello.

Now that the seasons are wrapping up can we get a ranking of the 2020AA teams?

Clearly 91 at the top

One kid does not lose a game. If it comes down to one goal, the whole team contributes to that. You could blame any of the mistakes made, or opportunities not taken, shots missed, etc., not just the last one, although that always seems to get the most attention. Win as a team, lose as a team!

A field player makes a mistake and it is forgotten after the play. Why is the goalie the goat?

In the 2020 age group assume that the average kid can shoot 50 mph on the run, perhaps faster. Most of the shots are coming within 10 yards of the cage (30 feet). A ball traveling 50 mph goes 73 feet per second, so a goalie has less than a half a second to react and save the ball. I don't care how quick you are, or how good you are, any goalie playing for a top club team has to be respected and any save they make is a good one. The difference between these top goalies is slight and all should be applauded for getting in there in the first place.

the goalie is the goat because, many parents didn't play lax and the ones who did probably never played between the pipes.

unfortunately though, when a goalie doesn't make the save, the play is done and you have about a minute to reflect on the missed save until play resumes. when the middy, attack or d screw up play is normally still going and you don't have that pause in the game like the goalie does.

Unless the goalie is running down the field, trying to score.

50 MPH? How about 75 to 90...my 2024 shoots it 60

I'm talking about a dodge where they're shooting on the run not a time and space wind up. And the point is that the ball is moving fast, I don't care if it's 40 mph that's still a ridiculously short reaction time.

Here is the official top 10: Crush, Crabs, Looneys, Edge, Express, Hawks, FCA, Legacy, Tomahawks, Breakers

Who is edge? I hope you are not talking about leading edge. You say that's the top 10 that's impossible only 2 of them were in Denver.

Heres the top 10
Crush
Looneys
Edge
FCA
Express
Hawks
Legacy
Crabs
Breakers
Tomahawks

And Crabs beat Looneys the only time they played this year.

Looneys loses all early...team came together.

Of the LI teams who got better this year?