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Re: Girls 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
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Yesterday at 11:27 PM
Just looked at ua150 roster for the first time since they added some more players and wow, just wow. How did all of these SWs kids get in there? Does UA think that SW is still a top club? The 29 blue team has maybe one kid who should make any all star circuit, the same stuff happened at AS last summer. They took all these SW girls and it was clear that they didn’t deserve it. There are like 6 SWs on the UA roster and team isn’t even top 30, complete joke.
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Re: Girls 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
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Yesterday at 11:17 PM
If Igloo Ice Storm and BLC are your big wins, buckle up for a rude awakening in the Spring. The rub is that they won’t get a rude awakening. They are scared of competing with 91 Roar, so they hide from the NGLL all spring. And even if they did play in the league, they would sign up for B league. No, they will have to wait for the playoffs this summer in tournaments. Because they will be in the B and C brackets, win those, and then get smoked in the playoffs by the good teams they usually duck. They are the LI Ducks.
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Re: MD Girls 2028
Anonymous
Yesterday at 10:18 PM
Takeaways from the Fall season:
--Trend toward more parity--where any top 15 team can beat any other on a given day--has continued;
--Eagle Stix had the most impressive Fall campaign, with only one result that was out of place, a four goal loss to Jesters in their first tourney. Otherwise, they looked strong against the best teams and handed Coppermine their most lopsided loss in years.
--Hero's, M&D, and Coppermine all had similar Fall results--looking very strong in a few games, businesslike in others, and a couple of duds for each. Pretty even matchup if they played each other tomorrow, although Hero's still looks most formidable in terms of an eye test.
--MDU East outperformed expectations and was consistently competitive.
--Crush had the most up and down Fall season. They beat Hero's and Coppermine on the same day, and lost to Sky Walkers the next, for example.
--Most of the top 10 were aided in the rankings by playing several teams that were clearly a tier down and enjoying large goal differentials in a small sample size. On the other end, a team like LI Jesters, that had some impressive games (beat M&D and had 2 1-goal losses to Hero's), played the toughest overall schedule, but had a negative goal differential and dropped all the way to 17. Was curious what game or games MD United outperformed in this Fall? OP here. Tie against YJ Maget was the game I was referencing. They had lost the prior encounter. Agree re the competition at Level 9. And thanks for the catch on Aces v Jesters above.
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 05:11 PM
Have any of the 2025 Elite bubble teams (Preds,Nove,DCE)
heard anything official from Rickey?
Have "play in games" been used historically to break ties between teams with similar profiles?
How often is the AAA champion elevated to Elite?
I was not able to find anything in Hocos bylaws addressing Promotion/Relegation between divisions.
Has anyone been through or know how this should play out? It's sort of a black box, but coaches will express preferences on divisions but ultimately the league will make the call. Past performance figures into that, but I don't think they've ever had anything as objective as play-in games.
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Re: MD Girls 2028
Anonymous
Yesterday at 03:00 PM
[quote=Anonymous]Takeaways from the Fall season:
--Trend toward more parity--where any top 15 team can beat any other on a given day--has continued;
--Eagle Stix had the most impressive Fall campaign, with only one result that was out of place, a four goal loss to Jesters in their first tourney. Otherwise, they looked strong against the best teams and handed Coppermine their most lopsided loss in years.
--Hero's, M&D, and Coppermine all had similar Fall results--looking very strong in a few games, businesslike in others, and a couple of duds for each. Pretty even matchup if they played each other tomorrow, although Hero's still looks most formidable in terms of an eye test.
--MDU East outperformed expectations and was consistently competitive.
--Crush had the most up and down Fall season. They beat Hero's and Coppermine on the same day, and lost to Sky Walkers the next, for example.
--Most of the top 10 were aided in the rankings by playing several teams that were clearly a tier down and enjoying large goal differentials in a small sample size. On the other end, a team like LI Jesters, that had some impressive games (beat M&D and had 2 1-goal losses to Hero's), played the toughest overall schedule, but had a negative goal differential and dropped all the way to 17. Was curious what game or games MD United outperformed in this Fall?[/quote I took at as poster thought MDU might have a big drop off in competitiveness this fall and they did not. I did not see them play just looking at results it looks like they avoided Heros, M&D, Coppermine, and ES so not sure how that would have impacted. They lost to Crush by 2 and tied YJ (that might be an outlier of outperformed?) and a 9-2 win against Jesters seems like an outlier as well as Jesters beat M&D and lost to Heros twice by 1 goal. I think MDU can be added to the parity conversation but will have to see how they hold up against the top MD teams in the summer.
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 02:37 PM
They aren't moving anyone down from elite unless a team specifically requests to move down. So 91 won't be moving anywhere. They play in elite, whether they win or not. They are the only team stubborn enough to do this.
Otherwise, teams regularly drop down. Usually if they got their doors blown off thenprwvious year or if there is a big shakeup in a program or a mass exodus.
If that happens they will likely reach out to the AAA champion and regular season finalists to see if there is interest in moving up. But you usually have to back it up with a strong fall to show you belong.
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Re: MD Girls 2028
Anonymous
Yesterday at 01:08 AM
Takeaways from the Fall season:
--Trend toward more parity--where any top 15 team can beat any other on a given day--has continued;
--Eagle Stix had the most impressive Fall campaign, with only one result that was out of place, a four goal loss to Jesters in their first tourney. Otherwise, they looked strong against the best teams and handed Coppermine their most lopsided loss in years.
--Hero's, M&D, and Coppermine all had similar Fall results--looking very strong in a few games, businesslike in others, and a couple of duds for each. Pretty even matchup if they played each other tomorrow, although Hero's still looks most formidable in terms of an eye test.
--MDU East outperformed expectations and was consistently competitive.
--Crush had the most up and down Fall season. They beat Hero's and Coppermine on the same day, and lost to Sky Walkers the next, for example.
--Most of the top 10 were aided in the rankings by playing several teams that were clearly a tier down and enjoying large goal differentials in a small sample size. On the other end, a team like LI Jesters, that had some impressive games (beat M&D and had 2 1-goal losses to Hero's), played the toughest overall schedule, but had a negative goal differential and dropped all the way to 17. Was curious what game or games MD United outperformed in this Fall? --Was referring to MDU East's tie with YJ Maget and 7 goal win over Jesters who played several top 10 teams tough. --Also agree with the comments on the interregional play at Level 9. --And to the other PP, good catch on Aces vs Jesters.
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 12:28 AM
Have any of the 2025 Elite bubble teams (Preds,Nove,DCE)
heard anything official from Rickey?
Have "play in games" been used historically to break ties between teams with similar profiles?
How often is the AAA champion elevated to Elite?
I was not able to find anything in Hocos bylaws addressing Promotion/Relegation between divisions.
Has anyone been through or know how this should play out? Don't forget VLC. Ranked higher than all three of the teams mentioned. Been there before and are back in elite this year. Thanks King Crab!
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Have any of the 2025 Elite bubble teams (Preds,Nove,DCE)
heard anything official from Rickey?
Have "play in games" been used historically to break ties between teams with similar profiles?
How often is the AAA champion elevated to Elite?
I was not able to find anything in Hocos bylaws addressing Promotion/Relegation between divisions.
Has anyone been through or know how this should play out? Historically the team that wins AAA can move up to Elite and the team that loses Elite drops to AAA. That said, I think Mark Millon broke that model by throwing a fit every year when HOCO wanted to move his 0-7 teams out of Elite. My guess is it will be a play in game between True VA and Preds. I don't see how DCE can demand a shot at Elite with both an unimpressive record and not having competed in HOCO yet. Honestly, they would be well positioned in AAA. Ironically, Preds should happily accept that play in game as it's likely the only game they win all spring.
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Have any of the 2025 Elite bubble teams (Preds,Nove,DCE)
heard anything official from Rickey?
Have "play in games" been used historically to break ties between teams with similar profiles?
How often is the AAA champion elevated to Elite?
I was not able to find anything in Hocos bylaws addressing Promotion/Relegation between divisions.
Has anyone been through or know how this should play out? Why would you include DCE in this statement? No chance!! Two years ago FCA went undefeated and won AAA tourney and moved up because BLC dropped to AA. More recently Preds finished second and won AAA Tournament and moved to Elite when VLC disbanded. In both cases there was an opening. I don’t know of any precedent in 2029 to make a team win a playoff to stay in Elite, but it was done in AAA last year. Other grad years have had play ins at Elite level so there is precedent but it probably depends how much pull Preds have since 91 stunk for years at various grad years but don’t ever seem to be subjected to play ins.
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
You’re ignoring the question. Who has True NOVA played? Just give a few examples.
DCE did not have a 29 team last year. The year before True NOVA, True Baltimore was 7-0 in AAA to provide some context about how much that means. If you’re going after Preds or 91 for their HOCO records in the Elite division, show some receipts justifying a replacement instead of touting a soft record.
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Re: Boys 2028 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Very surprised at the lack of Maryland teams in the top of the final fall rankings. Is the talent leaving the area? Many teams that dominated the top ten are hanging on in the top 40. I was under the impression talent flew into Maryland to play, not that they would fly out.
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Re: Boys High School
Anonymous
STM did have a JV team play on Saturday. If the coach was trying to shake things up, he didn't; instead, he created more controversy and mistrust. Playing freshman only sends the message that those couple are more entitled and didn't earn it! It seems like the same nonsense is happening. If you want to shake things up, make cuts come tryouts. quote=Anonymous] Why did St. Mary’s let a couple of freshmen play on Varsity? It insulting to returning players to do this before tryouts.
St Mary’s 1-2 on the day. Losing to public school. Think they fired the wrong coach. I’m not a St. Mary’s parent nor a fan but give it a rest. It’s fall ball. A lot of those schools have some of their committed players playing. A ton of kids are hurt. Good Lord. Several schools had freshman play with varsity, especially when they did not enter a JV team. It’s a good way to watch them in a competitive environment not just at tryouts. Heard Coach played the freshman to send a message to the existing entitled players and parents. If they are going to lose with the existing below average players, might as well play the kids who haven’t been tainted yet. Turning a new leaf, it’s going to be earned and behavior and off field actions are being taking into account. Winning in MD means recruiting and not playing entitled players. Last year they let their sr goalie start because of whose son he was. I'm not for completely benching players but make clear what they're contributing and not doing well.[/quote] New staff seems to be adding gasoline to the dumpster fire already. How long til the principal steps in and makes them start his son on varsity?[/quote][/quote] Aw, did the freshman take your entitled sons spot and know your whining about it. Last years results speak for itself, and this years results will most likely be the same with those kids. St. Mary’s didn’t have enough good short poles for EMO, had to use long poles!
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Re: Boys High School Lax
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Nassau Seedings tonight! What are your expectations. Are these published anywhere? In 2025 there will be three leagues. League 1 consists of the top five pre-season seeded teams in Classes A,B, and C plus the top seeded team in Class D. League 2 consists of the next top 18 teams and League 3 consists of the next 17 teams. Blaxeight -Is there an article anywhere explaining this?
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Have any of the 2025 Elite bubble teams (Preds,Nove,DCE)
heard anything official from Rickey?
Have "play in games" been used historically to break ties between teams with similar profiles?
How often is the AAA champion elevated to Elite?
I was not able to find anything in Hocos bylaws addressing Promotion/Relegation between divisions.
Has anyone been through or know how this should play out?
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Re: MD Girls 2028
Anonymous
Takeaways from the Fall season:
--Trend toward more parity--where any top 15 team can beat any other on a given day--has continued;
--Eagle Stix had the most impressive Fall campaign, with only one result that was out of place, a four goal loss to Jesters in their first tourney. Otherwise, they looked strong against the best teams and handed Coppermine their most lopsided loss in years.
--Hero's, M&D, and Coppermine all had similar Fall results--looking very strong in a few games, businesslike in others, and a couple of duds for each. Pretty even matchup if they played each other tomorrow, although Hero's still looks most formidable in terms of an eye test.
--MDU East outperformed expectations and was consistently competitive.
--Crush had the most up and down Fall season. They beat Hero's and Coppermine on the same day, and lost to Sky Walkers the next, for example.
--Most of the top 10 were aided in the rankings by playing several teams that were clearly a tier down and enjoying large goal differentials in a small sample size. On the other end, a team like LI Jesters, that had some impressive games (beat M&D and had 2 1-goal losses to Hero's), played the toughest overall schedule, but had a negative goal differential and dropped all the way to 17. Was curious what game or games MD United outperformed in this Fall?
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Re: Boys 2028-9th Grade Fall 2024/Summer 2025
Anonymous
This guy doesn’t get it. Yes we all know cheating, excuse me holding back your kid in school helps them in sports. You are playing against younger smaller kids. We all know the kids who are holding back in this grade. For the most part they are seeing others pass them by in size, speed and talent in some cases. They have decided to holdback rather than just go to college and be a lower division athlete or heaven forbid just a student!! What you are not understanding is we think you are nuts. No one cares what the UVA holdbacks do. In ahe kids aren’t comparing themselves to them because many kids right now could be in that top D1 category if they reclassed but won’t reclass. Either the kid, parent or both don’t want to do that. They think it’s ethically wrong or sends wrong message to their kid.
If you are ok with it which you obviously are then go do it. Buyer beware though, the kids their real age give them no credit for playing down no matter what they accomplish, neither do the parents. You don’t seem like a guy that cares what people think, maybe your kid has thick skin too because chances are he will need it. Word salad...Holding your child backs works, Reclassing works, PG works, Red shirting works... There is a reason that most players are one of these. Time to live in the real world, not the dream world. Has anyone seen that 30 yr old intern with my coffee?
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