"How is it, exactly, how you think ANYONE on that team, who is NOT GOOD ENOUGH to play kids anywhere close to their own age, are going to wind up in ANY D1 program?? In order for them to have any sort of success, they have to play against kids a year or TWO younger than them. they’d be very lucky if they play intramural ball somewhere. The team is a TOTAL JOKE!!!"
Look they have 45 kids in the age group. The younger kids get better playing the older kids. When they get to HS the better older kids go to BW (like 22 team did) and the younger ones are better for having played with them. In HS there is very little meaning in W's and L's and kids on this team will get noticed. The outlier is the '23 team which they imported from Club Blue which is one of the top in the nation. This was tough on the current '23 age players as most were not good enough for the new team. A few must have dropped down to the '24 team or moved on. The only people who care as much as you obviously do about this team are other MDLX parents who have kids not getting run on the top team. They need to go with 24 kids at tournaments and not 30-33 which gives parents heartburn when they travel and pay hotel fees to watch their son get less than five minutes total in a weekend. Problem with the team is that it is a business and it does not help renewal revenue to tell many of the parents the truth that their son is not an elite player. Therefore they take too many kids on the top teams and still import older or players from other clubs. My advice is do what is best for your kids and find the right program. Sounds like you are not happy with MDLX. Email the coach. Do not worry if your kid is not that good he will not call him an ungrateful quitter.
