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They are up there - definitely in the Top 5 IMO

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Whee does Patriot fall in the mix for these clubs?


Leading Edge and BBL are in the top tier.

Patriot can have some good teams but they are not as consistent as the two above. I'd put them in the second band along with Riot, TriState, SouthShore, BlueStar, etc. These clubs are still strong and some grad years are at the top, just not always.


I disagree about Leading Edge with respect to consistency They have terrific high school teams, thanks to reclasses, however, their youth teams have never been competitive. They do not develop talent, they acquire it from the other NJ programs in 9th grade. I am not a BBL parent, but in NJ, they probably have the strongest program top to bottom.

BBL is heavily packed with hold-backs and re-classed kids as well on both the boys and girls teams. This is no secret.


I have no direct knowledge of that (but I don't doubt it), but if you are talking about top to bottom consistency, they are probably the better club. LE merely assembles a team in high school, BBL seems to have a greater number of kids that come up through their program.

Agreed. I would say that there are a lot of other options if your son is a stud. I am not going to name any teams and I wouldn't pay attention to US Club Lax which is heavily flawed.


From what I have heard, the entity that operates US Club Lax is somehow affiliated with Dynamic Sport Management (Team 91, Leading Edge and a few others). In some cases the rankings are pretty spot on (usually top 2 or 3), but there are many instances where the rankings seem pretty biased, although some of that can be attributed to the fact that they consider strength of schedule. But I definitely agree, I wouldn't rely on those rankings for purposes of placing my kid in any particular program.