We just returned to San Diego (Mad Dog West Elite girls 2024) from Prime Time and LAX Recruiting Challenge. Wanted to give the Mid-atlantic region cudos for putting together a great weekend of lacrosse. The competition our girls faced was significantly better overall than what they face in California and we are looking forward to more trips out here in the future.
As we are not very familiar with the Eastern teams, I was curious what the forum thought about the teams that our girls faced (MD United, LI Legacy, M&D Red, Mesa Elite, Phantastix Purple, and Carolina Fever)? Our girls had a good weekend (6-0; I realize that COVID rules/no draws change things a bit) and we are trying to gauge where the team is relative to the rest of the country. Obviously the vast majority of the talent is out East so it is fun to pick the brains of people who understand the lacrosse landscape at a national level.
By the way I am new to this forum and apologize if this type of question has been asked by other Western parents previously.
Such nice sentiments - Im glad you enjoyed your trip East! As for the teams you played - MDU, Legacy, MDred were the good teams. Not sure about the others enough to say anything. Teams by year can really vary at these clubs. But to go 6-0 is excellent! Im just asking, but you had more than one or two girls score all of the goals right? Because that can happen in lacrosse - you can have one girl take care of most of the scoring and its crummy. She leaves for greener pastures in grade 7 or 8 and the team deflates.
Also Ive noticed- my daughter is older- that girls that dont make the A team dont accept the B team, they go to another club (if possible and not geographically undesirable- i.e. traffic, rush hour) to get on their A team. As for playing style, the West teams are built around a few good scorers and the rest it can be up in the air, skills wise, but still very athletic. Playing basketball is an excellent segway to lacrosse! More than soccer! Ive got all three sport in my girl and I love BB the best.
When weve played at national tounaments (where we had to leave MD) the faraway teams all had a few great goal scorers but we always capitalized on unforced errors and rookie mistakes. I see it a lot when I look at film too. Its always a good idea to have a good film against good competition. Faraway girls are also more hungry to suceed. My daughter has been playing since Kindergarten and shes a little tired of it to be honest. You should check out SDSU. A lot of girls from Baltimore were going out there to play for a few years, they may have some girls who would love the extra money coaching a bit.
