Pride 25 is one of the top clubs in the area. The dirty secret is average playing time per player on the team decreases as the girls get older in competitive tournaments, thus they have a lot of showcases. The 6th or 7th midfielder, 5th or 6th attacker, or defender on a top club would be wise to move to not another "big 3" but a close to the top club say in the top 10 in the DMV. Talent spread out among multiple clubs would be better, not worse for the area. The trend of the super club laying waste to all before it is self-defeating if you want an area rich in lacrosse you want talented teams spread about widely In the area. More opportunities for more girls to play competitive games with other competitive teams and get meaningful minutes in said games. The real problem is tryouts and they being compressed over a few days. These just out range starters with the big clubs or not should be afforded the chance to try out for multiple clubs to see how they would fit in the pecking order of the potentially new club. The obvious advantage to going first in tryouts to look at all girls first, see M&D this year, causes all clubs to cluster their tryouts and make it near impossible for girls just to go on speculation to join a new club. It is such a minefield to navigate. It would be so much better if instead of the "big 3" we started to talk about the big 10 clubs in the DMV for the players and the families. That would be 230 girls per year. I think this area easily could support that level of play and closer games to boot. Movement and stress to find a spot on the big 10 teams in the area would lower the stakes tremendously. So we should be encouraging- Pride, HoCo, Stars, LBC, Md United, Coppermine, 3D, TLC, etc. to continue to improve.
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