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It is really sad to see adults(used loosely) on a message board crying over kids sports. I was there all weekend watching and what I saw were 20 teams trying to win lacrosse games. Yes there is some gamesmanship going on but it was some of the best lacrosse played all year. Annapolis Hawks were the best team all year and I think to much lacrosse caught up with them this weekend. BLC another great team did not play enough lacrosse this summer and that caught up with them. The LI teams were great. Team from Richmond was a big surprise. The worst part of the weekend was the goalie from Igloo getting hurt in a meaning less game. I felt terrible for the kid as he was in a ton of pain. If some could up date on how he is doing I would rather see that then all of the crying.
I hope they take a few things from this weekend.
1) Do not have a coach in the tournament put his name on the event. Be involved behind the scene but not the head line
2) Make sure that all teams have 2 listed goalies on their roster. When you go to Nationals in Ice Hockey they make sure you have 2 goalies on your roster and for some reason if you cannot get a 2nd goalie they provide one for you from local players.
3) Make sure all the fields are the same. That grass field was awful in so many different ways.
4) If you could figure out how to have some kind of regional qualifier for certain areas. Some of the lower teams were not good.

Overall it was some of the best lacrosse all summer.

With respect to suggestion #1 above -- everyone knows that Mark Millon is all about the Millon "brand". Everything else in his world is secondary to his self promotion wherever possible. Love that his first born was also named a "first team" all tournament player, and that his favorites from the area were generously listed on all teams/honorable mention list. What a promoter!

Overall the best competition of the summer. The tournament was very well run and it was fun to be able to watch other teams play in close proximity of each other. It was cool to see the All tournament selections.

First Team:
Attack
4 Ripley-Hawks
21 Vidunas - Greyhounds
9 Millon- Team 91 MD
3 Haberman- Igloo

Midfield
27 Loe- Igloo
22 Marlatt- Greyhounds
31 Hoffman - Team 91 LI
20 Terenzi- LI Express

Defense
15- Azbill- RoughRiders
8 -Ross - Hawks
13 Horgen-3D New England
55 Jones - Team91 MD

Goalie
19 Ruppel- RoughRiders

LSM
27 Schaller - Team 91 MD

FOGO
32 Boyd- Hawks

Any coaches kids make the team?

MM is all about himself and secondly his son. Was there any doubt he would be named to the first team? No, even though he is only an average player. The team's offense is centered around that kid and the ball has to go to him!

With respect to suggestion #1 above -- everyone knows that Mark Millon is all about the Millon "brand". Everything else in his world is secondary to his self promotion wherever possible. Love that his first born was also named a "first team" all tournament player, and that his favorites from the area were generously listed on all teams/honorable mention list. What a promoter!

NY: Once again, completely wrong under any circumstances for anyone to call out a kid in this forum, regardless of how one feels about an adult. Depersonalizing whatever sentiments you have, the boy is a great kid, an excellent player and his play and performance on Sunday demonstrated it. He was, in fact, most worthy of 1st Team and his production showed it.

I think the final rankings from Millon National Championship are pretty close to the way they should be. Maybe a couple west coast and philly teams and obviously Prime Time should be included, but otherwise, these are pretty good:

1-igloo(6-0)
2-91 md(4-2)
3-hawks((4-1)
4-bethesda(4-1)
5-LI express(3-1)
6-91 LI(2-2)
7-greyhounds(3-2)
8-3d NE(3-2)
9-BBL(2-2)
10-Diamondbacks(2-2)
11-Roughriders(3-1)
12-PB revolution(1-3)
13-LI Outlaws(2-2)
14-So Cal express(1-3)
15-Madlax(1-3)
16-Superstar(1-3)
17-Team Carolina(1-3)
18-CT chargers(1-3)
19-LeggyC(0-4)
20-Triad(0-4)

Just FYI. Madlax was missing its top two scorers. One of them broke his arm at Young Guns. The other one broke his arm first game on Saturday. Really sad. Any time a team loses its top two scorers, it is going to struggle at a tournament like this one. I got to think they would have done better if they had been at full strength. Beat 91md earlier this summer.

Should have pulled an Igloo and added a player, or two, to replace the kid that broke his arm during the tournament. No need for grade verification like every other player in the tournament. Just add away at the word of a guy. So what there were other rostered players. It's cool, right?

Say what you want about API and any other team that went to Denver, they all went to Denver within the U13 age guidelines imposed by US Lacrosse. Every player was born after Sept 1, 2003. API is currently the #3 ranked team. Too bad Hawks and 91Md were unable to field a team. I'd love to see those teams try and compete without their holdbacks.

OMG Stop crying already.

Should have pulled an Igloo and added a player, or two, to replace the kid that broke his arm during the tournament. No need for grade verification like every other player in the tournament. Just add away at the word of a guy. So what there were other rostered players. It's cool, right?

How do you know the Hawks didn't add a player?

Yes API / Diamondbacks are Number 3 in country age base teams with the Hawks and other top grade base teams will never know what would happen because they don't field a age team and that is fine . You can't compare them .

you are right, arden doesn't compare to hawks, so stop trying, whining and rationalizing. you have a nice team, why can't that be good enough......if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle. just let it go