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JS did the same thing the the Bandits when they turned out to not be the "Superstar" team he was marketing. Play weaker, older teams this way he could say they were "playing up" when in fact they were ducking on grade competition. The proof is when he couldn't get that done and the Bandits played top teams on-grade, the Bandits occasionally lost. The Bandits don't lose often and I don't think YJ would either but they will occasionally lose and then he'd have less to promote. Even the best teams have a bad day or a bad showing. With Crush, that never happened and JS would play anyone. It goes to show you when you dig through all the hype to the truth, buried all the way deep down, he's not incredibly confident in the team. Just like the Bandits. Are the YJ the best 2025 team on Long Island? Absolutely. Are they beatable? Absolutely.

Spallina definitely tops. Gap has narrowed though. Frankly I really don't care where , when or who his team plays. Irrelevant to my daughter's team.

NFW, he beats Lomo & Jabroni by five playing man down all game, throw Slop Guns in that mix as well.

Now his schedule this weekend is light as can be, but I don't think he's ducking anyone there just isn't anyone good at that event.

What's with Swarm & Venom changing names? In the case of Venom its her whole team and clearly she's coaching it?

Spallina never played Lomo. He refuses. Fake news.

Why doesn’t the YJ organization play in The Chesapeake Invitational? That’s probably the strongest competition per pool play.

Teams. from the. same. club should never play each other ever

we recently had. this discussion. and honestly they have not lost a game on age in almost three years! Whatever and however they do it it seems to work. Think. our team within the same. club should follow the same path instead of these ridiculous make believe money grab tournaments

So this discussion made me look and Here is one thing I know about his teams they don't lose or have not in years. Looking on USclub lax neither team YJ or 91 has lost for a game for as long as they have records which is crazy. For a long time I wanted my daughter on his team seeing how they train and the model he has used that is obviously successful but she is in a place where her game can grow. and. around players closer to her calibur. Think the model they use of more practicing and less CR money grabs makes for better players and wish more. did.

Have said this exact thing for so long. These kids Need more practice time and less games and fake tournaments that reinforce bad habits. Problem is clubs don’t make money on practices

Don’t say this much here but I agree fully with that

These internal YJ 7v7 tournaments are a joke. Thrown together so program can claim you got your money's worth, laugh.

Agree they are a joke. Should not be charging for these tournaments that are 90% YJ.

Can’t really say Spallina hasn’t lost in a while, Normally YJ doesn’t travel down to MD in the fall, and Covid kill spring and summer season. I do believe Spallina lost at Lax for the Cure against Hero’s green.

As I said, excellent, but beatable. Thats why they'll never even scrimmage Lomo.

Let’s at least be honest here Lomo can barely get by Janelli in fact they sometimes don’t So yes they don’t scrimmage lomo because A teams don’t play C teams. My daughter plays TG but you YJ dads need to come to grips that IF your kid was an A player they would be on A team instead of these epic battles with Janelli trying to see who the B team is and who the C team is So in a few years when college coaches start watching the B and C teams are on field 28 playing other B and C teams with D3 coaches watching. Hey your probably right your teams may be better than us but we’ll always be in top brackets as an A team w TG