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Not an ounce of truth to that top statement. Great player and great kid, he fits right in with this group.[/quote]


What sideline are you on? Not all parents or players are thrilled about it. Team was great before also. Ridiculous.[/quote]

There has been a decent amount of talk about specific kids on this thread. It is a sure sign of jealousy. You are making a great team with great kids and families look bad. Please stop.[/quote]

Your priviidge is showing & this coming from a team leader & we all know my son is one of the best on the team. But if anyone speaks out, we kow what will happen. Miss the old coach!

Let’s face it. Tryouts came and all teams said previous season players were guaranteed their dot on team. Igloo, 91, it discouraged people from attending tryouts. Legacy turned away players too. Express took all who attended free tryouts.
Teams should not complain about not being competitive when you don’t open up your rosters to a true tryout. Now there’s about 3 teams worth of players that will probably stay with Express through HS. It’s a great organization. Boys love to play and practice and really enjoy themselves.
Turning people away without even seeing kids play ruined competitiveness of other teams. To be competitive you must have a competitive tryout. Take the best players you can get. Coach them all, play your best players.
Even TB picked up players that should say something.
IMHO Strange Season 2021.

Whatever, 6 hour car rides are temporary, lax glory is forever. In 20 years when everyone is looking back at the U13 2021 WSYL and that decides the future outcome of our country, it will all be worth it!

Who has a player coming from 3 hours away? Express Connecticut kid?

Couldn't pry any Laxachusetts or Tigers kids away?

this is nonsense, nobody comes from that far, stop singling kids out, move on

By retaining all their current players the clubs could justify not giving refunds. I agree there was no real movement with the exception of a few clubs adding to their rosters. Those clubs wanted an exemption to carry additional players on their roster for WSYL, they were denied. This is and was all done to generate additional $$ for the clubs. Now those same clubs have to trim the rosters come qualifier time. Clubs will enter both their A and B teams and drop kids to from A to B so everyone plays the clubs can claim they did the right thing. The B teams have no business playing in qualifiers is just a tactic by the clubs to appease the parents. Slimy move, but than again is anyone surprised.

He's at every single practice. Lives within the area required by WSYL and he's been on the team for over a year.

Well if there is a Connecticut kid playing for Express, then I could see a 3 hr drive in that traffic.

I'm sure he is. The WSYL 100 mile "as the crow flies" rule should be reduced in my opinion.

Who can confirm that their teams will be in the qualifier besides Express?

I can confirm Wantagh PAL otherwise known as 91 orange 🍊 will be attending..

I couldn't agree more.

Express North? The good and bad? Can they beat Long Island Express?

Who’s Express North?

My son plays on a Maryland team that has beaten North every time we have played them over the past 4 years. Similarly most MD teams I have seen play North beat them up pretty good. If Express is indeed #1 how would North be able to compete against them? If Express is, as many suspect, mostly hype then who knows.

Doesn’t Express North have two teams?

LI Express is #1 ranked in the country. No, Express North will not beat them.

That’s a cheap shot. My son played PAL, not playing for 91.

You're pretty confident after beating Express North by only one goal twice in the fall. Your #1 ranking means nothing, We all know it's temporary.

Awfully confident after beating them by 1 goal twice in the fall. Express North also beat the Tigers in the fall. They can hang with the top clubs.

And beat BBL

Express North is a great example of why people shouldn't get caught up in the rankings. They lost twice to LI Express by one goal, lost to a 2025 CT Wolves team, and lost to Sweetlax. They won 12 games, including wins over two 2025 teams, BBL, Tigers, and Leading Edge. Yet they are ranked behind those three teams sitting at #21 when the scores suggest the should at least be in the top 10, if not the top 4 or 5. I'm not an Express North parent. Just a guy encouraging people to ignore the rankings and let the teams and results speak for themselves.

The boys are going to have some fun this spring and summer.

If North is so good, why would Connecticut player parents drive to Long Island instead of having son play with North?
Must be the competition, I would think. Just sayn. Lol

Yikes, how many are making that trek? Are the programs not affiliated? Stealing talent from another one of your programs seems a bit much.

Definitely don’t go by the rankings ! My sons team beat a good percentage of the teams ranked in the top 50 of the rankings and aren’t even ranked .

Nothing like 4 hr round trip in that traffic for youth lacrosse

Igloo is not ranked in the top 100

Once the Tigers big attackman handled who else do they have to illicit the ranking?

Funny as Express won Oktoberfest Tiges won nal and what did Express North win? fall play days are like weekends when you play with plato in your basement hammerhead

North has too many older kids to qualify for the WSYL. That’s why the kid moved to LI team.

cool story bro will express north be at wsyl? if not why not?

Thought only Marland teams had older kids

Actually the logical thing to do is if your kid is that good would be to play him up. Challenge him! Reclass him for what? So he can be a "stud" on a younger team. Pretty funny how express north wants to be recognized with a bunch of holdbacks. say what you want about the WSYL, but at least its an even playing field. Everyone is on age..

Bingo

True there are two year plus holdbacks or not?

I don't know about 2 year but I know of more than 1 older kid on North.

If not a parent, you must be the coach.... if not the coach, then the team statistician! Take your holdbacks and tear it up this summer my man!

Very sad. I didn't think they did the hold back thing with all the crying and whining about it. I guess we all sell out eventually.