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Week 1 2022 (2027)

Pride Red 27 vs Cavalier 27
Pride – 8
I think Cavs are a solid team, the best of the “new teams” added to the A division. That being said, Pride should handle them. Both teams out of North. VA so this could be an intense game.

Integrity Green 27 vs BLC Blue 27
BLC – 10
Tough matchup for Integrity in Game 1. Not certain if soccer conflicts will change this game, but BLC is a very good team that uses ball control but is capable of scoring in bunches.

TLC Red 27 vs Skywalkers Blue 27
Skywalkers -3
From a competition standpoint, this may be one of the better games of the season. I saw TLC a few times in fall and they look a way off from competing but have a few nice players. Skywalkers needs to show more than the 0-8 team of 2021. I think they do here.

M&D Black 27 vs CCLax 27
M&D Black – 17
Both teams won NGLL Championships in 2021, that’s where the similarities end. There’s a few CCLax players that are going to make some plays and get them on the scoreboard but it’s a huge difference in team speed and mentality here. Absurd this is the first of two meetings overt the next few weeks between these teams.

Hero's White 27 vs Coppermine 27
Coppermine -4
Call me old fashioned, but I think Coppermine is still a solid team. Two years ago, this would be a double-digit victory, and although that won’t be the case now, there’s still a gap. I’m not convinced White got better in the last year.

NEMS 27 vs MD United 27
MD United – 3
This game means more to MDU, who won’t see very many “easy” games unlike NEMS. Both these teams are evenly matched. Not sure how much “soccer” will change this game, but I’m giving nod to MDU in this.

SW lost to Renegades

BLC beat both Skywalkers and Renegades easily Sunday (both by 10 or so). But, having seen both games I though Renegades is clearly stronger than Skywalkers. I'm not sure their lacrosse skills are better, but the Renegades girls are bigger, faster and more physical than Skywalkers. Curious why they are still in the B Division while Skywalkers is in A. Assume it's because Skywalkers is historically A.

The same was true of the Renegades/Skywalkers game the day before with the 28s. The renegades team was big, and physical, their stick skills just weren't as sharp. Not sure of the score, but they held skywalkers to very few goals. Skywalkers did not seem as talented as I expected.

Most teams will always put their best athletes at middie, they can control the game that way. I think as teams get older, more and more top players get moved to defense.

I'd argue the best teams do that now. For me the biggest difference between M&D/Heros/BLC and the next tier (Pride, MDU, NEMS, LBC). is the quality of their defense and the speed and quality of their clears.

A good goalie and a good defense will keep you in games but you need consistent scoring to succeed. Either from a mid or a couple of strong finishing attackers.

A good goalie and a good defense will keep you in games but you need consistent scoring to succeed. Either from a mid or a couple of strong finishing attackers.

I know there are some exceptions, but at this age, I feel like middies score 70% of the goals for teams,

Not during a game between two top teams where most of the goals are in settled play. In blowouts or games without defense, I'd agree. But if you ever watch a game between M&D, Heros, Aces, YJ, BLC, and a few others, there are very few transition goals and lots of settled play goals where attack is highly involved.

Attack is involved, but the ball still routinely ends up in the middies sticks and they are the ones scoring. Again, yes, there are exceptions. Also some cases where the draw girls are attack but those are the ones scoring goals and taking DCs or least on the circle.

Aces #2 is dominant on DC for example and is the clear best shooter on team, arguably, in 2027 age.

Attack is involved, but the ball still routinely ends up in the middies sticks and they are the ones scoring. Again, yes, there are exceptions. Also some cases where the draw girls are attack but those are the ones scoring goals and taking DCs or least on the circle.

Aces #2 is dominant on DC for example and is the clear best shooter on team, arguably, in 2027 age.

Looks like a bunch of blow outs so far if the Tourney App is correct. Waiting on Coppermine / Hero’s White and NEMS / MDU. Any thoughts from anyone at any of the games. M&D clearly has a cake walk to the playoffs to everyone’s surprise.

Coppermine beat hero’s

Coppermine 6-3 over Hero's White
MD United 9-6 over NEMS

Biggest shocker to me is Skywalkers rolling TLC.

Coppermine 6-3 over Hero's White
MD United 9-6 over NEMS

Biggest shocker to me is Skywalkers rolling TLC.

Coppermine 6-3 over Hero's White
MD United 9-6 over NEMS

Biggest shocker to me is Skywalkers rolling TLC.

Coppermine 6-3 over Hero's White
MD United 9-6 over NEMS

Biggest shocker to me is Skywalkers rolling TLC.

Soccer and vacations played a big part in these three games. Heard Coppermine had one sub so slowed down the pace of the game while Hero’s was missing a few including their goalie but the result was expected. NEMS was missing several key players due to soccer so this score may be misleading. TLC only had nine I heard so had to forfeit.