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That 100% was someone trolling.

Whoever signed the Preds up for Naptown......wow. Just why.

With Anonymous posting 100% of all posts are trolling

Whoever did sign them up probably did it the same time they scheduled Madlax several times off the bat.

Delusional program.

Looks like all National teams, all-star teams and a few elite teams. Not sure what they were thinking. Cherries and NXT Black are in the same boat. They will lose bad.

Any club consolidations or teams folding for next year? Hearing True bought out Koopers.

Don’t think there ever was a Koopers 2028 team so that’s irrelevant. Have not heard of any other mergers.

USCL rankings updated and they are getting stupider.

Anyone want to take over for bored Md dad and do meaningful rankings that aren’t bought and paid for like USCL?

Come on dummy you got to pay to get top rank? Wake up jabrone

Madlax can go 2-6 this summer and they still wouldn't drop about of top 10.

Objectively, it’s a little hard to stomach seeing a MadLax team that’s lost its last two contests to NL ranked four spots higher (#7 vs. #11). No beef with the Hawks’ #4 ranking. They are a legit, complete team. But leaving the HoCo champion (NL) out of the top 10 is a huge slight to the league and the NL program.

No reason to freak out today. All of the questions will be answered at NAL this weekend. USCL and any other rankings are inaccurate at this point because most of the top programs haven't played each other in a meaningful game since USCL started tracking this age (HOCO being the exception). When the HOCO teams start playing the other top teams all of the rankings will normalize.

If the algorithm ran for just 2022 calendar year, NL would be top 3. Those fall numbers are knocking them down a few slots and anybody that has played them know they are very good and getting better at the right time. Summer is where all this will play out. There are about 8 teams that could win any tournament at this age group, surprising amount of parity.

Is NL playing in NAL?

NL would not be Top 3. They are lucky the Hawks had Covid and weren’t there in the end. NL already lost to the Hawks earlier in the season. And last season. And in tourneys last summer. Can’t wait to see how they do up in Delaware this weekend

NL will quickly drop out of the top 5 conversation as they are not playing in any of the big boy tourneys this summer - NAL, Tri-Star, Naptown, or NLF. Congrats on the HOCO win, but if you want to be considered amongst the national elite you need to go to the most competitive tourneys to prove it.

I get why they aren’t in NLF or NAL but why aren’t they in Naptown?

Agreed. Cupcake city. I’m sure if they win all 4 of the tourneys they have they’ll be thumping their chests again

So true. I mean, come on. Cupcake City, as Dickie V would say.

Sure. NL is "lucky" that "the Hawks had Covid." Lol. I'm guessing that this is *not* coming from a Hawks parent who watched the regular season HOCO game between NL and Hawks when both teams were at full strength. That was an OT win for Hawks in a game that NL probably should have won in regulation but didn't manage the clock well. No excuses. A loss is a loss. But implying that a full-strength Hawks would have rolled NL in the HOCO championship is just silly.

Not associated with either of these teams, but this is correct. NL and Hawks are pretty close. Both great at FOGO and goalie.

Someone is upset that their son didnt make Predators. Predators will take it to the teams at Naptown. Heard it here first. Predators are still the talk of Baltimore and now are living inside your head. Now that is Priceless

Preds are on the prowl for the best opponents. Sorry your team is playing in the B bracket. Predators , Talk of Balt

The Predators playing at Naptown… despite a soft draw in pool play, 3 games, they will not score 5 goals and they will give up 50.

This Preds stuff is a waste of brain cells.

So why isn’t NL playing in ANY of the big tourneys this summer. Don’t the players families know this is important?

Not invited? Are the Mitchell’s too busy with older teams?

When Hawks and MadLax don’t win HoCo we learn that “the most competitive middle school lacrosse league in the world” means nothing and the summer tourney circuit is where true champions are made.

Took you this long? 7 games over 9 weeks is not a body of work. Run the gauntlet against the top teams in the country over 2 days, you’re welcome to pound your chest.

I mean based on the results so far this summer it looks like the all star teams are the best. WCS and True National Black beating NL and FCA today. Texas Nationals beating Venom twice last week. HoCo is a strong league but sure looks like the national teams are better. Look at the Crabs going 0-2-1 today at NAL. HoCo teams definitely not the standard anymore.

Or.. HOCO teams.. Hawks and Madlax undefeated and into the Semis at NAL.

Madlax vs Venom in the NAL champion

No one cares about all star national and regional teams except college coaches. And this is 6th going into 7th grade.

I get why these all star teams exist but real teams beating them mean nothing and real teams losing to them means even less.

Someone should start a HoCo all star team just to annihilate the national team chest thumpers.

Hawks lose to Venom by 6 and NL beaten by WCS and FCA beaten by True National Black today. So this not holding up so far. Maybe Madlax can take down Venom and save HOCO. crabs winless yesterday and NAL and BLC not competitive. MD lacrosse looking mediocre.

I’m glad the rest of the country in catching up. It’s the only way the sport will grow past its current niche to any sort of prominence.

Although call me when there are non all star teams from out west that can compete in the northeast.

Wow venom went down and ate some cookies!!

MadLax took down Venom 8-3

Is majority of Hawks roster experiencing long COVID? Are Hawks dads still using that as excuse for the beatdown from Venom?

Rest of country is catching up with MD lacrosse. The somewhat athletic stick skilled MD players are losing on a constant basis against true athletic players from other areas of country, These other areas used to lack lacrosse IQ and stick skills, no more. Future is looking rough for MD , still will make great practice squads in college

This is such a dense statement. These teams from West like WCS pull from 20 states. Literally. Seattle to Texas and everywhere between. The teams from back East are compiled of kids from mostly one town. Maybe 2-3 adjoining towns. If DC pulled together one team of kids from Madlax, Next Level, and BLC, the west coast teams might win one out of 10. For the same reason, 90% of impact players at the college level are from NY and Md. yes, the west coast is placing kids on the big D1 programs, but they’re hugging pine.

Additional proof— the best west coast teams came east this spring to play a couple games. Mater Dei (supposedly the best CA team) played the last place team in the MIAA and lost. Played mid level team (Spaulding), and for absolutely run off the field 9-1. Spaulding is about the 5th best team— IN BALTIMORE. So keep the “West is better, it’s over for MD lacrosse” to the funny pages.

Very athletic and physical game. 91 Venom prob one of the most physical teams we’ve played last year or two … caught them on their heels today, but they are a very strong team top to bottom. Gonna be some great battles this summer w 91, Hawks, Madlax, Express North, True National, WCS, etc

-Madlax dad