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True doesn't beat anyone. And they certainly have never cut anyone. At least not in Maryland.

It's a fair question. From a MD perspective, it seems really questionable for True to make families travel that far to play against rec-level MD teams.

But I guess they do it for the love of the game?! Because of a total lack of teams in NC? To test themselves against MD's slowest, shortest and least coordinated? Maybe to justify the $2k+ price tag?

It just seems odd.

Why do you care so much? If your kid doesn’t play for true, why do you care? How does it affect you? Like a previous poster said, not all teams are elite, not all players are elite. They need clubs. Why do you care so much about True? It’s not your kid they are training, it’s not your money they’re taking, so why do you care so much? Get a life.

You forgot to ask why do they care.

Not sure why all the bashing. True is fine for public school kids and rec kids who want to dip their toe in and see what club is all about. It’s looks just like club with no pressure.

If this was the case I would agree. That's not what's happening though. These are True regional teams from NC that are being sold as all star teams. The parents pay a lot of extra $ to be told they have an all star team and then they travel all over the east coast to play in B brackets in hope of some wins. The southern parents aren't as informed as the NY/ MD parents and they get swindled. After a year or two they figure it out and leave the program for legit smaller clubs that play in smaller tourneys with no illusion of being on a national/regional team.

Looks like True just bought Koopers now also. I guess they will just merge in with the True Wolfpack Baltimore team from a few years ago.

Kids get to play lacrosse, and the program gets to make money. Some teams are better than others. Players come and go. Some have a good experience and some don't. This is the model of every travel team in every sport. I don't really see the issue.

Agreed. Not every kid and every family is in this for a D1 scholarship. Perhaps they just want something to do on the weekend in the summer and traveling to a different city and/or region is more fun than not traveling. Maybe for some of these kids it better for them to be part of a team and getting outside than sitting inside playing Fortnite for 14 hours a day. As for True, it's Supply and Demand. We live in a free-market economy. The market dictates what business will be supported or not supported.

True Anapolis forfeits game at Naptown?

In a free market, businesses can be a scourge on an industry too.

How is True handling the Koopers takeover?

Who are coaching those teams?

When they "partnered" with Kelly Post, they took all the top kids at KP and funneled them to the Baltimore team and moved the bottom half of the Baltimore team to Kelly Post.

Are they gonna do the same with Koopers?

Parents stuck with this situation- make sure you ask who is coaching your kid and know what team they will be a part of. It matters.

True forfeited their last game after losing to Madlax National 11-10 and 3 of their players ended up in the ER. One with a broken jaw and one with a broken wrist. 4 more injured players and their coach called it.

But they will have access to the True National teams!!! #WeTrainMore

Sheesh- at what age group?

2025 group.