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Well, it is a Maryland lacrosse discussion board.

They play in midatlantic, so they essentially are part of the competition.

Happy New Year! First tournament of the year this weekend, Indoor National Championships at Spooky Nook. Who comes out on top in each bracket?

Arctic: M&D Black
Atlantic: Pride Red
Indian: Crush
Pacific Coppermine
Crush over Pride
Coppermine over M&D
Coppermine over Crush for championship

May be early to think about the summer but I'm starting to get emails so curious. Will those who did AU Futures return this year? Was it worth the time and $$? It looks like American Select has added a 2028 division this year, will anyone be trying out for that event instead? Think that one's more expensive, but seems like it could be a more competitive event for girls who are looking for that. Anyone have feedback?

Heros will beat Crush in the Indian division

Maybe they will, maybe they wont.

American Select is almost $1k plus hotels, food for no coaches looking at a 2028. AU is a great concept but they need to make improvements with the coaches, and the schedule for what they are charging. There were 2 Maryland teams last year with combined 28/29s, curious to see if they will have 2 Maryland teams again with just 28s.

American Select was very well organized last summer. However, unless you really feel the need to have even more lacrosse after spring and then a summer of tournaments, I'd skip both until the summer after 8th grade. Even at that age, college coaches aren't watching, but it gives the kids a sense of what the competition looks like at an elite level and a chance to play with new kids. A few middle-level players mixed in, but mostly top players at least with Maryland, even having two teams. Your kid will get a chance to see how they're doing and should have a solid coach. Summer after the 7th is not worth it for all but the most die-hard kids that would rather play another lax tournament in 90+ weather rather than do other summer activities. There should be no fear of missing out here.

I agree. After a 5 tournament summer, there isn't really a reason to attend an event that centers around only playing with no coaching. As PP said, AS is only playing, and maybe 1 short practice before the 1st game begins. An over night camp with lacrosse, coaching, and fun with dorm life experiences seems to be a more well rounded way to spend $700.

We did AU Futures last year but won't see either this year, just a few camps.

Last year at AU Futures, the talent was very low at 26+ which were eligible for American select. I would expect futures talent to be much lower this year.

3 best teams in one division? You must be an MDU parent wanting to sneak in[/quote]

Divisions won't be even. There will be a north/south and South will be much weaker.

This was an agreement made to get the Virginia clubs to enter so they would have games closer to home. Been this way for years.

The only exception is for clubs with A/B teams, they will split up the team regardless of geography.

Divisions won't be even. There will be a north/south and South will be much weaker.

This was an agreement made to get the Virginia clubs to enter so they would have games closer to home. Been this way for years.

The only exception is for clubs with A/B teams, they will split up the team regardless of geography.[/quote]
NEMS is going to surprise some of the top teams this year!

NEMS is going to surprise some of the top teams this year![/quote]

You said this last year and then they went 4 and 4 in the B division.

". There will be a north/south and South will be much weaker."

Do not underestimate the schedule makers giving M&D the easiest path forward.

Unless the divisions are so out of whack, all the top teams should have somewhat easy schedules. There's so many average to bad teams now with 16. There's potential for at least 3-4 teams to go winless.

Based off current club rankings and geo location:

North:
Coppermine #1
Crush #5
Skywalkers #23
CCLax #28
FCA Blue #29
Heros White #39
HOCO Black #43
NEMS #70


South:
M&D #3
MD United #4
Heros Green #6
Pride Red #19
STARS Blue #36
Next Level #48
3D VA Metro #85
MC Elite #154

Any changes?

For the last two years M&D has been in the North division with Crush and Coppermine so they will likely be in the North division rather than the South.

Got 3 out of the 4 playoff teams. Pride had the game in hand against Philly Blast and lost it at the end. M&D had to play man down for a good while in the 2nd half against Coppermine, that didn't help.

Why a man down?

Got 4 yellows. Had to play man down for last 10 minutes or so. Prior to that had been an exciting game.

They probably had four yellow cards against them.

Was a great game! It was tied when they got the 4th yellow and went man down.

Was surprised to see Philly Blast in the playoffs and then only lose to Crush by 1. Didn't get a chance to see them play, were they legit? Congrats to Coppermine on winning the whole thing. Should be a fun Spring.

Nope...they are not legit! Crush looked as though they weren't ready to play on Sunday. Lots of unforced errors in the two games I watched.

Nope...they are not legit! Crush looked as though they weren't ready to play on Sunday. Lots of unforced errors in the two games I watched.[/quote]

Haha! Sounds like any given Sunday!

Does anyone know when should we expect the NGLL schedules to be finalized and released?

Boo hooBoo Hoo

Haha! Sounds like any given Sunday![/quote]

Pride also looked unprepared and also had too many unforced errors. Pride should have beat Philly Blast and Crush should have beat them by more.

Woulda Coulda Shoulda!!! And all those yellow cards, must've been the refs fault.

Thanks Hero's Dad for that analysis.

To be fair...there was one female ref that loved blowing her whistle. Not sure if any of your teams had the pleasure of having her ref your games. The constant whistles made parts of the game unwatchable.

Maybe they didn't

No one said anything about the validity of the cards and no one’s crying so stop trying to create drama where there isn’t any.

Agree on this. The whistles were constant and disrupted the game flow. The officials overall weren't consistent and continues to go downhill. Not an excuse but rather a fact of the state of the officiating affected ALL teams.

Didn't think anyone was crying and wasn't reading in between the lines, was just reading the actual written excuses in the comments.

By stating the fact that the team got 4 yellows (without debating the validity of them), thus landing the team man down for an extended period of time, the PP acknowledges it was the losing teams fault they lost. Where’s the excuse? Stop trying to create drama.

By stating the fact that the team got 4 yellows (without debating the validity of them), thus landing the team man down for an extended period of time, the PP acknowledges it was the losing teams fault they lost. Where’s the excuse? Stop trying to create drama.[/quote]

"Pride also looked unprepared and also had too many unforced errors. Pride SHOULD have beat Philly Blast and Crush SHOULD have beat them by more."

Sorry M&D dad, so sensitive. Again, reading the comments & the excuses. The excuse is they played with man down. If it's not an excuse why mention it, it's apart of the game, and happens in every game. Just stating the observations of the comments. And not just the M&D game had comments/excuses, there were other posts mentioned the "should have". No drama, maybe don't be so sensitive.

"Pride also looked unprepared and also had too many unforced errors. Pride SHOULD have beat Philly Blast and Crush SHOULD have beat them by more."

Sorry M&D dad, so sensitive. Again, reading the comments & the excuses. The excuse is they played with man down. If it's not an excuse why mention it, it's apart of the game, and happens in every game. Just stating the observations of the comments. And not just the M&D game had comments/excuses, there were other posts mentioned the "should have". No drama, maybe don't be so sensitive.[/quote]

Maybe the Hero's circus should focus more on winning their division here.

I agree. As someone trying to learn about other teams that we play often or not so often, it is helpful for some of the information. No one can think that playing man down for the last 10 minutes against a top team won't have an impact- that is good information, not an excuse. Also someone directly asked if Philly Blast was much improved (since our MD teams don't see them as much) so saying Pride and Crush did not have their best games helps to learn a little about Philly Blast and where they might fit in while also taking into consideration that they did beat Pride and come close to Crush. So those posters who and post information- thank you and please don't let people on this board who claim you are making excuses discourage you!