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Been a quite offseason. Who were the big winners? What tournaments are teams in for the fall? Any predictions for Elite teams for HOCO spring?

Next Level - new righty attack
ML
Crabs
Hawks
Who cares

FCA has two teams now and will be entering the A team into Elite this year.

Who cares

You do and will always. If not , your son will never be on any D1 roster .

You sound like a joy to be around on the sideline

FCA is not elite level of ready. They don’t have the depth to play NL or ML. Waste of time and energy

Some of us take it seriously , D1 is a commitment form your son and to a big the parent many are not ready for

While they are a step behind, there are not that bad. Sorry your son was dissed by them. Move on

Don't worry, your son will put in the work in HS and achieve his dreams.

He won't have to live vicariously through his son when he grows up and has kids of his own.

Lacrosse is full of D1 players that were pushed to get to a high level . This sport doesnt get that many real elite athletes.
It is made up of many decent athletes who are all similar in ok ability, That is way holding back works so well in Lacrosse and not as well in Football and BB. D1 lacrosse isnt for every parent or their son. Just the ones that want it and are willing to push their son .

What tournaments are teams going to be at this fall?

Any teams still looking, accepting players?

Team91 will take you.. if you don’t currently play for a club, make sure you tell them you do. They will only take you if they know they are poaching you from another club.

That is correct ! Key is to say you are another club but not happy.

This is so spot on.

Team 91 will take any kid who has a parent who believes they have an elite player but can’t make any other real elite team. Pay to play at its finest

This is spot on

Which teams are considered elite?

Depends on which bitter, disenfranchised parents you talk to and how they define elite. For the 2031s probably only Next Level and Mad Lax.
In reality, all of the teams in the Elite division have some quite talented young players. But, if you acknowledge talent elsewhere vs. painting with a broad brush and dumping on everyone but the teams you favor…well where is the internet fun in that?

A team is only really as good as its bottom half. Safe to say team 91 bottom half was filled with AA and A players as opposed to the rest of the hoco elite teams which bottom half is far more skilled with players who would be good players in AAA for example

Crabs lost to both the “elite teams “ by a goal last year.

And how did they do against one of those "elite teams" last week?

What happened to HoCo 2031? They had a good team but really struggled this fall

Last year’s team split up thanks to a dad who wasn’t getting his way. Ruined a great team.

Not sure if I missed something but they lost to one of those “elite teams” by 10 in the regular season. Just being accurate

Easy there ,,,Easy

Think they lost to one of those “elite” teams by 10 in the HOCO season. Just saying.

Does anyone that lives in Baltimore area recommend any trainings? Looking for some extra training for my son. Any recommendations would be great. Thanks

Coachup has some good folks on there for 1on1.

I thought Clippers is the new elite and upcoming club and 2031 team. According to the coaches they are getting Crabs and Hawks players.

Clippers will not be in the Elite 2031 division for Hoco. If they are in AAA they will still struggle.

Clippers were at the bottom of the elite division last year. Why would any crabs players so there mid year?

Has anyone heard how the divisions are shaping up?

HOCO Elite Division is still a 4 team race, NL, ML, Crabs, and Hawks. The other 4 will likely consist of Predator, Clippers, FCA, VLC or True Nova.

Predators finished 5th last year, avg 10 goal loss to top 4. Improved this fall, lost by 3 to ML, ranked # 40 by US Club Lax
Clippers finished 6th last year, avg 10.75 goal loss to top 4. Played very challenging fall schedule, going 2-4 at NAL and ALL. Also beat Predators by 1, ranked # 63
Team 91 Md finished 7th last year, avg 16.5 goal loss to top 4. New additions to roster and coaching staff showed improvements in fall, beating NL Red by one. ranked # 70
VLC, went winless in Hoco elite, avg 8 goal loss to top 4, had a strong fall going 8-0, ranked # 46

FCA Blue went undefeated during regular season Hoco AAA, lost in finals to Madlax DMV. Played competitively this fall, ranked # 28
True Nova Black went 5-1-1 in Hoco AA, winning championship, great fall going 10-1, ranked # 48
ML DMV won AAA, had another strong fall, and ranked # 34, if league rules allow, they clearly deserve a chance to compete in elite division

As this age group moves into the middle school range, I would expect the top 4 to expand to a top 6. Growth spurts and player development can make drastic changes in short time spans in the remaining 3 HOCO years

Here is the AAA division (This came directly from a coach that was informed):
True Black
Legends
Madlax DMV
NL Red
FCA White
Prostart
VLC
Baltimore Swarm

That means Clippers will be staying in Elite bracket. My guess for Elite:
NL
Madlax
Crabs
Hawks
Predators
Team 91
FCA Blue
Clippers

Any teams have a problem with playing for a national team? Only Madlax has a semi-close national team (Supreme Nationals).

Madlax does if you are on supremes and another national team. Crabs doesn’t allow it

Top teams will be Predators , then all the rest . Heard it here first, Talk of Baltimore is being loud and bold.

Hawks and Ctabs try to control players and where they can play? Who wants that? They jealous of other teams?