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I thought we were talking about HOCO.

Anyway- how do they determine if it is 10 teams or 8 teams? Do they take any input from the community?

I don't think they hold any town hall meetings. I think they ask the teams on the bubble what they prefer, and if those teams choose AAA, then it is easy and the division will be 8 teams. But if the bubble teams lobby to be in Elite, then the top 4-6 teams will lobby to keep them out, and then the organizers will make a decision.

They hold a meeting at Troy Park. Each Club Director states his case. A secret vote is held. Votes are counted.

Who votes?
and how do you know?

Ex coach here, he is right, each team states their case to play up, down, or stay the same. That and last years record and fall record are taken into account as well.

I don’t think this is brain surgery. Just go into USCL rankings and remove the two lowest ranked teams,

FCA and TRW. They likely won’t win a game in elite HoCo.

Remaining teams ranked by how they will finish.

Crabs - fixed defensive issues. Beefed up with Looneys and reclass kids.

Hawks - still a great team but not as dominant. Let’s see how Pittsburgh poles help.

Madlax - reclass attack is best in Maryland. Question at goal.

DCE - better than BLC but still have holes to fill

Looneys. - good but not great.

91 - much improved. Maybe better than Looneys.

True Annapolis - not as good as last year.

VLC - not enough elite players.

Last two teams are not elite. First four teams are inside the top 15 nationally.

Not bad, but you are underestimating how closely matched the bottom six teams are. On any given day they could all beat each other.