It’s true. And both my boys played in HoCo, in MD.

It was not originally by plan though. Totally stumbled upon it when my oldest’s kid’s rec/club team couldn’t field a team. We missed tryouts and had to play up.

It was a tad more intentional with the younger kid. I didn’t want to pay $2-3k for a meh club.

But we learned our lessons from the first one. As I mentioned, don’t forget to do stickwork. Playing on those lower level teams make stick practice and reps more important.