Current US Club Lacrosse rankings:
2024 FCA Blue #19
2025 FCA #9
2026 FCA Blue #70
2026 FCA White #175
2027 FCA #5
2028 FCA Blue #9 (Coach K's team)
2028 FCA White #110
2029 FCA #15
In 2023 GHCLC 2028 FCA Blue placed 2nd and no other teams were even in the play-offs. Some teams might not have coaches affiliated with CHC. Coaches have turned away CHC boys in lieu of deals made with parents of boys from other clubs and going to other schools. If coaches are not loyal to the CHC pipeline, why would boys be when choosing a future high school? It's important for the boys to be playing together in school and in club so they foster trust and confidence in each other on the field.
Yeah, that's all true........but the opposite is also true, ....FCA boys can be found at Gilman, SP, Loyola, BL, etc. And if they are ballers, they will still get playing time at FCA. If they are 2nd or 3rd line players, they will be overlooked in favor of getting CHC backups some PT. It's a reality. It's a transaction and the loyalty runs out when tryouts come or the check doesn't clear. Adjust to that.
So, in lieu of your sour grapes, here's a quick espresso shot of club lax reality for your last few years of dealing with coaches and directors:
If you thought that high level HS lacrosse awards points for "hard work pays off," you are incorrect. Your boy and his work ethic will absolutely be cut for a hockey kid who gets off a plane from Latvia, the same day the plane lands, if that kid has a good lefty shot, a big first step, and he rides on clears.
If you thought that loyalty somehow counts in elite lacrosse, you are incorrect.
If you thought the coach you've been riding with for 5 years won't accept a better role at a better school tomorrow, and just disappear, you're incorrect. They are people with jobs and families.
If you thought that a lax coach would never recruit your group of boys, and then the following year recruit a group of boys to replace them, you're incorrect. They are paid to recruit, annually, no matter what.
If you bought the BK /RH storyline that "we'll have the FCA boys ready to start varsity at CHC in 9th grade, 10th max!" you are incorrect. That applies to literally 1-2 total kids per year at FR level, maybe 12 as sophomores.
Yeah, I know, BK told you that 11th grade is "too late" to jump to varsity and potentially play in college (whatever that means). That is also incorrect.
