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Team Carolina · 36/37 Futures

A premier club experience for 2nd and 3rd graders.

Year-Round development. Real tournaments. The Carolinas’ best coaching standards. Built on a single idea — the team comes first.

~16Fall practices
~14Summer practices
5Tournaments
Our Standard

CONNECT Beyond Winning.

Winning games is great. It is not our highest aim. Our standard is whether we build players, teammates, and environments your family is proud to be part of. CONNECT is how we define that — daily.

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Compete Daily Compete with purpose every day — not just on game day.
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Outwork Yesterday Effort must be visible and consistent. Improvement is a daily standard.
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Non-Negotiables Above average in punctuality, attitude, and preparation.
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No Jerks Talent never excuses selfishness, disrespect, or poor behavior.
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Energy Bring juice, enthusiasm, and positive presence to the field.
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Courage Courage matters more than comfort. Try, fail, respond, grow.
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Teammate Every player is a great teammate first, an individual performer second.
The Team Carolina Experience

Every season has a purpose.

Fall, town spring, and summer — built around the calendar, not stacked on top of it.

Fall

Build the Team

Starts week of September 20

Purpose: Develop fundamentals. Build team chemistry. Install offensive and defensive systems.

Weekly Cadence
  • Thursday Team Practice
  • Sunday Team Practice
  • Tournament weeks: no Sunday session
  • Approximately 16 fall team practices
Fall Tournaments · 7v7
  • Charlotte Fall Lacrosse Classic · Oct 24/25
  • Lake Norman Fall Classic · Nov 7/8
Spring

Play Town Lacrosse

February – April

Purpose: Players join their local town team for spring. Their town season comes first.

CLA Town Team (à la carte)
  • Optional add-on through CLA directly
  • Not bundled into the Futures program price
Summer

Compete

Late May – mid July

Purpose: Premier summer competition with the team your son has built all year.

Training
  • Approximately 14 team practices
Summer Tournaments · 10v10
  • Lake Norman Summer Classic · May 30/31
  • Big South Summer Classic · Jun 6/7
  • Asheville Summer Classic · Jun 20/21
Your Team Carolina Year

Here's what your player will receive.

Development

  • ~30 team practices
  • ~45 hours of training
  • Fall + Summer seasons
  • Position introduction
  • Same coaching standards as the older teams

Competition

  • 5 tournament events
  • Premier summer competition

Experience

  • Professional coaching
  • TeamSnap communication
  • Media Day
  • Team & individual photos
  • Leadership development
  • Player evaluations
  • End-of-season celebration

Community

  • CLA Town League available à la carte (Winter & Spring)
  • Real reps with school friends
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Growing the game locally
Optional · CLA Town League

Want more reps in Winter or Spring?

Futures families can add the Carolina Lacrosse Association Town League à la carte in the Winter and Spring seasons — not bundled into the Fall + Summer program.

Registration runs through CLA directly. Ask Ricky for the link when you’re ready.

Leadership Team

The people running the program.

Director

Ricky Reyes

Director, Team Carolina. Built the program. Runs the program. Reachable directly at rreyes@clalax.com.

Youth Director

Billy Ward

Youth Director, overseeing development across the youngest Team Carolina age groups.

College Recruiting

Connor Doyle

Director of College Recruiting. Leads placement work for HS Red families. A long way off — but he's on staff, and his presence reflects the long-term commitment the program makes to every age group.

Operations

Josh Hamilton

Operations Coordinator. Logistics, tournament registrations, family-facing operations.

Coaching Staff

36/37 Futures Coaches

Coach announcements will be made the week of [date TBD].

Head Coach

Coming soon

Bio and background announced the week of [date TBD].

Assistant Coach

Coming soon

Bio and background announced the week of [date TBD].

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