By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association

October 17, 2011-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce that the renovated Newburgh Armory in Orange County is becoming a home to our Olympic Development Program. ENYYSA will also use the Newburgh Armory for Coaching Education classes.
 
“The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association is absolutely delighted to enter into this partnership with the Newburgh Armory Unity Center to provide a home base for our Olympic Development Program-North and Coaching Education classes in Newburgh,” commented ENYYSA President Richard Christiano. “Just as importantly, we also believe that this refurbished facility will help keep kids off the streets and on soccer fields.”
 
Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League (HVYSL) President Elaine Cannella was instrumental in helping create this new partnership between two non-profit groups––ENYYSA and the Newburgh Armory Unity Center.
 
“The Newburgh Armory Unity Center is primarily dedicated to the community that surrounds it and its mission is to foster both academics and athletics,” commented HVYSL President Elaine Cannella. “Utilization of this state-of-the-art complex will be coordinated with the Newburgh Armory’s Executive Director.”
 
The complex consists of three full-sized outdoor grass fields plus one indoor turf field measuring 67 yards x 39 yards. The indoor field will open this February. The fields will also be used by the HVYSL Select Program as well as Real FC and CONA (City of Newburgh Armory) and local clubs. Any club can request the use of the facility plus local tournaments might be played on the fields in the future as well.
 
The renovation of the Newburgh Armory is truly a win-win situation for the kids of ENYYSA and the children of the City of Newburgh.

With 120,000 youth soccer players and more than 25,000 volunteers, the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 12 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Special Children. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer Association. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/, which receives nearly 300,000 hits annually from the growing soccer community.