By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
January 17, 2012-Partly because there was so many compliments about both venues during the championship games last year, the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) decided to return the State Cup finals to LaGrange in the Hudson Valley and Plainview on Long Island in 2012.
The State Open Cup Finals will be played at Stringham Park in LaGrange on the weekend of June 2 and 3. The top teams in Eastern New York compete for the State Open Cup.
The Arch Capital Group Challenge Cup Finals will be played at the Peter Collins Soccer Park in Plainview, Long Island on Saturday, June 9. The fields’ namesake, Peter Collins, is the former Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) President who’s a member of the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame, as well as the Halls of Fame of Eastern New York and the LIJSL. The Arch Capital Group Challenge Cup is for mid-level travel teams below Division 1 and Premier League soccer.
“We look forward to two beautiful weekends of championship soccer, hopefully played under sunny skies,” said State Cup Chairperson Barbara Rodriguez.
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.
