New York Futsal players
By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
April 15, 2015-Founded in 1972, the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) has over 100,000 players from Long Island to the Canadian border and is the gold standard in youth soccer as we offer:
• Some of the lowest registration fees in the nation which, in some cases, is half the fee of local competition.
• While a goal of some other youth soccer organizations is to make a profit for their founders, Eastern New York has been a non-profit organization since our founding over four decades ago.
• Eastern New York annually awards six $1,000 college scholarships to help defray the cost of college for deserving high school seniors.
• Eastern New York provides exclusive, free access to acclaimed SAT and ACT prep courses from eKnowledge, which is normally a $250 value. These courses can be taken online or via DVD, which makes them ideal for our busy student/athletes.
• Our coaching licensing curriculum provides all soccer coaches, from the beginner to the advanced, with up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge so that our coaches can help our players develop to their full potential. All courses offered by Eastern New York are available in both English and Spanish.
• The State Open Cup, part of the National Championship Series, in which each champion team from the state in the older age groups advances to Regionals with the hopes to play for the national championship. During the past two years, Eastern New York had a national champion on the boys side in both Manhattan Paris Saint-Germain and Smithtown Arsenal.
• The Kohl’s American Cup provides intramural players an opportunity to experience a high-quality statewide tournament in a fun environment and will be hosted by the Big Apple Youth Soccer League in New York City this year.
• Every winter, over 100 teams play in New York Futsal, under the umbrella of Eastern New York, in gyms throughout Manhattan. Futsal is the only version of indoor soccer approved by FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, and many of the best players from Latin America and Spain played futsal as children.
• To protect our players, Eastern New York conducts background checks on coaches and referees before they can participate in our games. They must pass this background check every two years to continue to be involved in our competitions. Eastern New York also provides awareness education to coaches, communicating information regarding field and player safety.
• Eastern New York is preventing player injuries through an educational app from At Peak Sports that has been provided free to our more than 100,000 players, as well as their parents and coaches this spring. The app delivers strength and conditioning exercises and video workouts, specific to age, gender and sport, that are designed by medical professionals for youth athletes.
With over 100,000 youth soccer players––both boys and girls––and more than 25,000 volunteers, the non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 11 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.