By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
January 13, 2015-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is pleased to announce that players from diverse squads can form a team for showcase tournaments.
Eastern New York member clubs, subject to their league’s approval, are now able to put together “Showcase Teams” to participate in tournaments, such as ENYYSA-sanctioned showcase events. This innovation allows the flexibility for players to be on a travel team and a tournament team (only one) without being reflected as a dual registered player.
“Let’s say that an Under-17 team is not playing in a college showcase tournament but several players from that team are interested in doing so,” commented ENYYSA President Richard Christiano. “They now have the flexibility to join players from another team with the same situation and form a team to play in that tournament, giving these players the opportunity to be scouted by college coaches.”
The “Showcase Team” could have age-appropriate players from several member league clubs on the roster, with all players already being registered to those participating teams/clubs (having a current active, valid player pass). The combined team would register under one of the participating clubs via the SportsSignup system, by selecting “Showcase Team” as registration type. A separate, new player pass (for Showcase Teams) would be issued by the league with an “S” designating a “Showcase” player pass at the beginning of the player pass number.
All Showcase Teams with registered players need the approval of their home club (Registrar or President) and home league to participate.
With 123,843 youth soccer players––68,587 boys and 55,256 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.