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Manhattan Shows Their Pride By Defeating Quickstrike ‘94 Girls, 1-0, to Win the Girls-Under-19 State Open Cup

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

June 13, 2013-The Manhattan Pride of the Westchester Youth Soccer League (WYSL) blanked Quickstrike ‘94 Girls of the Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League (HVYSL), 1-0, to capture the Girls-Under-19 State Open Cup at the Peter Collins Soccer Park in Plainview, Long Island on June 8. Manhattan’s Jenn Peters scored on a deflection in the second half for the only goal of the game.

Manhattan keeper Kalijah Terilli, an Olympic Development Program player who is a member of the US Under-19 National Team pool, earned the shutout in goal.

"I thought that we had the better run of play and had multiple opportunities to score," said Manhattan coach Jay Myers. "But Quickstrike’s history and prowess is enough to make you nervous, though."

Manhattan also received the Howard Rubenstein Sportsmanship Award. Now living in Ohio, the remarkable Rubenstein was seemingly involved in every facet of New York soccer for decades and is a member of the Halls of Fame of Eastern New York, the US Amateur Soccer Association and the Long Island Junior Soccer League.

Manhattan and Quickstrike will both represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at the Regionals from June 28 to July 2 at the University of Rhode Island. Manhattan is going to Rhode Island as our champions while Quickstrike has qualified as the wildcard. Eastern New York is donating $2,000 to both teams and paying all expense fees for the Regionals.

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 12 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. Eastern New York 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. Eastern New York 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.

Trying to End Our Referee Shortage Once and For All

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

September 6, 2023-At our peak in 2014, Eastern New York had over 4,000 registered refs and we have approximately 2,300 today. The average age of a ref in Eastern New York is 30 with six years of officiating experience. 300 new refs were certified this summer.

In a recent survey of our officials, earning money, staying involved with soccer and getting physical exercise were cited by refs as their favorite part of officiating. The least favorite part of being a referee was the abuse from spectators (noted by 70% of refs), coaches (50%) and players (20%). We lose more than half our referees in their first two years of officiating with the number one reason being verbal abuse by the so-called “adults” in youth soccer, coaches and parents. So the next time that you yell at a ref, you could be contributing to our referee shortage.

Please consider the following:

Refs pay for our uniforms. There are five color shirts used by US Soccer (yellow, black, red, blue and green) and when you consider short- and long-sleeve, shorts, socks, sweatsuits and shoes, the cost of a complete uniform is approximately $1,000.
Referees pay hundreds of dollars in annual dues to US Soccer and their local referee association
Refs attend monthly referee meetings given by their local association.
Referees must pass an annual rules recertification test to continue to ref, as well as watch safety videos and pass a Safe Sport test and background check every two years.

Being a referee is a very demanding avocation consisting of many hours of commitment every week. A man was watching his young daughter being trained by her coach on a soccer field while soccer referees were passing a fitness test running on the track around them. The man commented, “I got tired just watching you refs run all the laps that you did.”

With our ref shortage, many referees have worked overtime so your children could have a ref at their game and the referee that you are yelling at could be on his or her fifth game that day. So as we kick off the Fall Season, instead of yelling at the ref, thank him or her for being there instead.

Coliseum Inferno Bring the Girls-Under-17 State Cup Title Back to Utica

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

June 19, 2022-The Coliseum Inferno have built a dynasty in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) as they have won four of the last five State Cups in their age group. On Sunday, June 5 at sunny Stringham Park in LaGrange, Coliseum defeated Stony Brook LGN Arsenal, 4-2, to win the Girls-Under-17 State Cup title.

Logan Cookinham scored two goals plus Auna Snow and Willa Pratt each added one for the team from Utica.

“Both teams played tough but physically, we were a little stronger. Stony Brook did a tremendous job,” Coliseum coach Charlie Pratt said. “We love playing in the State Cup!”

Coliseum Inferno will represent Eastern New York at the East Regionals from June 24 to 30 in Charleston and Barboursville, West Virginia as part of the National Championship Series.

Stony Brook did not go home to Long Island empty-handed as they received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died five years ago, started the LIJSL Sportsmanship Program in 1980 and it spread to Eastern New York, nationally and then to China and Ireland, and in the process, made soccer games kinder and gentler.

With approximately 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 nine 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 Children With Special Needs. 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 onto http://www.enysoccer.com/

Farmingdale United Win Their Fifth State Open Cup Championship

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

June 6, 2013-A long corner kick from Stringham Park in LaGrange proudly stands the United States Military Academy in West Point, the home of several cadets who went on to become five-star generals. At Stringham Park on June 2, Farmingdale United earned their fifth star as they have won the State Open Cup for an amazing five times.

While Farmingdale has been the dominant team in their age group (they are now playing Girls-Under-16), their championship games have come against five different opponents.

Farmingdale defeated the Lindenhurst Lady Flyers, 2-0, in the final between two Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) teams. Kelly Gerdis scored on a header off a corner kick at the start of the game and Kaitlyn Loughren added a second off a through-pass from Taylor Sipos two minutes later.

"We started well, played hard from the start and that was the difference in the game," said Farmingdale coach Jamie Gonzalez.

Farmingdale did not give up a single goal in their four State Cup wins this year, outscoring their opponents 14-0. They will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at the Regionals from June 28 to July 2 at the University of Rhode Island. Eastern New York is donating $2,000 to the team and paying all expense fees for the Regionals.

Lindenhurst received the Howard Rubenstein Sportsmanship Award as selected by the game officials. Now retired, Mr. Rubenstein was seemingly involved in every facet of New York soccer for decades and is a member of the Halls of Fame of Eastern New York, the US Amateur Soccer Association and the Long Island Junior Soccer League.

Bethpage’s Joan Connor Inducted Into the Eastern New York Soccer Hall of Fame

From left to right, Hall of Fame Chairperson Rocco Amoroso, Eastern New York State Adult Soccer Association President Sal Rapaglia, new Hall of Famer Joan Connor, Long Island Junior Soccer League President Addie Mattei-Iaia and Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association President Richard Christiano

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

December 11, 2013-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) and Eastern New York State Adult Soccer Association congratulate Joan Connor, who was inducted into the Eastern New York Soccer Hall of Fame at our 2013 Holiday Party on December 8 at Marina del Rey in the Bronx.

Joan has been involved in youth soccer for over 30 years, starting as an intramural coach in the Bethpage Soccer Club. As her children became older, she coached them on Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) travel teams. When Joan completed coaching her daughter Megan’s travel team (Under-10 through Under-19), Bethpage asked her to coach another team, which she gladly did. Seemingly doing it all, Joan also helped train coaches, served as the club president and club registrar.

In addition to her involvement on the club level, the Bethpage resident served the LIJSL as a games supervisor and coordinator, Chase, Waldbaum’s and Long Island Cup supervisor and coordinator. Joan has served on different committees within ENYYSA, including chairing the tournament control committee.

In 1999, Joan was elected as a member of the LIJSL Board of Directors and serves today as the 2nd Vice President. The LIJSL Hall of Famer is also the LIJSL registrar and tournament control chairperson plus a member of the scholarship and budget committees. She also volunteers her time to host the LIJSL Coaches Orientation courses which an amazing 10,500 coaches have completed.

"Joan has devoted a significant part of her life to youth soccer, spending many days and evenings volunteering her time for thousands of players, coaches and parents," commented LIJSL President Addie Mattei-Iaia, "It is only through the special dedication of people like Joan that the LIJSL has continued to provide opportunities for young players to succeed both athletically and with individual character building."

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.

Elizabeth Brantley Makes the Eastern New York Save of the Year

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

November 18, 2021-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce that goalkeeper Elizabeth Brantley made our 2021 Save of the Year.

The Oneonta resident makes an 160-mile round trip to play for the Capital United Blue Lightning, a Girls-Under-18 team in the Capital District Youth Soccer League (CDYSL).

The save can be seen here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A2JJAvg8pskGeNKzCYLJTLRN6VJsB9YW/view

Congratulations to Liz Brantley!

With approximately 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 Children With Special Needs. 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 onto http://www.enysoccer.com/

Tom Snyder Honored as a Top Referee in the Northeast

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

October 26, 2017-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce that one of our referees, Thomas Snyder of LaGrange, has been named National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) RefEDGE Referee of the Year-Northeast Region.

Tom first became involved in the world’s most popular sport when his parents registered him to play soccer at the age of five in the intramural soccer league for the LaGrange Soccer Club and he started refereeing while in college.

“I became involved in refereeing at the age of 19. During my sophomore year, the Fall Season had just ended and I knew I was no longer going to be playing soccer at Penn State Altoona, as I was going to be moving to the main campus of Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania at the conclusion of the spring semester,” Tom explained. “A course for new referees offered by the Hudson Valley Soccer Referee Association happened to be available over two weekends that fell during my fall break in November 2009. I knew that I still wanted to be involved with soccer in some capacity since I was no longer playing competitively, so I figured I’d give refereeing a try.”

The now 28-year-old also got the coaching bug and currently coaches in the East Hudson Youth Soccer League (EHYSL) Academy Program. He previously coached with the New York Red Bulls as well as several local EHYSL teams, in addition to volunteering and then as a student-assistant with the Penn State men’s team while completing his degree.

“I’ve known Thomas Snyder for several years both as a referee and as a coach and he has excelled in both areas,” commented EHYSL President Jim Purdy. “He has in the last few years taken a huge step as a referee where he has stood out as one of the best referees in the Northeast. His work as the match referee in professional, semi-professional and college games from D1 through junior college has only solidified the quality, knowledge and professionalism of his work. Last fall, I was told by a fellow longtime junior college head coach that Tom was the best referee he had working his team's matches in several years. I look forward to Tom continuing his rise and soon hope to be watching him refereeing MLS.”

Tom, the recipient of the 2014 Tony Mastreanni Rookie of the Year Award from a high school association, the Mid-Hudson Soccer Officials Association, has been a member of Eastern New York’s Elite Referee Program for the past three years.

He said, “Over the past three years, I have become a much better referee because of this program, as I’ve had the opportunity to learn from the many clinics run by Lee Suckle and Eastern New York's current and past top referees who come in and speak to us, as well as working games with the other referees involved with the group on a regular basis.”

Highlights of his referee career include being assigned to a final in the 2016 US Youth Soccer National Championships, being a part of the referee crew for the Boys-Under-14 final at the 2017 Dallas Cup plus the 2017 NPSL Final and his first professional games in the USL, NASL and NWSL.

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 Children With Special Needs. 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.

Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation Receives Grant

Anthony Navarino (on left), Director of Planning for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, accepts the checks from Burt Wilkes. The checks are from the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association and Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League.

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

December 13, 2012-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce that we have donated $2,000 to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation for Hurricane Sandy relief.

"If you were displaced through the hurricane or need other help, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is there to help you," commented Eastern New York Soccer Hall of Famer Burt Wilkes, President of the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League (CJSL). The CJSL has also donated $500 to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

(Photo right Anthony Navarino (on left), Director of Planning for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, accepts the checks from Burt Wilkes. The checks are from the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association and Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League.)

"I was at their Relief Center on Staten Island and a man was wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers sweatshirt so I kidded him that he’s in Jets and Giants territory," Mr. Wilkes continued. "Little did I realize that he drove all the way from Pittsburgh after filling up his U-Haul truck and also came with cash for Hurricane Sandy relief."

The sole purpose of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is to honor the legacy of love by FDNY’s Stephen Siller, who gave his life on 9/11. The Foundation does this by following Stephen’s footsteps of selflessness and love by "doing good" in his memory. It has established "In the Line of Duty" programs for Firefighters, First Responders and Military plus "Legacy of Love" programs to make a lasting and positive difference in the lives of children who have lost one or both parents.

For Hurricane Sandy victims, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation has established relief centers on Staten Island, in Gerritsen Beach and Red Hook in Brooklyn plus in Long Beach, Long Island. Join ENYYSA, the CJSL, Mayor Giuliani, Carl Banks, Robinson Cano and John Franco in contributing. For more information, log onto http://www.tunneltotowers.org/relief/

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 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.

Eastern New York Celebrates Valentine’s Day

By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer AssociationFebruary 14, 2023-The more than 100,000 players and coaches in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) from the East End of Long Island to the Canadian border love soccer but our non-profit organization is so large that many have a name that makes Valentine’s Day special to them:

22 players and 1 coach in Eastern New York have Valentine as a last name. Nobody has it as a first name.

28 players and 9 coaches have Valentino as a last name

. Nobody has it as a first name.A whopping 227 girl players and 1 male coach have Valentina as a first name as this name has become much more popular through the years. Nobody has Valentina as a last name.

16 female players, 12 male players and 1 male coach agree that “Love will find a way” as Love is their first name. An additional 59 players and 31 coaches have “love” in their last name.

3 girls are named after the Roman goddess of love. 1 has Venus as a first name while 2 have it as their surname.

176 female players, 9 male players and 3 female coaches have Rose as their first name. An additional 390 players and 29 coaches have “rose” in their surname.

55 female players, 3 male players, 4 female coaches and 3 male coaches all use Rosa as their first name. 58 players and 7 coaches have “rosa” in their last name.

Sending Flowers? Then send them to the 5 players with Flowers as their last name.

1 female player has the first name of Candy.

17 players and 14 coaches have Sweet as their surname.

If you sang, “That’s Amore,” 14 players and 2 coaches might turn around as “amore” is in their last name. An additional 15 players have “amour” in their surname.

We play soccer, not Cupid, so nobody has Cupid in their name but 20 players and 1 coach have “arrow” in their surname.

With approximately 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 10 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 Children With Special Needs. 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. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

Shannon Enderle Joins Eastern New York as Communications Associate

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

May 23, 2017-The non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is pleased to announce that Shannon Enderle has taken the role of Communications Associate in our office in Rockville Centre.

Shannon was an honor student at Adelphi University, where she recently graduated with a BA in Communications and Media Studies. The Valley Stream resident’s experience includes managing Social Media outlets, media production, media law and communications, market research, photography, video recording and editing. Shannon grew up playing youth soccer in Eastern New York for the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Soccer Club of the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL), starting as a 7-year-old, and she still plays soccer today.

“We are very pleased to welcome Shannon to the Eastern New York family,” commented ENYYSA President Richard Christiano.

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