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Tantrums and Solutions

By Tim Bradbury, Director of Coaching, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association

It is hard to go more than one week as a sports fan or soccer fan without witnessing another meltdown from a coach or a player. We have all been there, that moment in time when it just all becomes too much, and we lack the emotional awareness, fortitude or discipline to just hold it together. We invent colorful phrases, meltdown, throw a tantrum, throw your toys out of your carriage to try and encapsulate for those participating just how bad it looks.

Perhaps understandably, dealing with the recent pandemic, people of all ages were spending less time together and therefore less aware of how their actions may be perceived by others and less concerned with how well they were applying their social skills.

Within the youth soccer world, the following acting out moments are common in their occurrence:

1. Kids fighting on a field.

2. Kids cursing out refs, parents or other players.

3. Parents verbally attacking refs.

4. Kids refusing to do the handshake at the end of the game.

5. Kids having some form of emotional breakdown during the process of a game.

Less common but far too frequently we see:

Parents fighting parents.

Parents fighting refs.

Kids fighting refs.

Obviously, many of us and even those involved in the above, fully agree that all behaviors noted are simply unacceptable.

I offer the following for coaches and all to try in the hope that we can all keep our toys in our carriages.

Good Things Can Grow, Pay Them Forwards

By Tim Bradbury, Director of Coaching Instruction, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association

Despite all the screaming and kicking from those impacted by the new Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) trainer pass program, the 11 leagues agreed, and as of August 30, 2014, the new program will take effect. I honestly believe that two things are true and should be acknowledged by all:

1. 99% of parents want a suitably educated coach to help develop their child's love for sport.

2. This desire goes well beyond simply wanting an educated coach at their competitive games.

I have to admit that I really do not understand why people are surprised that ENYYSA is at last demanding that those professionals teaching the game to youth players have some sort of basic educational requirement. I would hope that any true professional coaches out there, who take pride in their craft, applaud the state for bringing some sense of professionalism to a multimillion dollar business.

How many of you reading this would send your child to a school where the teachers were nice, friendly and perhaps even cute, BUT had no teaching license?

Perhaps considering the current numbers of players (75%) that stop playing by age 13, and the rising percentage of obesity rates in the US, the same level of importance as having an educated and licensed teacher for a classroom should be applied to the principle of having a educated and licensed coach on a field.

The ENYYSA trainer pass program goes a long way to help raise the standards of the trainers in ENY, and helps parents know that the development of their child is in the hands of someone with some basic qualifications AT LEAST ON GAME DAY.

Unfortunately until every club within the 11 leagues adopts the program internally it does in no way guarantee that all training programs are conducted by qualified people. Without each and every club committing itself to the premise that all players deserve an educated trainer and adopting ENYYSA policy, many companies will simply send their staff with no basic qualifications to the U5, U6, U7 and U8 programs that they run. This policy of hiding underqualified staff in younger programs directly contradicts the advice given by both US Soccer and US Youth Soccer!

“…we must develop a culture and a way of thinking whereby highly skilled and qualified coaches are assigned to coach the younger players.”

– Jeff Tipping, Former NSCAA Director of Coaching

“Sports, when approached in the right way, can be as valuable as academics in the development of a happy child.”

– Dr. Edward M. Hallowell

“I don’t care if players at that age win a game. I want them to learn to love soccer and learn to deal with the round thing…”

– John Hackworth, Philadelphia Union, coach and youth development coordinator (talking about U10)

Perhaps the most crucial ages in developing the fundamental skills of the game and a love for the game is 5-8 year olds. These key years are the ones which set the tone for all to follow. I concur with the sentiment in the quotes above, these are the ages in which we need the most qualified, and gifted coaches, not a set of imposters trying to make thousands of dollars. If every club within the state simply adopts the ENYYSA trainer standard criteria, then these players will at least be afforded the same protection as their older counterparts.

I pray that the day will arrive shortly when our 11 leagues find a way to mandate a minimum standard of coaching for every coach within the state.

I admit to being somewhat ashamed that we are one of the remaining 18 states that have no mandatory requirement. Perhaps as a step towards this day, all clubs can at least impose some minimum standards on the professionals working with our most important age groups.

Pat Grecco Offers Tips on the College Search Process

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LIJSL and Eastern New York Hall of Famer Pat Grecco

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

October 8, 2015-Pat Grecco has been helping student/athletes from the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL), Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) and even across the United States and the world find the college of their dreams for over a generation. The LIJSL and Eastern New York Hall of Famer offers these tips for the college search process:

Sophomores and juniors, identify the colleges that have what you like; for example, your major, distance from home, your sport, size of school and social environment.

Do research on the schools and by senior year have your list down to about 6-8 schools where you will apply. Visit the schools, speak with the coaches, players, see a game or attend camp there.

Don’t focus on one school, have lots of options.

You will need to know:
1. Does the coach want me on the team, has coach seen me play?
2. Will I make the team and be offered a roster spot?
3. Is the position I play available on that team?
4. Can my family afford this school if I don't get any athletic, academic or financial aid
5. If you don't have a highlight video, get one as soon as possible!

Create a pipeline between your house and the office of the coach, e-mail the coach frequently and be sure to attach your updated Athletic-Academic Profile and drop in your video link. Be sure the video link is easily accessible to the coach, put in on You Tube, make it a one click stop for the coach. No group e-mails ever and be sure your video is updated with your current team, not your squad from the 9th Grade.

Let the coach know why you selected his or her school, i.e. academics, athletics, coaching style, demographics, social environment.

When you have reached your magic number of 6-8 schools, have your coaching references get in touch with the college coaches.

Keep your grades up and retake SAT/ACT. College coaches are looking for student/athletes with good grades. Better grades get more attention and can get you academic money.

Final thought, ask yourself this question, “If I could never play my sport again, would I still want to go to this college/university?”

To contact Pat with any questions, please e-mail her at soccervol@aol.com

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.

SYRA Lee Suckle Being Honored as Eastern New York’s Personality of the Month

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

March 6, 2018-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce that State Youth Referee Administrator (SYRA) Lee Suckle has been selected as our Personality of the Month for March. Lee was nominated by ENYYSA President Richard Christiano.

“Lee was one of the best referees ever in Eastern New York but an injury seven years ago was a bend, not an end, to his wonderful career,” commented President Christiano. “Although Lee still refs some top games today, he has concentrated on being the best instructor, assignor and assessor he could be and we are thrilled that he is leading our youth soccer refs today as our SYRA.”

Lee got his start in the world’s most popular sport as a 5-year-old in 1981 playing in a CYO recreational soccer league in Dayton, Ohio. His family moved to the Philippines and then to California and he started as an official as a 16-year-old in Cal North when he served as an assistant referee for the games that his father was refereeing.

“My father was in the Air Force and we moved back to the Midwest,” Lee explained. “I worked my way up the ladder for two years in Illinois to get an opportunity to attend the Region 2 Finals in '96. I will never forget the Boys-Under-14 final and still to this day have the game card I took notes on, Vardar vs. Scott Gallagher.”

It was a very quick climb up the officiating ladder as Lee then refereed the US Youth Soccer Nationals in 1998. After moving to New York just before the turn of the millennium, he refereed many adult finals in Eastern New York plus memorable games included refereeing the United Soccer Leagues Division 3 Professional Championship in 2005 between the Western Mass Pioneers and Richmond Kickers and the 2009 quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup between DC United and the Richmond Kickers.

Lee officiated in the Premier Development League from 1998 to 2004, the United Soccer Leagues from 2004 to 2010 and Major League Soccer from 2005 to 2010. Awards include the 2002 Silver Whistle Award (top ref) and 2009 Dedicated Service, both from the New York Soccer Referee Association (NYSRA), and 2009 Official of the Year Award from the local college chapter, the New York Metro Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NYMISOA). It was the first year that the NYMISOA general membership voted for this award and nobody has received as many votes for the award since.

“While Lee is a tremendous referee, I admire him more for stepping up and giving his time to fill a much needed requirement to develop Eastern New York’s next generation of superior referees,” explained NYMISOA President John Puglisi. “The amount of effort he puts in to helping develop referees on and off the field is incredible. Lee expertly manages the interests of the referee training program and Eastern New York soccer administration, which is no easy task.”

A back injury in 2011 forced the Garden City Park resident not to continue at the Professional and National Referee level. Today, he’s a National Emeritus Referee, National Referee Coach, State Instructor, National Assignor plus Director of Eastern New York’s Elite Referee Program, currently developing 20 officials into professional refs and assistant referees.

Plus Lee as SYRA and State Referee Administrator Klaus Mueller are the leaders of Eastern New York’s 2,900 registered referees. Both canvass the state to develop refs and they also attend many meetings across the state too.

And all this is in addition to Lee’s “real job” as Elevator Maintenance Mechanic, working for Nouveau Electric Inc. in Downtown Brooklyn. He has been a proud member of Local 3 IBEW Union since 1999.

Congratulations to Lee Suckle, Eastern New York’s Personality of the Month for March.

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2005 Division 3 championship game between the Western Mass Pioneers (white) and Richmond Kickers (orange). The officials in yellow are, from left to right, assistant referee Mark Passiatore, ref Lee Suckle, 4th official Mike Constantine and assistant referee Ken Heller.

Former ODP Player Vicki DiMartino Selected By Western New York Flash in Inaugural NWSL DRaft

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

January 24, 2013-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased that Vicki DiMartino was selected the inaugural National Women’s Soccer League draft on January 18. She was drafted by the Western New York Flash in the third round.

"I see her as a talented player with a big upside," Western New York coach Aaran Lines told BigAppleSoccer.com during the NWSL Draft at the Indiana Convention Center.

Vicki, a forward, should become the third of four sisters to play professional soccer in the United States, following in the footsteps of older sisters Christina and Gina. They played for the Philadelphia Independence in the now-defunct Women’s Professional Soccer. They have a younger sister, Rosie, the fourth sibling to standout at Massapequa High School who is expected to attend Boston College this fall.

The DiMartinos are the only four sisters to represent the United States in international soccer.

"Vicki has valuable youth international experience," Coach Lines commented. "She’s played on the U-23s. It is a player that I see that is at the next step below the National Team. I’ve yet to have a conversation with her. I am looking forward to catching up to her and having that conversation and we’ll take it from there. I see her as a talented player with a big upside."

Vicki played in 22 games for Boston College this past season, starting in 19, collecting two goals and six assists. She earned the Silver Boot as the second highest goal-scorer at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in 2008, leading the United States to the final. In her debut for the Long Island Fury in the Women’s Premier Soccer League in 2009, she was the league’s leading scorer and led the Fury to the WPSL national championship, all while being marked by defenders a decade older than her. A year later, she won the Under-20 World Cup with the United States.

During her youth soccer days in the Long Island Junior Soccer League, Vicki starred for the Albertson Fury as well as developing her skills with ENYYSA’s Olympic Development Program.

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.

Michael Passantino as the ENYYSA Boys Recreation Coach of the Year

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

October 11, 2012-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is excited to announce that Michael Passantino of the Our Lady Star of the Sea Bears has been selected as the Boys Recreation Coach of the Year. Mike has been coaching this Staten Island Youth Soccer League (SIYSL) team for the past five years.

Mike has coached the Bears from the SIYSL Division 4 up to their current place in Boys-Under-9, Division 2. Three of the mothers from the team nominated Mike, including Teresa Marino, who wrote, “He teaches the boys that winning is not everything but to give their best shot and work as a team. The team has stayed together and the families have become one big happy family thanks to Mike and his great way if coaching and the comfort and happiness of the kids who play for him. He never yells or shows favoritism. He is fair and gives each child an equal opportunity for positions and time on the field.”

“I could not imagine anybody but Mike coaching my son in a sport that he loves to play and Mike has made that possible with his own love of soccer.”

Mike is now being considered for Region 1 honors as well.

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 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.

Quickstrike 00’s Are Girls-Under-14 State Open Cup Champions

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

June 5, 2014-An intriguing Girls-Under-14 final between Quickstrike 00’s of the Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League (HVYSL) and Manhattan Santos of the Westchester Youth Soccer League (WYSL) resulted in a 2-0 win for Quickstrike. The game for supremacy in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) was played on Saturday, May 31 at Stringham Park in LaGrange.

Quickstrike coach Jesse Kolmel said, “We did such a good job of executing in the few minutes that the game presented itself for a goal.”

Katie Benson crossed the ball to Valerie Monaco, who scored on a header, and Allison Stagg added the insurance goal. Quickstrike’s Amye Zaleski had the shutout in goal.

Quickstrike received a $2,000 check from Eastern New York to defer the costs of playing in the Regionals from June 26 to July 1 in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Manhattan received the Howard Rubenstein Sportsmanship Award as selected by the match 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.

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.

The Awards Just Keep Coming for Crystal Dunn and Cari Roccaro

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

January 16, 2013-Crystal Dunn and Cari Roccaro grew up playing in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) Olympic Development Program, each playing ODP for six years, and used ODP as a springboard to college scholarships and representing the USA internationally. The many trophies they both received as girls in youth soccer have now become collegiate and international accolades.

They won the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan with the USA’s 1-0 win over Germany last September. Crystal assisted on fellow North Carolina Tar Heel Kealia Ohai’s goal, the only goal in the final, in the 44th minute. Cari was the youngest starter for the USA.

The two Long Islanders also spent their formative years in the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL), the largest league in ENYYSA.

Crystal played for the Rockville Centre Power, Rockville Centre Tornadoes and Albertson Fury ‘91. In the past week, she has received the Soccer America Women’s College Player of the Year Award, the MAC Hermann Trophy (soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy) and Soccer News Net Women’s College Boot, recognizing the National Player of the Year. Crystal is also the only player to receive Atlantic Coast Conference Defender of the Year honors twice.

The Rockville Centre resident’s Golden Goal gave the University of North Carolina a 2-1 win at BYU in the quarterfinals and set up Kealia Ohai for the Golden Goal that gave the Tar Heels a 1-0 victory over defending champion Stanford in the semifinals on the way to the NCAA championship.

"Crystal has a genuine love for the game and a true desire to be the very best," commented Tim Bradbury, ENYYSA’s Director of Coaching Instruction who coached her on the Power and Tornadoes. "She was the first to arrive at practice and the last to leave. Now when she comes home to Rockville Centre, she often plays against some of the boys teams I train."

"Crystal has really adapted her game to become a world-class defender," added Paul Riley, her coach with the Albertson Fury, "The assist in the Under-20 final sums her strengths: speed, great one-on-one ability and the poise to make the final ball count. She will play on the full women’s national team one day."

Cari competed for the LIJSL’s Albertson Fury ‘93, won the Women’s Premier Soccer League national championship with the Long Island Fury in 2009 and played for the New York Fury of WPSL Elite last summer. The East Islip resident was coached on all three teams by Riley.

"Cari might have been the youngest starter for the USA in the Under-20 World Cup but she proved her spot. Tough, tenacious, played against some top players and she was tremendous," said Coach Riley. "She has really worked hard at her game and her immense work rate and competitive style makes her a world class prospect."

"Coaching Cari over the last few years has been a privilege," added Riley. "Nobody puts more into her game and now she has her just rewards."

After her freshman season at Notre Dame, she was recently honored as the Soccer America Freshman of the Year, an award Crystal had won in 2010, and as the Big East Rookie of the Year.

Cari’s arrival in South Bend following the Under-20 Women’s World Cup, where Crystal was her roommate, coincided with a Notre Dame surge that resulted in the Irish sharing a Big East division title and advancing to the NCAA quarterfinals. Cari might have been a defender on the U.S. Under-20s but she played in attack for Notre Dame. She started all 16 matches she played in and ranked third on the team in goals (6), points (13), total shots (41) and shots on goal (21).

The Players Game – Please Give it Back

The Players Game – Please Give it Back

America is a wonderful place that I am delighted to call home. I may be British born, but I am enormously proud of my American citizenship. I find American parents, for the most part to be enormously caring and loving, willing to do almost anything for their children.

I find it bizarre how this enormous love for their children affects how they behave in the soccer world. I understand that American culture holds coaches in the greatest esteem. Forever portrayed by Hollywood as Yoda like figures with both enormous knowledge and power. The "coach" can do no wrong. It is the job of the coach to think for all his players, to provide the next play that will bring the goal, to design the magical DRILL (pain and repetition) that will lead to competitive dominance. The player’s job is to simply carry out the plan. I confess to never having played football, basketball or lacrosse and although I enjoy watching sport I remain baffled by how coach centered these sports appear. Coaches think, scream out the next order and the players, robot like, simply follow on.

Soccer is the player’s game. It belongs to them. They have to be allowed to think and yes make mistakes. This holiday season let’s give the game back to the kids. I travel around ENY watching game after game where the players are subjected to both coaches screaming orders at them and of course all the parents as well. Often rather than try and solve the soccer puzzle in front of them the decision they make is, "which order should I follow now?" Rather than figure out calmly where the next pass should be that helps team keep the ball, they react in fear as the volume of the orders gets louder and make no decision but simply launch the ball down the field.

Take a moment now to reflect on your performance as a parent or coach this past season. Look back at the number of times you shouted (yes it’s loud out there) any of the classic orders below:

1. Boot it, launch it.

2. Kick it.

3. Get it out of there.

4. Shoot.

5. Not backwards.

6. Dribble now.

7. Kick them.

8. Kick it out.

9. Not to your goalkeeper.

10. Don’t pass to….

Increasingly the most popular presentation I am asked to give is one based on player development. At the heart of this presentation is the question, when in American culture does development in sport come before winning? When is it okay to put skill development and tactical awareness before WE MUST win? Our youth players must be allowed to think for themselves and play the game in an atmosphere which is not based on "we have to win every game". Let them think, coaches learn to coach with questions in a calm voice, parents develop the skill of letting the players think, learn to smile, cry and watch without screaming out an order which is typically wrong, and based on how far the ball is away from your goal ( even if the other team have it).

At the next holiday party you attend take turns to try and make any decision while 14 other adults scream different instructions at you. Please feel free to make one of the voices more important and therefore louder than the rest. Call them coach if you like. I don’t think you will enjoy the process, even for thirty seconds, so imagine doing it for seventy five or ninety minutes.

Youth players are leaving the game in droves. Obesity rates in the youth of America continue to climb. How much FUN is it to feel that you have to win every game and not be allowed to think?

I ask that we simply give the game back to the kids. Let them think, let them develop skill sets through a possession based game. Let them play in an atmosphere that is calm and healthy. Make it your gift to them this holiday season.

Tim Bradbury

Director of Coaching Instruction

Frankie Pampin Receives the Eastern New York Boys Competitive Coach of the Year

Frankie Pampin on the left receiving the Boys Competitive Coach of the Year Award from Eastern New York President Richard Christiano

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

November 10, 2022-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce that Frankie Pampin received our Boys Competitive Coach of the Year Award at Eastern New York’s Hall of Fame Banquet celebrating our 50th anniversary at Marina del Rey in the Bronx. The festivities took place on Saturday, November 5.

Frankie also received the Boys Competitive Coach of the Year Award for the East Region and is up for National honors now as well.

Also named as Eastern New York Boys Competitive Coach of the Year was John Knight of Chatham. Both coaches are extraordinary and that is why two people won the same award.

Frankie Prampin took over the Boys-Under-10 Gunners Soccer Kids team in the fall of 2020. It’s a low-income team with few resources yet Frankie made an impact right away on the boys by teaching them fundamentals.

So in the spring of 2021, the Gunners took home the title in Division 2 of the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League (CJSL) plus the title of the Big Apple Youth Soccer League (BAYSL), going undefeated in the process. The team continued to improve and that fall, won CJSL Division 1 by going undefeated, the Metrokids Youth Soccer League by going undefeated plus the BAYSL. Last spring, Frankie and the boys took CJSL Division 1 undefeated plus the BAYSL undefeated in playing up a year in that league.

Aside from all these trophies, he gave nine of his players new opportunities with MLS Next programs such as the Red Bulls and New York City FC. Plus Frankie declined multiple coaching offers from MLS Next programs so he can continue to train the boys. He showed everybody that with hard work and determination, anything is possible!

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/

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