By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
 
June 15, 2016-The Bellmore Icicles of the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) were the defending Arch Capital Group Cup champs but their reign was ended by another LIJSL team, the Levittown Lady Galaxy, which shut out Bellmore, 7-0.
 
This Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) Girls-Under-11 championship game was played at the Peter Collins Soccer Park in Plainview on June 11.
 
Daniella Monzon and Hailey Hnis each scored two-goal braces while Emma Hoesten, Liana Mejia and Kaitlyn Tung each scored one goal for Levittown. Keeper Lexie Thompson received the shutout in goal.
 
“We’ve played Bellmore in close games many times but they were missing players today. We put it all together in today’s game,” stated Levittown head coach Kris Tung, who is assisted by Tom Bray.
 
Bellmore received the Howard Rubenstein Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Now living in Kentucky, Mr. Rubenstein was President of ENYYSA from 1980 to 1984.
 
Eastern New York would like to thank our sponsor, Arch Capital Group, which writes insurance and reinsurance on a worldwide basis through operations in the United States, Bermuda, Canada and Europe, with a focus on specialty lines.
 
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 onto http://www.enysoccer.com/, which receives nearly 300,000 hits annually from the growing soccer community.