By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
June 6, 2024-Manuel Bolanos scored a hat trick as B/W Gottschee Blue bested East Coast FC Regional, 4-2, to win the Boys-Under-13 State Open Cup championship on June 1 at Stringham Park in LaGrange.
B/W Gottschee will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at the East Regionals from June 27 to July 3 in Charleston and Barboursville, West Virginia as part of the National Championship Series.Alexander Cifuengos scored B/W Gottschee’s other goal.
B/W Gottschee coach Henry Morales stated, “The final was a tough, even game and we scored two goals at the end to win the cup.”
B/W Gottschee Blue also received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died eight years ago, started the Long Island Junior Soccer League (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 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 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 US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log onto http://www.enysoccer.com/