By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
April 8, 2025-The Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL), the largest league in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA), inducted three volunteers into the LIJSL Hall of Fame on Sunday, April 6 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Smithtown.
Michael Saint Laurent has been President of the Central Islip Soccer Club for the past 15 years and coaches several teams every season. With its large Latino population, Central Islip has great potential as a soccer community and that potential is becoming a reality under Michael’s inclusive policies by making soccer accessible to every family regardless of financial status or the child’s skill level. Several of the club’s players have gone on to play college soccer as Michael has become a role model in the community.
Gina Titus coached the Stony Brook Panthers squad for a dozen years and was assistant coach for the girls varsity soccer team at Ward Melville High School from 1996 to ’98. She then volunteered as tournament director from 2001 to 2012 for the Long Island Soccer Shootout that was played at the Three Village Soccer Park. She was Chairperson of the hugely popular LIJSL Convention at the Huntington Hilton for nearly two decades and served on various other LIJSL committees. For the past decade, Gina has volunteered as President of the Long Island Ladies Soccer League and its 60+ teams in six divisions are a place for LIJSL girls to play after they graduate from youth soccer.
Michael Lombardi coached his children—Danielle, Michael and Christine—when they were growing up in the West Islip Soccer Club and has been the Club President for the past dozen years. During his tenure as President, Mike has helped develop a new lighted soccer field that’s coming soon, built and manages the club’s highly-successful concession stand, expanded the Adam Novellano Indoor Tournament to over 400 teams, partnered the club to form the Long Island Soccer Classic tourney with over 500 teams every summer plus expanded the club’s High Flyers TOPSoccer Program. Additionally, Mike leads the club in West Islip’s Annual Memorial Day Parade plus is a LIJSL and high school referee.
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 on to http://www.enysoccer.com/