By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
June 11, 2025-NYCFC South outlasted Asphalt Green, 3-2, in overtime in the Girls-Under-18 and 19 final on Sunday, June 1 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown to win the Barbara Rodriguez Cup. The cup’s namesake is a Northport resident who volunteered as State Cup Chairperson in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) for an amazing 23 years from 1992 to 2014.
Evangeline Perdomo scored both NYCFC goals in regulation while Isabella Fiorillo netted the winner in overtime.
NYCFC coach Bill Groel said, “It was a tight game and went into overtime. We had more substitutes on the bench which helped us today.”
Asphalt Green returned to Manhattan with the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award, which was determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died nine 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.
NYCFC South will represent Eastern New York at the East Regionals from June 28 to July 3 in Loudoun County, Virginia as part of the National Championship Series.
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/