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

June 5, 2026-In a match-up between two teams that are five miles apart, Dix Hills Angel City won their second consecutive state championship by defeating the Commack Crossfire, 3-0. This final for the Barry Salter Cup, emblematic of the Girls-Under-14 State Cup Championship, was played on Saturday, May 30 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown.

Macie Mazzella, Kailey Pierce and Lucia Bucobo scored Dix Hills’ goals while keeper Paige Bauz had the shutout in net. 

Dix Hills coach Thriston Briscoe stated, “Our girls wanted it more as we had lost to Commack the last time we played. They have bought into what we are teaching.”

Commack received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died a decade 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.

Dix Hills will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) as they play for the national championship on July 16 to 23 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The cup’s namesake, Barry Salter, volunteered as President of ENYYSA from 2006-10 as well as previously serving in the same role with the Westchester Youth Soccer League (WYSL). He was inducted into the Halls of Fame of both groups.

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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

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

June 4, 2026-Fox Soccer Academy from the Hudson Valley topped Long Island’s Huntington Inter Stars, 2-1, to win the Girls-Under-13 State Cup Championship on Saturday, May 30 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown.

Leonela Enamorado and D’ree Murray scored Fox Soccer Academy’s goals. 

Their coach, Juan Zambrano, explained that “it was a very intense game. Huntington Inter is very good!”

Fox Soccer Academy added the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials to their overflowing trophy case. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died a decade 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.

Fox Soccer Academy will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at the Nationals on July 16 to 23 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

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

June 10, 2026-It was fitting that a squad from Long Island would win the Peter Collins Cup as the cup’s namesake volunteered as Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) President from 1977 to 2004, coached the Hicksville Minutemen to the Boys-Under-19 national finals and was a U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer and U.S. Soccer Life Member.

New York Hota Bavarian won their second consecutive state title by defeating Saratoga-Wilton, 6-1, in the Boys-Under-18 and 19 State Cup Championship on Saturday, May 30 under sunny skies at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown.

Jack Darlington, Thomas Fargione, Drew Lennon, Sean Mahoney, Jack Velatanga and Ray Zavala Pinto scored Hota’s goals.
Hota coach Damiano Diliberti said, “We have a good squad with a lot of continuity of players.”

Hota will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at Nationals from July 13 to 20 in Salt Lake City.

Saratoga-Wilton did not leave Middletown empty-handed as they received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member, started the LIJSL Sportsmanship Program in 1980 to improve behavior on soccer fields and it spread to Eastern New York, nationally and then to China and Ireland.

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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

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

June 9, 2026-Two teams from New York City, Triboro United and South Bronx United, needed a penalty kick shootout to determine the champion after tying, 1-1, in the Boys-Under-17 final on Saturday, May 30 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown. Triboro United received the Jose Vargas Cup by winning the shootout, 3-2.

The cup’s namesake, Jose Vargas, was a man of many hats (and many hats that had many feathers) who served as State Referee Administrator, State Youth Referee Administrator and State Director of Assessment as well as President of the Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League (HVYSL) and East Fishkill Soccer Club.

Triboro United coach Andre Duncan stated, “We held our own and defended very well against a very good attacking team in South Bronx United. Our goalkeeper, Bryan Calero, came up big in making 10 saves including two on penalty kicks in the shootout.”

Johan Gamboa scored the Triboro United goal and they will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at Nationals from July 13 to 20 in Salt Lake City.

South Bronx United did not leave Middletown empty-handed as they received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as 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.

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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

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

June 6, 2026-Winning their semifinal and quarterfinal games in penalty kick shootouts after scoring one goal in each game, the floodgates opened for Brooklyn United in the Boys-Under-15 final and they defeated Clarkstown, 8-2. This match for the Ray Wolfe Cup was played on Saturday, May 30 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown. 

The cup’s honoree played in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League, coached in the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League (CJSL) and was State Youth Referee Administrator (SYRA) of the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) for nearly a decade before passing away seven years ago.

Brooklyn United coach Andrew Giraldo explained, “The boys walked into our third final this spring and were very nervous after losing the previous two. Really happy to win the State Cup Championship and win one trophy this spring. The boys have been working very hard.”

Neil Duff scored two goals while Thomas Bogdahm, Julian Cavallaro, Liev Cohen, Beckett Lemire, Henry Todd and Louka Valdes-Habib each netted one to bring the Ray Wolfe Cup back to Brooklyn.

Clarkstown received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as 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.

Brooklyn United will represent Eastern New York at Nationals from July 16 to 23 in Salt Lake City.

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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

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

June 5, 2026-Albion Brooklyn Academy topped the Hauppauge Rush, 2-1, on Saturday, May 30 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown in a final played for the Howard Rubenstein Cup, emblematic of the Boys-Under-14 State Open Cup title in the Eastern New York  Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA).

Rubenstein volunteered in seemingly 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 (LIJSL). 

“My keeper, Felix Curran, made some amazing saves,” Albion coach Tom Ginn explained. “Hauppauge made the game difficult for us.”

Albion’s Sarat Gangali picked a great time to score his first goal of the season and Dylan Diker scored the game-winner, just as he did in the semifinal, a 2-1 win over Brentwood Premier.

Albion will play for the national championship from July 16 to 23 in Salt Lake City.

Happauge did not leave Orange County empty-handed as they received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died a decade ago, started the LIJSL Sportsmanship Program in 1980 and it spread to Eastern New York, nationally and then to China and Ireland.

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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/

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

June 4, 2026-Brooklyn United shut out South Shore FC Milan, 2-0, to win the Boys-Under-13 State Cup Championship. This Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) final match was played on Saturday, May 30 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown.

Shiloh Teets scored both goals and goalkeeper Rio Ortiz had the shutout in net, which included saving a penalty kick.

“It was an intense game against a very good opponent. South Shore really challenged us,” Brooklyn United coach Ronald Stanislaus commented.

Brooklyn United will represent Eastern New York at Nationals from July 16 to 23 in Salt Lake City.

Brooklyn United also received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials to add to their growing trophy case. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died a decade 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, east of Route 81. ENYYSA encourages 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 US Soccer and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/