Alleycats Academy Red Bring the Girls-Under-12 State Open Cup Title Back to Albany
New York Youth Soccer News: The Alleycats have traditionally done very well in this age group
From 2009 to 2014, the Alleycats of the Capital District Youth Soccer League (CDYSL) won six consecutive Girls-Under-12 State Open Cup Small-Sided championships. Perhaps they have just started another streak on June 2, 2018, at Stringham Park in LaGrange.
Alleycats Academy Red topped SDA East of the Mid-State New York Soccer League, 4-2, in the Girls-Under-12 final. Leonni Griffin scored two goals while Casey Holstein and Grace Renaud added one goal apiece.
Alleycats coach Chris Le stated, “Once the girls settled in and got their composure, we won the 50-50 balls.”
Alleycats is also taking the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award, as determined by the game officials, back to Albany. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died in 2016, started the Sportsmanship Program of the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) 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.
Alleycats will represent the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) at the Regionals from June 29 to July 3 in Spotsylvania, Virginia as part of the National Championship Series.
Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association: 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) reaches 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.
