Sporting Gjøa Berg Bring the Boys-Under-15 Arch Cup Platinum Back to Brooklyn
New York Youth Soccer News: The soccer club is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year
Sporting Gjøa Berg of the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League (CJSL) dethroned the defending champs, Hicksville Barca of the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL), 3-1, to win Boys-Under-15 Arch Cup Platinum on June 9 at the Peter Collins Soccer Park in Plainview.
Lucas Bourbon, Eero Phillips and Daniel Safian scored for the Brooklyn-based team.
Sporting Gjøa Berg coach Lee Kellett explained, “We won today because of our possession, playing the ball around and kept fighting until the end.”
The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) would like to thank our title sponsor, Arch Capital Group, which writes insurance and reinsurance on a worldwide basis through operations in the United States, Bermuda, Canada and Europe, with a focus on specialty lines. Thanks, Arch Capital Group, for providing the funds so our players can keep on dreaming!
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.
