The Merrick/South Merrick Impact topped Big Apple Manchester
New York Youth Soccer News: The Merrick/South Merrick Impact of the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) topped Big Apple Manchester of the Big Apple Youth Soccer League (BAYSL), 2-1, on June 13 at the Peter Collins Soccer Park in Plainview to capture the Girls-Under-14 Arch Capital Group Cup.
Kristen Dobkowski netted a goal off an assist from Kayla Schneider and Emily Rawson scored as well for the new champs.
“We play a lot of give-and-go but it was very difficult against Big Apple because of their high offside line,” commented Merrick/South Merrick coach Luis Alberto.
Coach Alberto played professionally for the famed Boca Juniors in his native Argentina before coming to the United States and competing for the New York Arrows and New York Express of the old Major Indoor Soccer League.
Merrick/South Merrick also received the Howard Rubenstein Sportsmanship Award for the Fair Play they demonstrated on the field. Now retired, Mr. Rubenstein was seemingly involved in 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.
The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) would like to thank our 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.
“This cup competition is a great event in that it gives young people an opportunity to experience high levels of competition. And you don’t have to be the best team in the state to win a championship with the Arch Capital Group Cup,” said Brian Hughes, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary of Arch Capital.
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 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. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Special Children. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer Association. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/, which receives nearly 300,000 hits annually from the growing soccer community.
