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Another winning weekend for BWG soccer
The BW Gottschee 2008 squad had
a tremendous weekend of soccer.
On May 19, they squared off
with FC Westchester in the New York
Cup semifi nal. It was a rematch of last
year’s semifi nals which saw FC Westchester
come away with the victory
and eventually go on to win the State
Championship.
This year’s result would not be
the same, however, as the Queens
side fl ipped the script by beating the
reigning champs to put themselves in
the fi nal.
In league play, several of the 2008s
were pushed “up” to play in the 2007
league game with Oakwood. Each
player justifi ed the coaches’ decisions
as they provided the needed boost to
proper our Gottschee ‘07s over their
guests from Hartford.
On Sunday evening, the 2008 team
put themselves in the U11 City Cup
Final with a convincing win over SC
Gjoa U11s. They’ll be facing Gottschee
‘07 squad, which advanced with a win
over Elephteria.
Legendary referee Emil Cohill is
being brought out of retirement to
offi ciate the game as the league needs
the most experienced man for the job.
Finally, the BW Gottschee 2005 team
qualifi ed for the New York Cup Final
with a win over Clarkstown 4-1. The
boys will face Ronkonkoma in the fi nal.
Queens Predators cap a championship season
BY RANDY VOGT
The Queens Predators FC 04 of
the Metrokids Interregional
Soccer League (MIRSL) won
the Boys-Under-14 Eastern New York
Premier League (ENYPL) title this
spring with a 7-0-1 record, scoring 19
goals and giving up only 4.
“We are a young and small club,
less than two years old but with the
desire to continue growing and for us
it is with great pride to be able to win
this championship,” explained coach
Alberto Entivero. “Our unity and
camaraderie are very important, that
we all have the same goal to prepare
ourselves physically and mentally for
the challenges of the ENYPL competition.
We all work as a team to push the
boys to be the best they can be.”
The Predators won the MIRSL titles
in fall 2016 and spring 2017; they also
captured Pennsylvania’s FC Europa
Turf Cup and the Washingtonville
Harvest Cup last year, and earlier this
year, they took the Metrokids and the
HonduBronx Indoor Tournaments.
“Support is also very important, not
just from the coaching staff but from
the team families as a whole. We are
not just a team, but a family and that
is a big key to our success,” Entiveri
added.
The ENYPL is the oldest continuous
Premier League in the United States
and is playing in its 18th year in 2018.
Under the direction of ENYPL Chairperson
Andreas Touros, teams from
eight member leagues from all over
the Eastern New York Youth Soccer
Association (ENYYSA) formed the
ENYPL for the 2018 Spring Season.
For more information, log on to
enysoccer.com, which receives nearly
300,000 hits annually from the growPhoto
courtesy of the Queens Predators ing soccer community.