One Busy Youth Soccer Weekend Ahead
New York Soccer News: All the State Cup finals will be played on the same weekend for the first time ever.
The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) hosts two State Cup competitions, the State Open Cup and the Arch Cup.
The State Open Cup is open to any team as its name implies but the teams who have traditionally won the competition have been the best premier teams.
The State Open Cup champs go on to Regionals and potentially Nationals as the State Open Cup is part of the national championship series.
The Arch Cup, sponsored by Arch Capital Group, is for travel teams only. The squads who are excluded from entering the competition are premier teams as well as teams who are in the league’s top division(s), depending on the size of the league.
The semifinals of both competitions will be played on team’s home fields on May 18 and 19.
For the first time ever, both competitions will play their finals on the same weekend, June 1 and 2 at centrally-located Stringham Park in the Dutchess County town of LaGrange. 33 finals––16 State Open Cup and 17 Arch Cup––will be played on Championship Weekend which will be a celebration of New York soccer.
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 nine 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.
