Roby Young, a top international player captaining Israel in the late 60's, trememdous club player, named player of the millennium for his club team of Hapoel Haifa, Soccer Bowl winner with the New York Cosmos, decades at the Buckley School and he had coached both the men and women at Queens College. Roby is not just one of the best soccer people I know, he is one of the best people I have met, having known him since 1982 and accompanied him as he took his middle son, Irad and his youth team to the FIFA World Cup in Mexico in 1986.
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May 11, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
Contributed by Steven Torres
Soccer Long Island Magazine rewinds this week to almost three decades ago, when a Canadian men's national team’s success of qualifying for several FIFA tournaments (Olympic Games, World Cup, etc.) helped lead them to the 1990 North American Nations Cup.
The North American Cup, that included Mexico and United States, was held entirely at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia from May 6-13, 1990.
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A John Cena autographed Belt to be auctioned off. May 9, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
Contributed by Steven Torres
Jacksonville Armada FC and Miami FC 2 of National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) advanced to the second round of 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday evening, after posting shut out victories over Sima Águilas of Premier Development League (PDL) and United States Adult Soccer Association’s Red Force FC, respectively.
read May 9, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
In a game that was all but over no sooner than it began and harkened back to the 7-0 NYRB win at Yankee Stadium, the home team was dominant. It was 2-0 minutes in ending 4-0 and it was not that close. The winners came out with such high energy keeping the visitors back on their heels and never looked back. This may have served as the coming out party for Kaku as he drew first blood with his third goal and assisted on the next just 2 minutes later then on the goal by BWP half an hour after that.
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