The Hudson Valley’s Quickstrike 00’s Are Girls-Under-14 State Open Cup Champions

An intriguing Girls-Under-14 final between Quickstrike 00’s of the Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League (HVYSL) and Manhattan Santos of the Westchester Youth Soccer League (WYSL) resulted in a 2-0 win for Quickstrike. The game for supremacy in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) was played on Saturday, May 31 at Stringham Park in LaGrange.

Quickstrike coach Jesse Kolmel said, “We did such a good job of executing in the few minutes that the game presented itself for a goal.”

Katie Benson crossed the ball to Valerie Monaco, who scored on a header, and Allison Stagg added the insurance goal. Quickstrike’s Amye Zaleski had the shutout in goal.

Quickstrike received a $2,000 check from Eastern New York to defer the costs of playing in the Regionals from June 26 to July 1 in Kingston, Rhode Island.