The Lynx (CDYSL) won the State Open Cup championship for the second consecutive year as they outlasted the Long Island Junior Soccer League’s Massapequa Stars, 3-2, in overtime at Stringham Park in LaGrange on June 2. Both Morgan Burchhardt and Skye Kaler, both of Burnt Hills, came up big for the Alleycats. Burchhardt scored both goals in regulation and Kaler won it with a header in the 118th minute to bring the title back to Albany again.
“It was an absolute battle,” said Alleycats coach Mark Van Leuven. “The final had two good teams that left it all on the field.”
The Alleycats also received the Howard Rubenstein Sportsmanship Award. Now living in Ohio, 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.
Eastern New York is donating $2,000 to the team and paying all expense fees for regionals.
