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Welcome Parents, Players & Coaches. Why Soccer?. Most popular game in the world … 270,000,000 registered players worldwide Tens of millions more unregistered players In 207 countries One of the fastest growing youth sports in the U.S.
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Why Soccer? • Most popular game in the world… • 270,000,000 registered players worldwide • Tens of millions more unregistered players • In 207 countries • One of the fastest growing youth sports in the U.S. • Over 1 billion people will watch the World Cup this summer in Brazil • Soccer is a Universal Language….
Is it for the Passion of the fans who come to worship their heroes?
Or is it to just because we love to play? • Love to be with our friends? • Love to discover how far we can push ourselves? • Love the life lessons it gives us…… • Love that when someone says ‘Why Soccer?’ I can say ‘why not’ • Love to know that I could be part of a game like this……
3 min video AC Milan vs Liverpool • You’ll Never Walk Alone
BU14 Stony Brook Rush Boca Red – NYPL Fall Champions, NY Cup Last 16, Massapequa Showcase Runners-Up
STONY BROOK RUSH CREW – LIJSL Divisional Champions, Long Island Cup Winners 2013
GU13 Stony Brook Rush Real Madrid – Northport/CH Memorial Day - Champions
STONY BROOK RUSH BARCELONA – NYPL CHAMPIONS Fall 2013, Qualified for Last 16 of NY State Cup
BU12 Stony Brook Rush Dortmund – LIJSL Fall League Champions
BU13 Stony Brook AC Milan – Long Island Soccer Shootout – 1st Place BU13 STONY BROOK RUSH AC MILAN – LONG ISLAND SOCCER SHOOTOUT – 1st Place
BU12 STONY BROOK RUSH BAYERN BOYS MAKE EASTERN NEW YORK STATE TEAM Ben Witover & Brennan Foster
Tyler Flaherty (Stony Brook Rush Boca Red) – Boys U14 Rush National Select Team
Morgan Pius from Stony Brook Rush Spirit GU15 makes ENY State Team
Stony Brook Rush BU15 Red Devils - Josue Martinez & Jared Lee Rush National Select Team with SB Coach Roberto Guardado
Ben Hamilton and Elvis Vasqulezselected for U.S.National Pool Training Center
Congratulations also to… Accepted into the NYC Soccer Hall of Fame – Mark Lugris
And Eric Morracommitting to LIU Post Stony Brook Knights U18 Long Island ODP ENY State ODP Rush Select
Our efforts to improve the lives in our communities Hurricane Sandy 2012 – Food Collection
And ends up in places like these…. Bali, Cameroon, West Africa
Through the REACH Program (Rush Equipment Assisting Children), Rush Soccer supports disadvantaged youth in developing countries by partnering with Rush clubs, schools, non-profit organizations, and communities to provide soccer uniforms and equipment. By linking equipment donations to on-the-ground programs that develop youth soccer skills and promote health and education, REACH is contributing to stronger, healthier communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. • Since its launch in 2002, Reach has distributed hundreds of thousands of pieces of soccer gear to more than 30 developing countries around the world.