2022 Top 10 Moments
Written by Michael Lewis The Long Island Rough Riders certainly enjoyed a successful and active year on many levels as it’s current teams and players and a few alumni made news and headlines. Here is a look at the Riders’ top 10 stories in 2022: 1. Only second to one In one of the best […]
2 Rough Riders Sign Pro Contracts
Written by Michael Lewis A pair of former Long Island Rough Riders standouts who were key members of the 2022 team that reached the USL League Two final are heading to the pros. Defender Jayden Reid signed a Major League Soccer Homegrown contract with the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer and forward […]
2022 Super Y League Finals
Written by Michael Lewis Sometimes you’ve got to experience something to get better at it. Take, for example, the Long Island Rough Riders Boys Under-14 team. Last year the squad struggled at the USL Super Y Nationals in Tampa, Fla. “That first years’ experience was a tough learning experience in terms of results,” head coach […]
Rough Riders in the World Cup: Joseph Scally
Written by Michael Lewis When a soccer player is nine- or 10-years-old, no one, not even the best coaches in the world, can predict how far they will go. That went for U.S. men’s national team’s 19-year-old defender Joe Scally as well. About a decade ago, the Lake Grove, N.Y. resident was a member of […]
Event Recap: World Cup Watch Party
Written by Michael Lewis UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Soccer fans of all ages sometimes cheered, sometimes groaned and sometimes applauded at a World Cup Watch Party at the Mitchel Field Complex Indoor Facility for a highly anticipated World Cup showdown on Friday afternoon. While there were no goals scored and no winner of the U.S. men’s […]
Rough Riders in the World Cup: Wilmer Cabrera
Written by Michael Lewis With the U.S. men’s national team coming off a 1-1 draw vs. Wales in their first game of the World Cup in Qatar, the Long Island Rough Riders start a series on players who wore the team’s colors who participated in what many people consider to be “The Greatest Show on […]
Rough Riders in the World Cup: Tony Meola
Written by Michael Lewis With the U.S. men’s national team coming off a 1-1 draw vs. Wales in their first game of the World Cup in Qatar, the Long Island Rough Riders start a series on players who wore the team’s colors who participated in what many people consider to be “The Greatest Show on […]
World Cup Camp and Watch Party
Written by Michael Lewis UNIONDALE, NY. –Nassau County and the Long Island Rough Riders are proud to announce they will host a FREE World Cup Watch Party for the United States-England match at the Mitchel Field Complex Indoor Facility located in Uniondale N.Y. at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25. The Watch Party is in […]
James Castoro – USL Academy to County Finals
Written by Michael Lewis As a student of his craft, James Castoro always possessed a superior skillset to become a top goalkeeper. When he found his voice on the field, it just put him into a higher orbit. Castoro, a member of the Long Island Rough Riders Academy, has backstopped the Garden City High School […]
Defensive Player of the Year | Bjarne Thiesen
Written by Michael Lewis Someone mentioned Bjarne Thiesen’s name and Tom Bowen didn’t hesitate to wax poetic about the Long Island Rough Riders center back. And rightfully so – for so many reasons. “I truly believe he’s the best 1 v 1 defender that I’ve worked with,” the Rough Riders head coach said. And that […]