Mineola Port Soccer Club to Field First Women’s Team

The Mineola Portuguese Soccer Club is fielding a number of new teams this spring, including its first adult women’s team.

According to a press release Monday, the club’s existing two men’s amateur and three youth teams will be joined by 4 additional youth teams in the Just Say Soccer League along with a new adult women’s amateur team in the LISFL.

The club will field an organizational record by fielding the 10 teams and over 200 players at the same time.

The 2011 New York State Manning Cup Champion Mineola Portuguese Soccer Club’s (MPSC) trademark Premier team will be looking to win the club’s first ever League Cup in the spring, with a seventh League Championship still in sight.

“With the core of the team back and several key additions, we are looking for a strong close to the season,” vice-president and Captain Georgi Spanos said.

Vice-president Daniel Carlos said the club’s reserves are “red-hot” and are currently awaiting NYGA in the State Cup Sweet Sixteen, are in the League Cup Semi-Finals and tied for first place overall in the LISFL.

The club’s other programs are also growing including the youth teams. “We are getting applications to join every day, the club is accommodating everyone we can” club president Marco Dafonte said. The MSPC has seven teams in the 6-10 year-old age group. The existing three youth teams have yet to lose a single game in the 2011-12 season and have already brought home four prominent tournament cups.

The LISFL and President Gus Xikis have brought a nationally affiliated women’s soccer league back to Long Island. Due to Woman’s Professional Soccer halting its 2012 season, professional and NCAA Division 1 Student-Athletes have begun signing onto the first-ever MPSC-Women’s team.