Stepping back but hoping for a brighter future

It was a good weekend for Irish soccer in New York.

On Friday night in Queens, the Bronx-based Lansdowne soccer club secured their second Cosmopolitan Soccer League title in a row, confirming their status as the dominant amateur club in this neck of the woods.

It’s some achievement, essentially the fifth tier of the game in the US and the top amateur league in New York - even though describing those teams at the upper end of the table as “amateur” is a little inaccurate.