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About the Team: About the Coaching: Paul Riley has been successful coaching at every level of soccer. He coached the CW Post College men's soccer team from 1989 to 1998, leading the Pioneers to the NCAA tournament three times. Riley then coached the Long Island Rough Riders from 1999 to 2004, a major highlight being winning the 2003 USISL national championship on a shoestring budget. He coached the Long Island Fury to the WPSL national championship in 2006.
He is also the Director of Coaching for the Albertson Soccer Club, one of the top ranked soccer clubs nationally according to a 2005 Soccer America poll.
Riley played collegiate soccer at Adelphi University and he still holds the Panthers' all-time assist and all-time points records. He played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s for the New Jersey Eagles, Albany Capitals and Long Island Rough Riders, captaining Teddy's troops to the 1995 national championship.
The native of Liverpool, England grew up a short corner kick from Penny Lane, made famous in the 1967 Beatles song. A lifelong fan of the Liverpool Reds, the Long Island Fury will wear red plus navy blue, the latter being the color of its youth teams.
Type of Players: International, college, high school and those who have graduated from college.
Local Colleges: Hofstra, Adelphi, CW Post, Stony Brook, Queens, New York Institute of Technology, St. Joseph's, Dowling, St. John's.
Player Tryouts: Tuesday, May 8 and Tuesday, May 15, both at 8 pm at Michael Tully Park in New Hyde Park, Long Island. |
