Long time Eleftheria Pancyprian and NY Pancyprian Freedom player Tasos Polydefkis had the decisive goal in the 45” to make the NY Pancyprian Freedoms O-30 victorious over the NY Greek American Soccer Club O-30 in the ENYSSA Gerhard Mengel Amateur Cup final.

The NYPF O-30 path to the final was strong and decisive. In the quarter finals, NYPF O-30 smashed FC Sandzak NYC 13-3, and then went on to beat Central Park Rangers Old Boys by a whopping 9-1 in the semi-finals. The final against NY Greek American Soccer Club O-30 proved tougher and the 1-0 victory on a windy December 2, 2021 night at SUNY Maritime College was all that they needed to be crowned champions.

Led by Eleftheria Pancyprian Soccer Club former youth players and current coaches – Billy Antoniou, Alex Arvanitis, Tasos Polydefkis, Panos Onisiforou – the team features many former EPSC players such as Andreas Chronis, Nick Christopher, in addition to Georgi Spanos, Frank Spanos, Demetri Touros and Tommy Vlahos. Steering the ship was Peter “Greek Mourinho” Nikolakakos.

The USASA Region 1 Gerhard Mengel Cup Final will be played in April 2022 and will feature the ENYSSA champion The NY Pancyprian Freedoms vs the Massachusetts champion Battery Park Gunners.