ASF's Athletes Participate in Regional Tournaments

ASF's Athletes Participate in Memorial Day Regional Tournaments

ASF's Afghan American FC, Ariana United FC, and Aryana Basketball Club competed in Memorial Day regional Soccer and Basketball tournaments in New York and New Jersey. Aryana BC won JSAG Championship, AAFC finished runners up in AASA's 2013 soccer Championship, and Ariana United made it to quarter-finals of Brishan FC tournament in New York.

 Aryana Basketball Club won men's open JSAG Memorial day tournament in Toms River, NY by defeating last year’s Champions in a thrilling final to be crowned the new JSAG Champions. It was an easy road to Championship where they faced a tough opponent, Toronto. Aryana BC was trailing by 18 points at the halftime, but their determination and hard work paid off as they overcame the deficit to win the Championship 73 - 70. The team was led by captain Yusuf Naim, Yousef Samey, Ali Samey, Zak Siddiq, Naqeeb Barekzai, tournament MVP David Amin, and Yusuf Ansary who made the last second winning shot(video). 

AAFC had a slow start, but managed to secure their spot in the Championship of AAFC Memorial day tournament by a 4 -0 triumph over local NJ team, Maiwand in the Semi finals. They are a young squad with highly talented players especially Idrees Amin who was solid thoughtout the tournament. The Championship game was exciting and high tempo as both teams fought hard to find the back of the net. It was   0 - 0 till the 80th minute and it seemed as if the game was going to overtime. However, AAFC was caught off guard on a counter attack and resulted in Toronto FC scoring a goal with minutes left to the game to win the championship. 

Afghan American Sports Association did an excellent job in hosting a fun and competitive Soccer tournament for the athletes as well as facilitating a friendly environment for the Afghan Community residing in the region.