Williamsburg International F.C.

Full name	Williamsburg International Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Doylies WIFC
Founded	2011 (2011) as "Doyle's Corner Football Club"
Ground	McCarren Park, Bushwick Inlet Park
President	John Erganian
Head Coach	Daniel Ochoa
League	Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Williamsburg International F.C. is an American amateur football club based in Brooklyn, New York. Established in 2011, the club has two teams in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. Williamsburg International F.C. are the current Metro Division 2 Champions^[1]

History

Williamsburg International Football Club was founded in 2011 as "Doyle's Corner Football Club" in New York City. The club initially played in the weeknight leagues of Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn before joining the Cosmopolitan Soccer League in August 2013. The club plays home matches at Bushwick Inlet Park in the Fall and at McCarren Park in the Spring.

2015-2016 Season

With an influx of new teams, the Cosmopolitan Soccer League's Metro 2 Division was split into two groups of ten teams. Williamsburg International (WIFC) kicked off the 2015-2016 season on September 13, 2014 against rivals FC Partizani at Bushwick Inlet Park. The home team came away with a 7-3 victory to continue their undefeated streak in home openers. With only one tie and one loss in the run up to the Winter Break, WIFC found themselves in second position in the league. Following a tie with league Leaders BW Gottschee, WIFC finished the season with seven consecutive wins to clinch the Metro Division 2 Eastern Conference.

In the final game of the season, WIFC faced off against the Metro Division 2 Western Conference Champions Shamrock 1960 SC. Through a Mark Gallagher goal and a Andreas Moudatsos brace, WIFC won the game 3-0 to be crowned the Metro Division 2 Champions.

2014-2015 Season

On September 9, 2014, Williamsburg International kicked off the 2014-2015 season with a resounding 5-2 victory over FC Partizani at Bushwick Inlet Park. Their winning ways continued in the following weeks with a 15-2 dismantling of Metro City Fury FC and a 10-2 drubbing of NY Galicia. The streak came to a grinding halt with a 2-1 loss to Barnstonworth Rovers Metro at the Red Hook Playground. After a rough stretch to start 2015, the team finished off the season with victories over SC Eintracht 5-2 at Randall's Island and over FC Partizani 4-1 at Staten Island's Greenbelt Recreational Center. The team finished the 2014-15 in eighth place in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League's Metro 2 Division.^[2]

At the Cosmopolitan Soccer League's Annual Meeting in August 2015, Williamsburg International F.C. were awarded the Cosmopolitan Soccer League 2014-15 Metro 2 Division Fair Play Award for the second consecutive year.

2013-2014 Season

On September 8, 2013, Williamsburg International played its first competitive match in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League's Metro 2 division. The Doylies came from behind to defeat Brishna 5-4 at Bushwick Inlet Park, with Andrew Hilland knocking in the winner in the closing minutes. An up and down Fall campaign was followed by a fantastic stretch of seven straight victories in the Spring. The team finished in fourth place with nine wins, five losses, and two draws in its first season.^[3] The team's leading scorer on the season was Andreas Moudatsos, who finished with 11 goals in all competitions. Esteban Garcia led the team appearing in all 18 competitive matches, including both the State and League cup.

At the Cosmopolitan Soccer League's Annual Meeting in August 2014, Williamsburg International F.C. were awarded the Cosmopolitan Soccer League 2013-14 Metro 2 Division Fair Play Award.

State Cup

Williamsburg International competes in the Strumpf Cup, Eastern New York State Soccer Association's Division 3 State tournament.

2014-2015

On October 19, 2014, Williamsburg International defeated Barnstonworth Rovers Metro in a penalty kick shootout 3-2 after a 1-1 draw in regulation at Bushwick Inlet Park. Logan Roos scored the only goal for the Doylies in regular time, assisted by Fraser Campbell.

In the second round, on November 16, 2014, Williamsburg International again went to penalty kicks, this time losing 4-5 to the NYC Metro Stars after a 2-2 draw in regulation at Randall's Island. Sergio Garcia and Benjamin Bryden scored for the Doylies in regular time.

2013-2014

On October 20, 2013, Williamsburg International was defeated 4-0 at Martin Van Buren High School by OFI Crete of the Long Island Soccer Football League and the Hellenic American Soccer League in the first round of the Strumpf Cup.

League Cup

Williamsburg International competes in the Saunder's Cup, the Cosmopolitan Soccer League's second tier League tournament.

2015

On March 30, 2015, Williamsburg International took on North Brooklyn rivals New York Ukrainians Reserves at their shared grounds McCarren Park. The Doylies were defeated 2-1 with Esteban Garcia grabbing a consolation goal late in the second half.

2014

On March 9, 2014, Williamsburg International was defeated by the defending champion Manhattan Celtic Legends by a score of 4-1 on Randall's Island. Noah Beaudette scored the team's only goal on an assist by Josh Roos.

Doylie Derby

Doylie Derby Trophy

Since 2013 Williamsburg International has fielded at least two teams competing against each other in weeknight leagues in New York City. Going by historical club names such as Doyle's Corner, Real Brooklyn, and Cripplebush, the teams that face off head-to-head every season to compete for the Doylie Derby Trophy.

Winners

• Cripplebush joined the Doylie Derby for the Spring 2015 season

Players

As of 9 September 2016^[4]

Metro 1

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player -- DF Misha Carrel-Thomas -- GK John Erganian -- MF Mark Gallagher (captain) -- MF Esteban Garcia -- FW Sergio Garcia -- FW John Kaddo -- MF Nicolas Mikolenko -- MF Zach Mikolenko -- FW Andreas Moudatsos -- MF Nunzio Moudatsos -- MF Daniel Ochoa -- DF Sumeet Patel -- DF Jason Roos -- MF Kevin Ruppel -- MF Gerald van den Berg

Metro 2

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player -- FW Arturo Bello -- DF Daniel Brown -- FW Bradley Boughton -- MF Richard Butterworth -- GK Benjamin Hanbury-Aggs -- MF Matthieu Imbeault -- MF Christopher Jee -- MF Gaurav Hingorani -- DF Gaspard Nemec -- MF Yann Micuta -- MF Daniel Park -- DF Jacob Poore -- DF Paul Stephan -- FW Oscar Tine -- DF Charles von Rosenberg

Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 8 FW Benjamin Bryden 11 MF Logan Roos 22 DF Steven Stone 24 MF Will Crum 13 MF Darren Ornitz 12 FW Dimitri Saad

Past Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player -- GK Vasilios Markou -- GK Pouria Zolfaghari -- DF Nathan Butler -- DF Fraser Campbell -- DF Fabio Cruz -- DF Radek Czarneki -- DF Eric Kemenes -- DF Sean Lightbown -- DF Pablo Lopez-Serrato -- DF Oscar Navarro-Perez -- DF Niall Rouse -- MF Noah Beaudette -- MF Armando Braun -- MF Salvatore D'Alia -- MF Jimmy Driscoll -- MF Jonas Ganzemuller -- MF Bennett Grubbs -- MF Ryan Kampe -- MF Jonathan Lawoyin -- MF Julio Radesca -- MF Slava Rar -- MF Benjamin Reichner -- MF Josh Roos -- MF Bennett Stein -- MF Jeff Yoches -- FW Emmanuel Emekeme -- FW Andrew Hilland -- FW Jeff Peer

References

External links

• Official website
• Williamsburg International F.C. at Cosmopolitan Soccer League