E-sports players from the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association swept the April 17 in the statewide FIFA 21 E-Cup Challenge with New York West.

The top three finishers:

1st Place: Boys Under-16 player Jack Lambert from Hauppauge, known as TTVFUTSTAR24

2nd Place: Boys U-16 player Leandro Gil, known as FINESSEFISH. Leandro has played with SUSA and Stony Brook.

3rd Place: Boys U-13 player Alex Kirsch, known as MANUTD and registered with New York Premier FC

The next competition is US Youth Soccer’s Rise of Champions FIFA 21 tournament for a chance to win $2,500 in regional cash and prizes. Check out https://usys.battlefy.com.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.