“My soccer background started when I began playing as a child, giving it up in high school before returning to play in men’s leagues in Rochester. When I moved to this area, I didn’t know anyone and wanted to stay involved in soccer. That’s when I took my first referee course and was certified as a high
school soccer referee. Since then, i’ve been a High School referee for 16 seasons (having gone to the State Tournament four times), a USSF (travel) referee for 15 seasons and a college referee for 12 seasons.”

“I’m currently the President of MHSOA (high school), President of MHISOA (college), 2nd Vice President of HVSRA (travel soccer). As 2nd Vice President of HVSRA my main job is heading up the Mentoring program and focusing on improving and supporting our youth referees.”

“In our club, I became Head Referee and Assignor for Hyde Park in 2016. Since then, I’ve enjoyed working with our young referees. Their thirst for knowledge and desire to improve is inspiring.

As President, look forward to continuing with our mission to offer an affordable opportunity for kids and families in our community to play, learn, and enjoy the game of soccer.”

Reinaldo moved from Rochester to the Hudson Valley in mid-2007 after meeting his future wife while she was in school at SUNY Brockport. She’s originally from the area, being an Arlington alumni, and they originally settled in Staatsburg. After 3 years, their family grew and moved into a house here in Hyde Park. Now they have 3 sons, all of whom enjoy playing in the rec program.

Ted played and refereed youth soccer in East Fishkill until his freshmen year at John Jay High School. During high school, Ted developed into a formidable Cross Country and Track athlete. By his senior year, he led two State Champion teams in Cross Country & Track earning All-State honors. He was later inducted into the Wappingers Central School District Sports Hall of Fame.

Ted continued his successful running career during his collegiate time at SUNY Geneseo. He set numerous facility, school and conference records earning six All-American titles by his senior year. He was inducted into the SUNY Geneseo Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Post collegiately, Ted moved to Indianapolis, IN and joined the Nike sponsored Olympic Development Indiana Invaders Track Team. After three years of semi-professional training and racing, Ted & his wife moved to Hyde Park, NY.

After signing up his daughter, Julia, for spring U6 soccer in 2017, Ted was inspired to help young athletes in their own athletic ventures. He volunteered to coach her team in the fall and has been coaching her team (and later his son’s, Westley’s, team) ever since. He currently coaches the girls travel team, Hyde Park Hotshots, and the boys travel team, Hyde Park Huskies. As a coach, Ted finds great reward in the opportunity to impact young lives both on and off the field.

He joined the soccer board in 2022 to help create a more diverse soccer experiences for the Hyde Park Soccer League.

Phil was born and raised in Hyde Park and attended Hyde Park Schools. Phil has
been a part of Hyde Park Soccer for many years. He was a prior board member and has coached many travel and recreational teams since 2006. Phil rejoined the Hyde Park Soccer Board in 2022.

Erica joined the Hyde Park Soccer League Board in August 2020 to help the program that her and her daughter have been a part of for many years. Erica has been playing soccer for most of her life. She started playing soccer with Hyde Park at the age of 5 with her father as her coach and continued to play until she graduated high school. Along with playing for Hyde Park, Erica also played soccer for FDR on both the VJ and Varsity team until she graduated in1999. Today, Erica and her daughter both play soccer; Erica plays during the summer and winter with East Hudson Women’s Soccer League and her daughter Madison plays for FDR in the fall and Hyde Park Soccer League in the spring. It has been exciting for Erica to see her daughter follow in her footsteps by playing travel and school soccer and she looks forward to continuing to help the league grow!

Ed has been a part of soccer in the Hudson Valley for most of his life.  He grew up playing his first 2 years in the recreation league in East Fishkill and then played 9 years of travel soccer. His travel team was one of the first league champions in the newly named East Hudson Soccer League. At age 14 he pursued and earned a coaching license after encouragement from his coach and mentor Jose Vargas.  Ed joined the US Navy at age 17 and is a Veteran of the Gulf War and was awarded a Navy Achievement Medal during his service.  Ed has coached in Hyde Park Soccer since 2007 and is currently a Head Coach of the Hyde Park Heat U19 boys travel team. Ed has also served as the assistant boys Varsity Soccer coach at Our Lady of Lourdes High School since 2014.

Since the beginning of 2018, Tara has taken on the role of Sponsorship Coordinator. She brings years of event planning and hotel management experience as a Senior Sales & Catering Manager to the league. She created and implemented a renewed structure to our sponsorship initiative and campaign kick-off. In addition to sponsorship work, Tara helps out with other needs of the league whenever possible with Facebook posts, Secretary tasks, some website work…Her husband is one of our volunteer coaches and her son loves playing for Hyde Park Soccer!