The 6th annual "06 Lunar New Year Cup" was hosted on Feb 5th at Pier 40 Manhattan. Despite the night's freezing weather, all the competing teams (Division of Open / 40+) kept their game spirit on and battle through the cold. Results, the Hong Kong team winning 4:0 (Open Division), China team winning 4:1 (40+ Division), and the final win earned by the Hong Kong team of 5:4.

Post a long 2021-22 winter break, our youth training program resumed on Mar 19th. This year, we expanded our training program to downtown Manhattan. In addition to our legacy locations in Queens and Brooklyn, the expansion enabled more (total of 276) children to join the club, providing them a steadfast and safe environment to enjoy and learn how to play soccer.

Congrats to our men's team for winning the championship in the GOTHAM 8v8 indoor winter league. The weekly competitions took place over a period of 2 months, and the teams were tie and then won the semi final by penalty kick, then emerged into the final, winning 3:2.

Our club was honored to host the 2nd AMOY CUP on May 29th along with the AMOY FOOD LTD as title sponsor. The 8v8 competitions included 14 teams and 210+ registered players. A total of 25 games were played during the game day and our club won the champion in the open division and 3rd place in the 40+ division.

We hosted our first non-competition event - Father's Day Soccer Event, this year in the Brooklyn's Sunset Park (free of charge). All kids and daddies were invited to join various soccer activities, where they demonstrate their teamwork, sportsmanship, and competing capabilities. The event was sponsored by LAM SHENG KEE, whom provided all of our wonderful gifts to the participants.

This year, the 06 United youth summer camp program started on Jun 28th. For 8 weeks, the camps were ran in five locations (Sunset Park, Flushing, Bayside, Maspeth, Chinatown). The camp's focus continued to be offering our children a safe and supportive environment to learn how to play soccer and exercise, but more importantly helped increased their communication, teamwork and collaboration skill sets. This year, we were proud to have 143 children joined our camps across 5 locations in total. it is noteworthy to highlight that a group of children was awarded the 'Excellent Player' title. The awards were given based on how each child showcased his / her dedication as they progress through the 8 weeks program.

The Machine Youth Cup was suspended for 3 years due to the Covid pandemic. We were honored to resume the tournament in Queens Maspeth this year and invited multiple youth teams across NYC and Long Island to participate (3 age divisions - U11, U13, and U15). Our club won the champion in the U11 and U15, while the UEAA won 1st place in the U13 division.

Our 5th annual Youth Internal Tournament was held on Sep 18th in our new larger location at Maspeth Queens. Over 200 youth members were played in 19 various teams, and Brooklyn was our winner this year! Brooklyn won 1st place in division of U11(D1)、U11(D2)、U14、U16, while Queens won 1st place in U9.

The first "Popeye's Charitable Cup" was held this year with 4 teams participated. We're proud that our club's Brooklyn youth coaches team won the championship!

This year, the Machine Cup was held on Oct 9th. A total of 6 teams participated (new rule - must include three 40+ players) in the event. Despite a minor dispute between individual players during the day, the game successfully ended with Tien Chi FC winning 1st place, and Metrotech08 winning 2nd place. In addition, our club's No.10 player (Chun Ho Ng) won "Goal of the tournament" award for the event with a mid-field spectacular kick!

Our 10th annual adult internal tournament was held on Nov 12th at Pier 40 Manhattan. This year, we invited our U18 youth team to participate. The final game was a fierce competition between Team C (led by Yong Shi) and D (led by Arthur Ngai), with team D winning the title at the end. King Yeung Wong was awarded MVP of the game.

During the winter of 2022-2023, the club expanded our winter soccer camp program to Queens in addition to our Chinatown location. The camp will last for 3 months and runs every Saturday, offering children a great venue to exercise and continue practicing the sport during the cold season.

To celebrate our club's achievements in 2022 and the upcoming holidays, we hosted our annual party on Dec 10th. In addition to all the fantastic performances, games and gifts sharing, we distributed awards to all of our volunteer workers and coaches who provided tremendous efforts to the club's achievements this year. Yong Chang Yu and Victoria Xiao also won our best actor award in the promotional video contest, posted on various social media platforms.

At last, 2022 was a year of changes and transitions around the world. Despite these instabilities, the club is proud to say that every player, coach, volunteer worker, sponsor and venues partners, contributed to allow the club to innovate and grow responsibly. The impact of your work is felt not only by our management team, but also by the communities where we operate in. We're extra proud of our continued dedication and commitment to strengthen our club's inclusive and collaborative culture and spearheading diversity efforts across the Asian communities in NYC. Happy Holidays everyone!!