The politicians came by to rub shoulders. After they left, the tournaments began. The Columbus Day Weekend lasted three days, but for the Brooklyn Italians Football Club, the weekend started on Friday, October 6, 2007 at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York

Commemorating Christopher Columbus who set foot on the New World in 1492, the pride of Native Italians and Italian-Americans, the Brooklyn Italians Football Club named the four-day prestigious tournament after the great Italian explorer as the “Columbus Cup” Tournament, which attracts soccer players and fans from all over the United States and Canada.

For four days, more than 125 soccer teams of boys and girls ranging in ages from seven to nineteen year olds participated in over 250 soccer games as they enjoyed the fine Italians cooking served in between their soccer double headers throughout Brooklyn.

During this 2007 Columbus Day Weekend, every soccer player and fan was Italian. Guaranteed a minimum of three soccer games, the competitors flocked the soccer fields after travelling as far west as Vancouver, Canada and as from as far south as Florida, awaiting their anticipated turns to be on the soccer fields in the hope of winning the Columbus Cup in each of their respective age-groups and divisions.

Founded in 1949, the Brooklyn Italians Football Club is no stranger to success. Founded by native Italians, the Club has won many championships, including two US Opens. In fact, the original founder, Giuseppe Lombardo was inducted in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1984. Mr. Lombardo had just recently passed away in July 2007. The current club president, Mr. Jerry Valerio made it clear to American Amateur Athletes that the credit to the success of the soccer club belongs to the younger generation. However, Mr. Valerio loves to take pictures with the young soccer players who won their championship trophies on Sunday, October 7^th. The way he stands, you can imagine how good of a soccer player he must have been in his younger days. Imagine the agility, the speed and the power he possessed.

The front-store Clubhouse of this prestigious soccer organization at 57-25 18^th Avenue in Brooklyn does not do this great organization justice. However, once one enters the door of 57-25 18^th Avenue, its trophy paradise. Darlington vs. Lynx One would be amazed at the wall to wall of hundreds of trophies of tournaments won by the Club, where each trophy probably has a famous and successful story behind it. Success that the Brooklyn Italians Football Club uses to run a great and joyous 2007 Columbus Cup tournament.

The Brooklyn Italians Football Club opened its door to American Amateur Athletes. So, www.amamat.com was privileged to record fourteen youth soccer games of pre high school, high school and college soccer players from the various locations, particularly at the Aviator Sports Complex, where www.amamat.com recorded seven games on the last day of competitions, which included four final games, which Canadians teams failed to win only one trophy. Some big load they have to account for at the northern border of the States after the Brooklyn Italians Football Club gives them an opportunity to be observed by top U.S. colleges and U.S. universities during the tournament.

The Brooklyn Italians Football Club ran a very successful Columbus Cup Tournament. Already, they are planning for the 2008 tournament, as Mr. Joseph Barone hopes to have a few teams from Europe will participate in 2008 under newly constructed artificial soccer fields as planned by New York City.