https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/us-news/nyc-high-school-soccer-game-
canceled-after-group-of-about-30-migrants-refuse-to-leave-the-field-even-
after-cops-showed-up/

A high school soccer game at a public field in East Harlem was canceled
after a group of migrants refused to leave the pitch so the kids could
play.

�I directly asked them to leave and some of them kind of took it into
consideration, but then four or five of them said, �You know what, f�k it,
we don�t have to leave, we can do whatever we want,'� said Erik Johansson,
the coach of the Manhattan Kickers 17-year-old boys travel team.

About 40 boys from both teams showed up on Sunday, April 14 at Thomas
Jefferson Park for the 5 p.m. match.

The Kickers were set to face off against FA Euro New Yo

But a group of about 30 men who appeared to be African migrants and spoke
little English, wouldn�t leave � even when the cops showed up.

To resolve the conflict, the cops asked to see a copy of the club team�s
city permit.

�When you show up with two teams in uniform, a ref and two coaches,
usually nobody is asking to see your permit,� said Johansson.

By the time Johansson�s assistant was able to forward a copy of the
Kickers� permit, the game had been delayed 30 minutes and the teams didn�t
feel safe.

�Even when the game is over, you don�t know if they�re waiting for you, so
even if the cops kicked them out, it may not be over. So we just all
agreed, this is too dangerous,� Johansson said.

In his home country of Sweden � which saw a massive influx of migrants in
recent years � the clashes on the pitch were all too common.

�I have seen this before, I know how bad it can get,� he said.

Parents told him they were rattled by the incident, and don�t want to play
at the field anymore. Johansson said they don�t plan to return.

At other fields, like in East River Park, they don�t have these issues �
but field space in the city is limited and they take what they can get.

�It�s so frustrating that the guys who refused to follow the rules won,�
Maud Maron, a SoHo mom whose son plays on the team, told The Post.

�That�s the message the kids got.�

She said it is a sign of the Big Apple becoming �lawless.�

The East Harlem field is packed with teams competing with adults for
weekend time on the turf, parkgoers said. Randall�s Island, which sits on
the other side of the Harlem River, was converted into shelter space for
2,000 migrants last year at the expense of the popular youth soccer
fields.

Conversation

Flatbush Expat
20 April, 2024

I don't understand why the cops didn't ask the people on the field for
their permit. If folks can just show up and play, what's the point of
having clubs or organizations pay for permits that allow for use of the
field at specific times? They should have forced the occupying group off
the field and played the game with a delay. These hands-off policies at
the NYPD with migrants are creating a sense of entitlement.

The parents and league folks are scared of physical repercussions and no
NYPD support, so they just cancelled the match. That's the real problem.

anyway�
20 April, 2024

Actually, the real problem is that the police didn't do their job. But
they were just doing what they were told by their higher-ups.

Benjamin Dover
20 April, 2024

Not all fields require permits for use but permits can be issued for
certain time slots. Softball fields frequently had conflicts like this
back in the day, but people knew how to act. Civilization depends on civil
behavior. When you ask nothing of some people, nothing is what you get.

Curt F.
20 April, 2024

Everyone who is outraged by this - most, anyway - will continue to vote
for the same kind of leadership and policies that enable this.

I wish I was wrong but sadly it is reality.

CalamityJane
20 April, 2024

Hochul went on the view yesterday to let us know that her parents came
over here as immigrants and "we are a nation of immigrants" and all are
welcome. Maybe somebody should remind her that this is not 1910 when the
immigrants who landed here were just grateful to be here...loved their new
home and did not ask for any special treatment or entitlements.

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