If you’ve been around KCKRS long enough, you know about Cosmos Copa, the miniature World Cup-style event held in New York City every year. Teams of amateur players from area communities representing countries from around the world square off in a multi-day event to crown a champion each summer. This …
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Here’s Teddy Niziolek Scoring From Halfway In The Cosmos Copa Final
If you’re only going to watch one goal today while you avoid doing desk work, make sure this is the one. It comes from something much cooler than the World Football whatever and features one of the sickest crowd shots of fired up Polish people that you will ever see. …
Former NFLer Amos Zereoue Returns to his Soccer Roots at Cosmos Copa
Amos Zereoue played seven seasons in the NFL as a bull of a running back, running through tackles and slamming into linebackers. In his post-American football life, he’s gone back to his roots as a soccer player.
Cosmos Copa Group Mega Previews: Group A
With the epic Cosmos Copa kicking off today in New York City, we’re going to run through each of the groups and give you all the details you’ll need to get pumped. This may be an amateur tournament, but the teams, players, communities and the hundreds of fans who flock …
Cosmos Copa Group Mega Previews: Group B
With just the epic Cosmos Copa kicking off in New York City today, we’re going to run through each of the groups and give you all the details you’ll need to get pumped. This may be an amateur tournament, but the teams, players, communities and the hundreds of fans who …
A First Hand Account of the Passion of Cosmos Copa
The group stages of the 2011 edition of Cosmos Copa begin today at Corona Park Fields in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Last week, qualifiers took place to fill out the field. Here is a first hand account of the most thrilling of those matches, an epic showdown between NYC Colomobia and …
Cosmos Copa Group Mega Previews: Group C
With just a couple of days until the epic Cosmos Copa kicks off in New York City, we’re going to run through each of the groups and give you all the details you’ll need to get pumped. This may be an amateur tournament, but the teams, players, communities and the …
Cosmos Copa Group Mega Previews: Group D
With just a couple of days until the epic Cosmos Copa kicks off in New York City, we’re going to run through each of the groups and give you all the details you’ll need to get pumped. This may be an amateur tournament, but the teams, players, communities and the …
Cosmos Copa’s Yuya Hamada and Abraham Munoz Are Pretty Good At Keepy Uppy
If you haven’t heard of the Cosmos Copa NYC soccer tournament, we’ve got you covered. While the nationality rules are somewhat loose, the skills are kinda ridiculous. Check out NYC Japan’s Yuya Hamada freestyling with the incredibly talented Abraham Munoz, holder of multiple juggling world records. And try not to feel …
Cosmos Copa Presents Team Kosovo With First Step In Identity Battle
The Cosmos Copa is an annual summer tournament held in New York City that basically works like an amateur World Cup as community-based national teams form based on pride and family heritage. The result is a pretty amazing agglomeration of soccer skills stemming from all corners of the globe.
