{"id":127506,"date":"2026-02-09T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127506\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:25:07","slug":"young-male-referee-of-year-enyysa-honors-manhattans-mehmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127506\/","title":{"rendered":"YOUNG MALE REFEREE OF YEAR: ENYYSA honors Manhattan&#8217;s Mehmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n<p>Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association on Monday announced that Jules Mehmet has been honored as its 2025 Young Male Referee of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>From left to right: US Youth Soccer chairperson Tina Rincon, Jules Mehmet, ENYYSA 2nd vice president Bill Smith<\/p>\n<p>Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association on Monday announced that Jules Mehmet has been honored as its 2025 Young Male Referee of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place at Eastern New York\u2019s Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Marina del Rey in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Mehmet is a 15-year-old Manhattan resident who started refereeing three years ago. He began with Under-6 and U-7 recreational games and is now a member of the New York Soccer Referees Association.<\/p>\n<p>NYSRA first vice president Harris Rasheed wrote that \u201cJules serves as an inspiring example of dedication and achievement within the US Soccer Referee community. His approach to officiating retains the perspective gained through years as a player, consistently applying lessons and values from the field to his role as a referee. His time spent with referees at all levels, notably guided by mentors such as Arthur \u2018Chip\u2019 Reed, has been integral to his rapid development and unwavering enthusiasm for the role\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA hallmark of his career is his dedication to community involvement. Since first picking up a whistle, he continues to referee, coach and volunteer for the local recreational league where his journey began. Jules ensures time for refereeing early morning youth matches each weekend, demonstrating his genuine commitment to Grassroots soccer. Beyond officiating, he is active in helping organize his team\u2019s logistics and uniform distribution, and eagerly participates in training and educational sessions, often as the sole youth participant among adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontrowsoccer.com\/author\/michael\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MichaelLewis-12920a-150x150.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"  alt=\"Michael Lewis\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-80 alignnone photo\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 28 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published <a href=\"https:\/\/frontrow.soccer\/alivekicking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALIVE AND KICKING<\/a> The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/frontrow.soccer\/alivekicking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontrowsoccer.com\/author\/michael\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Michael Lewis\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association on Monday announced that Jules Mehmet has been honored as its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[50597,50598,55073,55074,75,84,83,9,24,55075,63,55076,55077],"class_list":{"0":"post-127506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-eastern-new-york-youth-soccer-association","9":"tag-enyysa","10":"tag-harris-rasheed","11":"tag-jules-mehmet","12":"tag-manhattan","13":"tag-manhattan-headlines","14":"tag-manhattan-news","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-new-york-soccer-referees-association","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-nysra","20":"tag-tina-rincon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}