Metropolitan Oval

Metropolitan Oval Academy is an elite youth soccer club established in 1925 in Queens, New York, making it one of the oldest continuously operating clubs in the country. The club operates a Youth Center of Excellence with a state-of-the-art facility featuring a synthetic field, gym, and locker rooms, with additional locations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island. Met Oval has placed over 50 youth players in MLS and international academies in the past four years, more than any other club in the region. The club serves a diverse community with families speaking Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and English. They focus on developing New York's elite level soccer talent through their boys program using professional and collegiate pathway structures.