Mineola Red Heat, the U-15 travel soccer team, is off to an exciting start. Coached by Vito Errico and assisted by Robert Franciotti, the Heat had a very close season opener on September 10th against the South Huntington Road Runners. Mineola's early offensive attack resulted in a goal scored by Anderson Osario within the first 10 minutes of the game. South Huntington came roaring back and scored on Mineola 10 minutes later ending the first half with a 1-1 tie. In the second half Anderson Osario scored again giving Mineola a 2-1 lead which the defense and goalie Kevin Franciotti maintained until the last two seconds of the game when South Huntington scored the final goal ending the game with a heartbreaking 2-2 tie.

The official team roster is as follows: Mike Bencivenga, John Boland, Anderson Osario, Vito Errico, Kevin Franciotti, Julio Gauto, Chris Concalves, Mark Lupo, Helder Mendes, Roberto Ramalhete, Luis Rosa, Matt Shanahan, Mike Skaliotis, Joao Sousa, Carlos Upson, Ramone Valente and Pablo Ventura.