Huntley Swaby (center) along with LISFL president Gus Xikis (left) and Region I president Fritz Marth. (Photo courtesy of LISFL)

BUFFALO — Real Caribe head coach Huntley Swaby was named the U.S. Adult Soccer Association Region I coach of the year at the organization’s annual meeting Friday.

Swaby directed Real Caribe to the Ryder-Vass title, the Under-23 championship of the Long Island Soccer Football League this past summer.

He also guided Real to the Region I tournmament title.

Real capped a memorable summer season by winning the Ryder-Vass championship, recording a 2-1 victory over Doxa S.C. in the final at Mitchel Athletic Complex. The team overcame a 1-0 deficit behind goals by Franco Cali and Joe Thomann, the game-winner in the 63rd minute, to secure its seventh Ryder-Vass title since 2001 and first since 2013. Real Caribe, which won the 2012 USASA national championship and finished as 2013 runners-up, qualified for next year’s Region I tournament.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday 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 ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.