An 11-year-old girl's love and enthusiasm for soccer was shattered forever, Nassau County prosecutors said Thursday, after a Floral Park dad rushed onto the playing field last fall and slapped her in the face after she collided with another player during a youth game.

"This defendant, with absolutely no justification, stormed onto the field with one purpose: to attack an 11-year-old child," Assistant District Attorney Chase LaMagna said in District Court during opening arguments of the misdemeanor assault case against Michael Stallone, 44 .

Stallone, a landscaper whose daughters were playing for the opposing team, was charged with acting in a manner injurious to a minor and misdemeanor assault in the third degree.

His attorney, Marc Gann, admitted that his client erred in going onto

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