Ukrainian Lions
Encyclopedia
Ukrainian Lions also known as "Chicago Levy" (Ukrainian American Sports Association Chicago Lions) is an American soccer club based in Chicago
, Illinois
. The club was founded in 1949 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Chicago area after the second world war. In the beginning they were called Sitch.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The club was founded in 1949 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Chicago area after the second world war. In the beginning they were called Sitch.
Honours
- National Soccer League of Chicago ChampionNational Soccer League of ChicagoThe National Soccer League of Chicago, formed by the merger of the Chicago Soccer League and International Soccer Football League of Chicago in 1928, is a semi-professional U.S...
: 4
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- 1952-53, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1973-74
- Peel Cup Champions: 1
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- 1956
- Illinois Governors Cup:3
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- 1972, 1974, 1977
Notable former players
Orest Banach Nick Krat Mike Noha Willy RoyWilly Roy
Willy Roy is a retired U.S. soccer forward and coach. He played for several teams in the National Professional Soccer League and the North American Soccer League in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the United States national team from 1965 to 1973...
Former Players
- 1972-1976 Boris Shlapak
- 1975-1976 Fred KovacsFred KovacsFredrich “Fred” Kovacs is a former U.S. soccer player who earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1972 and 1973.Kovacs gained his first cap in a World Cup qualifier on September 10, 1972. The U.S. lost, 2-1, to Mexico. Kovacs started the game, then came off in the 56th minute for Gary...
- 1970-1975 Willy RoyWilly RoyWilly Roy is a retired U.S. soccer forward and coach. He played for several teams in the National Professional Soccer League and the North American Soccer League in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the United States national team from 1965 to 1973...
- 1980-1983 Paul Keenan
- 1980-1983 Terry Gallagher
- 1968-1975 Orest Banach
- 1973-1974 Stefan SzeferStefan SzeferStefan Szefer is a former Polish American soccer defender. He earned six caps during his career, three with Poland and three with the United States.-Europe:...
- 1972-1976 Nick Woznij
- 1974-1975 Richard Greene
- 1974-1975 Mike Winters
- 1968-1974 Lonia Schorohod
- 1972-1975 Bill MishalowBill MishalowWadim "Bill" Mishalow is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League....
- 1980-1981 William Drozd
- 1972-1976 Eugene Mishalow
- 1974-1976 Christian Kipka
- 1968-1976 Nick Iwanik
- 1973-1976 Eugene Andrusz
- 1972-1976 Leo Kulinczenko
- 1968-1976 Nick Krat
- 1974-1975 Nick Shlapak
- 1970-1974 George Perry
- 1958-1970 Anatoly Hordinskyj
- 1968-1974 Andy Cozij
- 1968-1970 Mike Noha
- 1966-1973 Tony Jaworskyj
- 1968-1972 Steve Deszurko
- 1968-1970 Myron Deszurko
- 1968-1971 Oleg Malyj
- 1974-1977 Raymond Roy
Former Managers
- 1970-1986 Anatoly Hordinskyj
- 1974-1981 Vadim Mishalow
- 1970-1980 Mike Martynovich