Yuriy Kulishenko
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Yuri George Kulishenko was a Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

-American
United States
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 international soccer player who earned one caps for the U.S. Olympic Team
United States men's national soccer team
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 in 1959.

Kulishenko played club soccer for the Philadelphia Ukrainians
Philadelphia Ukrainians
The first Philadelphia Ukrainians team was also known as the "Philadelphia Tridents" is also known as the Ukrainian Nationals team that was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a member of the American Soccer League...

. He was voted MVP of the American Soccer League
American Soccer League
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in 1959.

Kulishenko was a Ukrainian immigrant to U.S.A.
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