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The Ukrainian Lions was a soccer club that was operated by the Ukrainian American Sports Club. The club was based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1949 by Ukrainians that had settled in the Chicago area after the Second World War. They competed professionally in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (National Challenge Cup)[1] and the National Soccer League (Chicago). All their home games were played at Hansen Stadium. There were 6 players from the Ukrainian Lions that played on the US National Team Willy Roy, Nick Krat, Orest Banach, Stefan Szefer, Fred Kovacs and Mike Noha.

Ukrainian American Sports Club Lions

Full name	Ukrainian American Sports Club Lions
Nickname(s)	The Ukrainian Lions
Founded	1949
League	National Soccer League (Chicago)

In 1975, the Chicago Sting signed Ukrainian Lions players Willy Roy, Stefan Szefer, Richard Greene, Mike Winters, Eugene Andruss and Ian Stone for their inaugural season in the North American Soccer League. Other players that went on to play in the American Soccer League and the North American Soccer League were Nick Owcharuk in the with the San Diego Sockers, Leo Kulinczenko with the Los Angeles Skyhawks and Bill Mishalow with the Memphis Rogues. The club stopped operations in 2004.

Honors

• National Soccer League of Chicago Champion: 4

1952-53, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74[2]

• Peel Cup: 1

1956

• Illinois Governors Cup:3

1972, 1974, 1977

Notable former players

• Orest Banach
• Mike Noha
• Willy Roy
• Leo Kulinczenko
• Bill Mishalow
• Nick Owcharuk
• Nick Krat
• Ian Stone (soccer)
• Eugene Andruss
• Mike Winters
• Richard Greene (soccer)
• Fred Kovacs
• Stefan Szefer

Former managers

• 1970–1986 Anatoly Hordinskyj
• 1974–1981 Vadim Mishalow
• 1969–1970 Orest Klufas

References

External links

• Футбол – Українська футбольна діаспора (in Ukrainian)
• Volyanska, M. Founders of the Ukrainian-American Sports Association "Lions" (Будівничі українсько-американського спортового товариства “Леви”). Ukrainian people.
• Pavlosyuk, Z. Ukrainian-American Sports Association "Lions" are champions again! (УАСТ “Леви” – знову чемпіони!). Chas I Podii. 11 June 2009

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