Leo Kulinczenko

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Leo Kulinczenko
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CONCACAF Champions Cup 1985 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-10-03) October 3, 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Chicago Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1964–1973 Ukrainian Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1976 Ukrainian Lions 62 (7)
1976 Chicago Sting 0 (0)
1977–1978 Maccabee Los Angeles 72 (4)
1979 Los Angeles Skyhawks 12 (0)
1980-1983 Ukrainian Lions 48 (4)
1984–1985 Chicago Croatian 32 (3)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Saint Viator High School
2001 North Central College
2000–2007 Chicago Sockers
2007–2008 Chicago Eclipse Select
2009–2016 Chicago Sockers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leo Kulinczenko is an American/Ukrainian association football player who played professionally in the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the US Open Cup. He played in the American Soccer League, North American Soccer League, National Soccer League (Chicago) and the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League.

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Youth career

Kulinczenko who is of Ukrainian descent started his playing career in the youth system of the Ukrainian Lions.

Professional career

In 1974 he began his career with the first team of the Ukrainian Lions. In 1976 he was invited to the Chicago Sting [1] of the North American Soccer League training squad but then was released after three months. He played for five-time US Open Cup winners Maccabee Los Angeles in 1977 [2] and 1978 [3] [4] winning the US Open Cup. [5] In 1979 he played for the Los Angeles Skyhawks [6] [7] of the American Soccer League. His first game with the Skyhawks was a friendly against the 1980 US Olympic team the game was played in Los Angeles. In 1980 he returned to play with the Ukrainian Lions until 1983. In 1984 he played for US Open Cup finalist Chicago Croatian in the 1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Honduras champion Club Deportivo Olimpia. [8] He retired after the 1985 season.

Coaching career

He held a full-time position with the highly competitive Chicago Sockers as a staff coach for 16 years. The Chicago Sockers is a nationally recognized youth soccer program it is the only program in Illinois to provide the U.S. Soccer Development Academy for the boys and girls the highest competition platforms in the U.S.[ citation needed ] In 2007 and 2008 he was director for the twelve to fourteen year-old age group at Chicago Eclipse Select [ citation needed ] which was part of the Elite Clubs National League. 1998-2000 he coached the boys varsity team at Saint Viator High School. [9] 2001 he was assistant men's coach at North Central College. [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ "U.S. Open Cup 1977 Season Summary | SoccerStats.us". Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Open Cup 1978 Season Summary | SoccerStats.us". Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  4. ↑ "How Holocaust survivors, immigrants and a soap opera star formed a soccer powerhouse". Los Angeles Times . 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Leo Kulinczenko | SoccerStats.us". Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Los Angeles Skyhawks | SoccerStats.us". Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Leo Kulinczenko | SoccerStats.us". Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  9. ↑ "IHSA Boys Soccer: Arlington Heights (St. Viator)". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  10. ↑ "Men's Soccer". Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

External files

Chicago Croatian 1985 CONCACAF Champions Cup. San Pedro Sula, Honduras Central America: Photo Top row Left to Right Mgr Joe Tadianovic, Joseph Malkoc, Yaro Dachniwsky, John Galovic, Joseph Konarsky, Leo Kulinczenko, Vlado Crnjak, Mgr Frank Bassan. Bottom row Left to Right Zygmund Tryna, Tony Novacios, Slavko Petrina, George Budman, Dusko Budimir,Tony Tadianovic San Pedro Sula Honduras.jpg
Chicago Croatian 1985 CONCACAF Champions Cup. San Pedro Sula, Honduras Central America: Photo Top row Left to Right Mgr Joe Tadianovic, Joseph Malkoc, Yaro Dachniwsky, John Galovic, Joseph Konarsky, Leo Kulinczenko, Vlado Crnjak, Mgr Frank Bassan. Bottom row Left to Right Zygmund Tryna, Tony Novacios, Slavko Petrina, George Budman, Dusko Budimir,Tony Tadianovic
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