Roman Harapyn

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Roman Harapyn
Personal information
Full name Roman Harapyn
Place of birth Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) goalkeeper, defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995 Toronto Italia 10 (0)
1997 Toronto Croatia 5 (0)
1997 Toronto Lynx 1 (0)
2005 Toronto Croatia 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04 April 2015

Roman Harapyn is a Canadian former soccer player who played in the Canadian National Soccer League, Canadian Professional Soccer League, and the USL A-League.

Playing career

Harapyn began his professional with the Toronto Italia of the Canadian National Soccer League in 1995. [1] He made his debut for the club on May 29, 1995 against the Hamilton White Eagles. [2] In 1997, he signed with Toronto Croatia, [3] but was picked up by the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League midway through the season due to a goalkeeper shortage. [4] He made his debut for the club on August 31, 1997 against the Hershey Wildcats coming on as a substitute for Joe Ciaravino who was ejected from the match. [5] He featured in the 1st round playoff match against the Montreal Impact where the Lynx were defeated by a score of 2-1. [6]

In 2005, Harapyn returned to the Toronto Croatia and made his debut on May 29, 2005 in a 0-0 draw against the Vaughan Shooters. [7] He started off as the starting goalkeeper for Croatia due to a suspension George Azcurra received at the end of the 2004 season. He featured as a defender for the rest of the season after the return of Azcurra from his suspension. [8] He helped Toronto second in the Eastern Conference but failed to feature in the postseason due to a suspension.

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References

  1. ↑ "CNSL Rosters and Alumni". Rocket Robin's Home Page. July 2, 1995.
  2. ↑ Glover, Robin (May 29, 1995). "CNSL May 29th". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  3. ↑ Glover, Robin (June 11, 1997). "Here are the results of the CNSL game of Wednesday June 11, 1997 between Toronto Croatia and London City played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:15pm. This was considered a League game". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  4. ↑ "Roman Harapyn | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  5. ↑ Glover, Robin (August 31, 1997). "Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Hershey Wildcats played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with a 7:00pm kickoff". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  6. ↑ Glover, Robin (September 5, 1997). "Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with an 8:30pm kickoff. This was the first leg in the Semi Final of the NorthEast Division. The Lynx finished 4th and the Impact won the division". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  7. ↑ Glover, Robin (May 29, 2005). "Result of the Sunday May 29, 2005 CPSL game between Vaughan Shooters and Toronto Croatia played at The Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:00pm". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  8. ↑ Glover, Robin (June 24, 2005). "Result of the Friday June 24th, 2005 CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and Durham Storm played at Memorial Park in Streetsville at 8:00pm". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
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