Yuri Lavrynenko

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Yuriy Lavrynenko
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-06-12) June 12, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1992 Dynamo Kyiv
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1999 Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000 Chicago Fire 3 (0)
2000 → Indiana Blast (loan) 2 (0)
2000 → MLS Project 40 (loan) 3 (0)
2000 → Milwaukee Rampage (loan) 13 (4)
2001 Milwaukee Rampage 10 (0)
2002–2003 Rochester Rhinos 38 (3)
2004 Montreal Impact 11 (1)
Total80(8)
Managerial career
2009– RIT Tigers (asst.)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuriy Lavrynenko is a retired Ukrainian association football midfielder who played professionally in the USL First Division and Major League Soccer.

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Player

Youth

Lavrynenko began playing in the Dynamo Kyiv youth system when he was seven. In 1991, Lavrynenko's youth team played in a tournament in Rochester, New York. Several players were invited to move to Rochester. In 1992, Lavrynenko took the offer and moved to Chili, New York. During his four years attending Gates-Chili High School, he was an All State soccer player on a team which was the 1995 New York high school co-champion. Lavrynenko attended Indiana University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1996 to 1999. In both 1998 and 1999, Lavrynenko scored the game-winning goal as the Hoosiers took back to back NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championships. [1] He was a 1999 NCAA All American.

Professional

In February 2000, the Chicago Fire selected Lavrynenko in the third round (thirty-second overall) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. [2] During the 2000 season, he played three games with the Fire, going on loan to MLS Project 40, the Indiana Blast and the Milwaukee Rampage, all playing in the USL A-League. [3] [4] [5] When the Fire released him during the 2001 pre-season, the Rampage signed him to a three-year contract. [6] The Rampage released him at the end of the season and in 2002, he joined the Rochester Rhinos. On June 25, 2004, the Rhinos released Lavrynenko. The Montreal Impact signed him two weeks later. [7] He finished the season in Montreal, then retired.

Coach

In July 2009, Rochester Institute of Technology hired Lavrynenko as an assistant coach. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "ESPN.com - SOCCER - Lavrinenko lifts trophy for Indiana". espn.go.com.
  2. ↑ "Draft History". 22 February 2012.
  3. ↑ 2000 Indiana Blast Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "2000 MLS Project 40".
  5. ↑ "2000 Milwaukee Rampage".
  6. ↑ "Lavrinenko will be kicking it again with Rampage".
  7. ↑ "USLFans.com -- For the Fans, By the Fans". 16 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Lavrynenko named assistant head coach at Rochester Institute of Technology".
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