Leo Kulinczenko

Leo Kulinczenko

CONCACAF Champions League 1985 (Tegucigalpa,Honduras,Central America)
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-10-03) October 3, 1954
Place of birth Chicago Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1964-1973 Chicago Lions SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1976 Chicago Lions SC
1977–1978 Maccabi Los Angeles
1979 Los Angeles Skyhawks
1984–1985 Chicago Croatian
Teams managed
2000–2006 Chicago Sockers
2007-2008 Chicago Eclipse Select
2009-present Chicago Sockers

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Leo Kulinczenko is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the American Soccer League, National Soccer League of Chicago, the National Challenge Cup (US Open Cup) and the CONCACAF Champions Cup (CONCACAF Champions League).

Youth career

Kulinczenko who is of Ukrainian descent started his playing career in the youth system of the Chicago Lions SC also known as the Ukrainian Lions. They competed in the National Soccer League of Chicago.

Professional career

In 1974 he was moved up from the youth system of the Chicago Lions SC to their 1st team. In 1976 he was invited to the Chicago Sting training sessions for one month but never signed with them. He played for 5 time US Open Cup winners Maccabi Los Angeles in 1977[1] and 1978[2] winning the National Challenge Cup (US Open Cup). In 1979 he played for the Los Angeles Skyhawks[3][4] of the American Soccer League. He also played for the 1984 US Open Cup finalist Chicago Croatian in the 1985 CONCACAF Champions Cup (CONCACAF Champions League) against Honduras champion Club Deportivo Olimpia.[5] He retired after the 1985 season.

Coaching career

Currently he holds a full-time position with the highly competitive Chicago Sockers as a staff coach. 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 the Elite Clubs National League for the girls the highest competition platforms in the U.S.[6] In 2007 and 2008 he was director for the twelve to fourteen year-old age group at Chicago Eclipse Select[7] which is also part of the Elite Clubs National League.

References

External files

Chicago Croatian 1985 CONCACAF Champions League San Pedro Sula Honduras: Photo Left to Right Yaro Dachniwsky, Leo Kulinczenko
Maccabi Los Angeles 1978 US Open Cup Champions Giants Stadium East Rutherford New Jersey: Photo Left to Right Carlos Roveri, Leo Kulinczenko,Peter Gonzales,Russell Hulse
Chicago Croatian CONCACAF Champions League 1985: Photo Top row Left to Right Mgr Frank Basan, Joseph Malkoc, Yaro Dachniwsky, John Galovic, Joseph Konarsky, Leo Kulinczenko, Vlado Crnjak, Mgr Joe Tadianovic. Bottom row Left to Right Zygmund Tryna, Tony Novacios, Slavko Petrina , George Budman, Dusko Budimir,Tony Tadianovic
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