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Maccabee Athletic Club Full name Maccabee Los Angeles Nickname(s) Maccabees Founded 1971 (competitive) Dissolved 1982 Stadium Jackie Robinson Field Capacity 10,820 League Greater Los Angeles Soccer League
Maccabee Athletic Club (Hebrew : מכבי לוס אנג'לס , MAH-KAH-Bee) was an American athletic club based in Los Angeles, California . The primary activity of the club was Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club, a team which competed professionally in the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League . The soccer club is notable for appearing in the US Open Cup final seven times in its eleven-year history, becoming one of only two teams to win the competition five times.[1]
History [ edit ] Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club was formed by a group of Israeli expatriates to serve as a recreational Sunday soccer team.[2] Greater Los Angeles Soccer League , with the addition of former Israeli national team players who had recently immigrated to the Los Angeles area . While the club used the Star of David and other Jewish symbols, the players came from various countries and many of them were not Jewish.[3] Greater Los Angeles Soccer League , California State Cup and the US Open Cup . They qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1974 and 1978 but withdrew before competing both times.[4] Bridgeport Vasco da Gama from Connecticut in the 1978 US Open Cup winning the
final at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey . The match was part of a double header with the New York Cosmos and the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League in front of 30,000 fans. Maccabee Los Angeles ceased operations after the 1982 season but Maccabee Athletic Club is still in existence for youth players.[3]
US Open Cup Winner (5) : 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981Finalist (2) : 1980, 1982Triple Crown Winners Greater Los Angeles Soccer League Winner (7) : 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982Past rosters [ edit ] US Open Cup 1973 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup 1975 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup 1977 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup 1978 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup 1980 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup 1981 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup 1982 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
US Open Cup results [ edit ] 1973 Maccabee Los Angeles 5 vs Cleveland Inter Italian 3
1975 Maccabee Los Angeles 1 vs New York Inter Giuliana 0
1977 Maccabee Los Angeles 5 vs Philadelphia German-Hungarians 1
1978 Maccabee Los Angeles 2 vs Bridgeport Vasco da Gama 0 (OT)
1980 New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 3 vs Maccabee Los Angeles 2
1981 Maccabee Los Angeles 5 vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1
1982 New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 4 vs Maccabee Los Angeles 3 (OT)[1] References [ edit ]
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