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]
Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club was formed by a group of Israeli expatriates to serve as a recreational Sunday soccer team.[2] The team began playing competitively in 1971 as part of the 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] They won the Triple Crown twice in 1977 and 1978 by winning the 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] Maccabee Los Angeles played 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]
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]
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^ abThe other team to win five National Challenge Cups was Bethlehem Steel F.C."US Open Cup, National Challenge Cup history: Year-by-year - TheCup.us - Full Coverage of US Open Cup Soccer". thecup.us. Retrieved 17 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
^"The 1971–81 Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Team". SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 1998. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ abBaxter, Kevin (August 30, 2019). "How Holocaust survivors, immigrants and a soap opera star formed a soccer powerhouse". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
^. homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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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 Maccabee Athletic ClubFull nameMaccabee Los Angeles מכבי לוס אנג לסNickname s MaccabeesFounded1971 competitive Dissolved1982StadiumJackie Robinson FieldCapacity10 820LeagueGreater Los Angeles Soccer LeagueHome colors Contents 1 History 2 Honors 3 Past rosters 3 1 US Open Cup 1973 3 2 US Open Cup 1975 3 3 US Open Cup 1977 3 4 US Open Cup 1978 3 5 US Open Cup 1980 3 6 US Open Cup 1981 3 7 US Open Cup 1982 4 US Open Cup results 5 ReferencesHistory editMaccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club was formed by a group of Israeli expatriates to serve as a recreational Sunday soccer team 2 The team began playing competitively in 1971 as part of the 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 They won the Triple Crown twice in 1977 and 1978 by winning the 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 Maccabee Los Angeles played 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 Honors editUS Open Cup Winner 5 1973 1975 1977 1978 1981 Finalist 2 1980 1982 Triple Crown Winners 2 1977 1978 Greater Los Angeles Soccer League Winner 7 1973 1975 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982Past rosters editUS Open Cup 1973 edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 3 DF nbsp GER Eric Braeden 2 DF nbsp ISR Eli Marmur 8 MF nbsp ISR Yarone Schmitman 7 MF nbsp ISR Pinchas Benzaken 6 MF nbsp ISR Genny Ben Acote 4 DF nbsp USA Mike Caspi 9 FW nbsp ISR Moshe Hoftman 1 GK nbsp ARG Eduardo Chantre 11 FW nbsp MEX Miguel Cuevas 10 FW nbsp ISR Benny Binshtock 5 DF nbsp ARG Vicente Guiterez 12 FW nbsp ISR Morris Storch 14 MF nbsp USA Michael Meyer historian 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 No Pos Nation Player 2 DF nbsp ISR Eli Marmur 10 MF nbsp MEX Chon Miranda 11 FW nbsp ISR Benny Binshtock 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 No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp ARG Eduardo Chantre 2 DF nbsp ISR Eli Marmur 3 DF nbsp USA Leo Kulinczenko 4 DF nbsp BLZ Russell Hulse 8 MF nbsp ISR Abraham Cohen 10 MF nbsp MEX Manuel Mena 11 FW nbsp ENG Guy Newman 9 FW nbsp ROU Meir Segal 7 FW nbsp ISR Benny Binshtock 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 No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp ARG Eduardo Chantre 2 DF nbsp ISR Eli Marmur 3 DF nbsp USA Leo Kulinczenko 4 DF nbsp BLZ Russell Hulse 5 DF nbsp ISR Joseph Mizrahi 6 MF nbsp ISR Abraham Cohen 7 FW nbsp SLV Toni Moran 8 MF nbsp ARG Ramon Sandounh 9 FW nbsp ROU Meir Segal 10 MF nbsp ESP Carlos Roveri 11 FW nbsp ISR Izhar Mozik 12 FW nbsp ISR Benny Binshtock 13 DF nbsp USA Peter Gonzales 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 No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp ARG Eduardo Chantre 4 DF nbsp BLZ Russell Hulse 9 FW nbsp USA Ole Mikkelsen 10 FW nbsp USA Remon Douek 11 FW nbsp TRI Tony Douglas 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 No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp ARG Eduardo Chantre 4 DF nbsp BLZ Russell Hulse 9 FW nbsp TRI Tony Douglas 10 MF nbsp NED Dan Ben Dror 11 FW nbsp USA Remon Douek 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 No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp ARG Eduardo Chantre 9 FW nbsp TRI Tony Douglas 4 DF nbsp BLZ Russell Hulse 10 FW nbsp USA Remon DouekUS Open Cup results edit1973 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 a b The other team to win five National Challenge Cups was Bethlehem Steel F C US Open Cup National Challenge Cup history Year by year TheCup us Full Coverage of US Open Cup Soccer thecup us Retrieved 17 September 2017 permanent dead link The 1971 81 Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Team SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1998 Retrieved 9 August 2012 a b Baxter Kevin August 30 2019 How Holocaust survivors immigrants and a soap opera star formed a soccer powerhouse Los Angeles Times Retrieved August 30 2019 The Year in American Soccer 1978 homepages sover net Archived from the original on 17 February 2015 Retrieved 17 September 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