Chicago_Croatian

Chicago Croatian

Chicago Croatian

Football club


Chicago Croatian was an American Soccer Club based in Chicago, Illinois. The club competed professionally in the US Open Cup, the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the National Soccer League (Chicago). All their home matches were played in Hanson Stadium and Winemac Stadium in Chicago.

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The club was founded in the 1950s and is historically the most successful Croatian soccer club in the USA. The height of the Croatians success came in the 1970s and 1980s, when the team reached the final of the prestigious US Open Cup in 1974, 1979 and 1984.[1] They qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1975 and 1980 but withdrew from the competition. They participated in the 1985 CONCACAF Champions Cup[2] and were knocked out of the competition in the 1st round by Honduras champions Club Deportivo Olimpia. Both legs of the match where played in Honduras: the 1st leg was played in San Pedro Sula and the 2nd leg in Tegucigalpa; the attendance was over 40,000 spectators for each match.

Honors

US Open Cup Results

  • June 2, 1974 New York Greek American 2 Chicago Croatian 0
  • June 17, 1979 Brooklyn Dodgers 2 Chicago Croatian 1
  • June 24, 1984 New York Crete 4 Chicago Croatian 2 [3]

CONCACAF Champions Cup 1985


Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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