The San Pedro Yugoslavs was a soccer team based in
San Pedro, Los Angeles
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that played in
Greater Los Angeles Soccer League.
History
The club, which represented the community Yugoslav of
San Pedro , the district of
Los Angeles
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, had joined the
Greater Los Angeles Soccer League.
Active since the 1950s ,the club reached the
National Challenge Cup
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on four occasions. The first final reached was in
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
and was lost against the
New York Hota . The following year San Pedro reached the final again, losing it against the
Elizabeth SC.
They returned to the
National Challenge Cup
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in
1984
Events
January
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, losing it against the
New York AO Krete . They played their last final in 1986, losing against the
St. Louis Kutis.
In 1987 they could have participated in the
1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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but the club gave up participating and thus lost both qualifying matches against the Mexicans of the America.
Year-by-year
Honors
* National Challenge Cup Runner-up (4): 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986
*Participations in
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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:
1987
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References
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Soccer clubs in Los Angeles
Diaspora soccer clubs in the United States
Yugoslav American
U.S. clubs in CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1950s establishments in California
San Pedro, Los Angeles