The San Pedro Yugoslavs was a soccer team based in

San Pedro, Los Angeles San Pedro ( ; Spanish: " St. Peter") is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located wi ...

that played in Greater Los Angeles Soccer League.

History

The club, which represented the community Yugoslav of San Pedro , the district of

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, had joined the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League. Active since the 1950s ,the club reached the

National Challenge Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. O ...

on four occasions. The first final reached was in

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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

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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 The 1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 23rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club ...

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

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References

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