Yaro Dachniwsky is a retired American

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goalkeeper who spent most of his career with indoor teams. He played part of the 1996 season with the

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in the who played professionally in the USL A-League. He was also a member of the

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which placed ninth at the

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Soccer

Dachniwsky grew up in

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. Dachniwsky's grandfather Dmytro Dachniwsky played for

Ukraina Lwów Ukraina Lviv (full name: ''Sports Society Ukraina Lviv'') was a Galician and then Polish association football team of the ST Ukraina (Sports Society), located in the city of Lviv. At that time the ST Ukraina was a sports society of ethnic Ukraini ...

. His father, Myron, played for

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in the

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. Dachniwsky graduated from Gordon Technical High School and attended the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a Public university, public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus esta ...

, playing one year on the Flames' soccer team. In 1984, Dachniwsky worked with the Chicago Sting reserve team, but was not offered a professional contract. He then played for the Wings SC (two seasons) and Chicago Croatians of the National Soccer League of Chicago. Croatian won the

1984 National Challenge Cup The 1984 National Challenge Cup was the 70th edition of the USSF's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League declined to participate. AO Krete of New York City defeated Chica ...

, but Dachniwsky spent most of the tournament as a backup goalkeeper. In 1985, Dachniwsky signed with the

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of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In 1986, he moved to the

Memphis Storm The Memphis Storm was an American soccer team based in Memphis, Tennessee which existed from 1986 to 1994. They underwent several names changes including the Rogues, the Survivors, the United Express and finally the Jackals. They played in the Am ...

where he spent two seasons. Dachniwsky moved to the

Milwaukee Wave The Milwaukee Wave is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1984, they have been the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in the United States and are seven-time league champions, m ...

for the 1988–89 AISA season, then to the

Atlanta Attack Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

of the National Professional Soccer League in 1989. In 1991, Dachniwsky moved to yet another league, this time the

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where he would win three consecutive indoor championships with the

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. He was the 1993 and 1994 USISL indoor Goalkeeper of the Year. In 1994, Dachniwsky signed with the Carolina Vipers of the

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. Midway through the season, he joined the San Diego Sockers. On August 14, 1994, the Sockers released Dachniwsky. From November 1994 through the first week of August 1996, Dachniwsky played

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

. On August 27, 1996, the

signed Dachniwsky for the remainder of the 1996 A-League season. He retired at the end of the season.

Handball

In November 1994, Dachniwsky attended a trial with the

. He was elected for the team as it prepared for the

. He was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Handball Team.

Business executive

In 1997, the

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hired Dachniwsky as the Manager of Corporate Sales. On September 25, 2005, Dachniwsky left the Fire to join the Chicago Storm as Vice President of Business Development.Storm adds VP of Business Development
/ref> A year later he became the Corporate Alliance Director at Six Flags. In 2009, he became the Sports Medicine Development Director at Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

External links

Olympics Profile: Yaro Dachniwsky

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dachniwsky, Yaro Living people 1963 births Soccer players from Chicago American men's soccer players A-League (1995–2004) players Atlanta Attack players Atlanta Magic players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Carolina Vipers players Chicago Shoccers players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Memphis Storm players National Soccer League (Chicago) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Olympic handball players for the United States American male handball players San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) indoor players Milwaukee Wave players USISL players UIC Flames men's soccer players Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics American people of Ukrainian descent Men's association football goalkeepers Detroit Safari players Detroit Neon players