Nickname(s) Maccabees Ground Capacity 10,820 Ground Jackie Robinson Stadium | Dissolved 1982 League GLASL Founded 1971 | |
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Full name Maccabi (Maccabee) Los Angeles Soccer Club
מכבי לוס אנג'לס | ||
Maccabi Los Angeles Soccer Club (Hebrew: מכבי לוס אנג'לס, MAH-KAH-Bee) was an American soccer club based in Los Angeles, California. The team competed in the professional GLASL ,the CONCACAF Champions Cup (CONCACAF Champions League) , including appearing in the National Challenge Cup (US Open Cup) final seven times in their eleven-year history most notably becoming only one of two teams along with Bethlehem Steel to win the competition five times.
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History
Maccabi Los Angeles Soccer Club was formed by a group of Israeli expatriates to serve as a recreational Sunday soccer team, the primary activity of the Maccabee Athletic Club in Los Angeles, California. The team began playing competitively in 1971, with the addition of former Israeli national team players who had recently immigrated to the Los Angeles area. They were Triple Crown winners twice in 1977 and 1978 winning the GLASL,California State Cup and the US Open Cup.They participated in the CONCACAF Champions Cup (CONCACAF Champions League) in 1978 but did not advance.
Maccabi played Bridgeport Vasco da Gama from Connecticut in the 1978 National Challenge Cup Final at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in front of a crowd of over 30,000 people. The game was part of a double header with the New York Cosmos and the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League. Maccabi ceased operations after the 1982 season but Maccabee Athletic Club is still in existence to this day.
Honors
National Challenge Cup 1973
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National Challenge Cup 1975
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National Challenge Cup 1977
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National Challenge Cup 1978
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National Challenge Cup 1980
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National Challenge Cup 1981
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National Challenge Cup 1982
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