Ivan Borodiak
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox football biography Iván "John" Borodiak (born 1940) is a former soccer player who played as a defender in the American Soccer League and the North American Soccer League. Born in Argentina, he also earned one cap for the United States national team.
Professional
Borodiak was born in Argentina of Ukrainian descent, and started his career in the Argentine league, playing for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, and later for Almagro. In early 1960, the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals of the American Soccer League (ASL) signed Borodiak to bolster the squad for an upcoming National Challenge Cup series. The move paid off, and the Ukes won the 1960, 1961, 1963 and 1967 National Challenge Cups. In 1965, during the ASL off season, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Roma.[1] In 1967, he played for the Newark Ukrainian Sitch and Philadelphia Spartans. In 1968, Borodiak signed with the Cleveland Stokers of the North American Soccer League.[2] The next year, he transferred to the Baltimore Bays. That season, he was a first team NASL All Star.[3]
National team
Borodiak earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10–0 loss to England on May 27, 1964.[4]
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- Footballers from Buenos Aires
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- American people of Ukrainian descent
- Argentine people of Ukrainian descent
- Argentine emigrants to the United States
- Argentine men's footballers
- Baltimore Bays players
- Cleveland Stokers players
- Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players
- National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Philadelphia Spartans players
- Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals players
- Toronto Roma players
- United States men's international soccer players
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- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen