Krylati win league cup (07/23/00)

Krylati win league cup

YONKERS, N.Y. - The Yonkers Ukrainians Men's Soccer Team Krylati finished its 1999-2000 season by winning the Eastern District League Cup. In the final, Krylati shutout Unity, a Jamaican team from Yonkers, 2-0, with two goals from player-coach Sergei Royko.

This year, the team was fortunate to acquire the coaching services of Mr. Royko, a former Dynamo Kyiv player from Drohobych, Ukraine. In fact, almost three-quarters of the team are players who recently immigrated to the Yonkers area from Ukraine and Poland. The rest of the team is made up of Ukrainian Americans and local non-Ukrainians.

In league play, the team finished in third place of the first division of the Eastern District Soccer League. The Krylati sports club was founded in 1966 and is currently sponsored by the Yonkers branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM).

Other officials involved with the club are: Roman Hlushko, club president; Mark Howansky, player-manager; Stephen Howansky, assistant manager; Theodore Hoshko, assistant manager; and Taras Sczcur, team representative to league.

The team holds weekly practices in Yonkers and Stamford, Conn., which are always open to new players. For more information, call Mark Howansky, (201) 864-5751.

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