# Maccabee Los Angeles

Maccabee Athletic Club (Hebrew: מכבי לוס אנג'לס, MAH-KAH-Bee) was an American athletic club based in Los Angeles, California. The primary activity of the club was Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club, a team which competed professionally in the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League. The soccer club is notable for appearing in the US Open Cup final seven times in its eleven-year history, becoming one of only two teams to win the competition five times.

## History

Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club was formed by a group of Israeli expatriates to serve as a recreational Sunday soccer team. The team began playing competitively in 1971 as part of the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League, with the addition of former Israeli national team players who had recently immigrated to the Los Angeles area. While the club used the Star of David and other Jewish symbols, the players came from various countries and many of them were not Jewish. They won the Triple Crown twice in 1977 and 1978 by winning the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League, California State Cup and the US Open Cup. They qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1974 and 1978 but withdrew before competing both times. Maccabee Los Angeles played Bridgeport Vasco da Gama from Connecticut in the 1978 US Open Cup winning the final at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The match was part of a double header with the New York Cosmos and the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League in front of 30,000 fans. Maccabee Los Angeles ceased operations after the 1982 season but Maccabee Athletic Club is still in existence for youth players.

## Honors

* US Open Cup
** Winner (5): 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981
** Finalist (2): 1980, 1982
* Triple Crown Winners: (2): 1977, 1978
* Greater Los Angeles Soccer League
** Winner (7): 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982

## Past rosters
### US Open Cup 1973

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Eric Braeden |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Marmur |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Yarone Schmitman |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Pinchas Benzaken |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Genny Ben-Acote |
| 4 | DF | USA | Mike Caspi |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Moshe Hoftman |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Eduardo Chantre |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Miguel Cuevas |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Benny Binshtock |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Vicente Guiterez |
| 12 | FW | ISR | Morris Storch |
| 14 | MF | USA | Michael Meyer (historian) |

### US Open Cup 1975

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Marmur |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Chon Miranda |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Benny Binshtock |
| 3? | DF | MEX | Daniel Salazar Gutierrez |

### US Open Cup 1977

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Eduardo Chantre |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Marmur |
| 3 | DF | USA | Leo Kulinczenko |
| 4 | DF | BLZ | Russell Hulse |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Abraham Cohen |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Manuel Mena |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Guy Newman |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Meir Segal |
| 7 | FW | ISR | Benny Binshtock |

### US Open Cup 1978

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Eduardo Chantre |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Marmur |
| 3 | DF | USA | Leo Kulinczenko |
| 4 | DF | BLZ | Russell Hulse |
| 5 | DF | ISR | Joseph Mizrahi |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Abraham Cohen |
| 7 | FW | SLV | Toni Moran |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Ramon Sandounh |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Meir Segal |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Carlos Roveri |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Izhar Mozik |
| 12 | FW | ISR | Benny Binshtock |
| 13 | DF | USA | Peter Gonzales |

### US Open Cup 1980

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Eduardo Chantre |
| 4 | DF | BLZ | Russell Hulse |
| 9 | FW | USA | Ole Mikkelsen |
| 10 | FW | USA | Remon Douek |
| 11 | FW | TRI | Tony Douglas |

### US Open Cup 1981

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Eduardo Chantre |
| 4 | DF | BLZ | Russell Hulse |
| 9 | FW | TRI | Tony Douglas |
| 10 | MF | NED | Dan Ben Dror |
| 11 | FW | USA | Remon Douek |

### US Open Cup 1982

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Eduardo Chantre |
| 9 | FW | TRI | Tony Douglas |
| 4 | DF | BLZ | Russell Hulse |
| 10 | FW | USA | Remon Douek |

## US Open Cup results

* 1973 Maccabee Los Angeles 5 vs Cleveland Inter Italian 3
* 1975 Maccabee Los Angeles 1 vs New York Inter Giuliana 0
* 1977 Maccabee Los Angeles 5 vs Philadelphia German-Hungarians 1
* 1978 Maccabee Los Angeles 2 vs Bridgeport Vasco da Gama 0 (OT)
* 1980 New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 3 vs Maccabee Los Angeles 2
* 1981 Maccabee Los Angeles 5 vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1
* 1982 New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 4 vs Maccabee Los Angeles 3 (OT)