Ivan Borodiak

Ivan "John" Borodiak
Personal information
Full name Ivan Borodiak
Date of birth (1936-07-13)July 13, 1936
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death September 13, 2025(2025-09-13) (aged 89)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1959 Talleres (RE)
1959 Almagro
1960–1966 Philadelphia Ukrainians
1965 Toronto Roma
1966–1967 Newark Ukrainian Sitch
1967–1968 Philadelphia Spartans 12 (0)
1968 Cleveland Stokers 26 (0)
1969 Baltimore Bays
International career
1964 United States 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iván "John" Borodiak (July 13, 1936 – September 13, 2025) was a 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

Born on July, 13, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Ukrainian descent,[1] Borodiak 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.[2] 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.[3] The next year, he transferred to the Baltimore Bays. That season, he was a first team NASL All Star.[4]

National team

Borodiak earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10–0 loss to England on May 27, 1964.[5]

Later life and death

After retiring from professional playing in 1970, Borodiak coached soccer and played with amateur teams into his 40s. He earned certification in dental cosmetics at Temple University in the 1960s, and owned a dental lab in Philadelphia until he retired in 2018. He died on September 13, 2025.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Miles, Gary (November 24, 2025). "John Borodiak, Hall of Fame pro soccer player and longtime dental lab owner, has died at 89". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  2. ^ Kernaghan, Jim (June 16, 1965). "Roma has two real travelers". Toronto Daily Star. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Pele Is an Old Rival of Stokers' Navarro". Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  4. ^ "NASL All-Star Teams, all-time". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  5. ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
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