Welcome to the Ottawa Ukraina Royals Soccer Club Homepage!

Ottawa Ukraina, are preparing for life in the second highest division in all of Ottawa. They are playing in the Ottawa Carleton Soccer League (OCSL) Men's Competitive Division 1 league. Ukraina have earned the right to play in this league through promotions all the way up from Division 4. This years Division 1, is arguably the toughest, most competitive Division 1 league in many, many years. The league consists of 10 teams - St. Anthony Soccer Club who won the Premier League and the Ontario Cup just a few short years ago, the Ottawa Internationals who are new to division 1 having been relegated from premier, and our Rivals Bosnia to name a few. This league is arguably almost as competitive as the Premier League, which is the highest in the city. Ukraina will have a huge challenge ahead of them to compete weekly against these teams, which the boys are very excited about. If Ottawa Ukraina can compete and play like they can, there is no telling how high they can finish!

April 18, 2011

"Ottawa Ukraina First Team Preseason Going Well!"

Ottawa Ukraina started their preseason training on March 27th, and things are going very well. The players are showing up in large numbers, and working very hard. The first league game kicks off May 24th, but the players are already getting close to full fitness, and eager for the season to begin. Ukraina have an uphill battle, with losing key players Sergey Kovalenkov, Kenny Porter, Sergey Minko, and losing the Kenny brothers, Matty and Morgan to injury. Morgan Kenny's injury may heal up in time for the season, but Matty Kenny looks to be going under the knife shortly to cure a knee issue. With all that said, other members of the Team are looking to step up in their place, and keep the tradition of winning in the Ottawa Ukraina Club. It is a big season for the likes of Bryce Motiuk and Nate Lafosse who the Club are looking to to provide a ton of offence to the team this season. Upcoming Ukraina have their annual preseseason match against Croatia, and the training and fitness continues !

February 8, 2011

"Winter Update - Another Trophy!"

Ottawa Ukraina have collected another trophy for their Club in the 2010 Winter Indoor Season at the Louis Riel Dome. Ottawa Ukraina Third Team collected the League Title after finishing top of the League by 1 point. Congratulations to the boys! There isn't much time to rest on laurels, as the spring season for this team has begun, in the same league with some very good new teams in the league. The boys have started with a draw and a win. Good luck! Bring us some more hardware!

The Ottawa Ukraina First Team, after a slow start to the season are finding their feet and starting to put together some wins. They are now in a playoff spot in the league, with 3 games to go. Once in the playoffs, anything is possible, and our boys will give it everything!

The Ottawa Ukraina Second Team, have been having a stop/start season. Winning a game, then losing, then a tie... They can't seem to get consistent results - but with that said, have already clinched a playoff spot and are in good position to make a good run at the title! Good luck to them, they have a real chance! Check the schedule/results link to see how each team is doing game by game!

November 18, 2010

"Motiuk leading Ukraina with goals galore!"

Bryce Motiuk is taking the League by storm this season scoring 6 goals in 6 games for Ukraina. The team are currently undefeated and top of the League and this is in large part to the play of Bryce and his important goals. This bodes very well for Ukraina as an in form Bryce will be a massive boost to the Club for their big summer season in Division 1!

August 31, 2010

"Ottawa Ukraina Promoted!!!"

The Ottawa Ukraina First Team have done what they set out to do exactly one year ago - to get promoted to the Competitive First Division in the Ottawa Carleton Soccer League! This is a HUGE acheivement and arguably an achievement one that no other pure ethnic has ever done. Having started in Division 4 in 2006, Ukraina are climbing up the divisions and are now in the second highest league in the entire city! This group of guys really deserves it, and the entire Club is proud of its achievement. Congratulations !

August 5, 2010

"Ukraina Summer Leagues 2010 start!"

The Ottawa Ukraina First Team, who compete in the OCSL Men's Competitive Division 2 League are fighting valiantly this year, and are in the hunt for promotion! With the top 2 teams getting promoted to division 1, Ukraina see themselves tied in second place, 4 points behind the league leaders. With 4 games remaining, Ukraina have a tough fight to get 1 of the 2 promotion spots, but firmly believe they can achieve their goal!

The Ottawa Ukraina Second Team, who compete in the NCISL Men's Open Division have had a very good season as well, albeit a bit up and down with a mix of results. The season started very well, and because of injury and conflicting game times there have been a few bad results, but regardless of those, there has been some inspirational soccer played and some legendary matches! Ukraina has defeated the first place team, coming back from a 3-0 deficit! The team sits in 4th place, only a few points behind third and second place. With a strong finish to the season Ukraina can see themselves fly up the table! Lets finish strong boys!

May 19, 2010

"Ukraina Summer Leagues 2010 start!"

The summer league will start May 19th, with Ukraina First Team kicking off their season against the Stallions. Ukraina's goal is non other then winning promotion to division 1. With a few new faces in the lineup such as James Pomoransky, Nic Jurchuk, Quinn Abugov, and Denis Pogrebinski Ukraina will need to gel quickly.

The Second Team are looking for a league championship of their own as they compete in the Men's Open division in the NCISL Division this year. This team has many returning faces such as Captain Nelson Pardo, Myk Shaforostov, and Walter Usyk. Nothing less then a league title will be accepted by the players who are keen on a title!

April 6, 2010

"Ottawa Ukraina vs Ukraine United (Toronto) friendly"

Hello all!

I'd like to take the time to invite everybody to come out and watch the Ottawa Ukraina MC2 team battle against visiting Ukraina United from Toronto. We would like to get out as many supporters out as possible to show the Toronto team the support and strength of our team here in Ottawa. So please mark your calendars and don't forget to come support and afterwards to Father and Sons for drinks, food, and socializing with the visiting team.

Date: Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Kick off: 6:00 PM
Location: Keith Harris Stadium (Carleton University)
Parking: Free at Carleton.

Post game:

Location: Father n Sons (King Edward/Osgoode)
Time: After the game, or 9pm.

Maps are below.

Keith Harris Stadium

Father and Sons

March 2, 2010

"Ottawa Ukraina Soccer Club Winter Season ends in heartbreak!"

Ottawa Ukraina ended the long, grueling winter season with 1 amazing high, and 3 lows. With Ottawa Ukraina 4th Team winning the Championship, we had 3 teams remaining in the playoffs, all who finished no lower then third place after the regular season. First up were the Second Team, who played a hard fought game, but ended up losing in penalty shots in the Quarter Finals. As if it were a deja vu - The Third team had the same outcome, losing a close game in penalty shots. And last night, the might First Team of Ukraina were playing in the quarter finals, and were ahead in the second half, but 2 timely goals from the opposition coupled with a poor referee decision ended the dreams of a third Winter League title in a row for the First Team. Congratulations guys on a successful season, we learned a lot, fought bravely together, and now onto the Spring season, to prepare for the all important Summer season!

February 16, 2010

"Ukraina 4th Team are Champions!!!"

The Ukraina 4th Team, Captained by Chris Stead, finished their season last night playing in the Championship final and defeating the top ranked Raiders to capture the Championship! Ukraina finished the regular season in 3rd place with a 9 win, 4 loss, 2 tie record and qualified for the playoffs. In the quarter final Ukraina won a very tough test 4-3, and in the semi final won a good battle 3-1. Now in the Championship Final, Ukraina were up against the Raiders - the Achilles heel for all teams. They had not lost in 2 years in this league, and finished this season first with a record of 15 wins and 1 tie. Ukraina, true to their fighting spirit came out fighting and unintimidated and dominated the start of the game. In the 4th minute of the game, Marc Lapointe-Denysewych scored off of a free kick to give Ukraina the lead 1-0. In the 14th minute, Chris Stead took a beautiful corner and Scott Makischuk slotted home his shot in the near post to make it 2-0 Ukraina. In the 21st minute Ukraina struck again, with good combination play from Andriy Panchuk and Max Padalko - who laid off a pass to Scott Makischuk who fired home Ukraina's 3rd to go up 3-0 at halftime. The second half was always going to be tough as the opposition were going to push forward hard, and with 19 minutes to go the opposition scored to make it 3-1. Ukraina were battling still, but gave up another goal with 9 minutes to go to make it 3-2 Ukraina. Then with 6 minutes remaining, Ukraina were awarded a free kick and Marc Lapointe-Denysewych took it quickly seeing Scott Makischuk making a run to the net and Scotty did not fail as he smashed it into the net to give Ukraina a 4-2 lead and win! Walter Usyk was fantastic in goal making some big saves in the game. Congratulations Boys!

Squad Members

Mike Podgorski
Walter Usyk
Roman Zakaluzny
Vince Didkovsky
Marc Lapointe-Denysewych
Corey Syrnyk
Artem Padalko
Andriy Panchuk
Eric Lapointe-Denysewych
Alex Zaslavsky
Sergey Kovalenkov
Scott Makischuk
Vladdy Ruzhynsky
Max Padalko
Andriy Popowych
Chris Stead (Captain)

January 25, 2010

"Motiuk On Fire For Ukraina!"

Ukraina 2nd Team having been on a roll lately, sitting in second place in a very tough league in the Ottawa Coliseum. This is largely in part to great committment, fantastic team spirit, and hard work. But another reason is the play of Striker Bryce Motiuk. Bryce has been on fire in front of goal banging in the goals for Ukraina at a frightening pace! Bryce has got 9 goals in his past 3 games, leading Ukraina to victory in all 3 games. That brings his total to 14 goals in 9 games this season leading the team and probably the league. Soccer is a team game, so without the play of his teammates none of this would be possible - as I am sure mild mannered Bryce would say. But his performances have been brilliant, and show no signs of slowing down! Good luck to Bryce and the Ottawa Ukraina Club in the rest of the Winter Seasons!

December 5, 2009

Ottawa Ukraina Champions of Very Competitive Co-ed Tournament!

Members of the Ottawa Ukraina Soccer Club put together a Team to play in the very competitive Ottawa Sports and Social Club Co-ed Tournament. Co-ed means that every team in the tournament must have 2 females on the field at all times. Ottawa Ukraina recruited 4 females to play in this tournament - one being the Girlfriend of Marc Lapointe-Denysewych, midfielder Erin Johnson and 3 teammates from Erin's current competitive women's team - midfielders Dominic Trudeau, Lisa Della Rosa and Ukrainian goalkeeper Christina Woronowski. This was a first for Ottawa Ukraina, and the tournament was very, very difficult as Ukraina had to face players from premier teams, former University players, current University players and so on.

Ukraina went 4 wins and 1 tie in the Tournament, winning the Championship final 3-2.

Ottawa Ukraina would like to thank the girls for playing in this tournament, and they did extremely well throughout and were a big part in helping the Club win the Championship!

The Ottawa Ukraina Squad who competed in this Tournament were: Mike Herasimenko, Walter Usyk, Andriy Panchuk, Sergey Minko, Sergey Kovalenkov, Eric Lapointe-Denysewych, Andriy Popowych, Marc Lapointe-Denysewych, Arsen Gritsenko, Chris Stead and Scott Makischuk.

Great job and another great win for the Club.

October 21, 2009

Ottawa Ukraina Expand Once Again, and have 4 Indoor Teams!

OUSC have 4 teams playing this winter in Ottawa. The squad sizes are smaller then an 11 v 11 regular soccer game, as indoor soccer is 7 v 7, but still have over 35 players on the 4 teams! The teams are as follows:

Ottawa Ukraina First Team - Captained By Alex Zaslavsky - which play in the Men's Division 1 League.

Ottawa Ukraina Second Team - Captained By Arsen Gritsenko - which play in the Men's Divison 2 League.

Ottawa Ukraina Third Team - Captained By Nelson Pardo - which play in the Men's Division 3 League.

Ottawa Ukraina Fourth Team - Captained By Chris Stead - which play in the Men's Division 6 league.

This is once again, a monumental time in Ukraina's history, and will be a great winter of battles, blood, sweat, and the occassional beer! Check the schedule link for game times and locations!

September 11, 2009

Both Ottawa Ukraina First and Second Team Finish Summer Seasons!

The Ottawa Ukraina First and Second Teams finished their respective seasons yesterday. In a historic year, Ottawa Ukraina expanded to have 2 summer teams. It made the process a lot more challenging. Things began on a shaky note, with both teams short on numbers because of injury, as well as the unlucky allocation of both teams playing on the same night, which stretched the coaching staff very thin. But as usual, the Ottawa Ukraina overcame all the obstacles to have very successful seasons! The summer season is seen as the most important, with the leagues working just like professional leagues where teams must start at the bottom rung, and work their way up the leagues (from 4, to 3, to 2, to Premier which is technically division 1) by winning the league they are in (or by finishing in second).

Ottawa Ukraina First Team were playing in division 2, and despite the injury issues, and a bad run of form at one point in the season, were dominant in the last month and a half climbing the standings to finish the season tied for second place!! The unfortunate news is that we finish technically 3rd on goal difference, leaving our promotion status to an application in April, and hopefully we will be successful and get promoted to division 1!!! Great season boys!

Ottawa Ukraina Second Team were playing in Division 3 in the second tier (which is highly competitive) and had a stuttering season, beating top teams, and dropping games to lesser teams on occasion. This team especially suffered through injury and finished a VERY respectable 10th out of 14 teams. I have no doubt in my mind that if the team were healthier and didn't suffer the injuries they did, they would have fought for top 5 easily. It was a great learning season for the players, the coaches and the Club.

Coach Marc Lapointe was over the moon with the 2 teams this summer, and cannot wait for the winter season so he can get more hands-on with the players over the winter so that both teams can challenge for titles next summer! Great job lads, you are a testiment to your team, the Club, and the Ukrainian Community.

May 2, 2009

Ottawa Ukraina are Money Tournament Champions!

Ottawa Ukraina entered a money tournament this weekend, with the winner collecting $1,000 dollars! Ukraina started very slow, losing 2 of their 3 round robin games, but managed to get through to the quarter final, where they went on a great run to win the entire thing! Great job guys, we are a very gritty, never say die club, and we deserved it!

Squad: Morgan Kenny, Matty Kenny, Mike Herasimenko, Andriy Panchuk, Igor Plechtchenko, Chris Arnone, Dan Popowych, Konstantin Privalov, Eric Lapointe, Nate Lafosse, Luke Makischuk, Alex Zaslavsky, Arsen Gritsenko, Sergey Kovalenkov.

Coachs: Walter Usyk/Marc Lapointe

Game Results:

Game 1 v. Ottaw Juventus
Result 2-0 Loss

Game 2 v. D.C United
Result 3-1 Win
Goal Scorer: Alex Zaslavsky, Sergey Kovalenkov, Igor Pletchtenko

Game 3 v. Wellington County
Result 2-1 Loss
Goal Scorer: Sergey Kovalenkov

Game 4 v. SOCA United - Quater Final
Result 3-1 Win
Goal Scorers: Arsen Gritsenko (2), Luke Makischuk

Game 5 v. Baltika - Semi Final
Result 2-2 - Win in penalty shots
Goal Scorers: Luke Makischuk, Igor Pletchtenko

Game 5 v. Wellington County - Final
Result 2-2 - Win in penalty shots
Goal Scorers: Luke Makischuk, Sergey Kovalenkov

March 14, 2009

Ottawa Ukraina First Team Wins Championship!

Ottawa Ukraina First Team, finished on a high winning the Winter League and Cup Championship! Congratulations boys to a job well done! Check out the schedule results page, and read up on the game summaries!

February 3, 2009

Ottawa Ukraina Reserves win first ever game 1-0!

The Ottawa Ukraina reserve team won its first ever game 1-0 in the spring league this season. One may ask how this is Ottawa Ukraina's first reserve team win? The Reserve Teams generally consist of mixture of first team players and reserve team players, giving players a chance to play in 2 leagues, play more often etc. But now that we have over 30 players registered and playing, we have formed an "official reserve" team, with no mixture of players, its it own team, with its own coaching staff and own league. The team is coached by Andriy Panchuk, a first team player and ass't coached by Club Captain Walter Usyk, who also plays for the team. The Ukraina Reserve Team won its opening game in a 9 v 9 indoor Spring league game 1-0 on a goal by co-captain Dmitriy Synak, and Michael Bodnar recorded the shutout. A great way to start the reserve team!

December 27, 2008

Ottawa Ukraina lose heartbreaker in tournament Finals!

Ukraina participated in a Tournament over the Christmas break, on December 27th. Ukraina beat some solid teams along the way, but came up just a tad short in the end. We played 5 games, and had we had some more bodies to give players rests, we surely would have won the tournament. But fun was had, and another great showing by Ukraina.

Game Results:

Game 1 v. Cumberland
Result 5-1 Win
Goal scorers - Mike Popowych 2, Danilo Popowych, Kenny Porter, Mike Herasimenko

Game 2 v. Africa
Result 0-0 Tie

Game 3 v. Gloucester
Result 2-1 Loss
Goal Scorer - Danilo Popowych

Game 4 v. Gloucester Celtic - Semi Final
Result 0-0 - Win in penalty shots

Game 5 v. Gloucester - Final
2-1 Loss
Goal Scorer - Walter Usyk

December 3, 2008

Ottawa Ukraina Royals Soccer Club named Team of the Year by the Ottawa Royals 2008!

Ottawa Ukraina, who play as a team under the massive Ottawa Royals Soccer Club Umbrella—with over 40 different teams playing for the Club in Ottawa—have been named Ottawa Royals 2008 Team of the Year! The Ottawa Ukraina Soccer Team has beat out over 40 teams to earn this honour, including the Men's premier team, the men's first division team and the men's second division team! This is a huge honour, and is a compliment to the whole Club! Great job by all and very deserved!

November 18, 2008

Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada present at Ottawa Ukraina game.

The Ottawa Ukraina players were surprised to find out that the man taking in the game with his son was none other than the Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Dr. Ihor Ostash. He was also kind enough to stay after the game to shake hands and pose with the team for a photo (below).

October 28, 2008

Ukraina begin working out to prepare for indoor season

Once again the committment by the players and coaches to the success of this team sets a new standard. For the past 3 weeks, players from both the First and Second indoor squads have braved nearly freezing temperatures to begin preparing for the upcoming indoor season. The practices have been relatively light in terms of fitness—they're designed more to get the legs moving and touches on the ball. If the skill level seen at these practices are any indication of what might be on display in the coming season, I wouldn't want to be the opposition.

August 18, 2008

Ukraina Travel to Belleville for Tournament

For the second straight season Ukraina go to Belleville to compete in a weekend tournament, although this season many players were unable to attend due to injury, prior committments, work among others things but it was decided to go ahead with it and have a good time. Ukraina travelled down with 10 players, Assistant Coach Mario Arnone suited up, as well as guest player, webmaster Peter Furmanczyk who worked hard when on the pitch. Ukraina lost 1 game and tied 2 games over the course of the tournament. It was a great fitness building, team bonding experience, and no doubt about it, with our full squad Ukraina would have walked through this tournament as Champions. The highlight of this tournament was the Father and Son combination up front, Mario and Chris Arnone leading Ukraina's attack!

August 7, 2008

Ukraina are promoted from Division 3 to Division 2!

Ukraina have won 11 straight games this summer season to go 11-0-0 and acheive promotion from the 3rd Division to the 2nd Division in style! There are 3 games left to play and Ukraina are now looking to have an undefeated season and become Division 3 Champions! Congratulations to all the people involved in this great acheivment, you are doing your Community proud!

March 18, 2008

Ukraina Have Perfect Season And Win League!

The Ottawa Ukraina soccer team completely a perfect season yesterday going a perfect 15 wins, 0 losses, 0 ties in the league season and a perfect 3-0 in the playoffs to win the Championship! This is a huge achievement for the boys, and one that will be very difficult to acheive again! Congratulations boys, lets keep the winning tradition of this Club going!

Members of the squad - Matty Kenny, Andriy Popowych, Mike Herasimenko, Bohdan Kaluzny, Graeme Webber, Pascal Bastien, Luke Makischuk, Igor Plechtchenko, Sergey Kovalenkov, Danilo Popowych, Bryce Motiuk, Chris Arnone, Ben Makuch, Roman Zakaluzny, Walter Usyk, Alex Zaslavsky, Eric Lapointe, Andrew Panchuk, Kenny Porter Ivanchuk, Morgan Kenny, Konstantin Privalov.

March 10, 2008

Ukraina Win 100th game!

Ukraina finished the season 15-0, while winning the 15th game, it also happened to be the 100 win in the Clubs history! Ukraina were victories 6-1 in this landmark win. It only took the Club 146 games to get 100 wins. This is a credit to everyone involved, players, staff and supporters. Here is to the 200th win! Congratulations Ottawa Ukraina!!!

December 02, 2007

2 Ukraina Milestones Reached!

Luke Makischuk become the first Ukraina player in history to reach 100 games played for the Club, and he marked this occasion scoring a goal in a 3-2 win over the Spitfires. While Lukey was achieving this, Sergey Kovalenkov was making his own mark, scoring his 50th goal for the Club in the same 3-2 win. Congratulations boys, here is to another 100 games and another 50 goals!

September 27, 2007

Ukraina Indoor Teams Ready To Begin!

Ukraina have once again begun their long difficult indoor seasons. Ukraina Reserve Team begin their season Wednesday October 5th and play every wednesday until the winner is established in March. The Ukraina First Team will begin their season in Mid November which goes on until a winner is declared in April. We have 2 very very strong teams, with players mixed among both teams, and many players playing for both, we would consider it a failure not to win both League Titles. Here is to a good winter indoor season!

September 02, 2007

Ukraina win promotion to Division 3!

Ukraina finish the season in second place, with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie! Ukraina now earn promotion from the 4th Division, to the 3rd Division. This is a great achievment by the boys, and one they deserved! Congratulations boys!

August 12, 2007

Ukraina Play Very Well In Belleville!

Ukraina played in a 24 team tournament in Belleville over the weekend, and had a very impressive showing. Ukraina won all 3 of their round robin games. 2-1 with goals from Alex Zaslavsky and Chris Arnone, 2-0 on goals from Alex Zaslavsky and Kenny Porter, and 1-0 on a goal from Alex Zaslavsky. Ukraina then qualified for the quarter finals the following day but were defeated 2-0 by Sherbrooke. There were 5 key players out injured, and Ukraina were down to bare bones but put in a great effort. Well done boys.

July 15, 2007

Ukraina Play 100th Match!

On this massive game for Ukraina against promotion rivals Gatineau, marked Ukraina's 100th match since the creation of this Club. It turned out to be a tricky one for Ukraina, as they were missing 9 players due to the league's terrible handling of the league schedule. But with all that said, the boys who turned up at the game were worth of being called Kozak's, as they battled for 90 minutes and earned a 1-1 tie. Out of the first 100 games for the Club, 75 of the games have ended without a loss. This is an amazing statistic and one all Ukrainians involved with this team should be proud of. Here is to the next 100 games, and many many more.

July 12, 2007

Ukraina Play Hearing Impaired Men's Olympic Team!

In a very beautiful occasion, Ukraina were honour to be playing against the Hearing Impaired Men's Olympic Soccer Team in an exhibition game before they fly out to Venezuela for the Pan American Games. It really was an honour to play against such a great team, coach by Ottawa Native Jason Whiting. It was a very strong game with plenty of skill from both teams and was played in a very combative yet friendly atmosphere. Ukraina were winner 7-2 on goals by Mike Herasimenko, 2 from Scotty Makischuk, Sergey Kovalenkov, Pascal Bastien, Roman Dzioba, and Alex Zaslavsky.

May 5, 2007

Tournament Champions!

Ukraina entered a 2 day tournament May 5 and 6 in Ottawa at the Coliseum soccer center. It was an 8 team tournament, which included Ottawa's Russian Team, a Trinidad team from Montreal, and the Portugese from Toronto. Ukraina put together a team to compete in this tournament, as the prize for winning was $750 dollars cash!

Game #1 Ukraina 2 Steamers 0
Scott Makischuk, awaiting surgery on a terribly injured knee, deflected in goal #1 for Ukraina.
Eric Lapointe, scored a beautiful turn and finish to score the second for Ukraina.
Matty Kenny was brilliant in picking up the shutout.

Game #2 Ukraina 0 Portugal (Toronto) 1
Ukraina gave up a bad goal, and missed a penalty shot.
Matty Kenny in goal.

Game #3 Ukraina 4 Cumberland 3
Ukraina had to win this game to reach the semi finals, and were losing 3-1 with 9 minutes left and came back to win.
Goals - Bryce Motiuk, Sergey Kovalenkov, Kenny Porter Ivanchuk, Luke Makischuk. Matty Kenny in goal.

Game #4 Semi Final Ukraina 1 Soca's (Montreal) 0
Ukraina beat a very very big, strong team in this game to reach the finals. Alex Zaslavsky, who is making a habit of scoring big goals for Ukraina, buried the games only goal with 4 minutes left. Matty Kenny was brilliant in goal.

Game #5 Final Ukraina 3 Portugal (Toronto) 0
Ukraina were brilliant, and absolutely dominated the final. Alex Zaslavsky scored the quickest goal in Ukraina history scoring 9 seconds into the final on a great finish. Mike Herasimenko buried a cracking shot to make it 2-0, before Chris Arnone hit home a clever set piece to finish the job. Matty Kenny played brilliant in goal once again.

team

Top Row - Left to Right - Mike Herasimenko, Marc Lapointe, Alex Zaslavsky, Chris Arnone, Danilo Popowych, Jon Udell, Bryce Motiuk, Kenny Porter Ivanchuk, Scott Makischuk, Sergey Kovalenkov
Bottom Row - Left to Right - Bohdan Kaluzny, Eric Lapointe, Walter Usyk, Matty Kenny, Morgan Kenny, Luke Makischuk, Andriy Popowych

March 26, 2007

Ukraina make 3 key young signings!

Ottawa Ukraina are shaping up very well for the spring and all important summer season signing 3 youngsters on a permanent basis for the Spring and Summer league. Bryce Motiuk, 21 a midfielder/striker will help our offence with his good skills. Chris Arnone, 21, had played 2 games with Ukraina last year scoring one goal, is also a midfielder/striker who has fantastic energy and pace to burn. Matthew Kenny, 15, may be seen as young on paper, but has been playing with Ukraina as a player this past winter season, but is naturally a keeper. And with Andriy Popowych down with a torn ACL and out for a year, and Morgan Kenny moving to another club this summer, Matthew, brother or Morgan will step into the net. He proved in his debut in goal, that he is a top goalkeeper and will be a massive part in Ukraina's on field success this spring and summer.

March 25, 2007

Spring Season Begins!

Ukraina start the spring league again with a competitive and a recreational team. The competitive team won the Spring League last season, and look to do so again with new permanent signings Bryce Motiuk, Chris Arnone and Matthew Kenny. The Recreational team will look to build on their third place finish in the winter league with Alumni Andriy Sawchuk re-signing with the team after almost a year off. Good luck to both teams!

January 31, 2007

Bohdan Kaluzny is back!

After tearing his ACL in only his 10th game for Ukraina, 1 operation and exactly 1 year to the date he makes his return to the pitch for Ukaina Recreation in the 5-0 win over Gloucester OT2. Since his knee injury, Bohdan has been integral in the coaching of the team. But his long awaited return to the pitch is a welcome one, with his speed and determination a huge asset to the team. Welcome back Boggy!

November 16, 2006

Ukraina Unbeaten in 8 games!

Going back to the summer season, Ottawa Ukraina have not suffered a defeat in the last 8 games they have played. We have gathered 7 wins and 1 tie in the last 8 games. It is clear that with such great team spirit, and the continued commitment of the players that we can extend this run!

October 10, 2006

Ukraina have expanded!

Ottawa Ukraina have expanded and now has two men's soccer teams. One team will be playing in the competitive division and the other team in the recreational division. This is a historic day for Ottawa Ukraina and the community.

September 3, 2006

Ukraina finish 1 point behind first yet finished 3rd!

Ukraina finish 1 point behind first yet finished 3rd in the summer league standings. Ukraina finished tied for second place but with a lesser goal scoring ratio therefore finished 3rd place. We must now apply for promotion to the third division instead of being automatically promoted.

July 27, 2006

Ukraina players making impact in higher leagues!

In the Ottawa Soccer League, there are 5 divisions. Men's premier which is the highest, followed by divisions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Ukraina are currently in Division 4 as all new clubs must start at the lowest league. Teams in higher leagues are allowed to call up players to play with them for a total of 3 games. With the great play of Ukraina, teams in higher leagues have taken notice. Danilo Popowych has made 2 solid appearances for the Ottawa Royals Premier Team who are arguably the best team in and around Ottawa. Scott Makischuk has also played a game with the Ottawa Royals Premier Team. Kenny Porter - Ivanchuk has played games with the Gloucester Hornets team in Division 1 and has played very well. John Udell played 1 game with the Division 3 Ottawa Royals team and dominated the game scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win. It is great to see Ukraina flourishing in the soccer community in Ottawa, and hopefully we as a Ukrainian team can achieve premier status in the years to come.

July 19, 2006

Scott Makischuk Can't Stop Scoring Goals!

Scott Makischuk, signed with Ukraina midway through our winter season. He started off his career well, although the team was struggling a little bit. Since the beginning of the spring league Scott has scored goals for fun. He has now scored 33 goals in his career while only playing 23 games. Ukraina are in good shape to do very well in the summer league, and Scott's goals are one of the reasons for our success. If the goals continue to come, Ukraina should be ending the season with another trophy!

July 9, 2006

Ukraina beat Rivals Gloucester again!

Debutant Andriy Szkwarek played a solid game from midfield as Ukraina beat Gloucester 4-1. We welcomed back Kenny, Danilo and Andriy P. from Europe where they have been away and missed the last 3 games. Danilo was his usual self, running himself into the ground for the team while Andriy P had a solid game in goal as per usual. Ukraina's all time leading scorer Scott got a hat trick while Alex Z scored another. The team played very well, and now that the team are all back from holiday, the league title is ours for the taking.

June 4, 2006

Ukraina win 3-1 againts Gloucester!

Ukraina needed a win to make up for last weeks shortcomings and as all great teams do, came up big when needed. We came out with a will to win, and even after falling behind 1-0 in the second half, Ukraina worked hard as ever to come back and win the game 3-1. Mike Herasimenko continued his brilliant scoring streak from defence scoring the first goal. John Udell got his first goal of the season after a brilliant display in midfield, and Scott, Ukraina's all time leading goal scorer got the third goal. Mark Shwed started his first game in goal and was solid and earned the win.

May 28, 2006

Herasimenko enjoys early success with Ukraina!

New signing Mike Herasimenko joined up with his new squad over the weekend to play in the tournament. From his position as a defender, Herasimenko scored 2 goals in the tournament and another in the league game on Sunday. His ability in the air to win headers will be a great asset to the team this season. It looks as though he has settled in quite nicely with the team and more solid performances should come.

May 08, 2006

Preseason Begins For The Summer Season!

25 Ottawa Ukraina players begin preperation for the long summer season ahead. The season is 3 weeks away and Ukraina will prepare with practices and exhibition games to ensure they are fit and ready to play and try and win the league!

April 24, 2006

Ukraina Win First Ever League Championship!

Ottawa Ukraina beat Rageaholics 5-2 to win the league championship! There are 2 games left to play, but Ukraina are 8 points ahead of second place which means they can not be caught! Scott Makischuk lead the way scoring 4 goals, and brother Luke chipped in scoring 1 goal.

April 21, 2006

2 Key Players At The Moment Unsigned For The Summer Season.

Ottawa Ukraina may be without Indoor Winter MVP Kenny Porter - Ivanchuk and Sergey Kovalenkov for the summer season. Sergey will be going overseas on an exchange program to gain valuable experience as an engineer. Kenny is unsure of his summer plans as he may travel and find employement overseas. This will
be a blow to Ukraina, although the team is coming together quite nicely and should do fantastic this coming summer season.

April 16, 2006

Ukraina 3 Games Away From Division 4 Indoor Championship Title!

Ottawa Ukraina moved closer to win their first ever indoor league championship by getting the win against Celtic who did not show up to the game. Ukraina were awarded the win and the 3 points which puts them 6 points ahead of second place with only 3 games to go. If Ukraina win their next match, the league title will be all but in our hands!

March 26, 2006

Andriy Popowych Solid In Goal.

With Ukraina's most recent win 4-0 against the Raiders, Andriy Popowych got the shutout making it 4 shutouts in 11 starts in goal in his Ukraina career.

It was initially thought when the team was made he would be sharing the goaltending duties but has claimed the spot his own with his performances.

March 19, 2006

Makischuk Brothers Lead Ukraina To Victory!

Luke Makischuk scored 3 goals while twin brother Scott added 1 goal to lead Ukraina to a 6-3 victory in the teams second league game of the Spring League. The twin brothers, Luke and Scott lead the team with 3 goals each after two games.

March 17, 2006

Ukraina Summer Team Beginning To Take Shape.

Coaches Marc Lapointe - Denysewych and Bohdan Kaluzny are optimistic that Ukraina will have a strong team for the Summer league as they have already many familiar faces from the winter and spring teams signed up.

They are also pleased to welcome new signings Brian Budnaruk, Andrey Pawluk, Michael Baran, and Mike Herasimenko who will link up with the team in the summer. The goal for the summer is to have at least 18 Ukrainian players signed with the team, and to win the Division 4 competitive league championship as the winner of the league achieves promotion to the Division 3 competitive league the following season. Our long term goal is to work our way up the leagues to the top league in Ottawa!