Victor Popovsky
Victor Popovsky (born April 1, 1968 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine) is a professional soccer player, professor, and soccer coach.
Education
Victor Popovsky holds a USSF National D soccer coaching license. He earned both his B.S. in Health and Physical Education and M.S. in Exercise Science at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.[1]
Coaching career
Popovsky was the Head Coach of the women's soccer program at Kingsborough Community College.[2] He also taught physical education at P.S. 321, a public elementary school in the neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn.[3] While acting as a coach for the Fontbonne Hall Academy's girls soccer team, they were able to score 12–0 and won the Brooklyn-Queens championship.[4] Currently, he is an Associate Head Coach for Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York.[5] He also currently works as a coach for VIP Soccer Academy and as a soccer player scout for PNY Sports Agency New York.
Athletic Career
Victor Popovsky grew up playing soccer professionally for Ironi Ashdod, Israel. In New York, he was recruited to play for the Brooklyn College men's division 1 soccer team. In 2002, Popovsky's penalty kick allowed Kean University's soccer team to win the 2002 game against Rutgers-Newark.[6] He was the top scorer for his Over-35 Maccabi USA soccer team with 7 goals scored in 2013.[7] He played as number 19 and was given the name of "Goal Machine."[8] He also went on to play for the 2015 Pan American Maccabi Games in Santiago, Chile, and he scored the winning penalty kick that ultimately won the team a bronze medal.[9][10] During a game between the Manhattan Celtic Masters and Barnstonworth Rovers Veterans on April 2018, Popovsky was one of the players that scored a goal for his team (Manhattan Celtic Masters) that resulted in a 2–2 game score.[11][12] Victor Popovsky scored 23 goals for Brooklyn Italians Over-50 team during Long Island Soccer League's 2018–19 season.[13]
References
- ↑ "Victor Popovsky - Associate Head Coach - Staff Directory". Kingsborough Community College Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ↑ "Victor Popovsky Comes to Kingsborough as Head Coach of the New Women's Soccer Program". cunyathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ↑ "Faculty & Staff". PS 321 - 180 7th Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11215 - 718-499-2412. 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ↑ LELINWALLA, MARK. "Font of accomplishment". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ↑ "Victor Popovsky - Associate Head Coach - Staff Directory". Kingsborough Community College Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ↑ "Men's Soccer vs Rutgers-Newark on 10/2/2002 - Box Score". Kean University. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ "Pan American Maccabi Games Soccer Teams". Maccabi USA. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ "Victor Popovsky - Goal Machine". Youtube. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Women's Soccer: Coach Victor Selected for Pan American Maccabi Games..." Kingsborough Community College Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ "Maccabi Pan Am Games 2015: USA Masters +45 Soccer". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Weekly Round up with Jay!". Cosmopolitan Soccer League. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Cosmopolitan Soccer League". elements.demosphere.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Long Island Soccer Football". www.lisfl.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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