PHILADELPHIA -- Back in their heyday in the 1960s, when there was no better soccer team in America, when their dominance on the field was a Philly-sized thumb in the eyes of Soviet oppressors, the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals were known to many of their fans simply as “Nasha Druzhyna.”
Our Team.
Founded just after World War II by displaced Ukrainians determined to preserve their heritage and identity — and also dubbed “Tryzub,” after the Ukrainian coat of arms — the team from North Philly took the soccer world by storm, winning national titles, and quickly emerging as ambassadors of Ukrainian pride in an era when athletes in Ukraine could only compete under Soviet flags.
