:Mike Noha
{{Short description|Former soccer player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Miguel "Mike" Noha
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| birth_date = 1939
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| clubs1 = Toronto Ukrainians
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| years2 = 1972–1974
| clubs2 = Ukrainian Lions
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| years3 = 1959–1964
| clubs3 = Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals
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| years4 = 1962
| clubs4 = Toronto Roma
| years5 = 1963
| clubs5 = Montreal Ukrainians
| years6 = 1963
| clubs6 = Toronto Roma
| nationalyears1 = 1964
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
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Miguel "Mike" Noha{{efn|{{langx|uk|Михайло Нога|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Mykhailo Noha}}}}}} (born 1939) is a former soccer player who played as a forward. He spent at least five seasons in the American Soccer League. Born in Argentina, he earned one cap for the United States national team.
Professional career
Born in the barrio of Villa Urquiza, Noha played soccer with local side Defensores de Villa Maipú in the Argentine league. In 1959, he moved to the United States, where he played for the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals until a knee injury ended his career in 1974.{{cite web|publisher=El Barrio|title=Vecinos sin fronteras: El optimista del gol|author=Perpignan, Javier|url=http://www.periodicoelbarrio.com.ar/nota_julio2011.asp?id=14807201112|language=Spanish|date=July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060724/http://www.periodicoelbarrio.com.ar/nota_julio2011.asp?id=14807201112|archivedate=2014-02-22}} He was the ASL leading scorer during the 1959–1960 season with twenty-two goals. That season, Noha also gained a "double" when the Ukes won the ASL and National Challenge Cup titles. They won the National Cup in a 5–2 victory over the Los Angeles Kickers, with Noha scoring all five Philly goals.[http://www.ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf1/1960/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1960-22.pdf «Phenomenal Mike Noha scores all five goals before 5,500 fans» // «The Ukrainian Weekly», No. 106, June 4, 1960, p. 1] Philadelphia repeated as league and National Cup champions in 1960–1961. While Noha did not lead the league in scoring, he was the league MVP. He was still listed with Philadelphia when he appeared with the national team in 1964.
In 1962, he played abroad in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Roma.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=August 27, 1962|title=Crook Scores Two Goals as Roma Captures Italian Cup: Ex-Ukrainian Star Paces 4-1 Triumph For 7-2 Series Edge|page=18|work=The Globe and Mail}} He returned to play in the ECPSL in 1963 with the Montreal Ukrainians.{{Cite news|date=July 15, 1962|title=Montreal Ukraina has lost soccer weekend|page=12|work=Toronto Daily Star}} After a dispute with club officials, he re-signed with Toronto Roma for the remainder of the 1963 season.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=July 31, 1963|title=Three for Noha, Roma Wins 7-0|page=15|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Joe|date=July 31, 1963|title=Noha Takes Three-Goal Revenge for the $500 Ukraina Fined Him|page=13|work=Toronto Daily Star}}
National team
Noha earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10–0 loss to England on May 27, 1964.
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Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires
Category:United States men's international soccer players
Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Category:American people of Ukrainian descent
Category:Argentine people of Ukrainian descent
Category:Argentine emigrants to the United States
Category:Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals players
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Toronto Ukrainians players
Category:Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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