Oregon Adult Soccer Association

On August 8, 2002 Oregon was honored with our first inductees to the USASA's Region IV Hall of fame. It is fitting that the first people to be so honored would be of great historical significance to adult soccer in Oregon.

Clive Charles Eric Beck accepts the hall of fame plaque on behalf of Clive Charles and OASA

Additionally on October 20, 2006 Clive became the first Oregonian inducted into the USASA Hall-of-Fame with the inaugural class!

Ted Zyelinske                   

Roger Hamilton receives Ted Zyelinske's Hall of Fame plaque from Hall of Fame representative Kathy McGee, on behalf of OASA and the Zyelinske family.

Ricardo Zyelinske accepts the Hall of Fame plaque.

From the OASA Newsletter, October 1995

TED ZYELINSKE DIES:
OREGON SOCCER LOSES A GIANT

Ted Zyelinske, known to countless soccer people as simply “Ted”, died in Osorio, Brazil, on June 29, 1995, while on his annual visit to his homeland. At the time of his death, Ted was visiting his brother and other relatives. He suffered a massive heart attack shortly after having enjoyed two of his favorite pastimes, eating barbecue and watching Brazil play soccer on television. He was 59.

Ted’s participation in Oregon soccer began shortly after he moved to this state. In 1969, he started a men’s team called Internationals SC, which he coached for over 5 years.

For many years, Ted served as Registrar of the Oregon Amateur Soccer Association (first known as the Oregon Soccer Football Association) and he carried the same title with the Greater Portland Soccer District. To those who knew him, however, Ted did much, much more. He will be missed.


Ted as His Family Remembers Him


He was born on November 9, 1935 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He died June 29 at age 59 while visiting there.

He was raised there as a child and attended school where he spoke Portuguese. His parents had immigrated to Brazil before he was born. At home, his father always wanted the family to speak in Ukrainian. As a teenager he worked in his parents' butcher shop and he also loved soccer.

As a young man of 17, he joined a professional soccer club where he played for about 5 years. He sustained an injury to his ankle that prevented him from ever playing in a soccer game again.

In 1965, he immigrated with his family to the United States, where he lived in Chicago for about 3 years. During this time he learned to speak Spanish and later learned English.

In 1968, he moved his family to Portland, where he worked for Franz Bakery and Ruth Ashbrook Bakery. He also became involved in soccer. He coached and managed the Internationals SC for about 5 years. During this time, he became involved with the Oregon Amateur Soccer Association and the Greater Portland Soccer District.

Ted gave his time and soul to soccer here in Portland for more than 20 years. It was the love of his life.

At age 35, he had his first heart attack, which was followed by several more. He had to take an early retirement due to his debilitative heart condition.

Ted was a very special and unique person. He was a much loved husband and father.

Surviving are his wife, Lois; children, sons, Joshua of Troutdale and Ricardo of Portland; daughters, Natasha and Nadia, both of Troutdale, and Lucia Laible of Portland; brother, Sergio Zielinski of Brazil and sisters, Maria and Ana Zielinski, both of Brazil.

Nancy Walsh

Nancy Walsh accepts her Hall-of-Fame plaque from Regional Director Bill Bosgraaf while Sean McNulty looks on. August 13, 2005. Nancy Walsh becomes the third Oregonian in the Region IV Hall-of-Fame. Nancy was one of the founding members of the Northwest United Women’s Soccer League (NUWS) in 1974, this was the first league in Oregon for Women, the largest adult women’s league in Oregon and the first league to affiliate with OASA.

Nancy has served on the OASA Board for several years and has been one of the most active members, she helps out at every event and tournament that OASA or NUWS runs, usually behind the scenes, Nancy is almost always the first one at the fields in the morning - helping to put up nets, set up tables, etc. Nancy is also usually the last one on the fields in the evening, not willing to leave until the last piece of trash is picked up.

Most of our Region has met Nancy, she always takes on the unglamorous, but necessary, jobs of arranging buses, port-a-potties, and dumpsters. Anybody who has been to the events that Oregon has hosted (listed below) and ridden a bus or visited a port-o-pot has Nancy to thank.

1994 Region IV National Cups Finals
1995 Region IV Coed Cup Finals
1996 Region IV National Cups Finals
1997 USASA National Cups Finals
1998 Nike World Masters Games Soccer
1999 US Soccer Festival
2001 Region IV Select Teams Tournament

2002 Region IV Select Teams Tournament

Brazil V USA (WNT): Line

USA (MNT) V Costa Rica: USSF Referee Liaison

USA (MNT) V Kuwait: USSF Referee Liaison

USA (MNT) V Canada: USSF Referee Liaison

Women’s World Cup: 1999 FIFA Referee Liaison

Amateur Experience:

State of Oregon Referee Administrator: 1992-2003

Registered USSF Referee Instructor, Assessor, Assignor, and Assignor Instructor

Referee Liaison to:

USASA Regional Cup Finals: 1992, 1994

USASA National Cup Finals: 1997

Nike World Masters Games: 1998

USSF Soccer Festival: 1999

Region IV Select Teams Finals: 2001-2002

USASA Region IV Referee Coordinator: 2003-present