Lehigh Valley Soccer Hall of Fame Inductees

Dragan Vitkovic (L), and Tim Gilman - President LVOTSL (R)

Dragan Vitkovic and Bill Racines were inducted into the Lehigh Valley Soccer Hall of Fame during the recent L. V. Scholar Athlete banquet.
Vitkovic, better known as
"Mr. Vic", was selected due to his longtime dedication to soccer at both the amateur and professional levels. Despite his age of 71, Vic continues to play as a goalie in the LVOTSL O-40 division for Jeffs Gold. Also a competitor in the Pocono Mountain Summer Soccer League, Vic's team won the championship in 2003. He has also played in the O-30 division, most recently for Inca-Peru, and in the Lehigh Valley Soccer League for ASC.
Born in Yugoslavia, he played on the University Select team and then joined a first division team in Germany for several years until an injury forced his early retirement. Mr. Vic works and lives at the Taniment Resort in the Poconos.
Racines has been involved in local soccer for many years as a player, coach and administrator. Originally from Ecuador, he competed in the LVOTSL O-40 and
O-30 divisions for Western Lehigh. He continues to play informally at the O-40 and O-50 levels. He has also held coaching and leadership positions in the Western Lehigh Youth Association and the Latin League.

LVOTSL president Tim Gilman and referee assignor Hamdija Todorovac represented the league at the January 25th banquet. The league is one of the sponsors of the annual program that recognizes local high school and college students for joint academic and athletic distinction.The Lehigh Valley Soccer Scholar Athlete for 2003 is Andrew Potter of Emmaus High School.