Wisconsin Soccer Hall of Fame – Class of 2012 Bios

Djordje (George) Blašcuk, Player, Serbian SC

George was born in 1938 in Serbia. He started playing high-level soccer with the Yugoslavian First-Division team the Red Star from Beograd in 1952 and 1953. He continued playing high-level soccer for Bayern Munich, Germany Second Division in 1954. He came to the United States in 1955 and played for Sparta from .

He moved to Milwaukee in 1956 where he played for the Serbian Soccer Club until 1963. From 1964 to 1966 he played for the club Jadran from California. He continued moving to South America in 1967 where he played on Kristal F.C. in Lima, Peru. He

ended his career while playing for Stockholm F.C. in 1968 and 1969.

Additional accomplishments include: Yugoslavian First Division Championship with Red Star in 1953, WSA Major Division Championship with Serbian Soccer Club in 1956, 1957, and 1958, WSA Challenge Cup Champs with Serbian Soccer Club in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1962, and All-Star member from 1956 to 1963.

He presently resides in Beograd, Serbia.

Robert Buss, M.D., Administrator, Brookfield Soccer

Robert was born in Mankato, Minnesota in 1940. He is married to Mary and together they have five children, Robert, Peter, Michael, Jonathan, and Matthew, and eight grandchildren.

He served as the regional director of the Milwaukee Kickers - Brookfield, prior to being founder and president of Brookfield Soccer Association from 1981 to 1986. He also

helped institute the Brookfield High School Soccer Program. He sponsored coaching clinics and WSA coaching school programs. His experience with playing soccer includes playing with the Oldtimers and coaching youth teams, ages 12-16. Robert served as team physician from 1984 to 2006.

Robert presently lives in Brookfield.

Fernando Campos, Player, Club Latino

Fernando was born in Mexico in 1957. He is married to Sylvia with children, Diego and Kayla.

At the age of 16, he came to Milwaukee from Villagran, Guanajuato, Mexico. In 1974, he started playing Majors for Club Deportivo Latino, leading the team in goals and assists. In 1975 he graduated from South Division High School where he led the team to become State Champions, while becoming the lead scorer for the school. After high

school, he enrolled and played for UW-Milwaukee NCAA 1st division soccer. He also joined Milwaukee Brewer Soccer Club. In 1976 he went back to Mexico to play semi- professional soccer for the Aztecas Soccer Club. He returned to Milwaukee, reentered UW-Milwaukee, and graduated in 1978 while receiving NCAA 1st division honors.

From 1980 to 1986 he played for Milwaukee Serbian Soccer Club, and helped them become State Champions in 1984, while leading the team by scoring 98 goals and assists. Also during this time he played for the Minneapolis Andinos Soccer Club.

He ended his playing career with Club Deportivo Latino, where he played Majors and Reserve Division leading the team in goals and assists.

His coaching experience includes coaching the first female, Latino soccer team under 19 years old. He was the assistant coach for UW-Whitewater, Wauwatosa East High School, Riverside High School, and Pulaski High School. He also coached youth, reserve, and majors Club Deportivo Latino.

In 1978 he became a USSF soccer referee, and also served as president of Club Deportivo Latino for 7 years.

Fernando currently resides in Milwaukee.

Michael "Misho" Hincak, Player, Milwaukee Sport Club

Michael (Mišo) Hincak was born in 1951, in Croatia, where his soccer career began with the youth division at the age of six. As he grew up and honed his soccer skills, he eventually played for a Second Division Semi-pro team in Borovo, Croatia.

In 1973 he immigrated to Milwaukee, USA and started playing for the Croatian Eagles Major Division. During his ten-year tenure with the Croatian Eagles, he functioned as a player/Coach/Manager for the team.

In the early 1980's he joined the Milwaukee Sport Club, where he played for the MSC Majors for several years and functioned as a player/coach for a few years as well.

Advancing age and nagging injuries finally persuaded him to retire from Major Division competition while still in his early forties. But he couldn't just walk away from it. He stayed active by joining the MSC Old-Timers where he still participates today.

He always had tremendous respect for soccer and truly was dedicated to the sport. After his retirement from the majors, he wanted to give something back to soccer, a sport that had become his passion. So, in 1995 he joined the Referee Association and became a USSF Wisconsin State Referee...a NISOA College Referee...a Wisconsin High-School Referee and a Milwaukee Wave Indoor Official. In addition to coaching major division teams for nearly ten years, he also coached his son's Youth Teams from U-7 through U- 17.

Michael (Mišo) Hincak has been a dedicated Soccer Ambassador for most of his life and truly deserves the honor of being inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Hall of Fame.

Steve Mott, Referee / Player, WSA Referee Unit

Steve Mott was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1960. Early on in his soccer career, he excelled in high school as the team captain. He made All-Conference Team, and won the Conference and State Tournament Championship. Steve also did well as a college player at UW-Milwaukee, where they made 2 NCAA Tournament appearances.

After school, he played Major Division. With the Milwaukee Kickers he won the President's Cup in 1975. He helped the Milwaukee Serbians win 3 State Championships and 1 Open Cup State Championship. He also represented the Milwaukee Serbians at the Region II Championship.

In addition to playing, he obtained high-level referee experience and became one of Wisconsin's top referees. His accomplishments include being State Referee, National Referee, and National Assessor. His officiating included Youth and Adult Regional Championships and the United States Youth National Finals. He also officiated NCAA, MISL, NPSL, and USISL professional soccer games. His biggest game was the US Women's National Team vs. South Korea. Like everyone else, he wanted to give something back to referees by assessing them in all leagues he officiated in 2004 to present day. Presently he lives in Plover, Wisconsin with his wife, Patty, and two sons, Andy and Adam. Gregory Santaga, Player, Croatian Eagles

Gregory was born in 1961 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is married to Ann and have children, Angelina, Kristina, Anthony.

He led UW-Green Bay to its first NCAA Division I Tournament in 1983. While playing for UW-Green Bay he had the following accomplishments: Made First-Team All Midwest in 1982 and 1983 Holds the UW-Green Bay Division I single season scoring record (20) in 1983

Holds the UW-Green Bay Division I single season assist record (15) in 1983 Career goals (37) among UW-Green Bay's top five Third in all-time assists leader (26) Team Captain in 1983 Wisconsin's State MVP in 1983 Most Valuable Player of the 1983 All-Wisconsin Team Nominated to the NCAA All-America in 1983 Hagemeister Leadership Award in 1984 Represented the North in the National Sports Festival held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He was selected to the eleven-man All-Tournament Team.

His career at UW-Green Bay was cut short in 1984 due to an injury. When he recovered, he continued playing for the Croatian Eagles and Verdi Soccer Clubs in the Wisconsin Soccer Association for many years.

He was inducted into the UW-Green Bay Hall of Fame in 1998.

He coached girls of the Green Bay Thunder Team for three years and the Green Bay Lightning boys select team for seven years.

He presently lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Daniel Stadler, Player, Polonia SC

Daniel Stadler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1962.

He was very successful early on his career. All of his youth playing experience was with Polonia Youth Soccer Club. He was one of the best Milwaukee Tech High School players from 1977 to 1980 where he earned All-Conference and All-State Honors. His leadership of the team made him a captain and MVP.

He continued his strong leadership while playing at Marquette University, again earning MVP honor and Captain title his senior year. One of his highest honors was being able to participate at the Wisconsin All-Star and National Sports Festival.

For twenty years he played for the Polonia Majors team from 1979 to 1999, and again became a team leader and captain. From 1999 to 2000 he had a brief playing experience with Seattle clubs.

His coaching experience was with: Polonia S.C. and Muskego youth soccer teams Marquette University Assistant Coach Divine Savior High School Head Coach (2 WISAA State championships) Polonia Major and Reserve team coach

He presently lives in Muskego, Wisconsin with his wife, Bonnie, and their children, Jacqueline and Natalia. Mile Stanic, Overall, United Serbian

Mile was born in Yugoslavia in 1942.

He started his soccer career playing for his high school. After high school he played regional adult amateur soccer which was very similar to Wisconsin adult soccer.

In 1966 Mile joined his sister in the United States. He immediately became a member of the Serbian White Eagle Soccer Club, which became United Serbian Soccer Club. For 8 years he was a standard defensive-back. Younger players were arriving from Yugoslavia and slowly filling the Majors team. He continued playing for the Reserve Division of the United Serbian Soccer Club for many years. He was coach and manager in 1974 for the United Serbian Soccer Club.

For the next 13 years he played and coached the United Serbian Old Timers, who played in many ethnic tournaments in Canada and the United States against some of the best players.

In 1977, Mile decided to start refereeing. That didn't last very long because he had too much pride in what he knew about the game. He couldn't stand others telling him how to ref the game.

He currently resides in New Berlin with his wife Dorothy.

Keith Tozer, Coach, Milwaukee Wave

Player Career AISA - Played in 100 games and scored 32 goals with 35 assists during his seasons with the Atlanta Attack and the Louisville Thunder ... Saw action in one year (1989-90) with Atlanta before coaching the next two seasons (1990-92) ... Played three seasons (1984-87) with Louisville. Pittsburgh Spirit - Spent three seasons (1981-84) with Pittsburgh of the MISL. .. Amassed eight goals with 14 assists in 85 games with the Spirit. Pennsylvania Stoners - Played the 1979 outdoor season with Pennsylvania of the

ASL. Hartford Hellions - Played two seasons (1979-81) with Hartford of the MISL. .. Scored nine goals with 13 assists in 48 games with the Hellions. Cincinnati Kids - Began his professional playing career in 1978 and was the first player selected by Cincinnati in the inaugural MISL Draft ... Saw action in 23 games and had four tallies with three assists.

Overall - After 26 seasons as an head coach, 18 with the Milwaukee Wave, Keith Tozer has compiled more victories than any other coach in North American indoor soccer history ... He has 617 regular-season victories, 411 with the Wave ... His indoor record includes 23 winning seasons and was recently named 2010 MISL "Coach of the Year" for a record eighth time. Along the way Tozer has won eight regular season championships with the Wave and four league championships. He has also coached nine All-Star teams more than any other coach in professional indoor soccer history.

Milwaukee Wave - Guided the Wave to the 2010 MISL regular championship for a record eighth time the most of any professional indoor soccer franchise. Overall regular season record of 411-228 (.643), with a 38-29 playoff record (.567) ... Led the Wave to their first league title during the 1997-98 season with a 28-12 season record, winning the division and conference championships .,. Compiled a 19-1 record at the during 1997-98 ... During 1998-99, the team went 17-3 at home and had a 25-15 regular season record along with a playoff berth ... Recorded a 22-2 mark at home during the 19992000 season and a league-best 31-13 overall record while leading the Wave to their second MISL title in three years along with another division and conference title ... In 2000-2001, led the Wave to second consecutive title after fashioning 24-16 regular- season record ... In 2001-02, guided Wave to league-best 34-10 record, including MISL record 22-0 at home ... Won his fourth championship with the Wave in the 2004-05 season, going 4-0 in the playoffs ... Regular season champions in 2009-10, closing with an eight-game winning streak. " Eight league "Coach of the Year" honors, having received the award during the 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000,2001-02,2002-03,2007-08 and 2009-10 campaigns.

Atlanta/ - Joined the Attack as a player/coach in 1989 .. .In three years, the team switched cities (from Atlanta to Kansas City) and compiled an impressive 74-46 overall record ... Led the team to three consecutive playoff appearances.

Los Angeles Lazers - Became the head coach of the Lazers of the MISL in 1986 ... During his three years in LA, the team compiled a 62-70 record ... Named Soccer Digest Magazine's MISL "Coach of the Year" in 1988, after leading the Lazers from last place to their first-ever winning season.

Louisville Thunder - Began his coaching career as a player/coach for the Thunder in the AISA in 1984 ... Spent three seasons (1984-87) with the Thunder and led the team to a 70-37 overall record, which includes a 1986-87 AISA Championship.

US National Futsal Team - Named head coach of U.S. National Futsal Team in 1996 ... One of two certified FIFA Futsal instructor in the United States ... Guided the U.S. team to its first-ever gold medal in the CONCACAF Regional Championships in Guatemala ... Promoted to head coach in 1998 and finished third in Mundialito de Futsal in Brazil, the best finish by an American team ever ... In the summer of 2000, led the team to win the bronze medal at the CONCACAF Championships in Costa Rica ... In 2004 led team to a gold medal at the CONCACAF Championship with a 2-0 victory over Cuba, earning the team a spot at the 2004 FIF A Futsal World Championships in Chinese Taipei ... Coach of the first U.S. Fustal team in the Pan American Games in Brazil in July 2007 .... Again led team to FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2008 after at third-place finish at CONCACAF Championships.

Keith lives in Mequon, Wisconsin with his wife, Kelline, and their children and grandchildren, Ian, Alex, Mackenzie, and Grace.