Career
He also earned one cap with the United States. national team and was selected for the 1980 United States. Olympic soccer team Born in the town of Amades on the Greek island of Chios, but moved to New York when he was eleven. In 1979, he was the top draft pick of the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League.
While usually playing on the defensive line, he moved to defensive midfielder in 1980 to make room for rookie defender Mike Gibbon.
Following the 1980 season, the Tea Men moved to Jacksonville, Florida. Lignos moved with the team
He played twenty-seven games, scoring one goal, as the Tea Men remained in the NASL for the 1981 and 1982 seasons. In 1983, the Tea Men left the NASL for the American Soccer League (Advanced Systems Limited).
The Advanced Systems Limited folded at the end of the season.
On April 17, 1984, Lignos signed with the Fort Lauderdale Sun in the United Soccer League for the 1984 season. He played at least one season with the Canton Invaders during the 1987-1988 American Indoor Soccer League season. He returned to the professional game in 1996 for one season with the Toronto Shooting Stars in the National Soccer League.
Lignos then moved back to New York where he joined the Greek-American/Atlas of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League.
In 1989, the Greek-Americans went to the National Challenge Cup final where it fell, 2-1, to the Saint St. Petersburg Kickers. Lignos scoring the Greek-Americans’ lone goal.
Lignos was selected for the United States. soccer team which qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, he and his team mates did not compete after President Jimmy Carter boycotted the Olympics following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
