[3] Born in present-day North Macedonia while it was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kap obtained a law degree at the University of Belgrade and played professional football in Europe[4] before moving to Toronto after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
[5] In his capacity as a journalist, Kap corresponded with trailblazing sports promoter Lamar Hunt, owner of the fledgling North American Soccer League side Dallas Tornado, and learned that the club needed a head coach for the 1968 season.
Kap told Hunt that he had studied alongside Hungarian footballing legend Ferenc Puskas at the national academy in that country[6] and, more dubiously, that he had played for English club Manchester United.
[5] Kap then spent several months in Europe to scout for players and took the team on an Odyssean seven-month world tour in 1967-68, beginning in August in Madrid[7] and involving 45 games in 26 countries.
After the team's return to the United States, they made a pre-season trip to Costa Rica and Honduras,[7] but following a poor start to the 1968 NASL season Kap was replaced as coach by Keith Spurgeon on June 8 after a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Sting.