In 1977, Ilijevski moved to the United States and settled with extended family (Duško Krstovski/Detroit Vardar SC) in Detroit, Michigan.

After two seasons with the Express, Ilijevski moved to the Atlanta Chiefs for one season before moving to the indoor game with the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League in the fall of 1980.

He would spend the rest of his professional career playing indoor soccer.

[4] On July 13, 2008, Ilijevski ruptured his aorta while playing goalkeeper for St. Louis Kutis in a game in Seattle, Washington.

[5] On March 12, 2014, it was announced that he would be a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.