Soccer

The Memphis Rogues played for three seasons in the old North American Soccer League (NASL), 1978, 1979, and 1980. Their home field was the Liberty Bowl. They played one season of indoor soccer, 1979/80 also in the NASL. In 1981, the team moved to...

The Tea Men played in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. They played one season in the NASL's indoor league (1979-80). Failing to resolve nagging stadium issues, the team moved to Jacksonville in the fall of 1980.

The Baltimore Blast were members of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1980 to 1992. The team was founded as the Houston Summit, charter members of the MISL in 1978.?? The made the playoffs in 11 of their 12 seasons, winning the championship...

The Tampa Bay Mutiny were charter members of MLS and took the field for the league's inaugural season in 1996. The team was owned by the league and at first was quiet successful both on the pitch and at the gate. However, onerous lease...

The Fog began as the Detroit Lightning, an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1979-80 season. They moved to Northern California in the summer of 1980. In 1981, the team moved again, this time to Kansas City, where they...

Team Hawaii played one season in the old North American Soccer League (NASL). Founded as the San Antonio Thunder in 1975, the team arrived in Honolulu in 1977. Their home pitch was Aloha Stadium. Shortly after the end of the season, the team moved...

The??Caribous of Colorado played in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1978 season. The team was co-owned by??Jim Guercio, a music producer widely known for his work with such artists as The Beach Boys and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. After a...

The Tulsa Roughnecks played in the old North American Soccer League from 1978 until the league folded after the 1984 season. The club started as the San Antonio Thunder in 1975. In 1977 it became Team Hawaii but moved to Oklahoma after playing just...

The Chicago Horizons were members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Taking their name from their home arena, The Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena), they played only one season, 1980-81.

The original Tacoma Stars joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1983 as an expansion team. They hold the record for largest ever to see an MISL game as 21,728 witnessed a Game 7 loss to the Dallas Sidekicks in the 1987 MISL...

The Philadelphia Atoms were an American soccer team based out of Philadelphia that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL). Get this for any Old School Shirt soccer fan!

After the original Cleveland Force of the MISL folded in 1988, the city was granted an expansion franchise to begin play the following season. The Crunch played for 3 seasons in the MISL before jumping to the NPSL in 1992. They joined the second...

The Phoenix Inferno joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1980. In 1983 new ownership renamed them the Pride. They folded after that season.

In its second season, 1979/80, the Major Indoor Soccer League welcomed the Wichita Wings. The team competed in every subsequent season until the league's demise in 1992 and was immensely popular. They went on to play in the National Professional Soccer League until 2001....

Members of the original North American Soccer League, the Dynamos played two seasons in Denver, 1974 and 1975. In 1976, they moved to Minnesota to become the Kicks.

Soccer Bowl '83 was the penultimate championship game played by the original North American Soccer League (NASL). The NASL was??formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The Louisville Thunder were charter members of the American Indoor Soccer Association, and played from 1984 to 1987. The reached the finals in each of their three seasons, capturing the championship in 1987. Their home pitch was the Broadbent Arena at the Kentucky Exposition...

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1977. Their home was Lockhart Stadium which is considered to be America's first-ever soccer-specific stadium. In 1984, the team moved to Minnesota. Two subsequent, but unrelated, soccer teams have used the Strikers...

Originally an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL), the Sidekicks went on to play in four different leagues, including the Continental Indoor Soccer League, before folding in 2004. One of the most successful indoor soccer tams in history, their legacy is...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The Atlanta Chiefs outdoor soccer team was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the National Professional Soccer League, which later merged with the United Soccer Association to from the North American Soccer League in 1968. In 1973, the club was sold and...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The Ft. Wayne Flames played in the American Indoor Soccer Association from 1986 to 1989. The won the league runners-up in 1988.

The Hartford Bicentennials joined the old North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1975. After the 1976 season, they became the Connecticut Bicentennials. The team moved to Oakland, CA in 1978 and became the Stompers, then to Edmonton, AB in 1979, where they became the...

The Cincinnati Kids were a soccer team that played in the original??Major Indoor Soccer League??during the 1978-79 season. They were partially owned by baseball legend??Pete Rose??and played their home games at??Riverfront Coliseum.??READ MORE

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The Cleveland Stokers played in the United Soccer Association (USA) in 1967 and the North American Soccer League (formed when the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League) in 1968. They played their home games at Cleveland Stadium. The biggest highlight of their...

The Detroit Express played in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Its home field was the Pontiac Silverdome. They also participated in the NASL indoor league during the 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons.

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore was an iconic sports venue that hosted a number of baseball, soccer, and football teams, and held many great memories for the town's sports fans. It's most notable tenants were the original Baltimore Colts football team and the one that...