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North American Soccer League (1968–84)

Index North American Soccer League (1968–84)

The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. [1]

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AFC Ajax

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, also AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam.

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Al Miller (soccer)

Al Miller (born December 17, 1936) is a former U.S. collegiate and professional soccer coach.

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Alan Ball Jr.

Alan James Ball (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was a professional English footballer and football club manager.

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Alan Hinton

Alan Thomas Hinton (born 6 October 1942) is an English former footballer who played at the top level of English football from 1961 to 1975.

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Alex Perolli

Alex Perolli (December 7, 1915 – before 2000) was an Albanian football coach best known for coaching the Los Angeles Aztecs to a North American Soccer League championship in 1974.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Professional Soccer League

The American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was a professional men's soccer league with teams from the United States and later Canada.

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American Soccer League (1933–83)

The American Soccer League has been a name used by four different professional soccer sports leagues in the United States.

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American Soccer League (1988–89)

The American Soccer League has been a name used by four different professional soccer sports league in the United States.

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American Soccer League (2014)

The American Soccer League (ASL) is an American soccer league that began play in August 2014.

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António Simões

António Simões da Costa; born 14 December 1943), known as António Simões, or just Simões, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left winger. He spent 14 professional seasons with Benfica, playing 449 official games and scoring 72 goals. In the late 1970s, early 1980s, he represented several teams in the United States, and subsequently worked as a manager in both continents. Simões played more than 40 times for Portugal, appearing with the country at the 1966 World Cup.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Atlanta Chiefs

The Atlanta Chiefs were a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that played in the NPSL and NASL from 1967 to 1972.

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Óscar Fabbiani

Óscar Fabbiani (born 17 December 1950 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Chilean professional footballer who played international football for the Chile national team Fabbiani was three times topscorer in the Chilean league with Palestino and was the leading scorer in the North American Soccer League for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1979.

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Ballon d'Or

The Ballon d'Or ("Golden Ball") is an annual football award presented by France Football.

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Baltimore Bays

The first Baltimore Bays were a professional soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baltimore Bays (1972–73)

The second Baltimore Bays were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the American Soccer League.

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Baltimore Bays (1993–98)

The third Baltimore Bays were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the USISL.

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Baltimore Comets

The Baltimore Comets were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the North American Soccer League.

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Bay Area Hurricanes FC

Bay Area Hurricanes FC is an American soccer club based in Houston, Texas.

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BC Place

BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium located at the north side of False Creek, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Bill Foulkes

William Anthony Foulkes (or; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s.

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Bill MacPhail

William "Bill" Curtis MacPhail (March 25, 1920 – September 4, 1996) was a television sports executive.

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Björn Nordqvist

Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist (born 6 October 1942 in Hallsberg) is a former football defender from Sweden.

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Bob Rigby

Bob Rigby (born July 3, 1951 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania) is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper.

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Bobby Moore

Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore OBE (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer.

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Boston Beacons

The Boston Beacons were a United States soccer team from Boston.

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Boston Minutemen

The Boston Minutemen were a soccer team based out of Boston that played in the NASL.

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Boston Tea Men

Boston Tea Men was an American soccer team based in North Andover, Massachusetts, United States.

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Bruce Grobbelaar

Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a former Zimbabwe international footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for the English team Liverpool between 1981 and 1994.

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Calgary Boomers

The Calgary Boomers were a professional soccer team, that competed in the North American Soccer League during the 1980–81 NASL Indoor season and outdoors in the 1981 season, after which they folded.

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California Surf

The California Surf was a soccer club based in Anaheim, California who played in the North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1981.

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Canada men's national soccer team

The Canada men's national soccer team (Équipe du Canada de soccer masculin) represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level.

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Canadian National Soccer League

The Canadian National Soccer League, known as the National Soccer League until 1993, was a professional soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997.

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Canadian Soccer League

The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; Ligue canadienne de soccer — LCS) is a semi-professional league for exclusively Canadian association soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and is the successor league to the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL).

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Carlos Alberto Torres

Carlos Alberto "Capita" Torres (17 July 1944 – 25 October 2016), also known as "O Capitão do Tri", was a Brazilian footballer.

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Carlos Metidieri

Jose Carlos Metidieri (born December 18, 1942 in Votorantim, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian-born American soccer forward.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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CBS Sports

CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television network CBS.

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Chicago Mustangs (1967–68)

The Chicago Mustangs were an American professional soccer team based out of Chicago, Illinois that was a charter member of the United Soccer Association in 1967.

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Chicago Mustangs (2012–)

Chicago Mustangs is an American professional indoor soccer team based at the Sears Centre in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

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Chicago Sockers

The Chicago Sockers were an American soccer team that were founded in 1995 as the Chicago Stingers.

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Chicago Sting

The Chicago Sting (1974–1988) was an American professional soccer team based in Chicago.

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Chris Bahr

Chris Bahr (born February 3, 1953) is a former professional American football and soccer player.

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Cleveland Stokers

The Cleveland Stokers were a soccer team based out of Cleveland, Ohio that played in the United Soccer Association during 1967 and the North American Soccer League in 1968.

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Clive Toye

Clive Toye was inducted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in the United States in 2003.

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Co Prins

Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 in Amsterdam – 26 September 1987 in Antwerp) was a Dutch football player.

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Colorado Caribous

The Colorado Caribous (or The "Caribous of Colorado," as they were officially known) was a professional soccer team based in Denver, Colorado, that played in the North American Soccer League.

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Communities In Schools

The Communities In Schools (CIS) is a national organization working inside public and charter schools full-time building relationships that empower at-risk students to stay in school and achieve in life.

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CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF,; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf) is the continental governing body for association football (soccer) in North America, which includes Central America and the Caribbean region.

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Connecticut Bicentennials

The Hartford Bicentennials was a soccer team based out of Hartford, Connecticut that played in the North American Soccer League.

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Consumerism

Consumerism is a social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

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Continental Indoor Soccer League

The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997.

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CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow (ЦСКА Москва) is a major Russian sports club based in Moscow.

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Dale Mitchell (soccer)

Dale William Mitchell (born April 21, 1958) is a Canadian former professional soccer striker who played for several North American teams in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Dallas Tornado

The Dallas Tornado was a soccer team based in Dallas that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967 to 1981.

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David Byrne (footballer, born 1960)

David Byrne is an English-born South African soccer coach and former professional player.

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Denver Dynamos

The Denver Dynamos were a soccer team based out of Denver that played in the NASL from 1974 to 1975.

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Detroit Cougars (soccer)

The Detroit Cougars were a soccer team based in Detroit, Michigan, which played in the United Soccer Association and the North American Soccer League.

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Detroit Express

The Detroit Express was a soccer team based in suburban Detroit that played in the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980.

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Detroit Express (1981–83)

The Detroit Express was an American soccer team based in Detroit, Michigan and a member of the American Soccer League.

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DFW Tornados

DFW Tornados (also known as Dallas–Fort Worth Tornados) was an American soccer team based in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Dick Walsh (executive)

Richard Bishop Walsh, Jr. (October 30, 1925 – May 6, 2011) was an American sporting executive who, during a 50-plus year career, held high-level positions in Major League Baseball, professional soccer (he was the first commissioner of the North American Soccer League), and in convention center management.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Domagoj Kapetanović

Domagoj Kapetanović was a Bosnian Croat football player and manager best known for winning the 1976 NASL Championship with Toronto Metros-Croatia.

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Doug McMillan

Douglas "Doug" 'McMillan is a former Scottish-American soccer forward.

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Downing Stadium

Downing Stadium, previously known as Triborough Stadium and Randall's Island Stadium, was a 22,000-seat stadium in New York City.

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Dragan Popović

Dragan "Don" Popovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Дон Поповић; born 1 January 1941) is a retired professional soccer midfielder and coach in the United States.

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East Bay FC Stompers

East Bay FC Stompers is an American soccer club currently playing in the National Premier Soccer League.

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Eddie Firmani

Edwin Ronald "Eddie" Firmani (born 7 August 1933) is a retired footballer and manager.

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Edmonton Drillers (1979–82)

The Edmonton Drillers were a North American Soccer League team that played both outdoors and indoors from 1979 to 1982, at the peak of the league's success.

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Edmonton Drillers (1996–2000)

The Edmonton Drillers, a Canadian indoor soccer team, was reconstituted in August 1996 under the ownership of Peter Pocklington.

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Edmonton Drillers (2007–10)

The Edmonton Drillers are a Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League team.

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Elías Figueroa

Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander (born 25 October 1946 in Valparaíso) is a Chilean former football player.

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Eusébio

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira GCIH GCM (25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.

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FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Fernando Clavijo

Fernando Caetano Clavijo Cedrés (born January 23, 1956) is a retired American soccer defender and former head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; French for "International Federation of Association Football") is an association which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer.

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FIFA World Cup awards

At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are awarded to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.

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FIFA World Cup official films

Since 1954, FIFA has sanctioned an official documentary film for each World Cup.

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Florida Strikers

The Florida Strikers were a soccer team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American professional soccer team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida founded in 2006, that last played in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of the American soccer pyramid in 2016.

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American soccer team, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94)

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American soccer team established in 1988 as part of the third American Soccer League.

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Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry

The Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry, also known informally as the Florida Derby, refers to the suspended soccer rivalry that most recently involved the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, both of whom played in the North American Soccer League though the 2016 season.

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Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born 11 September 1945) is a German former professional footballer and manager.

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Gary Etherington

Gary Etherington (born April 22, 1958 in England) is a retired English-American soccer player who began his professional career in the North American Soccer League before moving to the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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Geoff Hurst

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst (born 8 December 1941) is a former England international footballer.

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George Best

George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team.

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George W. Strawbridge Jr.

George W. Strawbridge Jr. (born October 10, 1937) is an American educator, historian, investor, sportsman and philanthropist.

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Gerd Müller

Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (born 3 November 1945) is a German retired footballer.

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Giants Stadium

Giants Stadium (sometimes referred to as Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands or The Swamp) was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

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Giorgio Chinaglia

Giorgio Chinaglia (24 January 1947 – 1 April 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker.

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Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks (born 30 December 1937) is a former England international football goalkeeper.

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Gordon Bradley

Gordon Bradley (23 November 1933 – 29 April 2008) was an English-American football (soccer) midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons with lower division English clubs before moving to play in Canada at the age of 30.

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Gordon Jago

Gordon Harold Jago MBE (born 22 October 1932) is an English former football player and manager, and the former director of the Dr.

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Graeme Souness

Graeme James Souness (born 6 May 1953) is a retired Scottish professional football player and manager, who played as a midfielder.

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Gregg Thompson

Gregg Thompson (born August 4, 1960) is a retired U.S. soccer defender who was the 1983 North American Soccer League Rookie of the Year.

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Hennes Weisweiler

Hans "Hennes" Weisweiler (5 December 1919 in Lechenich, Rhine Province – 5 July 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland) was a German footballer and coach.

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Heritage Cup (MLS)

The Heritage Cup is an annual cup rivalry between Major League Soccer (MLS) teams San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC.

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Houston Hurricane

The Houston Hurricane was a soccer team based out of Houston that played in the NASL.

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Houston Hurricanes

The Houston Hurricanes were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues from 1996 to 2000.

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Houston Stars

The Houston Stars were an soccer team based out of Houston, Texas that played in the United Soccer Association.

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Houston Stars (WPSL)

Houston Stars was an American women's soccer team, founded in 2003.

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Howard J. Samuels

Howard Joseph Samuels (December 3, 1919 – October 26, 1984) was an American statesman, industrialist, civil rights activist and philanthropist who served as United States Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the Small Business Administration under President Johnson, special advisor to the campaign for president by John F. Kennedy and the administration of President Carter.

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Hugo Pérez (soccer)

Hugo Ernesto Pérez Granados (born November 8, 1963) is a former soccer midfielder who played for the United States national team and several club teams.

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Hugo Sánchez

Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a retired Mexican professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

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Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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Indoor soccer

Indoor soccer, or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, minifootball, fast football, floorball or showball), is a game derived from association football adapted for play in a walled indoor arena.

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Ivan Toplak

Ivan Toplak (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Toплaк; born 21 September 1931 in Belgrade) is a former Yugoslavian football player and manager.

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Jacksonville Tea Men

The Jacksonville Tea Men were a soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Overall, the Tea Men played a total of four seasons in Jacksonville, first in the major league-level North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1980–1982, then in the lower level American Soccer League and United Soccer League from 1982–1984.

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Janusz Kowalik

Janusz "John" Kowalik (born 26 March 1944 in Nowy Sącz) was a Polish football (soccer) striker who scored prolifically in both the European leagues and the North American Soccer League.

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János Bédl

Janos Bedl (born 10 September 1929 - 9 December 1987) was a Hungarian football manager.

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Júlio Mazzei

Júlio Mazzei was a Brazilian soccer coach.

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Jeff Durgan

Jeffrey "Jeff" Durgan (born August 29, 1961 in Tacoma, Washington) is a retired U.S. soccer defender who played professionally for the New York Cosmos and seven times for the U.S. national team.

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Jim Benedek

Janos "Jim" Benedek (June 9, 1941 – March 30, 2009) was a Hungarian-American soccer forward who later coached at both the collegiate and national team levels.

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Jim Leeker

Jim Leeker (born St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. soccer player.

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Jimmy McAlister

Jimmy McAlister (born May 4, 1957) is a U.S. soccer defender during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Jimmy Ryan (footballer, born 1945)

James "Jimmy" Ryan (born 12 May 1945) is a Scottish former football player who played as a winger.

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Joe Morrone Jr.

Joseph M. "Joe Jr." Morrone. is a former U.S. soccer midfielder.

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Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff OON (anglicised to Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and coach.

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Johan Neeskens

Johannes Jacobus "Johan" Neeskens (born 15 September 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder.

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John Sewell (footballer)

John David Sewell (born 7 July 1936 in Brockley, South London) is a former professional footballer who had a long career in the Football League, before continuing as player and coach in the North American Soccer League (NASL) during the 1970s.

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Johnny Giles

Michael John "Johnny" Giles (born 6 November 1940) is an Irish former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Jomo Cosmos F.C.

Jomo Cosmos are a South African professional association football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the National First Division.

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Juan Santisteban

Juan Santisteban Troyano (born 8 December 1936) is a retired Spanish football midfielder and manager.

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Juli Veee

Juli Veee (born Gyula Visnyei on February 22, 1950) is a retired Hungarian-American soccer forward.

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Julio César Romero

Julio César Romero Insfrán (born 28 August 1960 in Luque, Paraguay), nicknamed Romerito, is a former football midfielder from Paraguay, considered among the best players in Paraguayan football history.

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Kaizer Chiefs F.C.

Kaizer Chiefs Football Club is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

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Kaizer Motaung

Kaizer Motaung OIS (born 16 October 1944) is a former South African football (soccer) player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, of which he is chairman and managing director.

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Kansas City Spurs

The Kansas City Spurs were an American professional soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Karl-Heinz Granitza

Karl-Heinz Granitza (born 1 November 1951, in Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German football player.

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Kazimierz Deyna

Kazimierz Deyna (23 October 1947 – 1 September 1989) was a Polish footballer, who played as an offensive midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vision.

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Kazimierz Frankiewicz

Kazimierz "Casey" Frąckiewicz is a retired Polish association football player who played in the NASL between 1967 and 1974 for the St. Louis Stars and Boston Minutemen.

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Kingdome

The Kingdome (officially King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood.

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Koulis Apostolidis

Kyriakos "Koulis" Apostolidis (Greek: Κυριάκος "Κούλης" Αποστολίδης; born 3 March 1946 in Thessaloniki) is a former Greek footballer.

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Kyle Rote Jr.

Kyle Rote Jr. (born December 25, 1950) is a retired American soccer forward who played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned five caps with the United States men's national soccer team between 1973 and 1975.

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L.A. Wolves FC

L.A. Wolves FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Torrance, California.

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Lamar Hunt

Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American businessman and promoter of American football, soccer, basketball, tennis and ice hockey in the United States.

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Larry Hulcer

Larry Hulcer is a former U.S. soccer forward and midfielder.

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Las Vegas Quicksilver

The second Las Vegas Quicksilvers were a soccer club that competed in the USISL.

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Las Vegas Quicksilvers

The first Las Vegas Quicksilvers were a soccer team based in Las Vegas, Nevada that played in the NASL.

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Laurie Abrahams

Lawrence Adam Michael "Laurie" Abrahams (also spelt Lawrie; born 3 April 1953) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker in England, the United States, and Australia.

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Leeds United F.C.

Leeds United Football Club is a professional association football club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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List of American and Canadian soccer champions

Despite each receiving FIFA-affiliated status in 1913, both the United States and Canada have lacked a consistent, multi-division soccer system until recently.

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List of sports rivalries

A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes, but not directly related to the formal sport and the practice thereof.

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Los Angeles Aztecs

The Los Angeles Aztecs were a soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League from 1974 to 1981.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.

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Los Angeles Wolves

The Los Angeles Wolves were a United States professional soccer team that played for two seasons.

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Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92)

The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the United States that played matches from fall 1978 to spring 1992.

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Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by U.S. Soccer that represents the sport's highest level in both the United States and Canada.

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Management Consulting Group

Management Consulting Group, PLC is a consulting company listed on the London Stock Exchange under the name MMC.

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Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Maryland Bays

The Maryland Bays were an inaugural franchise of the third incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1988.They were based in Catonsville, Maryland, and played their games at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

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Memphis Rogues

The Memphis Rogues were a professional soccer team in the former North American Soccer League.

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Memphis Storm

The Memphis Storm was an American soccer team based in Memphis, Tennessee which existed from 1986 to 1994.

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Metropolitan Stadium

Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as "the Met", "Met Stadium", or now "the Old Met" to distinguish from the Metrodome) was a sports stadium that once stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis.

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Miami Toros

The Miami Toros was a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League from 1972 to 1976.

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Mike Flanagan (footballer)

Michael Flanagan (born 9 November 1952) is an English former professional footballer and manager.

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Mike Renshaw

Michael Renshaw (born 28 April 1948 in Manchester, England) is a U.S.-English former football left winger.

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Mike Winter

Mike Winter is a retired Austrian-American soccer goalkeeper who spent four seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned six caps with the United States national team.

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Minnesota Kicks

The Minnesota Kicks were a professional soccer team that played at Metropolitan Stadium in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota from 1976 to 1981.

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Minnesota Strikers

The Minnesota Strikers were an American professional soccer team located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area.

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Mobil

Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, is a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form a parent company called ExxonMobil. It was previously one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s until the 1970s.

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Montreal Manic

The Montreal Manic or the Manic de Montréal were a professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that played in the North American Soccer League.

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Montreal Olympique

Montreal Olympique were a professional soccer team based in Montreal that played in the NASL.

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NASL Final 1973

NASL Final 1973 was the championship match of the 1973 season, between the expansion Philadelphia Atoms and the Dallas Tornado.

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NASL Final 1974

NASL Final 1974 was the championship match of the 1974 season, between the expansion Los Angeles Aztecs and the Miami Toros.

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National Premier Soccer League

The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American soccer league commonly recognized as being a fourth tier league although it has been given no official designation by US Soccer.

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National Professional Soccer League (1967)

The National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association (USA) to form the North American Soccer League.

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National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001)

The National Professional Soccer League was a professional indoor soccer league in the USA and Canada.

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Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team (Het Nederlands Elftal) represents the Netherlands in international football.

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New England Tea Men

The New England Tea Men were a soccer team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts in the Boston metropolitan area.

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New York Cosmos (1970–85)

The New York Cosmos (simply the Cosmos in 1977–1978) was an American professional soccer club based in New York City and its suburbs.

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New York Cosmos (2010)

The New York Cosmos is an American professional soccer club based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that play in the North American Soccer League since 2013.

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New York Generals

The New York Generals were a soccer team based out of New York City that played in the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League.

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Nino Zec

Ninoslav "Nino" Zec (born 7 July 1949) is a retired Yugoslav professional footballer who played as midfielder or striker.

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North American Soccer League

The North American Soccer League (NASL) is a professional men's soccer league with four teams in the United States, including one in Puerto Rico.

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North American Soccer League (1968–84) on television

North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.

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Oakland Clippers

The Oakland Clippers were a soccer team based out of Oakland, California that played in the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).

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Oakland Stompers

The Oakland Stompers were a soccer team in the North American Soccer League (NASL) which played the 1978 season in the NASL.

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Onze d'Or

The Onze d'Or (alternative name: Onze Mondial European Footballer of the Year) is an association football award given by French magazine Onze Mondial since 1976.

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Os Magriços

Os Magriços was the nickname of the Portugal national football team which finished third in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.

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Paul Child (soccer)

Paul Child (born December 8, 1952) is an English-American former soccer forward who played nine seasons in the North American Soccer League.

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Pedro DeBrito

Pedro Gomes DeBrito (May 25, 1959 – July 5, 2014) was a retired U.S.-Cape Verdean soccer midfielder.

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Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento (born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Penalty shoot-out (association football)

A penalty shoot-out (officially kicks from the penalty mark) is a method of determining which team advances or is awarded the championship of an association football match that cannot end in a draw but where the score is tied after the regulation playing time as well as extra time (if used) have expired.

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Pepe Fernández

Cirilo “Pepe” Fernández (Uruguay, 14 July 1943) is a former Uruguayan soccer forward who played one season in the National Professional Soccer League, just over four in the North American Soccer League, one in the American Soccer League and five in the Netherlands.

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Peter Beardsley

Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999.

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Peter Bonetti

Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London) is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England.

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Peter Lorimer

Peter Patrick Lorimer (born 14 December 1946) is a Scottish former footballer, best known for his time with Leeds United and Scotland during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Peter McParland

Peter James McParland MBE (born 25 April 1934 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a former professional footballer.

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Peter Silvester (footballer)

Peter Dennis Silvester (born 19 February 1948) is an English former football forward Silvester, a striker, began his professional career with Reading, with whom he played from 1965 to 1970, scoring 26 goals.

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Peter Ward (footballer, born 1955)

Peter Ward (born 27 July 1955) is an English retired footballer, whose most successful times were with Brighton & Hove Albion, mostly as a forward.

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Petrochemical industry

The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals.

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Phil Woosnam

Phillip Abraham Woosnam (22 December 1932 – 19 July 2013) was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager.

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Philadelphia Atoms

The Philadelphia Atoms were an American soccer team based out of Philadelphia that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

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Philadelphia Atoms SC

The Philadelphia Atoms are an American professional soccer team based out of Glenside, Pennsylvania that play in the American Soccer League (ASL).

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Philadelphia Fury

The Philadelphia Fury are an American soccer team that competes the American Soccer League (ASL) after being purchased by former MLS Assistant Coach and ASL CEO, Matt Driver in February 2014.

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Philadelphia Fury (1978–80)

The Philadelphia Fury was a soccer team based in Philadelphia that played in the North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1980.

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Portland Timbers

The Portland Timbers are an American professional soccer club based in Portland, Oregon.

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Portland Timbers (1975–82)

The Portland Timbers were an American professional soccer club based in Portland, Oregon that competed in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1975 to 1982.

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Portland Timbers (1985–90)

Portland Timbers, previously known as F.C. Portland, came into existence in 1985 as an independent U.S. soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.

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Portland Timbers (2001–10)

The Portland Timbers were an American professional soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland Timbers–Seattle Sounders rivalry

The Portland Timbers–Seattle Sounders rivalry is a soccer rivalry between the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC, both based in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Premier Arena Soccer League

The Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL) is an indoor soccer league with amateur and semi-professional teams.

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Premier Development League

The Premier Development League (commonly known as the PDL) is a development soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league system.

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Premier Soccer League

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is a national sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in South Africa - the South African Premier Division and National First Division.

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Randy Horton

The Honourable Kenneth Howard Randolph "Randy" Horton, JP, MP is a former soccer and cricket player from Bermuda who is currently Speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda.

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Record attendances in United States club soccer

Competitive men's professional soccer has been played in the United States since 1912 and since 2001 for women's.

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Rinus Michels

Marinus Jacobus Hendricus "Rinus" Michels OON (9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch association football player and coach.

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Rob Rensenbrink

Pieter Robert ("Rob") Rensenbrink (born 3 July 1947 in Amsterdam) is a former Dutch football player and member of the Dutch national football team that reached two World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978.

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Roberto Bettega

Roberto Bettega (born 27 December 1950 in Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.

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Roberto Cabañas

Roberto Cabañas González (11 April 1961 – 9 January 2017) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a forward.

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Rochester Lancers

The Rochester Lancers (formerly known as Rochester River Dogz FC) are an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York.

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Rochester Lancers (1967–80)

The Rochester Lancers were a soccer team based in Rochester, New York that played in the American Soccer League from 1967 until 1969 and the North American Soccer League from 1970 to 1980 at Aquinas Stadium (renamed Holleder Memorial Stadium in 1974).

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Rochester Lancers (2011–15)

The Rochester Lancers were an indoor soccer team in the Major Indoor Soccer League and the Major Arena Soccer League.

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Rodney Marsh

Rodney William Marsh (born 11 October 1944) is an English former footballer and football coach; he later worked as a broadcaster.

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Roger Davies (footballer)

Roger Davies (born 25 October 1950 in Wolverhampton, England) is an English retired football forward who played professionally in England, Belgium and the United States.

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Ron Newman

Ronald Vernon Newman (born 19 January 1936) is an English former professional association football player and coach.

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Roy Wegerle

Roy Wegerle (born March 19, 1964) is a former United States international soccer player who appeared for the national team 41 times between 1992 and 1998.

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Rubén Marino Navarro

Rubén Navarro (30 March 1933 – 14 July 2003) was an Argentine association football player.

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Ruud Krol

Rudolf ("Ruud" or "Rudi") Jozef Krol (born 24 March 1949) is a Dutch retired footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country.

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Sal DeRosa

Salvatore "Sal" DeRosa (August 10, 1931 – March 2, 2014) was a naturalized American soccer coach best known for winning the 1970 North American Soccer League Championship with Rochester Lancers.

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San Antonio Thunder

The San Antonio Thunder were an American soccer team founded in 1975 as a member of the North American Soccer League.

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San Diego Jaws

The San Diego Jaws were a soccer team based out of San Diego, California that played in the North American Soccer League.

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San Diego Sockers (1978–96)

The San Diego Sockers were a soccer and indoor soccer team based in San Diego, California.

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San Diego Sockers (2001–04)

The second version of the San Diego Sockers were a team in the new Major Indoor Soccer League.

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San Diego Sockers (2009–)

San Diego Sockers are an American professional indoor soccer franchise playing in the Western Division of the Major Arena Soccer League, representing the San Diego area since 2009.

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San Diego Surf (soccer)

The San Diego Surf is a soccer organization based in San Diego County, California.

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San Diego Toros

The San Diego Toros were a soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in San Diego, California.

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San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California, United States, that competes as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS).

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San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88)

San Jose Earthquakes was a professional soccer club that played from 1974 to 1988.

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Santa Cruz Surf

The Santa Cruz Surf was an American soccer team based in Santa Cruz, California that played in the USISL.

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Santos FC

Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as Santos or Peixe, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Vila Belmiro, a bairro in the city of Santos.

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Seattle Sounders (1974–83)

The Seattle Sounders were a U.S. professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington.

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Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)

Seattle Sounders was an American professional soccer team founded in 1994 as a member of the American Professional Soccer League.

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Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington.

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Semi-professional

A semi-professional athlete is one for whom sport is not a full-time occupation.

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Slaviša Žungul

Slaviša Žungul, known in the United States as Steve Zungul (born July 28, 1954) is a retired Yugoslav American soccer striker.

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SoCal Surf

SoCal Surf was an American soccer team from Carlsbad, California that played in the Premier Development League.

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Soccer Bowl

The NASL Championship is the annual championship competition of the North American Soccer League.

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Soccer Bowl '75

Soccer Bowl '75 was the championship final of the 1975 NASL season, played between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Portland Timbers.

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Soccer Bowl '78

Soccer Bowl '78 was the North American Soccer League's championship final for the 1978 season.

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Soccer in the United States

Soccer in the United States is governed by the United States Soccer Federation. The organization governs most levels of soccer in the country, including the national teams, professional leagues, and the amateur game with the exception of colleges and high schools., over 24.4 million people play soccer in the United States. In 2017, Gallup reported that soccer was the third-most played team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and American football. The popularity of the sport in the U.S. has been growing since the 1960s and 1970s, and received a significant boost when the United States hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It is the most popular sport in the United States after American football, baseball and basketball, and is the second fastest growing sport in America, surpassed only by lacrosse. The highest-level men's professional soccer league in the U.S. is Major League Soccer. MLS began play in 1996 with 10 teams and has grown to 23 teams (20 in the United States and 3 in Canada), with further expansion planned. The MLS season runs from March to December, with the regular-season winner awarded the Supporters' Shield and the post-season winner awarded the MLS Cup. With an average attendance of over 20,000 per game, MLS has the third highest average attendance of any sports league in the U.S. after the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), and is the seventh highest attended professional soccer league worldwide. The first women's professional soccer league in the U.S. formed after the success of the 1999 Women's World Cup. The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ran from 2001–2003 and featured many of the World Cup stars, including Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers and Brandi Chastain. Its successor Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) ran from 2009–2012. Currently, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the top professional league in the country and was formed in 2012. The most recently completed 2017 season was its fifth. The NWSL season runs from spring to early fall (typically April – October). In 2017, A&E Networks bought an equity stake in the league and broadcasts a game of the week on Lifetime and streams all games online via the go90 platform. U.S. soccer fans also follow the U.S. national teams in international competition. The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final drew a record 26.7 million viewers, greater than final games of the 2014 World Series or the 2015 NBA Finals, and the 2010 Men's World Cup final drew 26.5 million viewers. The women's national team has won three Women's World Cup titles and four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and the men's national team had played in every World Cup from 1990 to 2014.

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Sonny Werblin

David Abraham "Sonny" Werblin (March 17, 1910 – November 21, 1991) was a prominent entertainment industry executive and sports impresario who was an owner of the New York Jets and chairman of Madison Square Garden, and who built and managed the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

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South American Footballer of the Year

The Rey del Fútbol de América ("King of Football of America"), often referred to as the South American Footballer of the Year, is an annual association football award presented to the best footballer in South America over the previous calendar year.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Sports league

A sports league is a group of sports teams that compete against each other in a specific sport.

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St. Louis Arena

St.

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St. Louis Stars (soccer)

The St.

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Steve David

Steve David (born 11 March 1951 in Point Fortin, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian former North American Soccer League and international football player.

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Steve Pecher

Steve Pecher (born St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired U.S. soccer defender who is currently the Missouri Girls Director of St Louis Scott Gallagher.

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Tampa Bay Rowdies

The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010.

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Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)

The Tampa Bay Rowdies were an American professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida, that competed in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1975 to 1984.

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Team America (NASL)

Team America was a professional version of the United States men's national soccer team which played as a franchise in the North American Soccer League (NASL) during the 1983 season.

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Team Hawaii

Team Hawaii was a soccer team based out of Honolulu that played in the NASL.

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Teófilo Cubillas

Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist.

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Terry Hennessey

William Terrence Hennessey (born 1 September 1942) is a Welsh former international footballer who gained 39 caps for Wales.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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Timo Liekoski

Timo Liekoski (born June 30, 1942) is a Finnish soccer coach who managed teams in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and Major League Soccer.

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Tony Waiters

Anthony Keith Waiters (born 1 February 1937) is a former England international football goalkeeper and Canadian national football team head coach (manager).

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Toronto Blizzard (1971–84)

The Toronto Blizzard were a professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that played in the North American Soccer League.

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Toronto Blizzard (1986–93)

The second iteration of the Toronto Blizzard emerged from the folding of the North American Soccer League.

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Toronto Croatia

C.N.S.C. Toronto Croatia (Croatian National Sports Club Toronto Croatia) is a Canadian soccer team based in Mississauga, Ontario, that plays in the Supergroup Open Division in the Canadian Academy of Futbol.

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Toronto Falcons

The Toronto Falcons were a soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto Falcons (NSL)

Toronto Falcons Soccer Club (Toronto Sokoły) was a Canadian soccer club founded in 1975 that operated in the Canadian National Soccer League The club won the Playoff Championship in 1978, and the regular season championship in 1980.

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Total Football

Total Football (totaalvoetbal) is a tactical theory in football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team.

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Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)

The Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) were a North American Soccer League (NASL) team from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–2000)

The second Tulsa Roughnecks were an American soccer team that played in the United Soccer Leagues from 1993–99.

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Tulsa Roughnecks FC

The Tulsa Roughnecks FC is an American professional soccer team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Tulsa World

The Tulsa World is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma.

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TVS Television Network

The TVS Television Network, or TVS for short, is a syndicator of American sports programming.

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UEFA European Championship awards

At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.

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United Soccer Association

The United Soccer Association was a professional soccer league featuring teams based in the United States and Canada.

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United Soccer League

The United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as USL Pro, is a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that began its inaugural season in 2011.

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United Soccer League (1984–85)

The United Soccer League was a professional soccer league in the United States in the mid-1980s.

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United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues (USL) is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

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United States men's national soccer team

The United States men's national soccer team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.

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United States soccer league system

The United States soccer league system is a series of professional and amateur soccer leagues based, in whole or in part, in the United States.

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USL First Division

The United Soccer Leagues First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2010.

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USL W-League

The USL W-League was a North American women's soccer developmental organization.

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Vancouver Royals

Vancouver Royal Canadians was a soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that played in the U.S.-based United Soccer Association (USA) and North American Soccer League (NASL).

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Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–84)

The original Vancouver Whitecaps were a professional soccer team founded on December 11, 1973.

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Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia that competes in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS).

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Vavá

Edvaldo Jizídio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian footballer who is widely considered one of the best strikers of his generation.

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Walter Chyzowych

Walter Chyzowych (Volodymyr Chyzhovych) (April 20, 1937 – September 2, 1994) was a Ukrainian born soccer player who played for Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals and Newark Sitch of the American Soccer League and was later a coach for the United States national soccer team.

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Warner Communications

Warner Communications, Inc. was established in 1972 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets due to a financial scandal over its parking operations (as National Kinney Corporation), and changed its name.

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Warren Archibald

Warren “Laga” Archibald (born Trinidad and Tobago) was a Trinidad soccer forward who spent one season in the United Soccer Association and nine in the North American Soccer League, earning 1973 MVP honours.

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Washington Darts

The Washington Darts were an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that played in the American Soccer League from 1967 to 1969 and the North American Soccer League in the 1970 and 1971 seasons, though in 1967 they were known as Washington Britannica.

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Washington Diplomats

The Washington Diplomats were an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C..

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Washington Diplomats (1988–90)

The Washington Diplomats were an American soccer team established in 1987 which played in the American Soccer League in 1988 and 1989 and the American Professional Soccer League in 1990.

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Washington Whips

The Washington Whips were a soccer team based in Washington, D.C. that played in the United Soccer Association.

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Western Soccer Alliance

Western Soccer Alliance was a professional soccer league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States and Western Canada.

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Willy Roy

Willy Roy (born February 8, 1943 in Treuberg, Germany) is a retired U.S. soccer forward and coach.

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Wim Jansen

Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen (born 28 October 1946 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch former footballer and manager.

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Wim Suurbier

Wilhelmus "Wim" Lourens Johannes Suurbier (born 16 January 1945 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a former Dutch football player and among others assistant coach of the Albanian national team.

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Women's Premier Soccer League

The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the second level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, below National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and roughly equal with United Women's Soccer (UWS).

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Yasin Özdenak

Yasin Özdenak (born 11 October 1948) is a former Turkish football goalkeeper and now an active coach.

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1958 FIFA World Cup

The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 to 29 June.

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1962 FIFA World Cup

The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's national teams.

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1966 FIFA World Cup

The 1966 FIFA World Cup (officially: World Championship-Jules Rimet Cup-England 1966) was the eighth World Cup and it was held in England from 11 to 30 July.

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1968 North American Soccer League season

The 1968 North American Soccer League season was the 56th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and Canada, and the 1st with a national first-division league with the inaugural season of the NASL.

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1969 North American Soccer League season

The 1969 North American Soccer League season was the second season of the North American Soccer League, the top division in US soccer in 1969.

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1970 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1970.

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1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament

The 1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament was the first indoor variant of soccer sanctioned by the North American Soccer League.

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1971 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1971.

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1972 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1972.

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1973 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1973.

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1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany (including West Berlin) from 13 June to 7 July.

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1974 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1974.

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1975 NASL Indoor tournament

In early 1975 the North American Soccer League hosted its first league-wide indoor soccer tournament over the course of seven weeks.

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1975 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1975.

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1976 NASL Indoor tournament

Over the course of three weekends in March 1976, the North American Soccer League hosted its second league-wide indoor soccer tournament.

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1976 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1976.

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1977 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1977.

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1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June.

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1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational

The 1978 NASL Skelly Invitational was a four-team indoor soccer tournament held in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Tulsa Assembly Center on the first weekend of March of that same year.

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1978 North American Soccer League season

The 1978 North American Soccer League season was the 66th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 11th with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada.

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1978–79 Major Indoor Soccer League season

The 1978–79 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the first in league history and would end with the New York Arrows winning the first MISL title.

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1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational

The 1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational was a four-team indoor soccer tournament held in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Bayfront Center on the last weekend of January of the same year.

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1979 North American Soccer League season

The 1979 North American Soccer League season was the 67th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer and the 12th with a national first-division league in the United States and Canada.

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1979–80 NASL Indoor season

The 1979–80 season was the North American Soccer League's first ever full indoor soccer season with playoffs.

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1980 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1980.

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1980–81 NASL Indoor season

The 1980–81 season was the North American Soccer League's second indoor soccer season.

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1981 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1981.

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1981–82 NASL Indoor season

The 1981–82 season was the North American Soccer League's third indoor soccer season.

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1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

A total of 109 teams entered the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 14 October 1979 at Zürich, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament, an increase from 16 in the previous World Cups.

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1982 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1982.

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1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer

The 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer was an indoor soccer tournament staged by four franchises of the North American Soccer League.

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1983 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1983.

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1983–84 NASL Indoor season

The 1983–84 North American Soccer League indoor season was the fourth and last in league history.

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1984 North American Soccer League season

The 1984 North American Soccer League season was the 72nd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 17th with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada.

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1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season

The 1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the seventh in league history and ended with the San Diego Sockers winning their second MISL title in three seasons over the Baltimore Blast.

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1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986.

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1986 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 1986 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Mexico.

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1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament.

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1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, held in nine cities across the United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994.

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1998 FIFA World Cup squads

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football).

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21 Club

The 21 Club, often simply 21, is an American traditional cuisine restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City.

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NASL Most Valuable Player Award, North American Soccer League (1968-1984), North American Soccer League (1968–1984).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968–84)

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