Tag: Lamar Hunt

Kansas City Wiz Major League Soccer

Kansas City Wiz / Kansas City Wizards

The Kansas City Wiz (1996) and Wizards (1997-2010) are a pair of abandoned brand identities from Major League Soccer’s Kansas City franchise, one of the 10 original clubs that began play in 1996. The club was owned by Kansas Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt for much of the Wiz/Wizards era, including during the team’s 2000 MLS Cup championship season. The franchise re-branded as Sporting Kansas City in 2011 contemporaneously with the team’s move into the new $200 million Livestrong Sporting Park.

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1996 Dallas Burn Media Guide from Major League Soccer

Dallas Burn

Major League Soccer (1996-2004) Born: June 6, 1995 – MLS founding franchise Re-Branded: August 2004 (FC Dallas) First Game: April 14, 1996 (W 1-0 vs. San

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1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies Media Guide from the North American Soccer League

Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975-1993)

North American Soccer League (1975-1984) American Indoor Soccer Association (1986-1987) American Soccer League (1988-1989) American Professional Soccer League (1990-1993) Born: 1974 – NASL expansion franchise

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1970 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs baseball program from the Texas League

Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs

The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs were a popular minor league baseball entry of the late 1960’s, co-owned famed sports investor Lamar Hunt. Future Major League stars Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, Joe Niekro, Doug DeCinces and Enos Cabell also spent time in a Spurs uniform. The Spurs were displaced when Major League Baseball’s Washington Senators moved to Arlington in 1972 and became the Texas Rangers.

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1968 Dallas Tornado Media Guide from the North American Soccer League

Dallas Tornado

That the Dallas Tornado existed as long as they did – 15 seasons from 1967 to 1981 – is a testament to the endurance of American Football League founder Lamar Hunt and fruitcake baron Bill McNutt.  The Tornado existed longer than the famed New York Cosmos. They developed the first American-born “Superstar” of the soccer (at least by ABC’s definition) in Kyle Rote Jr.  But the team was never wildly popular in Dallas. The club wandered around the metroplex in nomadic fashion, shifting among five different stadiums in little more than a decade of play.

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