The St. Louis Stars were the first top flight professional soccer team to make their home in the Gateway City. Relatively speaking, the Stars were a beacon of stability in the turbulent American pro soccer scene of the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Of the 22 American pro clubs that began play during the country’s 1967 pro soccer boom, only the Dallas Tornado (1967-1981) outlived the Stars.
The Anaheim-based Surf were part of the Southern California soccer boom of the late 1970’s that saw six different NASL and ASL clubs active in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties in 1978. The Surf were the weakest of the region’s three NASL franchises, overshadowed by the glamour of the Los Angeles Aztecs and the on-field success of the San Diego Sockers. The Surf disbanded after four season in late 1981.
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