Category: American Professional Soccer League

1989 Western Soccer League Media Guide

Arizona Condors

March 23, 2019

The Arizona Condors were an outdoor soccer club that played for two seasons at Riggs Stadium on the campus of Mesa Community College. The Condors operated as an amateur team in their expansion season of 1989 in the Western Soccer League and did not play its players. The 1989 squad featured some moonlighting professionals, such as indoor soccer veterans and leading scorers Mark Kerlin and Wes Wade. But the team also had players who still had college eligibility remaining. The Condors were a fully professional side for their second and final season in 1990.

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Real Santa Barbara Soccer

Real Santa Barbara

March 15, 2019

Obscure pro soccer outfit that played two summer seasons at Santa Barbara City College’s La Playa Stadium in 1989 and 1990. Real Santa Barbara joined the Western Soccer League as an expansion club and made their debut in April 1989. The club folded quietly after the conclusion of its second season.

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Portland Timbers Western Soccer League

Portland Timbers (1989-1990)

October 20, 2018

The 1989-1990 Portland Timbers of the Western Soccer League were the first of several efforts to revive the name, logo and colors of the original Timbers (1975-1982) of the North American Soccer League. The club’s top player was 19-year old goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who won the Western Soccer League’s Most Valuable Player Award as a teenager on an amateur contract during the 1989 season. This version of the Timbers went out of business in 1990 after two seasons of play.

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Toronto Blizzard NASL

Toronto Blizzard

June 5, 2016

North American Soccer League (1979-1984) Canadian Soccer League (1987-1992) American Professional Soccer League (1993) Born: February 13, 1979 – Re-branded from Toronto Metros-Croatia Folded: Postseason

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1991 Maryland Bays program from the American Professional Soccer League

Maryland Bays

December 27, 2015

The Maryland Bays were one of the best pro soccer clubs in America during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s during an era when the outdoor game was at a particularly low ebb in the U.S.  Over the course of four seasons, the Bays posted a 79-31 record and won a national title in 1990. The 1991 Bays squad was perhaps even stronger, dominating the American Professional Soccer League with a 19-2 regular season record. But a stunning semi-final playoff defeat to the Albany Capitals prevented Maryland from defending its crown.

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