The San Diego Nomads were a low-budget semi-pro/pro soccer club that competed during the late 1980’s, a period viewed as the Dark Ages for outdoor professional soccer in the United States. From 1986 to 1989, U.S. National Team players like Marcelo Balboa and Paul Caligiuri played for the Nomads alongside high school players and moonlighting San Diego Sockers indoor players such as Paul Dougherty and Paul Wright.
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
Canadian Soccer League (1987-1992) American Professional Soccer League (1993-1994) A-League (1995-1996) USL A-League (1997-2000) Born: May 15, 1986 – CSL founding franchise Re-Branded: October 26,
American Soccer League (1988-1989) American Professional Soccer League (1990-1994) Born: 1987 – ASL founding franchise Died: Postseason 1994 – The Strikers withdraw from the APSL
The Colorado Foxes were at outdoor soccer club active for most of the 1990’s in the Denver region. During their early years, the Foxes competed at the highest level of outdoor soccer played in the United States. But the frugal American Professional Soccer League (later re-named the ‘A-League’) still fell something short of a true Division I organization. The Foxes won back-to-back championships in the APSL in 1992 and 1993. The Foxes lost their relevancy after the formation of Major League Soccer in 1996 and the debut of MLS’ Colorado Rapids club the same year. After two years of competition with the Rapids, the franchise moved to southern California and became the San Diego Flash in 1998.
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