Category: American Soccer League

1980 New York United versus Ecuador program from the American Soccer League

New York United

November 15, 2015

New York United were a men’s 2nd Division soccer club that played in the American Soccer League in 1980 and 1981. The club previously played on Long Island from 1973 until 1979 where it was known as New York Apollo. New ownership bought the team in 1980 and tried to make a splash by signing former Manchester City star Rodney Marsh as Manager and moving into Shea Stadium in Queens. United moved to Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island for their final season in 1981.

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1979 Las Vegas Seagulls Program from the American Soccer League

Las Vegas Seagulls

July 15, 2015

The Las Vegas Seagulls were a 2nd Division pro soccer club that lasted just one season in the American Soccer League in the summer of 1979. The Seagulls lost their final 11 games to finish in last place in the ASL’s Western Conference with a 7-18-3 record.

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1983 Jacksonville Tea Men Soccer

Jacksonville Tea Men (1980-1984)

June 6, 2015

Jacksonville’s first professional soccer team was the oddly named “Tea Men”. The Teas arrived in 1981, starting out in the top flight North American Soccer League and the 80,000-seat Gator Bowl before gradually self-relegating to cheaper, lower division leagues and minor league baseball’s Wolfson Park by their final season in 1984. The strange moniker carried over from the team’s previous home in New England (Boston), where the Tea Men name had a double meaning, referring both to the Boston Tea Party protest of 1773 and the team’s original corporate owner, the Lipton Tea Company. The Teas were champions of the American Soccer League in 1983.

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Tacoma Tides American Soccer League

Tacoma Tides

April 9, 2015

The Tacoma Tides were a One-Year Wonder that competed in the American Soccer League in the summer of 1976.  The Tides shared Cheney Stadium, the city’s minor league baseball field, with the Tacoma Twins, who also had an ownership stake in the soccer club. The Tides were a good side in their only year of action.  The team finished 10-6-5 and earned a playoff spot, losing to the eventual champion Los Angeles Skyhawks in the semi-final match. Future U.S. National Team coach Bruce Arena was the Tides’ second string goalkeeper.

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Santa Barbara Condors American Soccer League

Santa Barbara Condors

April 8, 2015

The Santa Barbara Condors were a financially bereft 2nd division American soccer club that folded after playing just a dozen games in the summer of 1977.  During their brief run, the Condors played home games at Valley Stadium, a high school field in Goleta, California.

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