Category: Western Soccer League

San Diego Nomads Soccer

San Diego Nomads

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.

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