Pennsylvania Stoners (1979-1983)
June 3, 2013
This 2nd Division soccer team from the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania is something of a cult classic. There’s the Pennsylvania Stoners name, of course – reputedly a nod to the “Keystone State” rather than an endorsement of other recreational pursuits. The 1979 Stoners featured not one but two future NFL placekickers on their roster, Matt Bahr and Florian Kempf. And in 1980, while other American Soccer League clubs attempted to fill their program books with quarter-page ads, the Stoners sold one of the first jersey sponsorships in American pro soccer to ALPO dog food.
