Tulsa Tornado’s
August 2, 2020
So grim was the state of professional outdoor soccer in the United States in 1985 that only 13 games were staged by American pro clubs that calendar year. All of these matches were put on by the United Soccer League (USL), a barely solvent gaggle of four teams spread across Florida, Texas and Oklahoma that folded after only one month of competition. The Tornado’s – the team’s nonsensical apostrophe is not a typo – were one of the USL’s many trouble spots.
