Washington Diplomats (1987-1990)
September 20, 2013
Here we have the third – and presumably last – incarnation of the Washington Diplomats soccer club. The latter day Dips, like their two North American Soccer League predecessors of 1974-1981, played at RFK Stadium. But NFL stadium aside, the 1987-1990 Diplomats were a far more frugal affair than the NASL club that once paid a million transfer fee for Johan Cruyff. On the plus side, Dips 3.0 accomplished something their NASL forebears never managed, capturing a league championship in 1988.
