The Atlanta Apollos were a One-Year Wonder in the North American Soccer League that competed for just four months between May and August 1973 before closing up shop. The Apollos replaced Atlanta’s previous NASL franchise, the Chiefs, who folded following the 1972 season.
Appalachian League (1960) Born: 1960 Re-Branded: 1961 (Wytheville Twins) First Game: June 24, 1960 (L 10-4 vs. Bluefield Orioles) Last Game: September 1, 1960 (W
The Toledo Pride were a One-Year Wonder indoor soccer outfit, playing in the Midwest-based American Indoor Soccer Association. The Pride played a winter schedule during 1986-87, filling empty dates at the Toledo Sports Arena after the city’s long-time minor league ice hockey club went out of business earlier in 1986. The Pride closed their doors after one season of play.
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.
Continental Basketball Association (1985-1986) Born: June 28, 1985 – CBA expansion franchise Moved: May 14, 1986 (Topeka Sizzlers) First Game: December 7, 1985 (L 113-108
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