Minnesota Pipers
December 26, 2017
American Basketball Association (1968-1969) Born: June 28, 1968 – The Pittsburgh Pipers relocate to Minneapolis, MN Moved: 1969 (Pittsburgh Condors) First Game: October 27, 1968
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Minnesota Fillies
April 6, 2014
The Minnesota Fillies were one of eight founding franchises in the Women’s Professional Basketball League in 1978, which was the first pro hoops league for women in the United States. Minnesota was one of only three clubs, along with the Chicago Hustle and New Jersey Gems, that managed to survive for all three seasons of the WPBL’s existence from 1978 to 1981. The Fillies played their first two seasons at the Met Center before moving to Minneapolis Auditorium for their final campaign.
Minnesota Strikers
January 20, 2013
The Minnesota Strikers were a top-flight pro soccer club that played both outdoor and indoor soccer in the Twin Cities between 1984 and 1988. Originally a North American Soccer League club from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the team moved to Minneapolis in 1984 to play an “outdoor” season indoors at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. With the NASL about to fold, the Strikers joined the indoor Major Indoor Soccer League in the fall of 1984 and played four winter seasons at the Met Center before going out of business in June of 1988.