Chicago Sting

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Chicago Sting
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Basic data
Surname Chicago Sting
Seat Chicago , IL
founding 1974
resolution 1988
owner Lee Stern
First soccer team
Head coach Bill Foulkes (1978–1979)
Malcolm Musgrove (1978)
Willy Roy (1977–1986)
Erich Geyer (1986–1988)
Gary Hindley (1988)
Venue Soldier Field
Comiskey Park
Wrigley Field
Chicago Stadium
Rosemont Horizon
Places 55,000 (Soldier Field)
45,000 (Comiskey Park)
37,000 (Comiskey Park)
league NASL (1975-84)
Major Soccer League (1982-83 & 1984-88)
1975-1988 see seasonal statistics
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Away

The Chicago Sting were an American football club based in Chicago , Illinois . The club played between 1975 and 1984 in the North American Soccer League , and from 1984 to 1988 in the Major Indoor Soccer League , an indoor soccer league . In 13 years of league membership, the Stings could twice win the Soccer Bowl , the US championship.

history

Outdoor team

The club was founded in 1975 by Lee Stern , a Chicago businessman. The name of the club was derived from the caper comedy The Sting - The highlight from. The field kickers called Soldier Field , Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field their home. In 1981, the team led by coach Willy Roy won its first of two championships. Overall, you could win 23 of the 32 games. As the first of the Central Division, the team qualified for the play-offs where they prevailed against the New York Cosmos , which were equipped with players like Giorgio Chinaglia , Johan Neeskens and Rick Davis , and won the Soccer Bowl . It was the first championship win by a Chicago team, regardless of sport, in 23 years. In 1984, the last year of the league, the success of 1981 was repeated.

Indoor team

In 1980 an indoor team was founded in addition to the outdoor team. This carried out its home games at the Chicago Stadium and the Rosemont Horizon . The Central Division could already be won in the first season 1980/81. In the play-offs for the American overall championship, the team failed only in the final. In the following year, the triumph for the division championship was repeated, but was eliminated in the first round of the play-offs. There were no further successes in the next three years. Although they always reached the qualifying games until 1984, they were eliminated every year in the first round. In the last three years you have always missed the qualification.

successes

  • Northern Division / Atlantic Conference win: 1976
  • Central Division win: 1981
  • NASL win : 1981
  • Eastern Division win: 1984
  • Central Division Indoor Win: 1981, 1982
  • Coach of the year 1981: Willy Roy

Trainer

Well-known former players

Season statistics

Outdoors

year Regular season Play-offs Audience average
1975 2nd place, Central Division not qualified 4,330
1976 1st place, Northern Division, Atlantic Conference Division Championships 5,801
1977 4th place, Northern Division, Atlantic Conference not qualified 5,199
1978 2nd place, Central Division, American Conference First round 4,188
1979 2nd place, Central Division, American Conference American Conference semifinals 8,036
1980 1st place, Central Division, American Conference First round 11,672
1981 1st Central Division NASL winner 12,889
1982 4th place, Eastern Division not qualified 9,377
1983 2nd place, Eastern Division Quarter finals 10,937
1984 1st place, Eastern Division NASL winner 8,376

Indoor

season league Regular season Play-offs Audience average
1980-81 NASL 1st place, Central Division final 6.164
1981-82 NASL 1st place, Central Division First round 13,322
1982-83 MISL 3rd place, Eastern Division First round 9,201
1983-84 NASL 2nd place First round 11,974
1984-85 MISL 2nd place, Eastern Division First round 10,628
1985-86 MISL 6th place, Eastern Division not qualified 7,345
1986-87 MISL 5th place, Eastern Division not qualified 5,879
1987-88 MISL 5th place, Eastern Division not qualified 5,977

Web links

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