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San Diego Toros
Full name	San Diego Toros
Founded	1966 (Los Angeles Toros); 1968 (San Diego Toros)
Dissolved	1968
Stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1967); Los Angeles, California; Balboa Stadium (1968); San Diego, California
Capacity	93,000; 34,000
League	North American Soccer League
Home colors	Away colors

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The San Diego Toros were a professional soccer team based in San Diego, California. Founded in 1967 as the Los Angeles Toros, the team was one of the ten charter members of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). When the NPSL and the rival United Soccer Association (USA) merged in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League (NASL), the team was relocated to San Diego as a member of the new league. While in Los Angeles, the Toros played its home matches at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and at Balboa Stadium when it moved to San Diego. The team folded at the conclusion of the 1968 NASL season.

History[edit]

In 1966 several groups of entrepreneurs were exploring the idea of forming a professional soccer league in United States. Two of these groups merged to form the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and franchise rights were awarded to ten ownership groups, with one given to Los Angeles Rams owner Dan Reeves.^[1]^[2] The Toros secured a lease at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which would also host the Los Angeles Wolves of the rival USA during the 1967 season.^[3]

The Toros began the season on April 16, 1967, with a home 3-2 win against the New York Generals in front of a crowd of over nine thousand.^[4] The team finished the season in fifth place in the Western Division with a record of 7 wins 10 loses and 15 draws with an average attendance for the season of 3,595.^[5] Dan Reeves sold the team to a group that included Bill Cox who acted as general manager.^[2]

With the merger of the NPSL with the United Soccer Association it was announced that Los Angeles would be one of the 20-teams in play in the North American Soccer League (NASL).^[6]^[a] Prior to the 1968 season, the Toros were moved to San Diego to avoid the league having two teams in the same market of Los Angeles^[7] playing their home games at Balboa Stadium.^[8] Midway through the 1968 NASL season, Cox took a position with the St. Louis Stars and sold the team to Emilio Azcárraga Milmo.^[2] The team finished the season in first place of the Pacific Division with a record of 18 wins, 8 loses and 6 draws earning the highest points total in the league.^[9]^[5] The team defeated the Kansas City Spurs with an aggregate score of 2 - 1 over 2 matches in the Conference Finals, but were defeated by the Atlanta Chiefs with an aggregate score of 3 - 0 in the NASL Final 1968.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] The Toros were one of 12 teams that folded between the 1968 and 1969 NASL seasons.

Year-by-year[edit]

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1967	NPSL	7	10	15	114	5th, Western Division	did not qualify
1968	NASL	18	8	6	186	1st, Pacific Division	Won Playoff (Kansas City) Lost Championship (Atlanta)

Source:^[14]

Notes[edit]

^ 17 teams contested the 1968 NASL season with three teams folding before the season began

References[edit]

^ "Soccer League Opens More". Jet. May 4, 1967.
^ ^a ^b ^c Seese, D.J. (2015). The Rebirth of Professional Soccer in America: The Strange Days of the United Soccer Association. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442238954.
^ DiGiovanna, Mike (January 22, 1986). "Gaining A Foothold". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
^ "Five soccer tilts lure 46,547 fans Toros win opener, 3 - 2". The Press-Courier. April 16, 1967. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "North American Soccer League". RSSSF. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
^ "Differences Settled, Soccer Leagues Merge". The Phoenix. December 14, 1967. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
^ "Pro League to Operate Two Divisions". The Vancouver Sun. January 5, 1968. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ The Routledge History of American Sport. Taylor & Francis. 2016. ISBN 9781317662495. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "San Diego advance to Finals in Soccer - Milwaukee Journal". Google news. September 17, 1968.
^ "Toros Win Divisional Soccer Title - The Miami News". September 16, 1968.
^ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
^ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
^ David A. Litterer (May 14, 2010). "North American Soccer League". RSSSF. Retrieved February 24, 2013.

[7] 17 teams contested the 1968 NASL season with three teams folding before the season began

[1] "Soccer League Opens More". Jet. May 4, 1967.

[Seese-2] Seese, D.J. (2015). The Rebirth of Professional Soccer in America: The Strange Days of the United Soccer Association. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442238954.

[3] DiGiovanna, Mike (January 22, 1986). "Gaining A Foothold". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2021.

[4] "Five soccer tilts lure 46,547 fans Toros win opener, 3 - 2". The Press-Courier. April 16, 1967. Retrieved December 1, 2021.

[NASL-5] "North American Soccer League". RSSSF. Retrieved November 26, 2021.

[6] "Differences Settled, Soccer Leagues Merge". The Phoenix. December 14, 1967. Retrieved November 26, 2021.

[8] "Pro League to Operate Two Divisions". The Vancouver Sun. January 5, 1968. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[9] The Routledge History of American Sport. Taylor & Francis. 2016. ISBN 9781317662495. Retrieved December 1, 2021.

[sover1968-10] "The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

[11] "San Diego advance to Finals in Soccer - Milwaukee Journal". Google news. September 17, 1968.

[12] "Toros Win Divisional Soccer Title - The Miami News". September 16, 1968.

[13] NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.

[14] NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.

[15] David A. Litterer (May 14, 2010). "North American Soccer League". RSSSF. Retrieved February 24, 2013.

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+With the merger of the [[National Professional Soccer League (1967)|NPSL]] with the [[United Soccer Association]] it was announced that Los Angeles would be one of the 20-teams in play in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League (NASL)]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Differences Settled, Soccer Leagues Merge. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tC1gAAAAIBAJ&dq=National+Professional+Soccer+League+United+Soccer+Association+merger&pg=PA19&article_id=5053,2329554|work=The Phoenix|date=December 14, 1967|access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref>{{efn|17 teams contested the 1968 NASL season with three teams folding before the season began}}  Prior to the 1968 season, the Toros were moved to [[San Diego]] to avoid the league having two teams in the same market of Los Angeles<ref>{{cite news| title=Pro League to Operate Two Divisions|publisher=The Vancouver Sun| date=January 5, 1968|access-date=December 3, 2021| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZZlAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh+phantoms+fold&pg=PA21&article_id=997,1137941}}</ref> playing their home games at [[Balboa Stadium]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Routledge History of American Sport |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781317662495|date=2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zyUxDQAAQBAJ&dq=Toros+move+from+los+angeles+to+san+diego&pg=PT252|access-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>  Midway through the [[1968 North American Soccer League season|1968 NASL season]], Cox took a position with the [[St. Louis Stars (soccer)|St. Louis Stars]] and sold the team to [[Emilio Azcárraga Milmo]].<ref name="Seese"></ref>  The team finished the season in first place of the Pacific Division with a record of 18 wins, 8 loses and 6 draws earning the highest points total in the league.<ref name="sover1968">{{cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1968.html |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1968 |publisher=Homepages.sover.net |access-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726055314/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1968.html |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NASL"></ref>  The team defeated the [[Kansas City Spurs]] with an aggregate score of 2 - 1 over 2 matches in the Conference Finals, but were defeated by the [[Atlanta Chiefs]] with an aggregate score of 3 - 0 in the [[NASL Final 1968]].<ref>{{cite news|title=San Diego advance to Finals in Soccer - Milwaukee Journal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JAMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3634,4064653&dq=atlanta+wins+soccer+title&hl=en|newspaper=Google news|date=September 17, 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Toros Win Divisional Soccer Title - The Miami News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u0E0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YOsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3107,599126&dq=atlanta+wins+soccer+title&hl=en|date=September 16, 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=NASL|title=NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner|url=http://www.naslsoccerbowl.com/index.php?id=788|publisher=North American Soccer League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=NASL |title=NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result |url=http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=458 |publisher=North American Soccer League |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012023409/http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=458 |archivedate=October 12, 2013 }}</ref>  The Toros were one of 12 teams that folded between the 1968 and 1969 NASL seasons.
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-'''San Diego Toros''' were a  [[soccer]] team who played in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]], based in [[San Diego, California]].
-The '''Los Angeles Toros''' were an American professional [[soccer]] team based in [[Los Angeles, California]] that was a  member of the [[National Professional Soccer League (1967)|National Professional Soccer League]] in 1967. The franchise was owned by [[Dan Reeves (NFL owner)|Dan Reeves]], who also owned the [[National Football League]]'s [[Los Angeles Rams]].
-The franchise moved to [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] as the San Diego Toros for the 1968 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Diego Toros Logos|url=http://www.sportslogos.net/team.php?id=1362|publisher=Chris Creamer's sportslogos.net|accessdate=1 February 2011}}</ref>
-In 1968 their top scorer was [[Pepe Fernandez]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/TorosSD_Rosters.htm|title=Los Angeles/San Diego Toros|work=North American Soccer League Rosters|publisher=Nasljerseys.com|accessdate=10 February 2012}}</ref>
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+| bgcolor="#b3b7ff" |1st, Pacific Division
-|bgcolor="ffebad"|Won Playoff ([[Kansas City Spurs|Kansas City]])<br>Lost Championship ([[Atlanta Chiefs|Atlanta]])
+| bgcolor="#ffebad" |Won Playoff ([[Kansas City Spurs|Kansas City]])<br>Lost Championship ([[Atlanta Chiefs|Atlanta]])
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-Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html|title=North American Soccer League|last=David A. Litterer|date=14 May 2010|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=24 February 2013}}</ref>
+Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/nasl.html|title=North American Soccer League|last=David A. Litterer|date=May 14, 2010|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=February 24, 2013}}</ref>
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
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