Chicago Sting
Chicago Sting | |||
Basic data | |||
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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) |
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Venue |
Soldier Field Comiskey Park Wrigley Field Chicago Stadium Rosemont Horizon |
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Places | 55,000 (Soldier Field) 45,000 (Comiskey Park) 37,000 (Comiskey Park) |
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league |
NASL (1975-84) Major Soccer League (1982-83 & 1984-88) |
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1975-1988 | see seasonal statistics | ||
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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
- Bill Foulkes 1975-1977
- Willy Roy 1977-1986
- Malcolm Musgrove 1978
- Erich Geyer 1986–1988
- Gary Hindley 1988
Well-known former players
- Jørgen Kristensen
- Duncan McKenzie
- Paul Hahn
- Horst Blankenburg
- Dieter Ferner
- Karl-Heinz Granitza
- Peter Gruber
- Ingo Peter
- Lothar scale
- Arno Steffenhagen
- Hans Weiner
- Dick Advocaat
- Wim van Hanegem
- Robert Gadocha
- Janusz Kowalik
- Jim McCalliog
- Derek Spalding
- Thomas Sjöberg
Season statistics
Outdoors
year | Regular season | Play-offs | Audience average |
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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 |
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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
- Video of the 1981 final on youtube.com
- Picture of the championship team from 1981 on home.att.net
swell
- ↑ >> I was King Bomber Karl << from March 23, 2009 on 11freunde.de