Miami Americans

Miami Americans
Basic data
Surname	Miami Americans
Seat	Miami , Florida
founding	1976 (dissolved in 1980)
Colours	yellow blue
First soccer team
Venue	Wall Stadium (1976), Rutgers Stadium
Places	N / A
league	ASL
1980 season	3rd place

Miami Americans was an American football club based in Miami , Florida .

history

In 1976 the club was founded as New Jersey Americans and celebrated their first success in 1977 when they were champions in the American Soccer League . In 1979 the owner Joseph Raymond sold the club to a London-based company. The new owners moved the location of the club to Miami and named the club Miami Americans . In addition, Ron Newman was signed as the new coach. On June 20, Newman left the club and moved to the San Diego Sockers . Five days later the club was sold to Stan Noah and Archie Oliver. After the 1980 season, the club was dissolved.

Table placements

As New Jersey Americans

year	division	league	Reg. Season	Playoffs	US Open Cup
1976	2	ASL	6th place (east)	Not qualified	Not started
1977	2	ASL	1st place (east)	master	Not started
1978	2	ASL	2nd place (east)	Eliminated in the semi-finals	Not started
1979	2	ASL	4th place (east)	Not qualified	Not started

As Miami Americans

year	division	league	Reg. Season	Playoffs	US Open Cup
1980	2	ASL	3rd place	Not qualified	Not started

Trainer

• Manny Schellscheidt (1977)
• Eddie Firmani (1979)
• Ron Newman (1980); 9 games (2 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses)
• Brian Tiler (1980); 19 games (8 wins, 0 draws, 11 losses)

Known players

Surname	Playtime	Calls	Gates
Juan Cano	(1977-19 ??)
Ringo Cantillo	(1977)	22nd	7th
Eusebio	(1979–1980)	9	2
Woody Hartmann	(1976)
Kevin Kiernan	(1976)	21st	6th
Jose Neto	(1977–1978)	39	34
Telmo Pires	(1977)
Steve Reid	(1978)	21st	8th
John Roeslein	(1976–1977)	20th	7th
António Simoes	(1978)
Jerry Sularz	(1977–1978)
Carlos Velasquez	(1977–1978)
Emmanuel Sanon	(1980)	12	6th

Web links

• Miami Americans at FunWhileItLasted.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season 1980 ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at sover.net 
2. ↑ Americans Sold in the newspaper archive of google.com