Former American professional soccer team based in Chicago
This article is about the NASL's and MISL's Chicago Sting soccer club. For the similarly named USL club, see Chicago Stingers.
Soccer club
Chicago Sting
Full name
Chicago Sting
Nickname(s)
The Sting Der Sting
Founded
1974
Dissolved
1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Stadium
Outdoor: Soldier Field Comiskey Park Wrigley Field Indoor: International Amphitheatre[1] Chicago Stadium Rosemont Horizon
Coach
Bill Foulkes Malcolm Musgrove Willy Roy Erich Geyer Gary Hindley
League
NASL (1975–84)
Home colors
Away colors
The Chicago Sting (1974–1988) was an American professional soccer team representing Chicago. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the 1982–83 season and again from 1984 to 1988. They were North American Soccer League champions in 1981 and 1984, one of only two NASL teams (the New York Cosmos) to win the championship twice.[2]
The Sting were founded in 1974[3] by Lee Stern of Chicago and competed in the NASL for the first time in the 1975 season. A few years after founding the Sting, Stern brought Willy Roy on as head coach. Roy coached the Sting for the remainder of their outdoor existence.
The team was named in reference to the popular 1973 film, The Sting, whose action was set in Chicago of the 1930s.
The club played at various venues. The outdoor team spread their home games at Soldier Field, Wrigley Field, and Comiskey Park. In 1976 the indoor squad called the International Amphitheatre[1] home, before subsequently using Chicago Stadium and the Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena).
^ ab"Opener for the Sting tonight (March 13, 1976)".
^"NASL/North American Soccer League Championship". SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
^"Slow but steady". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 41, no. 22. 1974. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
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