Pittsburgh Canons
The Pittsburgh Canons were an American soccer club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that was a member of the American Soccer League during the 1972 season. Overview The franchise was granted by the ASL in early June 1972, and was formed largely from players on the Canonsburg Maggis club that played in the amateur Keystone Soccer League. The team's president was James T. Maggi, with Scotty Foley serving as both the coach and general manager. Not realizing that the team's roots were in the borough of Canonsburg, out-of-town newspapers frequently misspelled their nickname as the "Cannons." The Canons played the first of their four home games at South Stadium (now George K. Cupples Stadium) in the South Side of Pittsburgh, drawing about a thousand fans; the other three games were held at Memorial Stadium in Canonsburg. After losing what owner Maggi said was "a great deal of money", the club returned to amateur status and qualified for the 1973 U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt ...
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Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the List of United States cities by population, 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pitts ...
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American Soccer League (1933-1983)
American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–33), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–83), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–89), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–17) American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–33), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–83), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–89), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–17) Ameri ...

1972 American Soccer League
Statistics of the American Soccer League II American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... for the 1972 season. League standings Playoffs Bracket First round ---- Eastern playoff Championship final References American Soccer League II (RSSSF) {{USSF D2 soccer seasons American Soccer League (1933–1983) seasons 2 ...
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Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Canonsburg is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, southwest of Pittsburgh. Canonsburg was laid out by Colonel John Canon in 1789 and incorporated in 1802. The population was 9,735 at the 2020 census. The town lies in a rich coal district, and most of the town's work force once worked in local steel mills or coal mining, coal mines. Interstate 79 and U.S. Route 19 (Pennsylvania), U.S. Route 19 pass through the town, as does the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad. A tram, trolley used to operate from Washington, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh through the borough until 1953. The town is home to Sarris Candies and All-Clad Metalcrafters, makers of cookware and other bonded metals. It is adjacent to the Southpointe industrial park, office park located in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Cecil Township, which has a number of large corporate tenants. Yenko Chevrolet, one of largest and most notable custom muscle car shops of the late-1960s ...
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Inter-Italian SC
The Inter-Italian Soccer Club, also known as Cleveland Inter, was a soccer team based in Cleveland. History Founded in 1957, the club was a National Amateur Cup finalist in 1971, losing the final for St. Louis Kutis S.C. In 1973, the club was the 1973 National Challenge Cup's runner-up. Honors *National Challenge Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. O ... **Runner-up (1): 1973 * National Amateur Cup **Runner-up (1): 1971 References Defunct soccer clubs in Ohio Association football clubs established in 1957 {{Ohio-footyclub-stub ...
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American Soccer League (1933–83)
American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–33), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–83), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–89), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–17) American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–33), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–83), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–89), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–17) Ameri ...

Cincinnati Comets
The Cincinnati Comets was an American soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio that was a member of the American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League. The Comets won the ASL in 1972, led by 16-year-old Costa Rican-American midfielder Ringo Cantillo who would win MVP, Most Valuable Player that year. At the time Cantillo was a high school student at McNicholas High School and living with head coach Nick Capurro. Cantillo would go on to win MVP 3 more times in the ASL. The following year in 1973 the Comets would advance to the championship again ultimately losing to the New York Apollo. Coaches * Nick Capurro (1972–73) Stadiums *1972: St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati), St. Xavier High School *1973: Nippert Stadium (playoff game against Cleveland played at St. Xavier High School) *1974–75: Trechter Stadium, Cincinnati Technical College, now Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Year-by-year Honors League Championship :* ''Winner (1):'' 1972 :* ''Runner Up ...
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Cleveland Cobras
The Cleveland Stars were an American soccer club based in Cleveland, Ohio and a member of the American Soccer League in 1972–73. Before the 1974 season, the name was changed to the Cleveland Cobras. Overview The Stars' colors were blue and white. The Cobras' colors were green and gold, though in 1979 they also wore alternate uniforms of gold/black and in 1981 often donned green/white uniforms. The Cobras actively promoted youth soccer. Hundreds of clinics and camps conducted by its players established a solid youth soccer base throughout northeast Ohio — though the club did not play long enough to reap the benefits of the kids growing up to becoming ticket-buying adults. The Cleveland Force (1978–88) and Cleveland Crunch/Force (1989–2005) indoor soccer teams capitalized with good crowds in the Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League. The Cobras played home games on AstroTurf at George Finnie Stadium on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace Colle ...
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Detroit Mustangs
The Detroit Mustangs was an American soccer club based in Detroit, Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ... that was a member of the American Soccer League. The Mustangs began their first season known simply as Detroit S.C.. Year-by-year M Defunct soccer clubs in Michigan American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams 1972 establishments in Michigan 1973 disestablishments in Michigan Soccer clubs in Michigan Association football clubs established in 1972 Association football clubs disestablished in 1973 {{Detroit-sport-stub ...
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Chicago Americans
The Chicago Americans was an American soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... that was a member of the American Soccer League. They only played a few games in their only season. During their time they were also known as Chicago Inter and Chicago Hercules. Year-by-year American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams A Defunct soccer clubs in Illinois 1972 establishments in Illinois 1972 disestablishments in Illinois Association football clubs established in 1972 Association football clubs disestablished in 1972 {{Illinois-footyclub-stub ...
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Defunct Soccer Clubs In Pennsylvania
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...