The Albany Capitals joined the third incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1988. The team joined the

American Professional Soccer League The American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was a professional men's soccer league with teams from the United States and later Canada. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the third American Soccer League with the Western Soccer League. It ...

in 1990 when the ASL merged with the

Western Soccer League Western Soccer Alliance was a professional soccer league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States and Western Canada. The league began in 1985 as the Western Alliance Challenge Series. In 1986, it became the Western Soccer Alli ...

. The club played in

Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York City ...

. After the collapse of the NASL, the ASL took up the void. Several former NASL and International stars joined Albany including Chico Borja, Elvis Comrie and Hubert Birkenmeier (Cosmos), and England's World Cup star Paul Mariner (Ipswich, Arsenal).

Year-by-year

Ownership and staff

* Armand Quadrini – Owner * Joe Hennessey – General Manager * Charlie Curto – Technical Advisor

Former managers

Paul Mariner Paul Mariner (22 May 1953 – 9 July 2021) was an English football player and coach. A centre forward during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley. He became a professional player in 1973 with Plymouth Argyle, where he scored ...

John Bramley John Bramley (1898 – after 1927), also known as Jack Bramley, was an English professional footballer who played as a right half, centre half or right back. He made 29 appearances in the Football League without scoring. Career Born in East Ki ...

Sports in Capital District (New York) Sports in Albany, New York Defunct soccer clubs in New York (state) Men's soccer clubs in New York (state) American Soccer League (1988–89) teams American Professional Soccer League teams 1988 establishments in New York (state) 1991 disestablishments in New York (state) Association football clubs established in 1988 Association football clubs disestablished in 1991

References

{{NewYork-footyclub-stub