The Chicago Horizons was a member of the original
Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for only the 1980–81 season. It was the first of two
franchises that represented
Chicago in the circuit's history. It was the first professional sports team that played its home matches at the
Rosemont Horizon, which also inspired the club's
nickname. The team colors were orange, yellow, black and red. The head coach was
Luis Dabo
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The Horizons, with a 20–20 record, finished tied for third place with the
Buffalo Stallions in the Central Division and qualified for the playoffs. After a 4–3 victory in Game One of a First Round best-of-three series with the
Wichita Wings
The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979. , the Horizons lost the last two contests 6–4 and 8–6 and were eliminated from the postseason.
Enzo Di Pede won the 'Goalkeeper of the Year' award.
MISL Yearly Award Winners – OurSportsCentral.com.
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All Horizons games home and away were broadcast on radio with Les Grobstein handling Play by Play and Sam Donnelly the Color.
Even though the Horizons suspended operations following the campaign, the league still wanted to revive the franchise. That ended when Lee Stern, owner of the North American Soccer League's Chicago Sting which played both indoors and outdoors
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*Outdoor education
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*Outdoor Channel, an American pay television channel focused on the outdoors
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at the time, paid the MISL to discontinue those plans and effectively eliminated the competition in the Chicago market. Stern was bitter about the Horizons, blaming them for costing his Sting much money.[Litterer, Dave. 1980–81 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) season, OurSportsCentral.com.](_blank)
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References
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External links
Chicago Horizons (official team logo) – OurSportsCentral.com.1980–81 Chicago Horizons team photograph – nasljerseys.com.
Chicago Horizons,
Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States
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Soccer clubs in Illinois
Defunct soccer clubs in Illinois
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) teams