The Jacksonville Cyclones were a professional soccer team based in

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. They played in the A-League from 1997 to 1999. The team originated as the Tampa Bay Cyclones, who played in

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from 1995 to 1996 before moving to Jacksonville. The team folded in 1999 shortly after the death of their manager

Dennis Viollet Dennis Sydney Viollet (20 September 1933 – 6 March 1999) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and Stoke City as well as the England national team. He was famous as one of the Busby Babes and survived the Munich air disa ...

, the former Manchester United and

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striker.

Year-by-year

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