Wichita Blue, known in 1994 as Wichita Blue Angels, was an American soccer club based in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in ...

. The Blue played in several leagues including the Heartland Soccer League,

Lone Star Soccer Alliance Lone Star Soccer Alliance was a soccer league that existed from 1987 to 1992. While most of the teams came from Texas, some also came from Oklahoma and Kansas. History First proposed by the Houston Dynamos, on April 18, 1987, the Lone Star So ...

and the

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History

In 1988, the Blue, owned by Ahmad Hassan joined the Heartland Soccer League. In 1990, the team switched to the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. In 1991, the Blue added a women's team and played their home games in

Cessna Stadium Cessna Stadium is a 24,000-seat stadium on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It opened in 1946 and served as the home of the Wichita State Shockers track and field team until 2020 and the football team unt ...

. Following the 1992 season, the LSSA folded. The Blue sat out the 1993 season. In 1994, the team moved to the

where they were known as the Wichita Blue Angels.''BLUE CHANGES NAME, JOINS A NEW LEAGUE'' The Wichita Eagle (KS) - Wednesday, October 6, 1993 In 1995, the team resumed its original name, the Wichita Blue. The team withdrew from the league following the 1996 USISL season. In 1999, the team returned to the USISL, but after finishing 7th out of 8 teams in the Heartland Division, the team permanently disbanded.

Year-by-year

Coaches

Norman Piper Norman Piper (born 8 January 1948) is an English former professional footballer who played in England for 13 years before finishing his career in the United States. Playing career Born in North Tawton, Devon on 8 January 1948 he joined Plymo ...

1989-1990 * Ahmad Hassan 1990 (interim) * Doug McArthur 1990 * Omar Gomez 1991 * Dan Olson 1991 * Ahmad Hassan 1992 *

Kevin Kewley Kevin Kewley (born 2 March 1955) is an English former professional football player and coach. Active in England and the United States, he played as a midfielder and made over 450 career appearances, scoring over 120 goals. After retiring as a ...

1994 * Ahmad Hassan 1995 * Jerry Lakin 1996 * David Voss 1999

References

External links

Lone Star Soccer Alliance

Blue Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when ...

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