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Montréal Manic
The Montreal Manic or the Manic de Montréal were a professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that played in the North American Soccer League. History "Le Manic" as they were called by the locals, were Montreal's first professional soccer team since the NASL's Montreal Olympique folded in 1973. The team was named after a river in northeast Quebec, the Manicouagan, the site of a massive hydroelectric project. The Montreal Manic competed from 1981 to 1983, with their home field being the Montreal Olympic Stadium. Previous to Montreal, the team played as the Philadelphia Fury from 1978 through 1980 and ten Fury players as well as manager Eddie Firmani moved to Montreal for 1981. After defeating the Los Angeles Aztecs in the first round of the 1981 NASL playoffs, the Manic faced the Chicago Sting. An Olympic Stadium crowd of 58,542 (the largest-ever to see an NASL playoff game outside the Cosmos' Giants Stadium) saw the Manic defeat the Sting in the opening matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Olympic Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park (Montreal), Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics, main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. It is also disparagingly referred to as "The Big Owe" in reference to the high cost of its construction and of hosting the 1976 Olympics as a whole. The stadium is one of the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, artificial turf was installed and it became the home of Montreal's professional Major League Baseball, baseball and Canadian Football League, football teams. The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, CFL returned to their previous home of Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, Molson Stadium in 1998 Montreal Alouettes season, 1998 for reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in 1865, Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground since 1898. The club has won two UEFA Champions League, European Cups (now the UEFA Champions League), making them one of six English clubs to have claimed the competition. Forest is the only team in Europe to have won the European Cup or Champions League more often than the domestic championship (one). Additionally, they have secured one UEFA Super Cup, one List of English football champions, League title, two FA Cups, four Football League Cup, League Cups, and one FA Community Shield, FA Charity Shield. The club has competed in the top two tiers of English football in all but five seasons since their admission to the Football League. Its most successful period c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Willey (footballer, Born 1956)
Alan Willey (born 18 October 1956) is an English former footballer who spent most of his playing career in the United States. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003. Born in Houghton-le-Spring, Willey is the second-leading goal scorer in the history of the North American Soccer League (NASL). Willey played most of his career with the Minnesota Kicks and was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003. He began his career with the English football club Middlesbrough in 1974. In the NASL, he played for the Minnesota Kicks (1976 to 1981), the Montreal Manic (1981 to 1983) and the Minnesota Strikers (1984). He finished his NASL career with 129 goals in 238 games and an additional 13 goals in 26 play-off games. He memorably scored five goals in a play-off game against the New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Marcantonio
Carmine Marcantonio (born 21 November 1954 in Castel di Sangro, Italy) is a Canadian retired soccer player who earned two caps for the national team between 1976 and 1980. Club career Marcantonio played in the National Soccer League (NSL) in 1973 with Toronto Italia for three seasons. In 1976, he played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) with Toronto Metros-Croatia, where he won the Soccer Bowl. The following season he returned to play with Toronto Italia. in 1978, he returned to the NASL to play with the Washington Diplomats. The remainder of his tenure in the NASL he played with Montreal Manic and New York Cosmos. In the summer of 1985, he returned to the NSL to play with Toronto Dinamo. He played one season of indoor soccer for the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League and several indoor seasons for NASL clubs. He was a member of Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame class of 2014. International career He made his debut for Canada on September 24, 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McGrane
John McGrane (born October 12, 1952) is a Scottish-Canadian former soccer player who played as a defender. Starting his career at Hamilton City, he went on to spend nine years playing in the North American Soccer League for the Los Angeles Aztecs, the Montreal Manic, the Chicago Sting, and the Minnesota Strikers. He retired from playing in 1985. McGrane competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won 12 caps with the Canada national team. Early life McGrane was born in Scotland and moved to Hamilton, Ontario aged 12. Club career McGrane began playing semi-professional soccer aged 16. In 1974, he moved to British Columbia to study at Simon Fraser University and was named NAIA MVP in his freshman season. The following year, he was named a NAIC First Team All-American. He began his professional career with National Soccer League club Hamilton City in 1975 and joined North American Soccer League side the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1977. He was named Rookie of the Year in his first c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Gray (soccer)
Gerard "Gerry" Gray (born 20 January 1961) is a former soccer player. Born in Scotland, he represented and coached the Canadian national soccer team. Club career Born and raised in Scotland, Gray moved to Toronto, Ontario with his family at the age of 12 and played for several teams in Canada and the United States in the NASL. In 1982 Gray was named to the NASL's first North American All-Star team. Gray also played indoor soccer in the original MISL for the Chicago Sting as well as the Tacoma Stars. Gray played outdoors again in the Canadian Soccer League with the Ottawa Intrepid in 1988, Hamilton Steelers in 1989, Toronto Blizzard in 1990, the Steelers again in 1991, and then the Blizzard again in the same year. In April 2001, Gray was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. International career Gray was a member of the national youth team that played in the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan. He made his senior debut on 15 September 1980 for Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frantz Mathieu
Frantz Mathieu (born 23 December 1952) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in the United States, notably with Chicago Sting. At international level, he made 15 appearances for the Haiti national team. Club career Mathieu spent the 1978–79 season in West Germany with FC St. Pauli, before spending time in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League, playing with the Chicago Sting, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, the Montreal Manic and the Baltimore Blast. International career Mathieu also represented the Haiti national team at international level, appearing in fifteen FIFA World Cup qualifying matches between 1976 and 1981. Honors Chicago Sting * NASL, Soccer Bowl: 1981, 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Hill (footballer)
Gordon Alec Hill (born 1 April 1954) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Millwall, Manchester United, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers, and was capped six times for the England national team. Player In 1971, after leaving Longford School, Hill began his club career with Staines Town of the Athenian League as a 17-year-old. In 1972, he moved to Southall, playing a few youth games there while his brother was on trial at the club. He drew the attention of Millwall and signed with them in 1973. Known to The Lions fans as 'Merlin', the Millwall youngster was a skilful player who entertained the fans with his dribbling and shooting. He played 91 league games for Millwall, scoring 22 goals. After spending the summer of 1975 on loan with the North American Soccer League's Chicago Sting, and being named All League, Hill subsequently signed for Manchester United in November 1975 for £70,000, forming a wing partnership with Steve Coppell. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Cerbah
Mehdi Cerbah (3 April 1953 – 29 October 2021) was an Algerian association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for the Algeria national football team, Algeria national team. Career Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played one season of indoor football in Canada, after signing in January 1983 with North American Soccer League (1968–1984), NASL side Montreal Manic. He returned to Algeria and finished his career in RC Kouba until 1986. Cerbah won 57 caps for the Algeria national football team, Algeria national team, including three appearances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals, which included a famous victory over West Germany national football team, West Germany. He also played in several African Cup of Nations finals, including the 1980 African Cup of Nations, 1980 finals where Algeria finished runners-up, losing to Nigeria national football team, Nigeria in the 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Mitchell (soccer)
Dale William Mitchell (born April 21, 1958) is a Canadian former professional soccer striker who played for several North American teams in the 1980s and 1990s. He made 55 appearances for the Canada national team and scored a then national record 19 goals. He coached the Canada national team from May 2007 until March 27, 2009. In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002. In March 2014 it was announced that he would also be a 2014 inductee into the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame. Club career Mitchell played in the former North American Soccer League. He began his professional career with the Vancouver Whitecaps (1977, 1978), then played for the Portland Timbers (1979 to 1982) and for the Montreal Manic (1983). He was an original player with the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Cosmos (1971–85) , a proposed stadium for the modern club which was unveiled in January 2013 and abandoned in December 2016.
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New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada) * New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Independent Soccer Association (a third-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada) that was formed in 2010 and named for the original team * New York Cosmos B, the B team of the 2010 incarnation of the soccer club * New York Cosmos Stadium The New York Cosmos Stadium was a proposed 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium and multipurpose facility. It was to be located in the New York metropolitan area in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, just over the city border. Plans were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 NASL Grand Prix Of Indoor Soccer
The 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer was an indoor soccer tournament staged by four franchises of the North American Soccer League. Overview The NASL franchises from Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, Montreal, and Tulsa opted to play the Grand Prix in early 1983 as a makeshift indoor season, because for various reasons, the eight other NASL clubs had chosen to forego playing a full 1982–83 NASL indoor season. Three of those eight teams (Chicago, Golden Bay and San Diego) had joined the Major Indoor Soccer League for 1982-83 season, while the remaining five squads chose to sit out winter indoor play completely. The tournament consisted of three weeks of double round-robin play for the purpose of seeding, followed by a Championship weekend at the Forum in Montreal. Fort Lauderdale did not host a round because there was no suitable venue in the area that also met the minimum seating requirements. Instead, Tulsa hosted Rounds 1 and 3. The tournament would mark the third time NASL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
