50 years ago-The First Professional Soccer League Season in Houston Ends

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https://txsoccerjournal.com/2017/07/28/50-years-ago-the-first-professional-soccer-league-season-in-houston-ends/

July 28, 2017

50 years ago-The First Professional Soccer League Season in Houston Ends

Fifty years ago this month, the first and only season (tournament) of the United Soccer Association (USA) came to an end.  The USA was the first professional soccer league in North America that included Texas teams: Dallas Tornado and Houston Stars.

The league was one of two professional soccer leagues formed in the United States in 1967 on the heels of a positive reception to televised games from the 1966 FIFA World Cup held the previous summer in England.  Because the USA was forced to start up earlier than intended because of the rival NPSL, the owners imported foreign teams to represent their cities, in our case Dundee United from Scotland for Dallas and Bangu from Brazil for Houston.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/jim-harbaughs-advice-to-football-recruits-play-soccer-1502729321

Jim Harbaugh’s Advice to Football Recruits: Play Soccer

Why the counterintuitive Michigan coach wants quarterbacks who played fútbol and football

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http://www.nfhs.org/articles/high-school-sports-participation-increases-for-28th-straight-year-nears-8-million-mark/

High School Sports Participation Increases for 28th Straight Year, Nears 8 Million Mark

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https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/06/16/us-national-soccer-hall-fame-mls-ballot-voting-beckham-moreno

U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame has a curious disregard for MLS, club contributions

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http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/19/blog/post/3179978/sacramento-is-ready-for-mls-but-will-it-be-passed-over-again-in-expansion

Sacramento is ready for MLS, but will it be passed over again for expansion?

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http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-soccer/story/3180339/nashville-group-unveils-plan-for-30,000-seat-mls-stadium

Nashville group unveils plan for 30,000-seat MLS stadium

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http://wate.com/2017/08/15/renderings-show-what-mls-stadium-could-look-like-in-nashville/

Renderings show what MLS stadium could look like in Nashville

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http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/08/14/nashville-major-league-soccer-group-unveils-first-look-stadium-proposed-fairgrounds/564469001/

Nashville Major League Soccer group unveils first look at stadium proposed for fairgrounds

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http://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/2017/08/15/first-look-at-proposed-mls-stadium-in-nashville/104611614/

First look at proposed MLS stadium in Nashville

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http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/columns/article/20972555/for-mls-in-nashville-the-future-is-now

For MLS in Nashville, the Future Is Now

METROPOLITIK: Nashville has a good chance of getting a soccer franchise, but the window is very small

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http://www.nashvillepost.com/sports/sports-business/blog/20972554/ingram-presents-soccer-stadium-plan-to-metro-council-committee

Ingram presents soccer stadium plan to Metro Council committee

Facility at The Fairgrounds Nashville would seat 30,000, cover 500,000 square feet

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https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/08/15/heres-what-nashvilles-mls-stadium-would-look-like.html

Here's what Nashville's MLS stadium would look like (slideshow)

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http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/3180339/nashville-group-unveils-plan-for-30,000-seat-mls-stadium

Nashville group unveils plan for 30,000-seat MLS stadium

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http://www.standardrepublic.com/2017/08/the-future-view-of-football-mls-releases-revolutionary-ref-cam-footage-rt-sport/24389.htm

The future view of football? MLS releases revolutionary ref cam footage — RT Sport

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https://www.bisnow.com/nashville/news/construction-development/john-ingram-unveils-plans-for-nashville-mls-stadium-77787

John Ingram Unveils Plans For Nashville MLS Stadium