Chicago Spurs were an American professional soccer team based out of Chicago, Illinois that was a charter member of the non-FIFA

FIFA

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 sanctioned National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)

National Professional Soccer League (1967)

The National Professional Soccer League was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada...

 in 1967. The owners of the franchise were Al Kaczmarek, William Cutler and Michael Butler

Michael Butler (producer)

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. The team played at Soldier Field

Soldier Field

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, which at the time had an auto racing

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 track surrounding the field, no seating sections to cut off the northernmost third of the stadium and a soccer pitch positioned exactly between the columns on each side..

Following the 1967 season, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association (USA)

United Soccer Association

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 to form the North American Soccer League (NASL)

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

. In order to keep from competing with the Chicago Mustangs

Chicago Mustangs

The Chicago Mustangs were an American professional soccer team based out of Chicago, Illinois that was a charter member of the United Soccer Association in 1967. The league was made up of teams imported whole from foreign leagues. The Chicago club was actually Cagliari Calcio from Italy...

 of the former USA, the Spurs were forced to relocate. This was unusual because the Spurs already had a full roster of players in place, while the Mustangs had to form a whole new team from scratch. The first choice of destination was Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but Arthur Allyn Jr.

Arthur Allyn, Jr.

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, the Mustangs' owner, had signed a contract with an exclusivity agreement for his Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 team, the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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, to play nine home games at Milwaukee County Stadium

Milwaukee County Stadium

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 in the summer of 1968. The Spurs

Kansas City Spurs

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 would end up moving to Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

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.

Notable former players

Eric Barber

Eric Barber

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 Joe Haverty

Joe Haverty

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 Horst Szymaniak

Horst Szymaniak

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 Willy Roy

Willy Roy

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Nick Krat

Year-by-year

Year	Division	W	L	T	Pts	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1967	NPSL	10	11	11	142	3rd, Western Division	Did not qualify