The Nashville Diamonds were an American soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 that was a member of the American Soccer League

American Soccer League

The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...

. Their home stadium was Hale Stadium

Hale Stadium

Hale Stadium is a 10,000-seat outdoor stadium located on the campus of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. Built in 1953 and nicknamed "The Hole", the stadium hosted TSU Tigers football games until 1999, when home games were moved to what is now LP Field, home of the Tennessee...

 on the campus of Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...

, then the home of the Tennessee State Tigers football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 team.

1982 Roster

Fred Armstrong 12 Apps 0 Goals http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1982.html Rich Finneyfrock http://www.lmsc.net/spring_1997.pdf Godwin Iwelumo http://www.flawless-soccer.com/stars.htm Brian McInerney 13 Apps 0 Goals http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1982.html Franklin Lawson

Franklin Lawson

Franklin Lawson is a retired American soccer player.Lawson graduated from Cedar Ridge High School. He then attended Belmont Abbey College where he graduated in 1977. He turned professional in 1981 with the Nashville Diamonds of the American Soccer League. He played for the Pennsylvania Stoners...

 http://www.tysa.com/staff/franklin_lawsonl_bio.htm Issac Moushi http://www.huyodo.de/index.php?p=cheats&action=displaycheat&system=32&area=1&cheatid=167 Armando Pelaez http://www.clubclassicsoccer.com/includes/TextFiles/Armando.htm Tony Rowshanaei http://impactusanike.com/tabid/1570/mid/2000/newsid2000/687/Default.aspx Bret Simon

Bret Simon

Bret Simon is the head men's soccer coach at Stanford University. He has held that position since 2001, replacing Bobby Clark. He has posted a 68-63-2 record in eight seasons at the helm. He has guided the Cardinal to two Final Four appearances, as well as a Pacific 10 conference title. His...

 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19860505&id=HQMIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PzYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4682,1093809 Kurt Swanbeck http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&ATCLID=542327 Kirk Gilbert 8 Games 3 Goals http://www.facebook.com

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1982	2	ASL	7th	Did not qualify	Did not enter