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Kansas City Spurs
The Kansas City Spurs were an American professional soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, former home of the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Athletics, and Kansas City Royals. The club was previously known as the Chicago Spurs of the National Professional Soccer League but were relocated to Kansas City following the merger of the NPSL and the United Soccer Association to form the NASL in 1967. The Spurs won
, Wisconsin, but Arthur Allyn Jr., the Mustangs' owner, had signed a contract with an exclusivity agreement for his Major League Baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, to play nine home games at Milwaukee County Stadium in the summer of 1968. The Spurs would end up moving to Kansas City, Missouri to become the Kansas City Spurs.
During its one season in the NPSL, the Spurs were coached by Englishman Alan Rogers, who would return to coach many of the same players in Kansas City for the Spurs