Houston Stars

The Houston Stars were an American football franchise from Houston, Texas, who participated at the 1967 Games Operating the United Soccer Association (USA ) and in 1968 the game operation of the North American Soccer League ( NASL ). The stars were Roy Hofheinz, the owner of the local major league baseball team Astros and the Astrodome, which was their home ground. The name was Stars, as well as the name of the Astros and the Astro Dome, similar to the status of Houston as a center of the U.S. Weltraumindistrie.

USA

In the first season of its existence had the stars, like all franchises of the USA not have its own squad, but imported for the 12 - game season in the play-free in the rest of the football world summer a complete foreign professional team. The stars were on the USA line the winner of the International Soccer League in 1960 and Master of Rio de Janeiro in 1966, Bangu AC allocated. although Houston had no large Brazilian community.

Core of the team were Mario Tito, Paulo Borges, Luciano Aladim and Carlos Cabralzinho. Besides Tito and Jose Borges also Fidelis and Ary Clemente elected to All- Star team in the U.S.. The team was in the crowds; the opening home game against the Los Angeles Wolves, the tournament name of Wolverhampton Wanderers, set the record for the USA with 34 965 spectators. Overall, the club reached an average of 19,802 home, at a league average just under 8,000. Sporting the season was, however, mixed with four wins, draws and losses and missed qualifying for the play-offs. The game against the Detroit Cougars, the imported team Glentoran Belfast saw, for a sporty low point, as the audience stormed the court and the game in a mass brawl opening tete at the corner flags of players were abused as bludgeoning weapons.

NASL

In its second year, and after the merger of the U.S. with a rival league to the NASL, the management does not import complete foreign professional team more, but presented a new squad from scratch together, the core of the team were present Yugoslav players, supplemented by Hungarian numerous compatriots of the new U.S. Hungarian coach Geza Henni A.. Sporty the play-off were missed by eight points behind the Kansas City Spurs. In contrast, the audience broke down; only an average of 3,246 spectators wanted to see the home games. During the near- collapse of the NASL at the end of the 1968 season, the Stars were dissolved.

Season Results

Links and References

• Dave Morrison: Houston Stars, North American Soccer League Rosters ( as of 6 February 2012)

• Sports (Houston )
• Former American football club
• Sports club in Texas