North American Soccer League Friendlies

Chicago Sting at Stockport County (Shrewsbury, England)
Date: March 12, 1975     Sting won 3-2     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Ian Stone (2), Waldemar Obrebski
   
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Chicago Sting at Southport (Southport, England)
Date: March 14, 1975     Sting tied 1-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Waldemar Obrebski     Southport-Walter Davis
   
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Chicago Sting at Wycombe Wanderers (Wycombe, England)
Date: March 19, 1975     Sting won 4-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Ian Stone (2), Phil O'Connor (2)
 
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Israeli National Team at Chicago Sting
Date: May 27, 1975     Sting tied 2-2     Attendance: 3,945
Goals: Sting-Own Goal, John Webb     Israel-Itzak Shoum, Mosha Shwitzer
   
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Polish National Team at Chicago Sting
Date: July 2, 1975    Sting lost 1-0     Attendance: 13,942
Goals: Poland-Joachim Marx

Probably Richard Green
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Washington Diplomats vs. Chicago Sting (Arlington, Virginia)
Date: April 2, 1976  Dips won 1-0    Attendance:
Goals: Dips-Stojan Trickovic

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Washington Diplomats vs. Chicago Sting (Columbia, Maryland)
Date: April 4, 1976  Sting won 3-0    Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Miro Rys, John Webb, Benny Alon

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Minnesota Kicks vs. Chicago Sting (Highland Park, Illinois)
Date: April 17, 1976  Sting lost 2-1    Attendance:
Goals: Kicks-Sam Bick, Alan Merrick    Sting-Alex Skotarek

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Manchester United (England) at Chicago Sting
Date: May 26, 1976    Sting tied 2-2     Attendance: 8,213
Goals: Sting-John Lowey (2)     ManU-Lou Macri, Sammy McIlroy

Lou Macri (L) Mervyn Cawston (R)
Manchester United at Chicago Sting

Clive Griffiths (4)
Benny Alon (13)

Benny Alon (13)		  
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Chicago Sting at Las Vegas Quicksilvers
Date: March 14, 1977    Quicksilvers lost 2-1     Attendance:
Goals: Quicksilvers-

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San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Sting
Date: March 27, 1977      Earthquakes won 3-0    Attendance: Goals: Earthquakes-Paul Child (2), Davie Kemp

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Chicago Sting at Oklahoma All-Stars (Moore, Oklahoma)
Date: March 29, 1977    Sting won 6-1     Attendance: 1,000
Goals: Sting-Gene Geimer (2), Tim Holstein, Conrad Baiger, John Lowey, Nick Krat    Oklahoma-Sacid Yahyapour
 
Jimmy Kelly (6)
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Alex Skotarek  (15), Tom Kelly (R)
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Uwe Von Schamann
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John Webb (3)
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Alex Skotarek (l)
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Chicago Sting at Oklahoma All-Stars (Tulsa, Oklahoma) `
Date: April 1, 1977    Sting won 11-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Gene Geimer (4), Conrad Baiger (2), Tim Holstein (2),  Miro Rys,  John Lowey, Jimmy Kelly     Oklahoma-
 

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Chicago Sting at Barbados National Team (Bridgeton, Barbados)
Date: March 5, 1978    Sting won 2-0     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Roberto Gadea, Colin McLocklan
   

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Chicago Sting at Martinique (Fort-de-France, Martinique)
Date: March 7, 1978    Sting lost 2-1     Attendance: 8,800
Goals: Sting-Michael Burke
   
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Chicago Sting at Martinique (Bridgeton, Barbados)
Date: March 9, 1978    Sting won 1-0     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Roberto Gadea

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Chicago Sting at Victory Club (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Date: March 11, 1978    Sting tied 1-1     Attendance: 12,000
Goals: Sting-Jimmy Kelly,
   
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Chicago Sting at Racing (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Date: March 13, 1978    Sting tied 1-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Colin McLocklan
   
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Chicago Sting at Violette (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Date: March 15, 1978    Sting lost 1-0     Attendance:
Goals:
   
Chicago Sting at Aiglo Noir (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Date: March 18, 1978    Sting won 3-2     Attendance:
   
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Chicago Sting at Cuban National Team (Havana, Cuba)
Date: March 21, 1978    Sting lost 2-0     Attendance:
Goals: Cuba-Andres Rolban, Degino Delgado

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Cuban National Team at Chicago Sting
Date: May 9, 1978    Sting tied 1-1     Attendance: 4,153
Goals: Sting-Stefan Szefer     Cuba-Andres Rolban



Stefan Szefer (21)

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Chicago Sting vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Date: March 14, 1979     Sting tied 0-0     Attendance: 4,000
   
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Chicago Sting vs. Seattle Sounders (Renton, Washington)
Date: March 16, 1979    Sounders won 3-2 (SO)    Attendance: 3,528
Goals: Sounders-Steve Buttle, John Ryan       Sting-Jado Hasanbegovic, Gerry Ingram

   

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Chicago Sting vs. Seattle Sounders (Port Angeles, Washington)
Date: March 18, 1979     Sounders won 2-0     Attendance: 4,000
Goals: Sounders Derek Smethurst, John Ryan

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Chicago Sting at Whitman College (Richland, WA)
Date: March 22, 1979     Sting won 15-1     Attendance:
   
Chicago Sting vs. Portland Timbers (Pasco, Washington)
Date: March 25, 1979     Sting won 2-0     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Derek Spalding, Gerry Ingram
 
Thanks Michael Orr

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Kaiserslautern (Germany) at Chicago Sting (Wrigley Field)
Date: June 12, 1979     Sting won 2-1     Attendance: 5,850
Goals: Sting-Charlie Fajkus (2)     Kaiserslautern-Wendt

Bret Hall (23)

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Naestved (Denmark) at Chicago Sting (Soldier Field)
Date: July 8, 1979     Sting won 2-0    Attendance:  2,759
Goals: Steve Long, Tasso Koutsoukos

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Naestved (Denmark) vs. Chicago Sting (Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI)
Date: July 15, 1979     Sting lost 4-3     Attendance: 5,641
Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Bruce Wilson, Willy Roy     Naestved-Henning Nielson (2), Brent Elmer Hansen (2)
Chicago Sting at Hertha BSC (Berlin, Germany)
Date: September 25, 1979    Sting tied 2-2     Attendance:
Goals:  Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Arno Steffenhagen     Hertha-



Thanks Ole Voehringer		 Hertha used 18 players in this game.

Sting only used one sub.
 
Chicago Sting at VVV (Holland)
Date: September 27, 1979     Sting won/lost?    Attendance:
     
Chicago Sting at Utrecht (Germany)
Date: September 28, 1979     Sting won/lost?    Attendance:
     
Chicago Sting at Hammarby (Stockholm, Sweden)
Date: October 2, 1979     Sting won 3-2 (SO)    Attendance: 1,763
Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Charlie Fajkus      Hammarby-Jan Sjöström, Thomas Dennerby

From Hammarby IF:s historia
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Chicago Sting at Malmo (Malmo, Sweden)
Date: October 5, 1979     Sting won 2-1 (SO)     Attendance:

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Chicago Sting at Halmstad (Halmstad, Sweden)
Date: October 7, 1979     Sting won 2-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Arno Steffenhagen     Halmstad-
   
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Chicago Sting at St. Pauli (Germany)
Date: October 16, 1979     Sting won 5-3     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza (3), Arno Steffenhagen (2)
   
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Chicago Sting at Bahrain National Team (Manama, Bahrain)
Date: October 19, 1979     Sting won 3-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Arno Steffenhagen (2), Steve Long
   
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Chicago Sting at Bahrain National Team (Manama, Bahrain)
Date: October 21, 1979     Sting won 2-0     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Arno Steffenhagen, Steve Long
   
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Chicago Sting at Phoenix Fire (Phoenix, Arizona)
Date: February 22, 1980     Sting lost 2-1    Attendance: 9,809
Goals: Sting-Arno Steffenhagen  Fire-John Rowlands, Terry Shanahan

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Chicago Sting vs. Houston Hurricane (Aldine, Texas)
Date: March 2, 1980     Sting won 3-2     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Steve Long (2),      Hurricane Nicky Delatolas, Horst Bertl
   
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Chicago Sting at Indiana University (Triton College in River Forest, Illinois)
Date: March 16, 1980     Sting won 5-0    Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Arno Steffenhagen
   
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Chicago Sting vs. New England Tea Men (Orlando, Florida)
Date: March 25, 1980    Sting won/lost     Attendance:
Goals:
     
Chicago Sting at Rollins College (Poinciana, Florida)
Date: March 27, 1980     Sting won 6-0    Attendance:
Goals: Sting-
   
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Toronto Blizzard vs. Chicago Sting (Poinciana,  Florida)
Date: March 31, 1980    Blizzard won 1-0    Attendance: 200
Goals: Blizzard-Viv Busby

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Chicago Sting at Central Florida University (Poinciana, Florida)
Date: April 6, 1980     Sting won 3-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza (2), Derek Spalding (2), Jorgen Kristensen
   
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Chicago Sting at Gray Bears (Toluca, Mexico)
Date: September 7, 1980     Sting won 2-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting- John Tyma, Karl-Heinz Granitza

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Chicago Sting at Nezahualcoyotl Coyotes (Toluca, Mexico)
Date: September 10, 1980     Sting lost 2-90     Attendance:
Goals: Coyotes-Hector Padilla, Alberto Giron
   
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Chicago Sting vs. Jacksonville Tea Men (Orlando, Florida)
Date: March 22, 1981     Sting won 1-0 (SO)    Attendance:

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Chicago Sting at Rollins College (Sandspur Field in Winter Park, Florida)
Date: March 23, 1981     Sting won    Attendance:
Goals:
     
Chicago Sting vs. Atlanta Chiefs (Orlando, Florida)
Date: March 25, 1981     Sting won 4-3    Attendance: 4,114
Goals: Chiefs-David Byrne, Brian Alderson, Ken Mokgojoa      Sting- Tasso Koutsoukos, Arno Steffenhagen), Karl-Heinz Granitza, Own Goal

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Chicago Sting at Rollins College (Sandspur Field in Winter Park, Florida)
Date: March 26, 1981     Sting won    Attendance:
Goals:
     
Chicago Sting vs. Atlanta Chiefs (Poinciana, Florida)
Date: March 28, 1981     Sting won    Attendance:
Goals:
     
Chicago Sting at Rollins College (Sandspur Field in Winter Park, Florida)
Date: April 1, 1981     Sting won    Attendance:
Goals:
     
Chicago Sting at Wheaton College and Indiana University (Wheaton, Illinois)
Date: April 4, 1981     Sting won 3-1     Attendance: 2,100
Goals: Sting-Arno Steffenhagen (2), Karl-Heinz Granitza     Indiana-Gregg Thompson

Steve Long (17), Karl-Heinz Granitza (12)


Tim Johnson (6), Jeff Nordling (G), Mark Simanton (11)
Chicago Sting at Wheaton College
Photo by Bob Langer for Chicago Sun-Times
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Second half against Indiana
Chicago Sting at University of Wisconsin Badgers (Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI)
Date: April 5, 1981     Sting won 4-0    Attendance: 6,200
Goals: Sting-Pato Margetic, Ingo Peter, Arno Steffenhagen, Steve Long
 

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Chicago Sting at University of Chicago Maroons (NSL)
Date: July 22, 1981     Sting won 8-1    Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Mark Simanton (3), Greg Ryan (2), Willy Roy (2), Ivan Miljkovic     Maroons-
   
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San Diego Sockers vs Chicago Sting (Bakersfield, California)
Date: March ?, 1982    Sting lost 3-2     Attendance:
Goals: Sockers-Jean Willrich, Mike Stojanovic (2)

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New York Cosmos vs. Chicago Sting (Spring Cup in Vancouver, BC)
Date: March 27, 1982     Sting won 2-1 (SO)     Attendance: 13,251
Goals: Pato Margetic    Cosmos-Giorgio Chinaglia

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Chicago Sting at Vancouver Whitecaps (Spring Cup)
Date: March 30, 1982    Sting lost 2-1     Attendance: 15,921
Goals: Sting-Tasso Koutsoukos     Whitecaps-Peter Beardsley, Ray Hankins

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Chicago Sting at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Date: April 3, 1982   
Canceled because of Snow

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Chicago Sting at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)
Date: April 20, 1982    Sting won 2-1    Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Arno Steffenhagen, Karl-Heinz Granitza    Indiana-Pete Gallagher
Originally scheduled for April 2.

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Chicago Sting at University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)
Date: May 5, 1982      Sting won 4-0    Attendance: 5,500
Game was originally scheduled for April 4.

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This would be one of the most unusual NASL broadcasts.
Nacional (Uruguay) at Chicago Sting  (TACC)
Date: May 27, 1982     Sting tied 0-0    Attendance: 8,747
NASL Soccer Chicago Sting 82 road Paul Hahn, Nacional Exh 5-28-1982

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Napoli (Italy) at Chicago Sting  (TACC)
Date: May 29, 1982    Sting won 3-1     Attendance: 10,197
Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Gordon Hill (2)     Napoli-Marino Ferrario

Ingo Peter
Karl-Heinz Granitza

Arno Steffenhagen
Arno Steffenhagen
Mark Simanton (11)
NASL Soccer Chicago Sting 82 Road Back Mark Simanton, Napoli Exh
Mark Simanton (11), Dieter Ferner (22)
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Chicago Sting at New York Cosmos (TACC)
Date: May 31, 1982    Sting won 4-3     Attendance: 36,904
Goals: Cosmos-Giorgio Chinaglia (3)  Arno Steffenhagen (2), Karl-Heinz Granitza, Gordon Hill



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Chicago Sting at Chicago Maroons (Triton Junior College)
Date: May 4, 1983    Sting won 4-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Pato Margetic (2), John Tyma, Ricardo Alonso     Maroons-
   
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Chicago Sting at University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)
Date: May 13, 1983    Sting won 5-1     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-Ricardo Alonso (3), Pato Margetic, Diego Castro    Wisconsin-Jeff Winograd
 
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Chicago Sting at Winged Bull (Indoor game Villa Park, Illinois)
Date: Nov 6, 1983    Sting won 17-2     Attendance:
Goals: Sting-
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Chicago Sting at Winged Bull (Hansen Park, Chicago, Illinois)
Date: April 27, 1984    Sting won      Attendance:
Goals: Sting-
     
Chicago Sting at Rockford College Regent Lions (Rockford, Illinois)
Date: May 6, 1984    Sting won 4-0      Attendance: 1,200
Goals: Sting-Elvis Comrie (2), Seninho, Karl-Heinz Granitza

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Chicago Sting at Pabst Bavarians (Milwaukee, WI)
Date: August 3, 1984    Sting won 9-4      Attendance: 2,500
Goals: Sting- Mark Simanton (2), Pato Margetic (2)     Pabst-Dave Hodgson (2), Lito Zabala, Herb Schweinert
 
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