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 |
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| Rochester Lancers at Chicago Sting (Indoor Tournament) Date: March 13, 1976 Sting lost 5-2 Attendance: Goals: Sting-Bozidar Ranogejec, John Webb Lancers-Frank Odoi, Mario Garcia (2), Tibor Molnar, Yakuba Mambo |
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| Toronto Metros-Croatia at Chicago Sting
(Indoor Tournament) Date: March 14, 1976 Dips won 6-2 Attendance: 1,121 Goals: Sting-Bozidar Ranogejec (2), Eddie Cliff (2), John Webb, Rudi Mayer |
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| St. Louis Stars vs. Chicago Sting
(Edwardsville, Illinois) Date: March 27, 1976 Sting lost 2-0 Attendance: Goals: Goals-Dennis Vaninger (2) |
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| Washington Diplomats vs. Chicago Sting
(Arlington, Virginia) Date: April 2, 1976 Dips won 1-0 Attendance: 3,500 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 |
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| Chicago Sting at Las Vegas Quicksilvers Date: March 13, 1977 Sting won 2-1 (SO) Attendance: 4,240 Goals: Quicksilvers-Art Welch Sting-John Lowey |
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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 |
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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: |
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| 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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| Chicago Sting at New York Cosmos Date: March 25, 1978 Sting lost 2-0 Attendance: Goals: Cosmos-Vladislav Bogicevic, Steve Hunt |
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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 |
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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: |
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| Chicago Sting vs. Portland Timbers (Pasco,
Washington) Date: March 25, 1979 Sting won 2-0 Attendance: Goals: Sting-Derek Spalding, Gerry Ingram |
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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 |
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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) |
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| Chicago Sting at Hertha BSC (Berlin, Germany) Date: September 25, 1979 Sting tied 2-2 Attendance: Goals: Sting-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Arno Steffenhagen Hertha- |
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| 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 |
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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 2-1 Attendance: Goals: Sting-Pato Margetic, John Tyma Chiefs- |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Nacional (Uruguay) at Chicago Sting
(TACC) Date: May 27, 1982 Sting tied 0-0 Attendance: 8,747 |
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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 |
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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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| Tulsa Roughnecks at Chicago Sting Date: May 8, 1984 Roughnecks won 2-0 Attendance: 2,000 Goals: Roughnecks-Chance Fry, Brian Schmetzer |
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