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1978 Caribous of Colorado Media Guide from the North American Soccer League

Caribous of Colorado

June 30, 2012

The Caribous of Colorado were a One-Year Wonder in the North American Soccer League during the summer of 1978.  The expansion Caribous were the NASL’s second effort at gaining a foothold in the Mile High City. The two-year run of the Denver Dynamos (1974-1975) ended with that club’s relocation to Minneapolis in 1976.  Like the Dynamos, the Caribous played out of Mile High Stadium, home of the NFL’s Denver Broncos. The Caribous are best remembered for their garish uniforms, which – in a nod to country & western culture – featured a horizontal strip of tan leather fringe across the lower rib cage. The franchise relocated to Atlanta ahead of the 1979 season.

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Denver Dynamos

October 18, 2015

The Denver Dynamos were Colorado’s first major professional soccer franchise. The Dynamos were part of a West Coast expansion of the NASL during the winter of 1973-74. Three of the other Western clubs formed during this 50-day expansion flurry – the San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps – went on to become iconic North American soccer brands. Re-boots of all three clubs play in Major League Soccer today. The Dynamos, meanwhile, are all but forgotten.

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Atlanta Chiefs (1979-1981)

May 12, 2013

A rare misfire for sports & media mogul Ted Turner.  This 1979-1981 edition of the Atlanta Chiefs pro soccer team was actually a resurrection of an earlier club, also known as the Atlanta Chiefs, that played in the city from 1967 to 1972.  Both editions of the Chiefs were tied into the Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves through common ownership (hence the Native American-themed identity).

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