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   nomadic loon

   September 30, 2017

   When then NASL started in 1968, the Houston Stars were one of the original teams; but they only lasted a year. Ten years later the Houston Hurricane (singular) had a three-year stint in the NASL, and even won the central division in 1979. That year they forked over $250,000 to Dallas for Kyle Rote Jr., the most popular US player in soccer (and a Texas native). Other noteworthy players of the day were Kai Haaskivi and Eduardo Marasco.
   The Kicks won 5 of the 6 matches with Hurricane. In Houston they played in the Astrodome, where they averaged just 4,400 fans in the 3 home games against Minnesota. Meanwhile at the Met in Bloomington, the average attendance for the 3 Hurricane games was 30,400.
   There was a Dynamos (plural with an “s”) team that surfaced in 1984 in the USL but after a year became Independent and signed Pelé for a one year stint — his last team! The Dynamos folded in 1991 as part of the Lone Star Soccer Association.
   A Hurricanes (this time plural with an “s”) team resurfaced in 1996 as part of
   the USISL but never played the Thunder.
   In MLS we’ve got two draws with the Dynamo (singular) the first draw was the Loons’ first road point. Against Houston and Houstons, Minnesota is 5-1-2. Go Loons!

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