The Kansas City Spurs were a soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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, based in Kansas City, Missouri

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. They played their home games at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, former home of the Kansas City Chiefs

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 and Kansas City Royals

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. The club was previously known as the Chicago Spurs

Chicago Spurs

Chicago Spurs were an American professional soccer team based out of Chicago, Illinois that was a charter member of the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League in 1967. The owners of the franchise were Al Kaczmarek, William Cutler and Michael Butler...

 of the National Professional Soccer League

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, which after the 1967 season, merged with the rival United Soccer Association

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 to form the NASL. The Spurs left for Kansas City to avoid competition with the Chicago Mustangs

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, who came over from the old USA.

Following the 1968 NASL season, the league was in trouble with ten franchises having folded. The 1969 season was split into two halves. The first half was called the International Cup, a double round robin tournament in which the remaining NASL clubs were represented by teams imported from the United Kingdom

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. The Spurs were represented by Wolverhampton Wanderers who had won the 1967 United Soccer Association

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 championship as the Los Angeles Wolves

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. The Spurs won the Cup with a 6-2-0 record. For the second half of the 1969 season, the teams returned to their normal rosters and played a 16 game schedule with no playoffs.

The Spurs finished in last place in the Northern Division in 1970 and ceased operations shortly thereafter.

Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1968	NASL	16	11	5	158	1st, Gulf Division	Lost Playoff (San Diego San Diego Toros San Diego Toros were a soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in San Diego, California. They played their home games at Balboa Stadium, previously the home of the San Diego Chargers.... )
1969	NASL	10	2	4	110	1st	Champions (no playoff)
1970	NASL	8	10	6	100	3rd, Northern Division	Did not qualify