Nathan Sacks
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Nathan Sacks is a former South Africa
n professional football (soccer)
player who spent one season in the North American Soccer League
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of the North American Soccer League
. In the fall of 1981, he moved to the Pittsburgh Spirit
of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1984, Sacks played for the Houston Dynamos in the United Soccer League
. In the fall of 1983, he signed with the Los Angeles Lazers
of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He would play three seasons with the Lazers. In 1986, he played for the Los Angeles Heat
in the Western Soccer Alliance. That fall, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He returned to the Heat for the 1989 and 1990 seasons.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n professional football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player who spent one season in the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
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Professional
In 1981, Sacks signed with the Dallas TornadoDallas Tornado
Dallas Tornado were a soccer team based in Dallas that played in the NASL. They played from 1967 to 1981. Their home fields were Cotton Bowl , P.C. Cobb Stadium , Franklin Field , Texas Stadium and Ownby Stadium on the SMU campus...
of the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
. In the fall of 1981, he moved to the Pittsburgh Spirit
Pittsburgh Spirit
Pittsburgh Spirit were an indoor soccer team based out of Pittsburgh and were one of the original six teams that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League...
of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1984, Sacks played for the Houston Dynamos in the United Soccer League
United Soccer League
The United Soccer League was a professional soccer league in the United States in the mid-1980s.After the demise of the second incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1983, four ASL teams founded the USL...
. In the fall of 1983, he signed with the Los Angeles Lazers
Los Angeles Lazers
Los Angeles Lazers were a soccer team based out of Los Angeles that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1982 to 1989.-History:Major Indoor Soccer League awarded a Los Angeles franchise to Jerry Buss on June 24, 1982. Buss had purchased the Philadelphia Fever and wanted to move it to...
of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He would play three seasons with the Lazers. In 1986, he played for the Los Angeles Heat
Los Angeles Heat
Los Angeles Heat joined the Western Soccer Alliance in 1986. They joined the American Professional Soccer League in 1990 when the WSL merged with the American Soccer League...
in the Western Soccer Alliance. That fall, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He returned to the Heat for the 1989 and 1990 seasons.