The New York Skyliners were a soccer team based out of New York, New York that played in the United Soccer Association

United Soccer Association

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. The league was made up of teams imported from foreign leagues. The New York club was actually the C.A. Cerro

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 from Montevideo, Uruguay. The team was owned by Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

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, owners of the New York Rangers

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 and New York Knicks

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 and played at Yankee Stadium

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Following the 1967 season, the USA merged with the
National Professional Soccer League

National Professional Soccer League (1967)

The National Professional Soccer League was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada...

 to form the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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 with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch. The Skyliners folded to make room for the New York Generals

New York Generals

For the collegiate baseball team, see New York Generals The New York Generals were a soccer team based out of New York that played in the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League. Their home field was Yankee Stadium...

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Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Regular Season	Playoffs
1967	USA	2	4	6	10	5th, Eastern Division	Did Not Qualify