Friday night, the Houston Dynamo host the first match in the 2020 Texas Derby with FC Dallas at BBVA Compass Stadium. As the rivalry is resumed, it is worth remembering that 53 years ago, the initial Texas Derby matches featured … Continue reading Reliving the First Texas Derby Matches Played 53 years ago
In April 1975, San Antonio and Central Texas joined nineteen other cities and regions in the United States with a professional first-division soccer team when the San Antonio Thunder played their first match in the North American Soccer League (NASL). On Friday April 18th, 1975, the Thunder opened their inaugural season at North East Stadium (now Comalander Stadium) in San Antonio against the other team from Texas in the league, the Dallas Tornado. How a city with no previous experience with top-level professional soccer became part of this league is an interesting story, which unfortunately ended much too soon when … Continue reading This Week Marks the 45 Year Anniversary of San Antonio’s First Pro Soccer Team
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