The Calgary Mustangs were a Calgary, Alberta

Alberta

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, based USL A-League professional soccer team, that played in 2004. They were initially formed in 2001 as the Calgary Storm, and played one season in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

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, before moving to the USL A-League in 2002.

Despite playing on artificial turf

Artificial turf

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 at McMahon Stadium

McMahon Stadium

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 (the only A-League team not to play on grass), the Mustangs had several acceptable seasons, and had relatively good fan support. However, at the end of 2004, the owners elected not to play in 2005 and the team subsequently folded.

In their final season the team's average attendance was just 674, which at the time was roughly equal to a team playing in the sixth tier of English professional soccer.

Final squad

vs. Milwaukee Wave United

Milwaukee Wave United

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, 26 August 2004

Notable former players

Martin Dugas

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 Lars Hirschfeld

Lars Hirschfeld

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 Sean Fraser Matthew O'Connor

Matthew O'Connor

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 Walter Otta

Walter Otta

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 Wojtek Zarzycki

Wojtek Zarzycki

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Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2001	4	USL PDL	1st, Northwest	Final	Did not qualify
2002	2	USL A-League	5th, Pacific	First Round	Third Round
2003	2	USL A-League	4th, Pacific	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	2	USL A-League	7th, Western	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

CPSL Calgary Mustangs

A team named Calgary Mustangs competed in the original Canadian Professional Soccer League's one and only season in 1983. The Mustangs finished second to last in the six team league