The Chicago Mustangs were an American professional soccer team based out of Chicago, Illinois

Chicago

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 that was a charter member of the United Soccer Association (USA)

United Soccer Association

The United Soccer Association is a former professional soccer league featuring teams from the United States and Canada. The league survived only one season before merging with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League. All the teams in the league were imported...

 in 1967. The league was made up of teams imported whole from foreign leagues. The Chicago club was actually Cagliari Calcio

Cagliari Calcio

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 from Italy

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. The franchise was owned by Arthur Allyn Jr.

Arthur Allyn, Jr.

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, the owner of Artnell Corporation and Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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. The Mustangs shared Allyn-owned Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park

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 with the White Sox for its home matches.

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

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 (NASL)

North American Soccer League

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 with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch. After 1968, the Mustangs became a semi-pro

Semi-professional

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 team and eventually became a B-Team/feeder team to the Chicago Sting

Chicago Sting

The Chicago Sting was an American professional soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League from in the 1982-83 season and again from 1984 to 1988...

.

Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Regular Season	Playoffs
1967	USA	3	2	7	13	3rd, Western Division	Did Not Qualify
1968	NASL	13	10	9	164	2nd, Lakes Division	Did Not Qualify