The Chicago Soldiers were an American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (21st century)

The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...

 (ABA) team based in Chicago

Chicago

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. The team played three games in the fall of 2004 before folding that December finishing with a record of 1-2.

Expansion

League Co-Founder Joe Newman announced on August 27, 2004 that Chicago would join the ABA for the 2004-2005 season. Chi-Town Sports Management Group headed by Anthony Owens was awarded the franchise, which named Michael Ullrich the team's general manager. The team announced that Bob Donewald, Jr. was signed as the team's head coach on September 24. Donewald came to the Soldiers from the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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, where he was an assistant coach during the 2003-2004 season. On September 29, the team announced Moraine Valley Community College as their home venue.

2004 Campaign

Date	Day	Visitor	Home	Time
11-25-04	THU	Chicago (80)	Kentucky (87)	7:05 ET
11-26-04	FRI	Chicago (89)	Kentucky (80)	7:05 ET
11-28-04	SUN	Cincinnati (95)	Chicago (92)	2:05 CT