Houston Stars
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- This article is about the defunct NASLNorth American Soccer LeagueNorth American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
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club see Houston Stars (WPSL)Houston Stars (WPSL)Houston Stars was an American women's soccer team, founded in XXXX. The team was a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the third tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada, until 2005, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.The team played its home games...
The Houston Stars were a soccer team based out of Houston, Texas that played in the United Soccer Association
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...
. The league was made up of teams imported from foreign leagues. The Houston club was actually Bangu Atlético Clube
Bangu Atlético Clube
Bangu Atlético Clube, or Bangu as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Bangu, Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, founded on April 17, 1904...
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were owned by Roy Mark Hofheinz, owner of the Houston Astros
Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
and played their home matches at the Astrodome, making them the first ever soccer team to play its matches indoors.
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
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch.
Year-by-year
Year | League | W | L | T | Pts | Regular Season | Playoffs |
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1967 | USA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4th, Western Division | Did Not Qualify |
1968 | NASL | 14 | 12 | 6 | 150 | 2nd, Gulf Division | Did Not Qualify |