The Miami Gatos were a soccer team based out of Miami

Miami, Florida

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 that played in the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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. The club was previously known as the Washington Darts

Washington Darts

Washington Darts was an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that was a member of the American Soccer League and later the North American Soccer League....

. After the 1972 season, the team was renamed the Miami Toros. Their home field was the Miami Orange Bowl

Miami Orange Bowl

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, though they later moved to Tamiami Park

Tamiami Park

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 for their last season.

After the 1976 season, the team moved to Fort Lauderdale and became known as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and later moved to Minnesota

Minnesota

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 and became known as the Minnesota Strikers

Minnesota Strikers

The Minnesota Strikers was an American professional soccer team located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The team played one season in the North American Soccer League and 4 seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League....

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Prominent players included Steve David

Steve David

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Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance
1972	NASL	3	8	3	44	4th, Southern Division	Did not qualify	2,112
1973	NASL	8	5	6	88	3rd, Eastern Division	Did not qualify	5,479
1974	NASL	9	5	6	107	1st, Eastern Division	Won Semifinal (Dallas Dallas Tornado Dallas Tornado were a soccer team based in Dallas that played in the NASL. They played from 1967 to 1981. Their home fields were Cotton Bowl , P.C. Cobb Stadium , Franklin Field , Texas Stadium and Ownby Stadium on the SMU campus... ) Lost Championship (Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles Aztecs The Los Angeles Aztecs were a soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League from 1974-81. The team was based in Los Angeles, California and part-owned by Elton John.-History:... )	7,340
1975	NASL	14	8	—	123	2nd, Eastern Division	Won Quarterfinal (Boston Boston Minutemen The Boston Minutemen were a soccer team based out of Boston that played in the NASL. They played from 1974 to 1976. Their home fields included Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy and Sargent Field in New Bedford.Portuguese legend... ) Lost Semifinal (Tampa Bay)	4,921
1976	NASL	6	18	—	63	4th, Atlantic Conference, Eastern Division	Did not qualify	3,070