The Oklahoma City Slickers was an American soccer

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...

 that played in three lower division U.S. leagues, the American Soccer League

American Soccer League

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, United Soccer League

United Soccer League

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 and USISL.

American Soccer League

The club played in the ASL for the 1982 and 1983 seasons, reaching the league finals in its inaugural season before losing to the ASL incarnation of the Detroit Express

Detroit Express

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. The team's best-known players were goalkeeper Phil Parkes (Wolves)

Phil Parkes (Wolves)

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 and Jeff Bourne

Jeff Bourne

Jeff Bourne was an English football striker who spent most of his early career in the lower English divisions before moving to the United States where he played six seasons in the North American Soccer League, two in the second division American Soccer League...

, both veterans of the NASL

North American Soccer League

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 and FA Premier League

FA Premier League

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. Home games were played at historical (but woefully narrow for soccer purposes) Taft Stadium in Oklahoma City.

United Soccer League

After the ASL folded, the club joined the newly formed United Soccer League

United Soccer League

The United Soccer League was a professional soccer league in the United States in the mid-1980s.After the demise of the second incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1983, four ASL teams founded the USL...

 as the Oklahoma City Stampede. The club once again came tantalizingly close to a league championship, winning the regular-season title on point differential over the Fort Lauderdale Sun

Fort Lauderdale Sun

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 but falling in the playoff semi-finals to the Houston Dynamos in a three-game series. This success, however, was short-lived. The club joined all but two of the league's nine teams in folding after the 1984 season.

USISL

The Slickers were resurrected for several years in the early nineties as a member of the USISL. Brian Harvey coached the Slickers and the Stampede in each of their incarnations.
In 1994, Duane Cummings assumed the duties of Head Coach and General Manager for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Former players

Jeff Bourne

Jeff Bourne

Jeff Bourne was an English football striker who spent most of his early career in the lower English divisions before moving to the United States where he played six seasons in the North American Soccer League, two in the second division American Soccer League...

 (1982) 20 Goals David Kemp

David Kemp (footballer)

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 (1984) Phil Parkes (1982) 28 Games 0 Goals Thompson Usiyan

Thompson Usiyan

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 (1984) Delroy Allen

Delroy Allen

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(1984) 22 Apps 0 Goals

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1982	2	ASL	2nd	Finals	Did not enter
1983	2	ASL	3rd, Western	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1984	N/A	USL	1st, Western	Semifinals	Did not enter