The San Antonio Thunder were an American soccer team founded in 1975 as a member of 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:...

. The team existed only two seasons in San Antonio, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 before moving to Hawaii.

History

Coached by Luis Sagastume in 1975, the Thunder played their home games at North East Stadium. In 1976, they played their games at Alamo Stadium

Alamo Stadium

Alamo Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in San Antonio, Texas. Nicknamed "the rock pile" due to its primarily limestone construction it was completed in September 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. The stadium is currently owned and operated by the San Antonio Independent...

. Following the 1976 season, the team moved to Hawaii where they became Team Hawaii

Team Hawaii

Team Hawaii was a soccer team based out of Honolulu that played in the NASL. The team only lasted one year, 1977. Their home field was Aloha Stadium. Previous to Hawai'i, the team played as the San Antonio Thunder. After leaving Hawai'i, the franchise became known as the Tulsa Roughnecks.-1977...

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Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance
1975	NASL	6	16	—	59	5th, Central Division	Did not qualify	4,412
1976	NASL	12	12	—	107	4th, Pacific Conference, Southern Division	Did not qualify	4,794

Players and builders of note

Bob McNab

Bob McNab

Robert "Bob" McNab is an English former footballer.McNab started out at his local club, Huddersfield Town, playing nearly seventy times in three seasons...

 (1976) Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore

Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...

 (1976) Tommy Callaghan

Tommy Callaghan

Tommy Callaghan is a Scottish former football player, who played for Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic, and Clydebank. He was an elegant left-sided midfielder famous for his long attacking runs from deep positions, and powerful shot.He signed for Celtic from Dunfermline on 22 November 1968 for a...

 (1976) Bobby Clark (footballer)

Bobby Clark (footballer)

Robert "Bobby" Clark is a former Scottish football goalkeeper. Clark graduated from Jordanhill College in Glasgow, Scotland in 1967 with a degree in Physical Education.- Playing career :...

 (1976) Derek Currie (1976) Jim Forrest (1975,1976) Jim Henry (footballer)

Jim Henry (footballer)

James "Jim" Henry , is a former Scottish football midfielder.Henry began his career with Montrose. He spent a season and a half at Links Park, before dropping down to the...

 (1976) http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#H Harry Hood

Harry Hood (footballer)

Henry Anthony "Harry" Hood was a Scottish footballer.-Celtic:Hood played for Celtic, for whom he scored the winning goal in the final of the 1971 Scottish Cup, a 2-1 replay win over Rangers. He also scored the first goal in the 1974 Scottish Cup Final in a 3-0 victory over Dundee Utd...

 (1976) Neil Martin

Neil Martin

Neil Martin is a Scottish former football player, who scored 100 league goals in both Scotland and England and won three full international caps for Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s. Known for his strength, power, bravery and commitment, Martin scored consistently in a journeyman career...

 (1976) Billy Semple

Billy Semple

William "Billy" McAdam Semple is a former Scottish professional footballer.In his playing career he played for Rangers, Durban United, Dundee, Hong Kong Rangers, San Antonio Thunder, Seiko, Bulova and South China. He was also selected to represent Scotland at schoolboy international...

 (1976) http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/billysemple.htm Eddie Thomson

Eddie Thomson

Eddie Thomson was a Scottish football player and coach.-Career:Born in Rosewell, Scotland, he played 162 games for Heart of Midlothian F.C. from 1966 to 1973, before moving to Aberdeen F.C. and playing a further 91 games with them...

(1976)