The Washington Whips were a soccer team based in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 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 Washington club was actually Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen F.C.

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 from Scotland

Scotland

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.

Following the 1967 season, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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 with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch. Their home field was RFK Stadium. The team's owner was Earl Foreman

Earl Foreman

Earl Foreman was an American lawyer and sports executive.Foreman practiced law in the District of Columbia. He was a minority owner of the Baltimore Bullets franchise in the National Basketball Association and also at one time owned an interest in the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football...

, later owner of the Virginia Squires

Virginia Squires

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 of the American Basketball Association and president of the original Major Indoor Soccer League

Major Soccer League

The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. After the folding of the North American Soccer League in 1984, the MISL was the Division I soccer league for the United States...

. Edward T. Reynolds was the booth announcer for the club prior to the merger.

Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1967	USA	5	2	5	15	1st, Eastern Division	Runners Up
1968	NASL	15	10	7	167	2nd, Atlantic Division	Did not qualify

See also

• 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....
  
  
• Washington Diplomats
  Washington Diplomats
  The Washington Diplomats were an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C.. Throughout their existence, the club played their home games at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium...
  
  
• Team America (NASL)