Calgary Kickers were a Canadian soccer team which competed in the Canadian Soccer League from 1987 to 1989. Home stadium for Calgary was Mewata Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The name Canadian Soccer League has been used by two different professional sports leagues. ... This article is about the Canadian city. ... For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ...

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History

The Calgary Kickers joined the CSL for the league's inaugural season in 1987. That season was the team’s best as it ran to a 11-5-4 regular season record then went to the championship game. On October 6, 1987, the Kickers won the league title with a 2-1 victory over the Hamilton Steelers.^[1] The Kickers were unable to sustain their success and fell to a 6-6-13 record the next season.^[2] In 1989, the team owners renamed the club the Calgary Strikers, but despite the name change, the team did little better than the previous season. They earned an 8-3-15 record and the team folded at the end of the season.^[3] Hamilton Steelers is the name of three professional soccer teams that have been based in Hamilton, Ontario. ...

In 1988, Calgary also played each of the U.S. based Western Soccer Alliance teams. These games counted in the WSA standings even though Calgary was not a member of that league.^[4] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Honors

Championship

• 1987

MVP

• 1987 Nick Gilbert

Leading scorer

• 1987 Nick Gilbert

All Star Team

• 1987 Sven Habermann, Greg Kern, Nick Gilbert
• 1988 Burke Kaiser

Sven Habermann (born November 3, 1961 in West Berlin, Germany) is a former Canadian national soccer team goalkeeper, who was a member of the team that competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. ... Greg Kern is a former Canadian professional soccer player. ...

Record

Prominent players

• Nick Gilbert
• Sven Habermann
• Greg Kern
• John Catliff