The Chicago Sting (1975-1988) were a United States professional soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1984 to 1988. They won the Soccer Bowl in 1981 and 1984. The best player in Sting's history was German star Karl-Heinz Granitza, who played for the club from 1978 to 1988. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles) and the largest inland city in the country, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... In 1967, two pro soccer leagues started in the United States: the FIFA- sanctioned United Soccer Association and the unsanctioned National Professional Soccer League. ... The Major Soccer League, originally called the Major Indoor Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. ... The Soccer Bowl was the championship game of the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1983. ... Karl-Heinz Granitza (born November 1, 1951 in Lunen) was an German football player. ...
The Sting were founded in 1975 by Lee B. Stern of Chicago. A few years after founding the Sting, Stern brought Willy Roy on as head coach. Roy coached the Sting for the remainder of their existance.
Prior to Sting taking the stage for the main event, there was a special donation in the amount of $300,000 presented to the MusiCares program which aims to help public schools acquire musical instruments and keep music programs alive in public schools.
Sting announced how happy he was to be in Chicago, and then continued the set with another new song, This War.
Sting changed some of the notes that he sang at the very end of the song, otherwise it was true to itÂ’s typical live performance.
Twentieth-century amateur teams in Chicago, such as the Sparta, Schwaben, Vikings, Green-White, Eagles, Kickers, and Maroons, descended from soccer clubs that came to prominence in the ISL.
The ChicagoSting captured two championship banners before the NASL folded in 1984.
Professional soccer returned to the city in 1998 with the Chicago Fire, which won the league championship and the Dewar (Open) Cup in its inaugural season.
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