Philadelphia Spartans

Football club infobox | clubname = Philadelphia Spartans


fullname = Philadelphia Spartans
nickname = Spartans
founded = 1967
dissolved = 1968
ground = Temple Stadium
capacity = 34,200
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league = National Professional Soccer League
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The Philadelphia Spartans were a soccer team based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that played in the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League. They played their only season of existence at Temple Stadium in North Philadelphia. The team was owned by Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney.

Following the 1967 season, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. The Spartans folded before the 1968 NASL season, due to poor attendance (5,261 a match - although this was good for fourth among the ten NPSL teams). Many Spartans players--including 1967 NPSL Most Valuable Player, Ruben Navarro, John Best, and Peter Short--were signed by the Cleveland Stokers for the 1968 NASL season.

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The second Philadelphia Spartans was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Soccer League.

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