Thursday, June 17, 2010

CALIFORNIA vs CALGARY, 1981


















Boomers' players prepare for a Surf free-kick at Anaheim Stadium on July 29, 1981.
California 4 (Oates, Moyers (2), Van Der Veen).
Calgary 2 (Kristensen, Gerber)
Attendance:  5,531

Saturday, June 12, 2010

JIM BARRON, 1977

















Goalkeeper for the Connecticut Bicentennials.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010

ADIDAS NASL CLEATS AUTOGRAPHED BY TREVOR FRANCIS































These cleats are from the Adidas NASL line shown in the previous post.  The left shoe was autographed by Trevor Francis in 1978 while he was playing for the  Detroit Express.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

BLIZZARD vs SOCKERS, 1979























San Diego's Bob Smith gets squeezed between Toronto's Jim Bone (12) and Paulo Mata (21) in a match played June 29, 1979 in front of 6,284 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.  The Blizzard came out on top 2-1 with goals from George Gibbs and Peter Lorimer.  Leonardo Cuellar scored the lone Sockers' goal.