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Full name
  
Houston Stars

Stadium
  
Astrodome

Owner
  
Roy Mark Hofheinz

Founded
  
1967

Dissolved
  
1968

Ground Capacity
  
62,000

Ground
  
Astrodome

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League
  
United Soccer Association (1967) North American Soccer League (1968)

Managers
  
Martim Francisco, Géza Henni

Houston stars


The Houston Stars were an association football team based out of Houston, Texas that played in the United Soccer Association. The league was made up of teams imported from foreign leagues. The Houston club was actually Bangu Atlético Clube from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were owned by Roy Mark Hofheinz, owner of the Houston Astros and played their home matches at the Astrodome, making them the first ever soccer team to play its matches indoors.

Following the 1967 season, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch.

References

Houston Stars Wikipedia