In 1966, several groups of entrepreneurs were exploring the idea of forming a professional soccer league in United States and Canada. Two of these groups merged to form the
National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and franchise rights were awarded to ten ownership groups. The Chicago franchise was awarded to Michael Butler and William Cutler, the partners appointed Alvis Kaczmarek to manage the team as team president. In October, Kaczmarek hired
Alan Rogers to coach the new team. The Spurs opened the 1967 season at
Soldier Field with a 1–0 victory over the
St. Louis Stars with 4,725 fans in attendance. The team finished the season in third place of the Western Division with a record of ten wins, eleven loses and eleven draws, with an average attendance of 2,619. Following the 1967 season, the NPSL merged with the
United Soccer Association (USA) to form the
North American Soccer League (NASL). The new league decided against two-team cities, and in order to keep from competing with the
Chicago Mustangs of the former USA, owned by
White Sox co-owner
Arthur Allyn Jr., who were chosen to be the city's NASL representative, the Spurs were sold to a group from
Kansas City, Missouri and moved there to become the
Kansas City Spurs. ==Media coverage==