Kick Magazine 1979 Sockers Sting Playoffs

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Sockers Sting Classic NASL Playoffs

Watch the second leg in Chicago featuring Sockers Hugo Sanchez, Juli Veee, Jean Willrich and Leonardo Cuellar. The Sting featured Karl-Heinz Granitza.

This second round playoff series between the San Diego Sockers and the Chicago Sting was a classic. Sockers forward Hugo Sanchez led the Sockers deep into the playoffs—falling short of the Soccer Bowl. Other features are the Cosmos Carlos Alberto. Basil Kane writes about “The NASL Part 3. 1972-1975: Consolidation and Growth. Check out the game articles on the Sockers/Sting match and I threw in the Los Angeles Aztecs vs Vancouver Whitecaps article too (played the same night 120 miles up the road in Pasadena). Wanda Urbanska writes about George Plimpton donning a Tampa Bay Rowdies uniform and playing an exhibition vs Dynamo Moscow.