[Political Junkie Too]

They were the Clash when the MLS formed. Then, a few seasons later San Jose got their head right and renamed the team to the Earthquakes to reconnect with their NASL days.

That team moved to Houston to become the Dynamo, but San Jose retained the rights to the name and the record.

A few years after that, a newly formed Earthquakes was restarted.

-PJ

[dfwgator]

Speaking of the NASL, if you haven’t seen it yet, you have to watch “Once In a Lifetime: The Story of the New York Cosmos” It’s available on Netflix.

[Billthedrill]

I watched them in their arena soccer days too. “Missile-ball” was the advertising hook and it was accurate, too. It was sort of a hoot but man, I wouldn’t want to be tackled on that old astroturf-over-concrete setup.