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The Detroit Express were a soccer team based in suburban Detroit that played in the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Its home field was the Pontiac Silverdome . [ 1 ]
The Detroit Express was an American soccer team based in Detroit, Michigan and a member of the American Soccer League.They joined the league in 1981 after the original NASL Express were moved to Washington D.C. to replace the Diplomats who had folded at the end of 1980.
Roberto de Oliveira (born September 11, 1955) is a former American soccer player who played for the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League. [1] [2] [3]
He played twenty-four games with Colorado, scoring four goals in 1978 before being traded to the Detroit Express. The Express left the NASL following the 1980 season and moved to the second division American Soccer League. In 1982, the Express won the league title as Tinnion led the league in scoring and was named the league MVP. [2]
The Express made the move as a result of fan dissatisfaction with Furphy playing for his father in Detroit. [1] He spent two seasons with the Chiefs. In the fall of 1981, he signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League and immediately established himself as a high-scoring indoor soccer striker. On 2 July 1983, Furphy signed ...
"Like many people throughout southeast Michigan, I have fond memories of attending events at the Silverdome, including Lions, Pistons, Detroit Express, and World Cup games, as well as attending ...
Detroit Express [ edit ] Francis negotiated a loan from Birmingham in 1978 to play for the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League (NASL), [ 14 ] where he scored 22 goals in 19 league matches and was named to the NASL first XI alongside Franz Beckenbauer and Giorgio Chinaglia before returning home to the Midlands .
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