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The Chicago Mustangs are professional indoor soccer teams based at the Now Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois that plays in Major League Indoor Soccer. They are also competing outdoors as members of the Midwest Premier League [ 1 ] and their women's team in United Women's Soccer .
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area.
The Mustangs opened the season on May 27, 1967, in Chicago at Comiskey Park with a 1-0 loss to the Dallas Tornado with 5,872 fan in attendance. [5] [6] The Mustangs finished the 1967 season in third place of the Western Division with a record of 3 wins 7 ties and 2 loses and an average attendance of 4,207. [7]
Chicago Mustangs may refer to either of two professional soccer teams: Chicago Mustangs (1967–68) , in the United Soccer Association and North American Soccer League from 1967 to 1968 Chicago Mustangs (2012–) , a Major Arena Soccer League team that began play in 2012
Jack T. Bradley, triple ace and commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron The Group moved to RAF Boxted in England between October and November 1943 and was attached to the Ninth Air Force . The group was issued the new P-51B Mustang aircraft and was the first to use them in combat.
The all African American 332d Fighter Group originally flew 15,550 sorties as bomber escorts in the Mustang; eventually the Airmen, who were originally shunned in the white military, acquired the right to fly combat missions. In 1970, the Commemorative Air Force acquired an original P-51 to include in their educational program.
The 2012–13 Chicago Mustangs season was the first season of the new Chicago Mustangs professional indoor soccer club. The Mustangs, a Central Division team in the Professional Arena Soccer League, played their home games in the Grand Sports Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Nasser Rafidia was the team's general manager.
The Mustangs are this season's only undefeated team in the PASL. Finishing with a 16–0 record and winning by an average of more than 9 goals per game at home and by 6 on the road, the only place the Mustangs have struggled is at the box office. Averaging just 779 fans per game, this ranks Chicago 9th in the 20-team league for average attendance.